qualified pitcher with the highest era in a season since 2000

Since 2000, Jose Lima has the highest ERA in a season, with an ERA of 6.99 in 2005.

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qualified pitcher with the highest era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in a season 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	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.99	2005	KCR	32	5	16	.238	32	80	1	0	0	168.2	219	131	140	31	61	9	0	1	780	5	4.27	3.25	1.31	1.65	10.3	7.8	1.66	.314	7.47	156	5.70	132	11.69	-25.8
2	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	6.71	2020	DET	12	3	7	.300	12	60	1	0	0	60.1	67	45	46	15	22	5	0	0	271	5	8.95	3.28	2.73	2.24	22.1	8.1	1.48	.308	6.86	153	5.77	131	9.99	-9.3
3	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.65	2000	HOU	33	7	16	.304	33	124	0	0	0	196.1	251	145	152	48	68	2	0	3	895	3	5.68	3.12	1.82	2.20	13.9	7.6	1.62	.311	6.97	138	6.11	129	11.51	-29.2
4	Eric Milton E. Milton	6.47	2005	CIN	34	8	15	.348	34	123	0	0	0	186.1	237	134	141	40	52	7	0	2	855	8	5.94	2.51	2.37	1.93	14.4	6.1	1.55	.311	6.81	152	5.43	124	11.45	-21
5	Joel Pineiro J. Pineiro	6.36	2006	SEA	40	8	13	.381	25	87	1	0	1	165.2	209	117	123	23	64	10	6	13	753	4	4.73	3.48	1.36	1.25	11.6	8.5	1.65	.327	6.68	145	5.23	118	11.35	-15.4
6	Nate Robertson N. Robertson	6.35	2008	DET	32	7	11	.389	28	108	0	0	0	168.2	218	119	124	26	62	2	1	7	761	5	5.76	3.31	1.74	1.39	14.2	8.1	1.66	.341	6.62	145	4.99	114	11.63	-11.5
7	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	6.34	2026	AZ	19	3	9	.250	19	61	0	0	0	98.0	122	69	74	18	31	4	0	1	440	1	5.60	2.85	1.97	1.65	13.9	7.0	1.56	.319	6.80	148	5.32	130	11.20	-13.8
8	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	6.28	2023	KCR	31	6	17	.261	31	120	3	0	0	177.2	176	124	130	39	45	6	0	0	748	10	6.08	2.28	2.67	1.98	16.0	6.0	1.24	.255	6.59	140	5.62	131	8.92	-26.3
9	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	6.26	2000	TOR	34	10	12	.455	27	113	2	0	0	175.1	204	122	130	30	83	5	1	1	795	3	5.80	4.26	1.36	1.54	14.2	10.4	1.64	.309	6.67	125	5.57	115	10.47	-14.5
10	Dave Mlicki D. Mlicki	6.17	2001	TOT	34	11	11	.500	29	97	0	0	0	167.2	203	115	122	37	74	15	1	3	772	8	5.21	3.97	1.31	1.99	12.6	9.6	1.65	.302	6.55	140	6.35	145	10.90	-37.4
11	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	6.15	2002	COL	30	7	15	.318	30	74	0	0	0	178.2	228	122	135	24	91	7	0	4	838	9	3.73	4.58	0.81	1.21	8.8	10.9	1.79	.318	6.80	127	5.52	122	11.49	-17.6
12	Omar Daal O. Daal	6.14	2000	TOT	32	4	19	.174	28	96	0	0	0	167.0	208	114	128	26	72	9	1	11	775	0	5.17	3.88	1.33	1.40	12.4	9.3	1.68	.318	6.90	131	5.45	116	11.21	-14
