pitcher with lowest carrer era since 1969 with at least 1000 innings

Since 1969, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when pitching at least 1000 innings, with an ERA of 2.21.

	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	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
2	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	375.1
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	1539.2	248	96	65	.596	248	1,851	4	2	0	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
4	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	1043.1	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
5	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.80	3598.2	492	245	137	.641	476	1,967	203	52	3	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
6	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.83	1042.0	661	68	71	.489	0	861	0	0	300	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
7	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.85	1436.2	1,050	94	90	.511	0	779	0	0	184	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	77	3.25	88	8.18	71.1
8	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.87	1089.1	1,035	61	75	.449	0	1,133	0	0	601	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
9	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.89	1700.0	943	114	118	.491	37	1,299	4	2	341	1,470	545	611	122	491	38	709	109	6,933	39	6.88	2.60	2.65	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.15	.271	3.23	83	2.94	81	7.78	127.5
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.89	2149.0	316	126	97	.565	290	1,551	96	26	11	1,675	689	791	171	796	39	21	40	8,799	67	6.50	3.33	1.95	0.72	17.6	9.0	1.15	.241	3.31	83	3.31	92	7.01	62.4
11	John Franco J. Franco	2.89	1245.2	1,119	90	87	.508	0	975	0	0	424	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	73	3.44	86	8.42	76
12	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.90	1041.0	477	74	67	.525	25	904	7	3	119	884	336	379	97	472	12	336	67	4,399	37	7.82	4.08	1.92	0.84	20.6	10.7	1.30	.270	3.28	74	3.47	88	7.64	50.4
13	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	2.91	1281.1	823	92	73	.558	0	779	0	0	222	1,192	414	481	75	453	12	594	78	5,347	56	5.47	3.18	1.72	0.53	14.6	8.5	1.28	.277	3.38	79	3.23	87	8.37	71.3
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.91	4254.0	585	279	180	.608	578	3,265	199	54	0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	1,264	63	4	105	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	79	3.08	84	7.45	265.6
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
16	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	2.93	1085.0	745	80	77	.510	3	769	0	0	136	1,004	353	413	51	440	13	399	126	4,604	19	6.38	3.65	1.75	0.42	16.7	9.6	1.33	.286	3.43	80	3.13	88	8.33	54.8
17	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	2.96	1337.1	768	92	73	.558	14	1,000	2	1	179	1,145	440	496	86	496	19	524	122	5,543	48	6.73	3.34	2.02	0.58	18.0	8.9	1.23	.269	3.34	81	3.09	86	7.71	71.7
18	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3.01	1675.2	214	104	77	.575	206	1,267	117	18	2	1,469	560	622	99	570	36	4	64	6,958	43	6.81	3.06	2.22	0.53	18.2	8.2	1.22	.275	3.34	82	2.86	81	7.89	123.3
19	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	1809.1	1,002	124	107	.537	37	1,502	16	0	310	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	312	2,579	16	3	12	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
21	Lee Smith L. Smith	3.03	1289.1	1,022	71	92	.436	6	1,251	0	0	478	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
22	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	1079.2	200	92	41	.692	183	1,052	6	4	0	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112
23	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.05	1489.2	201	87	80	.521	200	616	91	21	0	1,391	505	580	91	451	29	1	44	6,166	35	3.72	2.72	1.37	0.55	10.0	7.3	1.24	.261	3.50	90	3.45	99	8.40	5.9
24	Greg Minton G. Minton	3.10	1130.2	710	59	65	.476	7	479	0	0	150	1,082	389	452	43	483	16	415	131	4,810	56	3.81	3.84	0.99	0.34	10.0	10.0	1.38	.274	3.60	86	3.70	101	8.61	-3.2
25	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	3.11	1057.2	503	56	52	.519	72	839	12	7	74	959	365	427	75	331	13	232	62	4,398	16	7.14	2.82	2.53	0.64	19.1	7.5	1.22	.282	3.63	85	3.11	85	8.16	63.5