starting pitcher with lowest carrer era since 1969 with at least 2000 innings pitched

Since 1969, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 2.54.

	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	H/9
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	2850.1	451	223	96	.699	451	3,047	25	15	0	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
2	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.76	3563.2	476	243	135	.643	476	1,950	203	52	0	3,020	1,092	1,217	262	1,127	36	0	34	14,500	73	4.92	2.85	1.73	0.66	13.4	7.8	1.16	.248	3.07	7.63
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.91	4249.2	578	278	179	.608	578	3,260	199	54	0	3,517	1,373	1,513	344	1,262	63	0	105	17,232	111	6.90	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.12	.258	3.20	7.45
4	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.92	2100.1	290	123	97	.559	290	1,504	96	26	0	1,650	682	784	168	781	39	0	37	8,616	67	6.44	3.35	1.93	0.72	17.5	9.1	1.16	.242	3.36	7.07
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.95	2720.0	409	208	97	.682	409	3,032	46	17	0	2,151	893	979	233	705	136	0	26	10,955	60	10.03	2.33	4.30	0.77	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.24	7.12
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.12	3978.1	524	237	194	.550	524	2,528	241	42	0	3,702	1,378	1,599	304	1,034	81	0	97	16,313	110	5.72	2.34	2.44	0.69	15.5	6.3	1.19	.275	3.62	8.37
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4913.2	707	354	184	.658	707	4,671	118	46	0	4,182	1,706	1,884	363	1,579	159	0	63	20,227	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.15	5001.0	740	355	226	.611	740	3,366	109	35	0	4,717	1,750	1,974	351	996	137	0	177	20,388	70	6.06	1.79	3.38	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.55	8.49
9	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.15	2260.2	318	122	123	.498	318	1,460	97	30	0	2,152	792	923	152	605	25	0	66	9,338	64	5.81	2.41	2.41	0.61	15.6	6.5	1.22	.282	3.67	8.57
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.18	5199.1	754	312	281	.526	754	5,521	219	61	0	3,790	1,838	2,101	304	2,679	152	0	71	21,781	267	9.56	4.64	2.06	0.53	25.3	12.3	1.24	.266	3.64	6.56
11	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.19	2635.2	362	180	117	.606	362	1,449	150	33	0	2,248	933	1,030	288	686	38	0	32	10,661	41	4.95	2.34	2.11	0.98	13.6	6.4	1.11	.239	3.52	7.68
12	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.19	2827.2	393	158	152	.510	393	1,616	129	37	0	2,614	1,001	1,121	151	873	43	0	75	11,666	88	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.57	8.32
13	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.20	2013.1	284	143	87	.622	284	1,008	133	30	0	1,802	716	810	176	594	7	0	33	8,209	36	4.51	2.66	1.70	0.79	12.3	7.2	1.19	.253	3.62	8.06
14	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.21	3292.0	473	207	159	.566	473	2,130	143	37	0	2,876	1,173	1,316	250	1,157	23	0	59	13,601	101	5.82	3.16	1.84	0.68	15.7	8.5	1.23	.262	3.60	7.86
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.22	4687.1	637	297	219	.576	637	3,749	231	47	0	4,169	1,676	1,916	381	1,670	47	0	139	19,469	162	7.20	3.21	2.24	0.73	19.3	8.6	1.25	.278	3.68	8.00
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.22	2944.0	474	220	117	.653	474	3,471	12	5	0	2,422	1,054	1,127	352	772	112	0	20	11,913	80	10.61	2.36	4.50	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.45	7.40
17	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.26	3237.2	476	210	143	.595	476	2,375	72	17	0	3,058	1,173	1,345	205	890	139	0	42	13,456	108	6.60	2.47	2.67	0.57	17.7	6.6	1.22	.290	3.74	8.50
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.27	4606.1	660	288	214	.574	660	3,028	154	51	0	4,090	1,673	1,848	427	1,175	71	0	74	18,870	99	5.92	2.30	2.58	0.83	16.0	6.2	1.14	.259	3.61	7.99
19	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.28	2283.0	356	165	101	.620	356	1,453	54	13	0	2,160	831	925	219	520	35	0	46	9,341	21	5.73	2.05	2.79	0.86	15.6	5.6	1.17	.273	3.65	8.52
20	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.30	4103.0	603	301	166	.645	603	4,818	100	37	0	3,320	1,504	1,692	408	1,491	188	0	37	16,937	109	10.57	3.27	3.23	0.89	28.4	8.8	1.17	.290	3.71	7.28
21	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.31	4957.1	685	286	248	.536	685	3,694	242	60	0	4,614	1,823	2,021	428	1,316	155	0	67	20,429	114	6.71	2.39	2.81	0.78	18.1	6.4	1.20	.282	3.67	8.38
22	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.32	2307.2	323	167	89	.652	323	1,700	95	26	0	2,122	850	923	222	614	12	0	24	9,454	53	6.63	2.39	2.77	0.87	18.0	6.5	1.19	.275	3.60	8.28
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.32	3567.2	555	266	158	.627	555	3,553	26	9	0	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	7.68
24	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	3.33	2209.1	341	159	99	.616	341	1,807	20	8	0	2,165	818	876	193	510	78	0	33	9,150	29	7.36	2.08	3.54	0.79	19.7	5.6	1.21	.301	3.57	8.82
25	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.34	2468.0	377	144	127	.531	377	1,379	86	29	0	2,305	915	1,024	177	724	18	0	45	10,234	58	5.03	2.64	1.90	0.65	13.5	7.1	1.23	.268	3.73	8.41