13	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	6.13	2018	CWS	32	10	13	.435	32	125	0	0	0	173.1	166	118	123	27	90	15	0	2	775	13	6.49	4.67	1.39	1.40	16.1	11.6	1.48	.268	6.39	145	5.56	130	8.62	-24.4
14	Jeffrey Springs J. Springs	6.08	2026	ATH	19	3	9	.250	19	84	0	0	0	97.2	102	66	72	26	37	2	0	0	430	0	7.74	3.41	2.27	2.40	19.5	8.6	1.42	.270	6.63	141	6.05	141	9.40	-18.7
15	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	6.05	2008	TOT	31	13	11	.542	31	67	2	0	0	180.0	257	121	129	25	43	2	0	4	811	3	3.35	2.15	1.56	1.25	8.3	5.3	1.67	.344	6.45	139	4.93	116	12.85	-13.7
16	Brandon Backe B. Backe	6.05	2008	HOU	31	9	14	.391	31	127	0	0	0	166.2	202	112	114	36	77	4	0	2	756	2	6.86	4.16	1.65	1.94	16.8	10.2	1.67	.324	6.16	144	5.87	135	10.91	-27.6
17	Jason Marquis J. Marquis	6.02	2006	STL	33	14	16	.467	33	96	0	0	0	194.1	221	130	136	35	75	16	0	2	870	2	4.45	3.47	1.28	1.62	11.0	8.6	1.52	.287	6.30	138	5.90	133	10.23	-32.4
18	Carlos Silva C. Silva	5.94	2006	MIN	36	11	15	.423	31	70	0	0	0	180.1	246	119	130	38	32	7	2	4	811	1	3.49	1.60	2.19	1.90	8.6	3.9	1.54	.313	6.49	133	5.75	131	12.28	-28.6
19	Rodrigo Lopez R. Lopez	5.90	2006	BAL	36	9	18	.333	29	136	0	0	0	189.0	234	124	129	32	59	4	2	2	847	6	6.48	2.81	2.31	1.52	16.1	7.0	1.55	.328	6.14	128	4.90	105	11.14	-4.9
20	Mark Hendrickson M. Hendrickson	5.90	2005	TBD	31	11	8	.579	31	89	1	0	0	178.1	227	117	126	24	49	2	0	1	796	4	4.49	2.47	1.82	1.21	11.2	6.2	1.55	.321	6.36	138	4.62	107	11.46	-5.9
21	Pat Rapp P. Rapp	5.90	2000	BAL	31	9	12	.429	30	106	0	0	0	174.0	203	114	125	18	83	5	0	5	798	8	5.48	4.29	1.28	0.93	13.3	10.4	1.64	.316	6.47	125	4.77	99	10.50	1
22	Masato Yoshii M. Yoshii	5.86	2000	COL	29	6	15	.286	29	88	0	0	0	167.1	201	109	112	32	53	2	0	6	726	2	4.73	2.85	1.66	1.72	12.1	7.3	1.52	.307	6.02	103	5.55	106	10.81	-4.6
23	James Shields J. Shields	5.85	2016	TOT	33	6	19	.240	33	135	1	0	0	181.2	208	118	122	40	82	8	0	3	822	10	6.69	4.06	1.65	1.98	16.4	10.0	1.60	.302	6.04	142	6.00	143	10.30	-36.8
24	Shawn Estes S. Estes	5.84	2004	COL	34	15	8	.652	34	117	1	0	0	202.0	223	131	133	30	105	11	0	5	904	4	5.21	4.68	1.11	1.34	12.9	11.6	1.62	.301	5.93	121	5.54	119	9.94	-17.9
25	Jose Mercedes J. Mercedes	5.82	2001	BAL	33	8	17	.320	31	123	2	0	0	184.0	219	119	125	20	63	10	1	3	828	5	6.02	3.08	1.95	0.98	14.9	7.6	1.53	.325	6.11	136	4.31	96	10.71	3.3

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White Sox	47	44	.516
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Royals	38	55	.409	10.0

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Fri 7/10	KCR	@	BAL	7:05 PM
Sat 7/11	KCR	@	BAL	7:05 PM
Sun 7/12	KCR	@	BAL	1:35 PM
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Nationals	48	46	.511	6.5
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