starting pitchers with the best career era since 1969 with a minimum of 50 ip

Since 1969, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 50 innings, with an ERA of 1.96.

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	320.2	55	21	13	.618	55	386	1	0	0	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	6.46
2	Tyler Thornburg T. Thornburg	2.37	57.0	10	2	1	.667	10	45	0	0	0	50	15	17	6	20	1	0	1	230	1	7.11	3.16	2.25	0.95	19.6	8.7	1.23	.278	2.68	7.89
3	Rob Gardner R. Gardner	2.41	101.0	16	9	4	.692	16	60	1	0	0	85	27	37	10	30	0	0	2	417	5	5.35	2.67	2.00	0.89	14.4	7.2	1.14	.237	3.30	7.57
4	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.53	114.0	22	10	4	.714	22	92	0	0	0	91	32	37	9	33	5	0	0	458	0	7.26	2.61	2.79	0.71	20.1	7.2	1.09	.257	2.92	7.18
5	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
6	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	6.86
7	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	471.1	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	263.2	48	19	10	.655	48	306	0	0	0	191	78	85	21	81	4	0	0	1,052	7	10.45	2.76	3.78	0.72	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.90	6.52
9	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.70	389.2	81	28	14	.667	81	333	0	0	0	305	117	124	35	86	9	0	1	1,527	16	7.69	1.99	3.87	0.81	21.8	5.6	1.00	.254	2.86	7.04
10	Ryne Stanek R. Stanek	2.71	83.0	56	0	3	.000	56	102	0	0	0	57	25	27	9	31	1	0	0	331	3	11.06	3.36	3.29	0.98	30.8	9.4	1.06	.255	2.93	6.18
11	Jim Wright J. Wright	2.74	102.0	17	9	4	.692	17	47	5	3	0	102	31	35	4	15	5	0	1	410	0	4.15	1.32	3.13	0.35	11.5	3.7	1.15	.289	3.09	9.00
12	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
13	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.86	229.1	33	14	12	.538	33	121	14	3	0	188	73	80	17	58	4	0	4	907	3	4.75	2.28	2.09	0.67	13.3	6.4	1.07	.242	3.14	7.38
14	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
15	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
16	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	2.93	55.1	10	3	3	.500	10	53	0	0	0	47	18	21	4	29	2	0	3	241	8	8.62	4.72	1.83	0.65	22.0	12.0	1.37	.281	3.42	7.64
17	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
18	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.96	73.0	14	4	3	.571	14	84	0	0	0	58	24	24	8	31	5	0	0	304	3	10.36	3.82	2.71	0.99	27.6	10.2	1.22	.284	2.96	7.15
19	Monty Montgomery M. Montgomery	2.97	69.2	10	5	3	.625	10	31	1	1	0	65	23	25	2	20	0	0	2	282	0	4.00	2.58	1.55	0.26	11.0	7.1	1.22	.275	3.23	8.40
20	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.99	1657.1	206	103	75	.579	206	1,249	117	18	0	1,452	551	613	97	559	35	0	63	6,876	41	6.78	3.04	2.23	0.53	18.2	8.1	1.21	.275	3.33	7.88
21	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	2.99	138.1	24	9	7	.563	24	114	0	0	0	109	46	46	18	43	3	0	1	556	3	7.42	2.80	2.65	1.17	20.5	7.7	1.10	.241	2.99	7.09
22	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	3.00	528.2	100	39	20	.661	100	670	1	1	0	388	176	184	56	182	24	0	2	2,139	52	11.41	3.10	3.68	0.95	31.3	8.5	1.08	.275	3.13	6.61
23	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	3.00	351.1	64	24	17	.585	64	464	1	1	0	288	117	123	42	79	8	0	0	1,409	10	11.89	2.02	5.87	1.08	32.9	5.6	1.04	.301	3.15	7.38
24	Kodai Senga K. Senga	3.00	285.0	52	20	13	.606	52	320	0	0	0	222	95	106	30	133	9	0	0	1,196	19	10.11	4.20	2.41	0.95	26.8	11.1	1.25	.273	3.35	7.01
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.01	886.0	149	55	35	.611	149	1,015	0	0	0	683	296	327	93	249	34	0	1	3,567	39	10.31	2.53	4.08	0.94	28.5	7.0	1.05	.271	3.32	6.94

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