pirates single season era leaders since 2000

Since 2000, Zach Duke has the lowest ERA for the Pirates in a season, with an ERA of 1.81 in his rookie season in 2005.

Interpreted as:

pirates single season era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game leaders since 2000

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Zach Duke Z. Duke	1.81	2005	PIT	14	8	2	.800	14	58	0	0	0	84.2	79	17	20	3	23	2	0	2	341	1	6.17	2.44	2.52	0.32	17.0	6.7	1.20	.298	2.13	43	2.99	72	8.40	11.2
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	2024	PIT	23	11	3	.786	23	170	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
3	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.97	2025	PIT	32	10	10	.500	32	216	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	46	2.36	57	6.52	37
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2.60	2015	PIT	32	19	8	.704	32	202	0	0	0	208.0	183	60	71	11	44	10	0	1	832	7	8.74	1.90	4.59	0.48	24.3	5.3	1.09	.304	3.07	68	2.65	70	7.92	26.9
5	Salomon Torres S. Torres	2.64	2004	PIT	84	7	7	.500	0	62	0	0	0	92.0	87	27	33	6	22	6	20	6	380	5	6.07	2.15	2.82	0.59	16.3	5.8	1.18	.285	3.23	61	3.45	79	8.51	9.3
6	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	2.75	2026	PIT	11	4	2	.667	11	70	0	0	0	68.2	55	21	24	6	17	5	0	0	275	0	9.17	2.23	4.12	0.79	25.5	6.2	1.05	.277	3.15	67	3.13	78	7.21	6.9
7	Salomon Torres S. Torres	2.76	2005	PIT	78	5	5	.500	0	55	0	0	3	94.2	76	29	34	7	36	5	32	7	388	5	5.23	3.42	1.53	0.67	14.2	9.3	1.18	.242	3.23	66	4.11	99	7.23	0.5
8	Vance Worley V. Worley	2.85	2014	PIT	18	8	4	.667	17	79	1	1	0	110.2	112	35	43	9	22	3	0	1	458	4	6.42	1.79	3.59	0.73	17.2	4.8	1.21	.299	3.50	81	3.43	96	9.11	1.7
9	Oliver Perez O. Perez	2.98	2004	PIT	30	12	10	.545	30	239	2	1	0	196.0	145	65	71	22	81	9	0	2	805	2	10.97	3.72	2.95	1.01	29.7	10.1	1.15	.271	3.26	69	3.44	79	6.66	20.1
10	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	3.00	2026	PIT	11	6	4	.600	11	65	0	0	0	60.0	40	20	22	6	9	4	0	0	232	1	9.75	1.35	7.22	0.90	28.0	3.9	0.82	.230	3.30	73	2.85	71	6.00	7.9
11	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	3.02	2013	PIT	26	16	8	.667	26	163	2	0	0	161.0	134	54	54	9	63	0	0	0	666	7	9.11	3.52	2.59	0.50	24.5	9.5	1.22	.290	3.02	84	2.92	80	7.49	13.3
12	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	3.04	2014	PIT	32	13	7	.650	31	140	1	0	0	192.2	166	65	75	17	71	14	0	6	809	15	6.54	3.32	1.97	0.79	17.3	8.8	1.23	.263	3.50	86	4.15	116	7.75	-12.8
13	Trevor Williams T. Williams	3.11	2018	PIT	31	14	10	.583	31	126	1	1	0	170.2	146	59	64	15	55	4	0	3	701	4	6.64	2.90	2.29	0.79	18.0	7.8	1.18	.261	3.38	78	3.86	95	7.70	3.8
14	A.J. Burnett	3.18	2015	PIT	26	9	7	.563	26	143	0	0	0	164.0	174	58	64	11	49	11	0	2	699	6	7.85	2.69	2.92	0.60	20.5	7.0	1.36	.336	3.51	83	3.35	88	9.55	8.2
15	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	3.20	2018	PIT	32	14	10	.583	32	179	2	1	0	191.0	179	68	69	20	46	6	0	4	785	2	8.43	2.17	3.89	0.94	22.8	5.9	1.18	.298	3.25	80	3.46	85	8.43	12.8
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.22	2013	PIT	19	10	7	.588	19	100	0	0	0	117.1	109	42	43	7	28	3	0	0	469	4	7.67	2.15	3.57	0.54	21.3	6.0	1.17	.308	3.30	90	2.91	80	8.36	9.8
17	Charlie Morton C. Morton	3.26	2013	PIT	20	7	4	.636	20	85	0	0	0	116.0	113	42	51	6	36	16	0	1	493	5	6.59	2.79	2.36	0.47	17.2	7.3	1.28	.306	3.96	91	3.60	99	8.77	0.6
18	Salomon Torres S. Torres	3.28	2006	PIT	94	3	6	.333	0	72	0	0	12	93.1	98	34	42	6	38	6	24	9	411	3	6.94	3.66	1.89	0.58	17.5	9.2	1.46	.318	4.05	75	3.85	87	9.45	6.1
19	Kip Wells K. Wells	3.28	2003	PIT	31	10	9	.526	31	147	1	0	0	197.1	171	72	77	24	76	7	0	7	835	7	6.70	3.47	1.93	1.09	17.6	9.1	1.25	.253	3.51	77	4.38	102	7.80	-2
20	A.J. Burnett	3.30	2013	PIT	30	10	11	.476	30	209	1	0	0	191.0	165	70	79	11	67	9	0	3	801	12	9.85	3.16	3.12	0.52	26.1	8.4	1.21	.305	3.72	92	2.80	77	7.77	18.4
21	Luis L. Ortiz L. L. Ortiz	3.32	2024	PIT	37	7	6	.538	15	107	0	0	1	135.2	109	50	56	16	42	9	2	3	556	2	7.10	2.79	2.55	1.06	19.2	7.6	1.11	.243	3.71	79	4.24	105	7.23	-2.8
22	Steven Brault S. Brault	3.38	2020	PIT	11	1	3	.250	10	38	1	0	0	42.2	29	16	17	2	22	5	0	0	178	3	8.02	4.64	1.73	0.42	21.3	12.4	1.20	.243	3.59	76	3.91	87	6.12	2.8
23	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	3.38	2016	PIT	18	5	4	.556	18	85	0	0	0	104.0	99	39	40	13	17	3	0	1	418	1	7.36	1.47	5.00	1.13	20.3	4.1	1.12	.287	3.46	83	3.71	91	8.57	4.4
24	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	3.38	2015	PIT	31	12	7	.632	31	205	0	0	0	186.2	155	70	75	15	70	5	0	1	773	10	9.88	3.38	2.93	0.72	26.5	9.1	1.21	.293	3.62	88	3.18	84	7.47	12.9
25	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	3.38	2014	PIT	29	7	10	.412	29	175	0	0	0	162.1	130	61	68	13	81	4	0	3	691	12	9.70	4.49	2.16	0.72	25.3	11.7	1.30	.280	3.77	96	3.58	100	7.21	-0.3

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