mlb starting pitcher with the worst era last season

Scott Barlow had the highest ERA by a starting pitcher in 2025, with an ERA of 36.00.

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	36.00	2025	CIN	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	27.00	0.33	9.00	14.3	42.9	5.00	.500	36.00	18.00
2	Braydon Fisher B. Fisher	33.75	2025	TOR	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	9	0	6.75	6.75	1.00	13.50	11.1	11.1	3.75	.400	33.75	27.00
3	Anthony Banda A. Banda	27.00	2025	LAD	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	27.00	27.00	1.00	27.00	33.3	33.3	6.00		27.00	27.00
4	Austin Cox A. Cox	27.00	2025	ATL	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	9.00	1.000	27.00	81.00
5	Ian Hamilton I. Hamilton	27.00	2025	NYY	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	14.3	4.00	.500	27.00	27.00
6	Sean Guenther S. Guenther	27.00	2025	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	1.000	27.00	81.00
7	Chase Petty C. Petty	21.94	2025	CIN	2	0	2	.000	2	7	0	0	0	5.1	13	13	13	3	8	0	0	0	36	0	11.81	13.50	0.88	5.06	19.4	22.2	3.94	.556	21.94	21.94
8	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull	18.00	2025	TOR	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	4.50	16.7	16.7	3.50	.571	18.00	22.50
9	Jared Shuster J. Shuster	18.00	2025	CWS	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	14	0	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	7.1	7.1	3.50	.545	18.00	27.00
10	Yariel Rodriguez Y. Rodriguez	18.00	2025	TOR	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	6	1	9.00	18.00	0.50	9.00	16.7	33.3	4.00	.500	18.00	18.00
11	Doug Nikhazy D. Nikhazy	18.00	2025	CLE	1	0	1	.000	1	3	0	0	0	3.0	5	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	20	1	9.00	18.00	0.50	0.00	15.0	30.0	3.67	.455	18.00	15.00
12	Bobby Miller B. Miller	18.00	2025	LAD	1	0	0		1	7	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	6.00	38.9	5.6	3.00	.750	18.00	24.00
13	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	16.78	2025	BAL	4	0	3	.000	4	10	0	0	0	12.1	29	23	23	7	7	0	0	0	73	1	7.30	5.11	1.43	5.11	13.7	9.6	2.92	.449	16.78	21.16
14	Joey Estes J. Estes	15.43	2025	ATH	2	0	2	.000	2	5	0	0	0	7.0	15	12	12	4	6	1	0	0	42	0	6.43	7.71	0.83	5.14	11.9	14.3	3.00	.423	15.43	19.29
15	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	13.85	2025	ATL	4	0	3	.000	4	12	0	0	0	13.0	23	20	20	6	6	2	0	0	69	1	8.31	4.15	2.00	4.15	17.4	8.7	2.23	.395	13.85	15.92
16	Thomas Harrington T. Harrington	13.50	2025	PIT	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	4.0	7	6	6	1	4	0	0	0	23	1	4.50	9.00	0.50	2.25	8.7	17.4	2.75	.375	13.50	15.75
17	Anthony Molina A. Molina	12.60	2025	COL	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	5.0	9	7	7	5	1	0	0	0	24	0	3.60	1.80	2.00	9.00	8.3	4.2	2.00	.250	12.60	16.20
18	Aaron Bummer A. Bummer	12.46	2025	ATL	2	0	0		2	6	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	0	21	0	12.46	2.08	6.00	6.23	28.6	4.8	1.62	.300	12.46	12.46
19	Pierson Ohl P. Ohl	12.38	2025	MIN	3	0	2	.000	3	8	0	0	0	8.0	17	11	15	4	3	0	0	0	44	0	9.00	3.38	2.67	4.50	18.2	6.8	2.50	.448	16.88	19.13
20	Chayce McDermott C. McDermott	12.00	2025	BAL	1	0	0		1	5	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	16	0	15.00	9.00	1.67	3.00	31.3	18.8	2.33	.500	12.00	12.00
21	Elvin Rodríguez E. Rodríguez	11.00	2025	MIL	2	0	2	.000	2	5	0	0	0	9.0	14	11	11	5	2	1	0	0	42	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	5.00	11.9	4.8	1.78	.310	11.00	14.00
22	Sean Reynolds S. Reynolds	10.13	2025	SDP	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	14	0	3.38	0.00		3.38	7.1	0.0	2.25	.455	10.13	20.25
23	Blade Tidwell B. Tidwell	9.82	2025	NYM	2	0	1	.000	2	6	0	0	0	7.1	13	8	8	1	6	1	0	0	40	0	7.36	7.36	1.00	1.23	15.0	15.0	2.59	.462	9.82	15.95
24	Justin Wrobleski J. Wrobleski	9.82	2025	LAD	2	0	2	.000	2	9	0	0	0	11.0	14	12	12	3	6	0	0	0	52	0	7.36	4.91	1.50	2.45	17.3	11.5	1.82	.324	9.82	11.45
25	Bradley Blalock B. Blalock	9.54	2025	COL	12	2	6	.250	12	25	0	0	0	55.2	80	59	59	15	23	3	0	1	262	2	4.04	3.72	1.09	2.43	9.5	8.8	1.85	.332	9.54	12.93

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Brewers	33	20	.623
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Cardinals	29	25	.537	4.5
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Fri 5/29	ATL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Sat 5/30	ATL	@	CIN	7:15 PM
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Marlins	26	31	.456	11.5
Mets	22	33	.400	14.5
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Brewers	33	20	.623
Cardinals	29	25	.537	4.5
Reds	29	25	.537	4.5
Cubs	30	26	.536	4.5
Pirates	29	27	.518	5.5
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Guardians	33	25	.569
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Wed 5/13	TBR	@	TOR	3-5
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Wed 5/27	COL	@	LAD	10:10 PM
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