mlb starting pitchers with best era since 2020 minimum 50 games started

Since 2020, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 50+ games, with an ERA of 2.43.

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.43	77	77	30	22	.577	535	1	0	0	441.1	330	119	132	32	102	20	0	0	1,737	5	10.91	2.08	5.25	0.65	30.8	5.9	0.98	.284	2.69	6.73
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.68	67	67	30	16	.652	424	1	0	0	389.1	276	116	124	34	109	7	0	1	1,533	9	9.80	2.52	3.89	0.79	27.7	7.1	0.99	.252	2.87	6.38
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.69	97	97	37	22	.627	728	1	1	0	548.1	373	164	172	67	103	5	0	2	2,105	11	11.95	1.69	7.07	1.10	34.6	4.9	0.87	.255	2.82	6.12
4	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.78	104	104	43	20	.683	702	1	1	0	562.2	405	174	186	54	186	29	0	2	2,268	47	11.23	2.98	3.77	0.86	31.0	8.2	1.05	.271	2.98	6.48
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.78	100	100	47	21	.691	706	0	0	0	565.2	469	175	191	49	137	42	0	1	2,294	10	11.23	2.18	5.15	0.78	30.8	6.0	1.07	.309	3.04	7.46
6	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.78	101	101	37	19	.661	445	0	0	0	501.0	390	155	164	47	105	15	0	1	1,966	19	7.99	1.89	4.24	0.84	22.6	5.3	0.99	.253	2.95	7.01
7	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	2.82	102	102	39	24	.619	696	2	1	0	583.1	420	183	195	68	142	23	0	1	2,305	6	10.74	2.19	4.90	1.05	30.2	6.2	0.96	.256	3.01	6.48
8	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.85	145	145	55	33	.625	991	0	0	0	868.1	653	275	306	82	241	34	0	1	3,477	38	10.27	2.50	4.11	0.85	28.5	6.9	1.03	.268	3.17	6.77
9	Max Fried M. Fried	2.85	156	156	77	33	.700	874	5	4	0	924.0	766	293	323	64	240	36	0	2	3,721	34	8.51	2.34	3.64	0.62	23.5	6.4	1.09	.280	3.15	7.46
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.87	174	174	79	39	.669	1,217	4	2	0	1082.0	847	345	371	104	243	49	0	4	4,299	19	10.12	2.02	5.01	0.87	28.3	5.7	1.01	.277	3.09	7.05
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.90	107	107	54	22	.711	588	0	0	0	579.2	478	187	209	62	136	13	0	1	2,318	20	9.13	2.11	4.32	0.96	25.4	5.9	1.06	.274	3.24	7.42
12	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.01	107	107	42	24	.636	629	4	2	0	634.1	593	212	235	54	136	14	0	0	2,590	19	8.92	1.93	4.63	0.77	24.3	5.3	1.15	.307	3.33	8.41
13	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.04	94	94	42	22	.656	547	0	0	0	503.2	407	170	184	55	151	9	0	1	2,036	22	9.77	2.70	3.62	0.98	26.9	7.4	1.11	.276	3.29	7.27
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.04	150	150	61	40	.604	994	1	1	0	852.2	679	288	316	97	182	29	0	0	3,385	11	10.49	1.92	5.46	1.02	29.4	5.4	1.01	.279	3.34	7.17
15	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.10	96	96	42	23	.646	640	2	0	0	585.2	503	202	213	65	150	11	0	0	2,371	24	9.83	2.31	4.27	1.00	27.0	6.3	1.11	.291	3.27	7.73
16	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	94	94	51	18	.739	518	0	0	0	527.0	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
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.12	126	126	43	35	.551	860	1	1	0	655.0	483	227	242	61	309	9	0	2	2,720	48	11.82	4.25	2.78	0.84	31.6	11.4	1.21	.285	3.33	6.64
18	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.16	137	137	63	33	.656	988	6	4	0	827.0	653	290	306	113	199	20	0	1	3,297	13	10.75	2.17	4.96	1.23	30.0	6.0	1.03	.273	3.33	7.11
19	Reynaldo López R. López	3.18	55	55	13	14	.481	254	0	0	0	255.0	226	90	101	35	88	4	0	0	1,054	6	8.96	3.11	2.89	1.24	24.1	8.3	1.23	.284	3.56	7.98
20	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	3.26	70	70	27	20	.574	501	1	1	0	381.1	321	138	146	47	90	12	0	0	1,547	12	11.82	2.12	5.57	1.11	32.4	5.8	1.08	.305	3.45	7.58
21	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	3.27	105	105	38	29	.567	637	2	2	0	594.0	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
22	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	3.29	95	95	36	19	.655	709	0	0	0	536.0	363	196	203	65	179	4	0	1	2,125	44	11.90	3.01	3.96	1.09	33.4	8.4	1.01	.255	3.41	6.10
23	Tony Gonsolin T. Gonsolin	3.31	72	72	31	10	.756	341	0	0	0	361.1	260	133	140	47	128	15	0	2	1,459	13	8.49	3.19	2.66	1.17	23.4	8.8	1.07	.230	3.49	6.48
24	Justin Steele J. Steele	3.34	91	91	30	22	.577	496	1	0	0	493.1	453	183	215	49	148	18	0	0	2,067	14	9.05	2.70	3.35	0.89	24.0	7.2	1.22	.298	3.92	8.26
25	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	3.34	134	134	45	34	.570	712	2	2	0	749.1	708	278	298	62	230	19	0	2	3,130	10	8.55	2.76	3.10	0.74	22.7	7.3	1.25	.307	3.58	8.50

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Cubs	62	48	.564	6.0
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Cardinals	54	55	.495	13.5
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