lowest starting pitcher with era from 2020 to 2024 with at least 500 innings pitched

Between 2020 and 2024, Max Fried had the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.81.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Max Fried M. Fried	2.81	659.0	112	54	25	.684	112	624	5	4	0	553	206	225	49	167	24	0	2	2,649	26	8.52	2.28	3.74	0.67	23.6	6.3	1.09	.282	3.07	7.55
2	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.87	804.0	134	52	31	.627	134	928	0	0	0	604	256	283	75	215	31	0	0	3,212	37	10.39	2.41	4.32	0.84	28.9	6.7	1.02	.269	3.17	6.76
3	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	2.91	514.0	82	36	19	.655	82	581	2	0	0	436	166	177	50	125	10	0	0	2,071	23	10.17	2.19	4.65	0.88	28.1	6.0	1.09	.296	3.10	7.63
4	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.94	829.1	133	59	32	.648	133	899	3	2	0	668	271	294	72	187	39	0	4	3,318	16	9.76	2.03	4.81	0.78	27.1	5.6	1.03	.281	3.19	7.25
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.02	588.0	101	46	23	.667	101	715	2	0	0	463	197	207	81	138	27	0	1	2,351	13	10.94	2.11	5.18	1.24	30.4	5.9	1.02	.275	3.17	7.09
6	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	527.0	94	51	18	.739	94	518	0	0	0	433	182	198	71	119	18	0	3	2,118	6	8.85	2.03	4.35	1.21	24.5	5.6	1.05	.260	3.38	7.39
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.12	759.0	125	59	28	.678	125	915	6	4	0	593	263	279	102	185	19	0	1	3,018	13	10.85	2.19	4.95	1.21	30.3	6.1	1.03	.273	3.31	7.03
8	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	3.13	661.0	100	33	38	.465	100	598	10	2	0	556	230	265	63	163	25	0	3	2,657	14	8.14	2.22	3.67	0.86	22.5	6.1	1.09	.273	3.61	7.57
9	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.15	774.2	122	60	33	.645	122	756	7	3	0	640	271	300	60	252	43	0	1	3,173	40	8.78	2.93	3.00	0.70	23.8	7.9	1.15	.281	3.49	7.44
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	590.2	114	38	30	.559	114	783	1	1	0	426	207	216	58	281	9	0	1	2,448	41	11.93	4.28	2.79	0.88	32.0	11.5	1.20	.279	3.29	6.49
11	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	3.27	594.0	105	38	29	.567	105	637	2	2	0	513	216	231	73	156	52	0	5	2,447	10	9.65	2.36	4.08	1.11	26.0	6.4	1.13	.288	3.50	7.77
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.30	787.1	136	55	39	.585	136	906	2	1	0	710	289	319	81	204	10	0	1	3,243	19	10.36	2.33	4.44	0.93	27.9	6.3	1.16	.308	3.65	8.12
13	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.34	809.0	135	52	39	.571	135	731	3	2	0	758	300	331	55	187	29	0	3	3,290	16	8.13	2.08	3.91	0.61	22.2	5.7	1.17	.307	3.68	8.43
14	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	3.34	735.1	128	50	31	.617	128	789	2	2	0	605	273	290	78	222	28	0	1	2,995	28	9.66	2.72	3.55	0.95	26.3	7.4	1.12	.281	3.55	7.40
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.37	560.2	103	41	29	.586	103	637	0	0	0	464	210	228	69	135	20	0	0	2,263	8	10.23	2.17	4.72	1.11	28.1	6.0	1.07	.282	3.66	7.45
16	George Kirby G. Kirby	3.43	511.2	89	35	26	.574	89	484	1	0	0	495	195	210	57	64	18	0	1	2,077	10	8.51	1.13	7.56	1.00	23.3	3.1	1.09	.301	3.69	8.71
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.47	661.1	121	41	34	.547	121	730	0	0	0	554	255	275	63	206	25	0	1	2,723	32	9.93	2.80	3.54	0.86	26.8	7.6	1.15	.289	3.74	7.54
18	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	3.48	773.0	132	58	37	.611	132	735	2	2	0	698	299	323	86	234	54	0	5	3,227	18	8.56	2.72	3.14	1.00	22.8	7.3	1.21	.289	3.76	8.13
19	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	3.48	780.1	133	45	49	.479	133	842	1	0	0	679	302	335	90	247	26	0	6	3,231	5	9.71	2.85	3.41	1.04	26.1	7.6	1.19	.291	3.86	7.83
20	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	3.50	561.0	107	37	28	.569	107	685	1	0	0	410	218	229	71	203	31	0	1	2,297	20	10.99	3.26	3.37	1.14	29.8	8.8	1.09	.259	3.67	6.58
21	Dylan Cease D. Cease	3.56	774.1	142	53	39	.576	142	935	3	3	0	624	306	340	85	324	28	0	6	3,256	47	10.87	3.77	2.89	0.99	28.7	10.0	1.22	.286	3.95	7.25
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.59	655.0	112	47	35	.573	112	708	0	0	0	544	261	269	85	160	33	0	2	2,654	19	9.73	2.20	4.43	1.17	26.7	6.0	1.07	.275	3.70	7.47
23	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	3.60	704.1	121	41	30	.577	121	711	2	1	0	599	282	299	91	150	18	0	6	2,842	31	9.09	1.92	4.74	1.16	25.0	5.3	1.06	.271	3.82	7.65
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	3.63	555.2	103	46	31	.597	103	686	2	1	0	451	224	236	72	176	25	0	1	2,292	29	11.11	2.85	3.90	1.17	29.9	7.7	1.13	.284	3.82	7.30
25	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	3.65	641.0	108	40	30	.571	108	586	0	0	0	566	260	274	78	195	13	0	6	2,618	10	8.23	2.74	3.01	1.10	22.4	7.4	1.19	.279	3.85	7.95

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