lowest era to start a career in baseball minimum 60 starts starting pitcher after 1920

Since 1921, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA by a starting pitcher in starts when starting 60+ games, with an ERA of 2.54.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	451	451	223	96	.699	3,047	25	15	0	2850.1	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.57	84	84	31	24	.564	567	1	0	0	475.2	363	136	150	36	119	22	0	0	1,887	6	10.73	2.25	4.76	0.68	30.0	6.3	1.01	.286	2.84	6.87
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.64	74	74	32	18	.640	477	1	0	0	435.2	304	128	136	40	120	10	0	1	1,710	9	9.85	2.48	3.98	0.83	27.9	7.0	0.97	.248	2.81	6.28
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.69	275	275	106	74	.589	2,025	4	2	0	1683.0	1,295	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,627	33	10.83	2.05	5.29	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.280	2.89	6.93
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.71	314	314	159	85	.652	2,274	137	40	0	2202.1	1,655	663	751	194	742	17	0	46	8,959	76	9.29	3.03	3.06	0.79	25.4	8.3	1.09	.255	3.07	6.76
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.71	438	438	227	99	.696	1,857	156	45	0	3038.0	2,647	916	1,050	220	1,014	27	0	39	12,468	72	5.50	3.00	1.83	0.65	14.9	8.1	1.21	.260	3.11	7.84
8	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.75	108	108	42	19	.689	489	0	0	0	543.0	417	166	175	49	113	16	0	1	2,125	19	8.10	1.87	4.33	0.81	23.0	5.3	0.98	.252	2.90	6.91
9	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	2.78	184	184	106	42	.716	603	109	26	0	1442.1	1,279	445	525	63	445	19	0		5,915	18	3.76	2.78	1.36	0.39	10.2	7.5	1.20	.254	3.28	7.98
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.80	521	521	262	148	.639	2,142	211	53	0	3857.0	3,256	1,202	1,334	292	1,259	37	0	36	15,714	83	5.00	2.94	1.70	0.68	13.6	8.0	1.17	.247	3.11	7.60
11	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	2.83	156	156	86	51	.628	627	99	19	0	1232.2	1,129	387	432	71	311	10	0		5,046	2	4.58	2.27	2.02	0.52	12.4	6.2	1.17	.263	3.15	8.24
12	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	114	114	47	22	.681	765	1	1	0	614.1	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	6.49
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	647	647	310	203	.604	3,634	231	61	0	4776.1	3,961	1,517	1,670	378	1,387	76	0	115	19,337	123	6.85	2.61	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.88	482	482	245	170	.590	3,044	255	56	0	3796.1	3,199	1,216	1,376	250	1,277	99	0	107	15,669	105	7.22	3.03	2.38	0.59	19.4	8.1	1.18	.268	3.26	7.58
15	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	457	457	238	140	.630	2,284	244	52	0	3476.1	3,133	1,118	1,320	318	701	38	0	82	14,118	51	5.91	1.81	3.26	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.42	8.11
16	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.92	295	295	125	99	.558	1,528	98	27	0	2133.1	1,674	692	795	168	795	39	0	37	8,751	69	6.45	3.35	1.92	0.71	17.5	9.1	1.16	.242	3.35	7.06
17	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.94	294	294	111	105	.514	1,402	83	33	0	1949.1	1,682	637	763	111	663	64	0	58	8,082	60	6.47	3.06	2.11	0.51	17.3	8.2	1.20	.269	3.52	7.77
18	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	465	465	203	160	.559	2,417	167	49	0	3338.1	2,999	1,095	1,260	275	821	148	0	114	13,700	79	6.52	2.21	2.94	0.74	17.6	6.0	1.14	.271	3.40	8.09
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.95	409	409	208	97	.682	3,032	46	17	0	2720.0	2,151	893	979	233	705	136	0	26	10,955	60	10.03	2.33	4.30	0.77	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.24	7.12
20	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.96	356	356	164	138	.543	1,254	152	40	0	2654.2	2,428	874	999	170	804	44	0	75	10,942	57	4.25	2.73	1.56	0.58	11.5	7.3	1.22	.260	3.39	8.23
21	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.97	239	239	119	71	.626	843	128	33	0	1741.2	1,580	574	663	75	518	27	0		7,219	23	4.36	2.68	1.63	0.39	11.7	7.2	1.20	.261	3.43	8.16
22	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.97	240	240	118	83	.587	805	125	25	0	1725.0	1,586	569	641	106	468	36	0		7,088	15	4.20	2.44	1.72	0.55	11.4	6.6	1.19	.261	3.34	8.27
23	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.97	337	337	154	94	.621	2,642	17	4	0	2133.0	1,742	704	761	214	476	141	0	12	8,582	45	11.15	2.01	5.55	0.90	30.8	5.5	1.04	.299	3.21	7.35
24	Bob Veale B. Veale	2.98	255	255	109	90	.548	1,553	78	20	0	1764.1	1,507	585	675	79	780	29	0	51	7,444	76	7.92	3.98	1.99	0.40	20.9	10.5	1.30	.285	3.44	7.69
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.00	150	150	55	35	.611	1,017	0	0	0	889.0	685	296	327	93	251	34	0	1	3,580	40	10.30	2.54	4.05	0.94	28.4	7.0	1.05	.271	3.31	6.93

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