national league era leader since july starters with at least 5 games

Since July 31, 2025, PJ Poulin has the lowest ERA by an NL starting pitcher when pitching in 5+ games, with an ERA of 1.42.

NAMEERAGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1PJ Poulin
PJ Poulin
1.42
5
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
6.1
5
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
26
0
7.11
1.42
5.00
1.42
19.2
3.8
0.95
.222
1.42
7.11
2Cade Horton
C. Horton
1.43
12
8
1
.889
12
51
0
0
0
56.2
31
9
9
4
13
1
0
0
213
0
8.10
2.06
3.92
0.64
23.9
6.1
0.78
.188
1.43
4.92
3Trevor McDonald
T. McDonald
1.69
5
3
0
1.000
5
30
0
0
0
32.0
26
6
9
3
4
2
0
0
126
1
8.44
1.13
7.50
0.84
23.8
3.2
0.94
.264
2.53
7.31
4Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
1.78
14
4
3
.571
14
95
0
0
0
76.0
51
15
17
4
15
3
0
0
296
6
11.25
1.78
6.33
0.47
32.1
5.1
0.87
.263
2.01
6.04
5Chase Burns
C. Burns
1.80
11
5
1
.833
11
67
0
0
0
60.0
38
12
12
6
19
0
0
0
232
0
10.05
2.85
3.53
0.90
28.9
8.2
0.95
.229
1.80
5.70
6Kyle Harrison
K. Harrison
2.09
8
4
1
.800
8
48
0
0
0
38.2
33
9
9
3
13
3
0
0
160
2
11.17
3.03
3.69
0.70
30.0
8.1
1.19
.323
2.09
7.68
7Justin Wrobleski
J. Wrobleski
2.12
7
6
1
.857
7
25
0
0
0
46.2
36
11
11
2
11
2
0
0
186
1
4.82
2.12
2.27
0.39
13.4
5.9
1.01
.233
2.12
6.94
8Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
2.12
21
9
4
.692
21
153
1
1
0
135.2
124
32
38
5
25
1
0
0
546
1
10.15
1.66
6.12
0.33
28.0
4.6
1.10
.329
2.52
8.23
9Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.15
19
10
4
.714
19
126
0
0
0
104.2
73
25
28
9
17
3
0
0
403
1
10.83
1.46
7.41
0.77
31.3
4.2
0.86
.258
2.41
6.28
10Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.31
14
7
4
.636
14
106
0
0
0
85.2
56
22
24
10
18
9
0
0
334
1
11.14
1.89
5.89
1.05
31.7
5.4
0.86
.241
2.52
5.88
11Andrew Alvarez
A. Alvarez
2.31
5
1
1
.500
5
20
0
0
0
23.1
16
6
8
1
10
1
0
0
98
2
7.71
3.86
2.00
0.39
20.4
10.2
1.11
.227
3.09
6.17
12Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
2.36
5
2
2
.500
5
17
0
0
0
26.2
18
7
7
2
11
2
0
0
108
0
5.74
3.71
1.55
0.68
15.7
10.2
1.09
.211
2.36
6.08
13Freddy Peralta
F. Peralta
2.42
19
8
4
.667
19
120
0
0
0
100.1
69
27
29
11
39
3
0
0
411
2
10.76
3.50
3.08
0.99
29.2
9.5
1.08
.244
2.60
6.19
14Nolan McLean
N. McLean
2.51
17
7
3
.700
17
121
0
0
0
100.1
69
28
32
8
31
5
0
0
391
3
10.85
2.78
3.90
0.72
30.9
7.9
1.00
.270
2.87
6.19
15Hunter Greene
H. Greene
2.81
8
3
1
.750
8
59
1
1
0
48.0
31
15
17
6
12
0
0
0
183
3
11.06
2.25
4.92
1.13
32.2
6.6
0.90
.236
3.19
5.81
16Braxton Ashcraft
B. Ashcraft
2.84
16
3
4
.429
16
89
0
0
0
85.2
71
27
30
6
24
4
0
0
344
1
9.35
2.52
3.71
0.63
25.9
7.0
1.11
.294
3.15
7.46
17Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.85
17
6
4
.600
17
116
0
0
0
107.1
70
34
35
12
30
2
0
0
415
2
9.73
2.52
3.87
1.01
28.0
7.2
0.93
.227
2.93
5.87
18Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
2.87
11
3
3
.500
11
60
0
0
0
62.2
56
20
24
5
18
1
0
1
264
0
8.62
2.59
3.33
0.72
22.7
6.8
1.18
.283
3.45
8.04
19Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
2.90
16
6
2
.750
16
106
0
0
0
90.0
51
29
29
8
35
2
0
1
349
1
10.60
3.50
3.03
0.80
30.4
10.0
0.96
.217
2.90
5.10
20Blake Snell
B. Snell
2.93
10
4
5
.444
10
73
0
0
0
55.1
47
18
19
3
20
0
0
1
226
5
11.87
3.25
3.65
0.49
32.3
8.8
1.21
.338
3.09
7.64
21Hurston Waldrep
H. Waldrep
3.02
9
5
1
.833
9
51
0
0
0
50.2
42
17
17
3
20
3
0
1
207
0
9.06
3.55
2.55
0.53
24.6
9.7
1.22
.300
3.02
7.46
22Bryce Elder
B. Elder
3.08
21
8
6
.571
21
114
0
0
0
131.2
103
45
50
11
36
3
0
1
528
1
7.79
2.46
3.17
0.75
21.6
6.8
1.06
.253
3.42
7.04
23Randy Vásquez
R. Vásquez
3.09
14
8
3
.727
14
66
0
0
0
75.2
68
26
27
7
16
3
0
0
306
0
7.85
1.90
4.13
0.83
21.6
5.2
1.11
.285
3.21
8.09
24Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
3.10
7
3
1
.750
7
45
0
0
0
40.2
33
14
15
6
11
1
0
0
163
1
9.96
2.43
4.09
1.33
27.6
6.7
1.08
.270
3.32
7.30
25Nabil Crismatt
N. Crismatt
3.12
5
2
0
1.000
5
17
0
0
0
26.0
27
9
13
3
4
1
0
0
109
1
5.88
1.38
4.25
1.04
15.6
3.7
1.19
.286
4.50
9.35
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