royals single season era leaders starting pitchers since 2000

Since 2000, 10 pitchers are tied for the best ERA by a Royals starting pitcher in a season, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Angel Zerpa in 2025 and in 2021 and Collin Snider and Tucker Davidson in 2023.

Regular season

	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	H/9
1	Angel Zerpa A. Zerpa	0.00	2025	KCR	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	14.3	0.0	0.50	.167	0.00	4.50
2	Collin Snider C. Snider	0.00	2023	KCR	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	14.3	14.3	1.00	.200	0.00	4.50
3	Tucker Davidson T. Davidson	0.00	2023	KCR	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Dylan Coleman D. Coleman	0.00	2023	KCR	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	6	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	50.0	3.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Josh Staumont J. Staumont	0.00	2023	KCR	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Josh Taylor J. Taylor	0.00	2023	KCR	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	9.00	2.00	0.00	40.0	20.0	2.00	.500	9.00	9.00
7	Taylor Clarke T. Clarke	0.00	2023	KCR	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
8	Gabe Speier G. Speier	0.00	2022	KCR	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Angel Zerpa A. Zerpa	0.00	2021	KCR	1	0	1	.000	1	4	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	0.00	20.0	5.0	0.80	.200	3.60	5.40
10	Kyle Zimmer K. Zimmer	0.00	2021	KCR	2	0	0		2	5	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	15.00	6.00	2.50	0.00	38.5	15.4	1.67	.500	0.00	9.00
11	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	0.00	2020	KCR	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.00	37.5	12.5	1.00	.250	0.00	4.50
12	Adam Bernero A. Bernero	0.77	2006	KCR	2	1	0	1.000	2	11	0	0	0	11.2	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	8.49	0.00		0.00	23.9	0.0	1.03	.343	0.77	9.26
13	Luis Mendoza L. Mendoza	1.23	2011	KCR	2	2	0	1.000	2	7	0	0	0	14.2	11	2	3	0	5	2	0	0	60	0	4.30	3.07	1.40	0.00	11.7	8.3	1.09	.239	1.84	6.75
14	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	1.59	2023	KCR	4	0	0		4	7	0	0	0	5.2	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	0	11.12	6.35	1.75	0.00	25.0	14.3	1.94	.412	1.59	11.12
15	Felipe Paulino F. Paulino	1.67	2012	KCR	7	3	1	.750	7	39	0	0	0	37.2	31	7	8	3	15	0	0	0	156	1	9.32	3.58	2.60	0.72	25.0	9.6	1.22	.283	1.91	7.41
16	Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	1.69	2024	KCR	6	2	0	1.000	6	19	0	0	0	26.2	18	5	5	2	12	1	0	0	109	0	6.41	4.05	1.58	0.68	17.4	11.0	1.13	.213	1.69	6.08
17	Robinson Tejeda R. Tejeda	1.80	2008	KCR	1	1	0	1.000	1	2	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	2	3.60	5.40	0.67	0.00	10.5	15.8	1.00	.143	1.80	3.60
18	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	1.85	2013	KCR	5	2	0	1.000	5	22	0	0	0	24.1	19	5	5	0	14	1	0	0	104	2	8.14	5.18	1.57	0.00	21.2	13.5	1.36	.284	1.85	7.03
19	Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	1.91	2025	KCR	5	1	2	.333	5	21	0	0	0	33.0	20	7	9	1	5	0	0	0	125	0	5.73	1.36	4.20	0.27	16.8	4.0	0.76	.194	2.45	5.45
20	Angel Zerpa A. Zerpa	2.00	2022	KCR	2	1	1	.500	2	3	0	0	0	9.0	8	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	37	0	3.00	3.00	1.00	2.00	8.1	8.1	1.22	.207	3.00	8.00
21	Daniel Lynch IV D. Lynch IV	2.08	2025	KCR	2	0	0		2	6	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	19	0	12.46	8.31	1.50	2.08	31.6	21.1	1.85	.375	2.08	8.31
22	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2.16	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	242	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	7.65
23	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	2.25	2016	KCR	3	0	0		3	11	0	0	0	12.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	47	0	8.25	2.25	3.67	0.75	23.4	6.4	0.92	.219	2.25	6.00
24	Brad Keller B. Keller	2.47	2020	KCR	9	5	3	.625	9	35	1	1	0	54.2	39	15	16	2	17	2	0	0	215	1	5.76	2.80	2.06	0.33	16.3	7.9	1.02	.233	2.63	6.42
25	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	2.55	2021	KCR	12	4	3	.571	12	64	0	0	0	60.0	52	17	19	6	22	0	0	1	249	3	9.60	3.30	2.91	0.90	25.7	8.8	1.23	.293	2.85	7.80

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