mlb best era since 1980 minimum 300 innings pitched

Since 1980, Emmanuel Clase has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 300 innings, with an ERA of 1.88.

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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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	1.88	360.0	366	21	25	.457	1	349	0	0	182	267	75	111	15	70	9	297	10	1,417	19	8.73	1.75	4.99	0.38	24.6	4.9	0.94	.259	2.78	45	2.43	59	6.68	68.7
2	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1283.2	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
3	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
4	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	2.32	310.2	304	20	31	.392	0	398	0	0	122	250	80	102	21	84	21	204	15	1,261	21	11.53	2.43	4.74	0.61	31.6	6.7	1.08	.311	2.95	56	2.48	60	7.24	57.3
5	Takashi Saito T. Saito	2.34	338.0	338	21	15	.583	0	400	0	0	84	250	88	99	25	108	14	189	13	1,363	9	10.65	2.88	3.70	0.67	29.3	7.9	1.06	.276	2.64	55	2.80	66	6.66	55.7
6	Mike Adams M. Adams	2.41	407.1	408	21	20	.512	0	409	0	0	4	316	109	122	33	126	6	60	12	1,653	7	9.04	2.78	3.25	0.73	24.7	7.6	1.09	.262	2.70	60	3.09	75	6.98	45.6
7	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.44	380.0	200	25	16	.610	0	180	0	0	38	350	103	122	18	99	8	106	26	1,557	5	4.26	2.34	1.82	0.43	11.6	6.4	1.18	.265	2.89	60	3.22	81	8.29	33.1
8	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.44	725.2	689	41	36	.532	3	808	0	0	368	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
9	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.49	872.0	915	63	51	.553	0	1,399	0	0	401	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.26	170.3
10	Bryan Harvey B. Harvey	2.49	387.0	322	17	25	.405	0	448	0	0	177	278	107	122	30	144	2	278	19	1,582	25	10.42	3.35	3.11	0.70	28.3	9.1	1.09	.259	2.84	62	2.62	65	6.47	59.8
11	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.49	555.2	512	38	32	.543	0	884	0	0	252	299	154	168	66	209	24	357	6	2,177	20	14.32	3.39	4.23	1.07	40.6	9.6	0.91	.234	2.72	61	2.78	66	4.84	88
12	Dellin Betances D. Betances	2.53	394.1	374	21	23	.477	1	633	0	0	36	240	111	124	26	183	28	86	5	1,613	28	14.45	4.18	3.46	0.59	39.2	11.3	1.07	.288	2.83	61	2.39	56	5.48	78.8
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
14	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	471.1	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	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	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
15	Darren O'Day D. O'Day	2.59	609.0	644	42	21	.667	0	637	0	0	21	458	175	189	64	172	50	155	24	2,461	3	9.41	2.54	3.70	0.95	25.9	7.0	1.03	.256	2.79	61	3.48	82	6.77	52.4
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.60	442.2	75	33	18	.647	75	484	1	0	0	305	128	136	40	122	10	0	1	1,734	9	9.84	2.48	3.97	0.81	27.9	7.0	0.96	.246	2.77	63	3.00	71	6.20	60.1
17	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.61	970.1	982	58	46	.558	0	1,327	0	0	496	634	281	302	95	305	33	737	21	3,854	22	12.31	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.88	143.9
18	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.61	362.0	243	24	26	.480	0	265	0	0	120	316	105	113	25	97	2	199	30	1,477	13	6.59	2.41	2.73	0.62	17.9	6.6	1.14	.267	2.81	70	2.95	78	7.86	32.6
19	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	2.61	330.2	323	17	13	.567	0	402	0	0	89	254	96	109	22	101	16	175	7	1,348	13	10.94	2.75	3.98	0.60	29.8	7.5	1.07	.287	2.97	63	2.65	64	6.91	55.7
20	Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	2.62	494.0	493	28	26	.519	0	345	0	0	23	449	144	168	30	99	28	82	9	2,026	3	6.29	1.80	3.48	0.55	17.0	4.9	1.11	.275	3.06	64	3.32	82	8.18	41
21	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.63	488.2	86	31	24	.564	86	578	1	0	0	373	143	157	40	121	23	0	0	1,936	6	10.65	2.23	4.78	0.74	29.9	6.3	1.01	.284	2.89	61	2.71	65	6.87	77.9
22	Tyler Holton T. Holton	2.65	339.0	271	18	14	.563	19	276	0	0	11	257	100	110	40	73	12	42	3	1,329	11	7.33	1.94	3.78	1.06	20.8	5.5	0.97	.234	2.92	64	3.82	92	6.82	13.3
23	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	2.66	480.2	436	22	26	.458	12	572	0	0	95	350	142	153	60	78	4	207	9	1,862	9	10.71	1.46	7.33	1.12	30.7	4.2	0.89	.253	2.86	62	2.84	68	6.55	69.2
24	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.67	789.2	642	41	42	.494	0	861	0	0	311	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	2.71	66	6.92	123.5
25	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.67	809.1	609	53	53	.500	1	548	0	0	216	700	240	280	34	283	13	432	64	3,357	28	6.09	3.15	1.94	0.38	16.3	8.4	1.21	.269	3.11	77	3.03	87	7.78	40.2

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Tigers	74	83	.471	7.5
Twins	73	84	.465	8.5
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Tue 9/22	CLE	@	BOS	6:45 PM
Wed 9/23	CLE	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Thu 9/24	CLE	@	BOS	6:45 PM
Fri 9/25	CLE	@	KCR	7:40 PM
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Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	84	.465	19.5
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	58	.628
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Pirates	79	77	.506	19.0
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Since 1980, Emmanuel Clase has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 300 innings, with an ERA of 1.88.

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