players with the best era as a pitcher in the national league in 2017 with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Clayton Kershaw had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 2017, with an ERA of 2.31.

	NAME	ERA	IP	TM GMS	IP/TM GMS	SEASON	TM	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.31	175.0	162	1.08	2017	LAD	27	18	4	.818	27	202	1	0	0	136	45	49	23	30	0	0	0	679	4	10.39	1.54	6.73	1.18	29.7	4.4	0.95	.267	2.52	56	3.06	72	6.99	23
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2.51	200.2	162	1.24	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	268	2	0	0	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
3	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.52	175.1	162	1.08	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	204	1	1	0	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	57	2.71	62	6.72	32.4
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	2.89	162.0	162	1	2017	ARI	28	15	5	.750	28	218	1	1	0	116	52	57	23	71	5	0	3	665	8	12.11	3.94	3.07	1.28	32.8	10.7	1.15	.267	3.17	63	3.71	85	6.44	11.6
5	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	2.96	201.0	162	1.24	2017	WSH	32	15	9	.625	32	188	0	0	0	158	66	69	21	79	7	0	5	827	7	8.42	3.54	2.38	0.94	22.7	9.6	1.18	.258	3.09	67	3.92	89	7.07	10.7
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.20	202.1	162	1.25	2017	ARI	32	17	7	.708	32	215	1	0	0	172	72	80	25	45	0	0	0	801	12	9.56	2.00	4.78	1.11	26.8	5.6	1.07	.285	3.56	70	3.30	76	7.65	23.7
7	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	3.43	186.1	162	1.15	2017	STL	33	11	8	.579	33	153	0	0	0	151	71	80	27	78	10	0	5	776	2	7.39	3.77	1.96	1.30	19.7	10.1	1.23	.244	3.86	82	4.81	114	7.29	-12.4
8	Jimmy Nelson J. Nelson	3.49	175.1	162	1.08	2017	MIL	29	12	6	.667	29	199	1	0	0	171	68	75	16	48	9	0	1	728	6	10.21	2.46	4.15	0.82	27.3	6.6	1.25	.340	3.85	80	3.04	70	8.78	25.5
9	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	3.53	168.1	162	1.04	2017	CHC	30	14	10	.583	30	163	0	0	0	150	66	82	23	55	10	0	3	707	14	8.71	2.94	2.96	1.23	23.1	7.8	1.22	.279	4.38	81	4.15	96	8.02	3.1
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	3.53	201.1	162	1.24	2017	NYM	31	15	10	.600	31	239	1	0	0	180	79	87	28	59	2	0	5	827	7	10.68	2.64	4.05	1.25	28.9	7.1	1.19	.305	3.89	87	3.49	83	8.05	16.7
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	3.54	168.0	162	1.04	2017	PHI	27	12	11	.522	27	184	0	0	0	154	66	67	18	49	2	0	2	693	1	9.86	2.63	3.76	0.96	26.6	7.1	1.21	.309	3.59	82	3.26	74	8.25	21
12	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	3.64	205.0	162	1.27	2017	STL	32	12	11	.522	32	217	2	2	0	179	83	93	27	71	8	0	3	858	9	9.53	3.12	3.06	1.19	25.3	8.3	1.22	.284	4.08	88	3.90	92	7.86	7.5
13	José Ureña J. Ureña	3.82	169.2	162	1.05	2017	MIA	34	14	7	.667	28	113	0	0	0	152	72	77	26	64	14	2	4	724	5	5.99	3.39	1.77	1.38	15.6	8.8	1.27	.249	4.08	93	5.19	124	8.06	-19.7
14	Jhoulys Chacin J. Chacin	3.89	180.1	162	1.11	2017	SDP	32	13	10	.565	32	153	0	0	0	157	78	82	19	72	14	0	5	765	7	7.64	3.59	2.13	0.95	20.0	9.4	1.27	.272	4.09	93	4.25	100	7.84	0.3
15	Zach Davies Z. Davies	3.90	191.1	162	1.18	2017	MIL	33	17	9	.654	33	124	0	0	0	204	83	90	20	55	9	0	3	817	2	5.83	2.59	2.25	0.94	15.2	6.7	1.35	.302	4.23	89	4.22	97	9.60	3.1
16	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	4.03	189.2	162	1.17	2017	ARI	33	14	13	.519	32	178	0	0	0	208	85	97	26	61	3	0	8	826	10	8.45	2.89	2.92	1.23	21.5	7.4	1.42	.326	4.60	89	4.07	93	9.87	6.2
17	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	4.13	165.2	162	1.02	2017	STL	30	12	9	.571	30	158	1	1	0	170	76	82	17	55	3	0	3	701	5	8.58	2.99	2.87	0.92	22.5	7.8	1.36	.327	4.45	99	3.63	86	9.24	11.2
18	Ivan Nova I. Nova	4.14	187.0	162	1.15	2017	PIT	31	11	14	.440	31	131	2	1	0	203	86	96	29	36	7	0	2	785	8	6.30	1.73	3.64	1.40	16.7	4.6	1.28	.299	4.62	97	4.45	103	9.77	-2.9
19	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	4.26	203.0	162	1.25	2017	PIT	33	12	12	.500	33	196	0	0	0	199	96	98	31	55	4	0	1	849	7	8.69	2.44	3.56	1.37	23.1	6.5	1.25	.298	4.34	100	4.08	94	8.82	5.4
20	Dan Straily D. Straily	4.26	181.2	162	1.12	2017	MIA	33	10	9	.526	33	170	0	0	0	176	86	90	31	60	5	0	4	769	2	8.42	2.97	2.83	1.54	22.1	7.8	1.30	.288	4.46	103	4.57	109	8.72	-8.2
21	R.A. Dickey	4.26	190.0	162	1.17	2017	ATL	31	10	10	.500	31	136	0	0	0	193	90	99	26	67	10	0	3	815	13	6.44	3.17	2.03	1.23	16.7	8.2	1.37	.290	4.69	96	4.71	110	9.14	-9.5
22	Jon Lester J. Lester	4.33	180.2	162	1.12	2017	CHC	32	13	8	.619	32	180	1	0	0	179	87	101	26	60	4	0	3	763	3	8.97	2.99	3.00	1.30	23.6	7.9	1.32	.310	5.03	100	4.09	95	8.92	4.5
23	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	4.39	162.0	162	1	2017	COL	29	11	7	.611	29	147	0	0	0	174	79	82	25	49	8	0	3	701	6	8.17	2.72	3.00	1.39	21.0	7.0	1.38	.316	4.56	88	4.40	96	9.67	3.4
24	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	4.42	207.2	162	1.28	2017	SFG	32	9	15	.375	32	205	1	1	0	204	102	107	30	32	6	0	1	847	2	8.88	1.39	6.41	1.30	24.2	3.8	1.14	.303	4.64	106	3.60	89	8.84	10.6
25	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	4.49	188.1	162	1.16	2017	ATL	32	11	13	.458	32	151	0	0	0	186	94	103	31	72	7	0	3	812	6	7.22	3.44	2.10	1.48	18.6	8.9	1.37	.281	4.92	102	4.94	116	8.89	-14.3