the best left handed pitchers in the early 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Johan Santana had the lowest ERA by a left-hander, with an ERA of 3.12.

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the best left handed with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitchers in the early 2000s

	NAME	ERA	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	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.12	310	122	60	.670	234	1,733	9	6	1	1709.2	1,430	592	641	187	473	34	23	10	6,946	65	9.12	2.49	3.66	0.98	24.9	6.8	1.11	.275	3.37	70	3.37	78	7.53	181.5
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.34	287	143	78	.647	281	2,182	32	12	0	1885.1	1,616	699	790	212	484	89	3	22	7,686	34	10.42	2.31	4.51	1.01	28.4	6.3	1.11	.298	3.77	75	3.12	70	7.71	275.2
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.36	53	13	13	.500	51	285	0	0	0	278.2	228	104	106	18	143	2	1	7	1,171	18	9.20	4.62	1.99	0.58	24.3	12.2	1.33	.290	3.42	81	3.46	82	7.36	23.1
4	CC Sabathia	3.62	288	136	81	.627	288	1,590	28	11	0	1889.1	1,738	760	827	168	590	59	0	22	7,834	36	7.57	2.81	2.69	0.80	20.3	7.5	1.23	.289	3.94	82	3.58	82	8.28	166.2
5	Ryan Rowland-Smith R. Rowland-Smith	3.62	88	11	7	.611	27	171	0	0	2	253.1	240	102	111	26	90	8	15	1	1,075	4	6.08	3.20	1.90	0.92	15.9	8.4	1.30	.274	3.94	85	4.27	100	8.53	0.1
6	Brian Duensing B. Duensing	3.64	24	5	2	.714	9	53	0	0	0	84.0	84	34	37	7	31	3	3	1	359	1	5.68	3.32	1.71	0.75	14.8	8.6	1.37	.291	3.96	84	4.12	96	9.00	1.4
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	3.66	92	42	16	.724	91	487	4	2	0	558.0	540	227	234	51	204	19	0	2	2,359	15	7.85	3.29	2.39	0.82	20.6	8.6	1.33	.306	3.77	79	3.77	88	8.71	32.2
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.67	116	48	34	.585	116	686	6	4	0	736.2	679	300	322	96	187	12	0	19	3,029	11	8.38	2.28	3.67	1.17	22.6	6.2	1.18	.285	3.93	83	3.79	85	8.30	53.5
9	Erik Bedard E. Bedard	3.71	144	51	41	.554	141	801	1	1	0	822.0	762	339	375	75	325	30	0	2	3,515	25	8.77	3.56	2.46	0.82	22.8	9.2	1.32	.301	4.11	84	3.65	81	8.34	78.7
10	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.77	283	118	87	.576	283	948	11	7	0	1753.2	1,769	734	790	178	600	30	0	59	7,431	10	4.87	3.08	1.58	0.91	12.8	8.1	1.35	.280	4.05	89	4.39	101	9.08	-6.9
11	Al Leiter A. Leiter	3.78	186	72	61	.541	179	867	5	4	0	1096.1	1,016	461	515	104	480	55	2	30	4,732	18	7.12	3.94	1.81	0.85	18.3	10.1	1.36	.283	4.23	91	4.15	97	8.34	16.1
12	Mike Sirotka M. Sirotka	3.79	32	15	10	.600	32	128	1	0	0	197.0	203	83	101	23	69	1	0	1	832	8	5.85	3.15	1.86	1.05	15.4	8.3	1.38	.295	4.61	76	4.41	89	9.27	12.1
13	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	3.80	326	135	97	.582	301	1,188	24	8	0	2061.0	2,143	871	973	236	470	52	6	35	8,562	17	5.19	2.05	2.53	1.03	13.9	5.5	1.27	.288	4.25	82	4.16	90	9.36	106
14	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	3.83	151	57	46	.553	150	900	1	1	0	870.1	805	370	408	88	392	31	0	9	3,755	44	9.31	4.05	2.30	0.91	24.0	10.4	1.38	.306	4.22	88	3.82	88	8.32	52.9
15	Barry Zito B. Zito	3.84	321	133	106	.556	320	1,501	10	4	0	1999.0	1,775	852	929	209	826	81	0	36	8,484	36	6.76	3.72	1.82	0.94	17.7	9.7	1.30	.267	4.18	88	4.29	98	7.99	23.4
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	3.90	303	148	89	.624	300	1,441	11	3	0	1882.0	1,975	815	917	165	545	32	1	29	8,008	31	6.89	2.61	2.64	0.79	18.0	6.8	1.34	.311	4.39	87	3.61	81	9.44	179.8
17	John Lannan J. Lannan	3.91	70	20	30	.400	70	216	2	1	0	423.0	418	184	206	48	157	15	0	7	1,807	10	4.60	3.34	1.38	1.02	12.0	8.7	1.36	.270	4.38	92	4.79	111	8.89	-22.1
18	Cliff Lee C. Lee	3.97	194	90	52	.634	190	900	13	4	0	1196.2	1,224	528	577	134	332	38	1	10	5,079	32	6.77	2.50	2.71	1.01	17.7	6.5	1.30	.297	4.34	90	3.97	92	9.21	45.2
19	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	4.02	257	95	76	.556	254	1,271	12	8	0	1560.2	1,482	697	745	192	538	68	1	30	6,613	28	7.33	3.10	2.36	1.11	19.2	8.1	1.29	.284	4.30	95	4.20	97	8.55	21.9
20	Dontrelle Willis D. Willis	4.02	177	69	60	.535	176	792	15	8	0	1080.1	1,101	483	529	102	407	54	0	22	4,675	32	6.60	3.39	1.95	0.85	16.9	8.7	1.40	.301	4.41	94	4.13	95	9.17	21.8
21	Jarrod Washburn J. Washburn	4.03	281	97	101	.490	279	1,016	9	4	1	1728.0	1,724	774	824	223	516	61	1	20	7,308	28	5.29	2.69	1.97	1.16	13.9	7.1	1.30	.273	4.29	92	4.58	104	8.98	-38.7
22	Noah Lowry N. Lowry	4.03	106	40	31	.563	100	420	4	2	0	618.1	606	277	298	64	249	19	3	6	2,665	11	6.11	3.62	1.69	0.93	15.8	9.3	1.38	.283	4.34	92	4.39	102	8.82	-7.8
23	Brett Anderson B. Anderson	4.06	30	11	11	.500	30	150	1	1	0	175.1	180	79	94	20	45	3	0	1	735	0	7.70	2.31	3.33	1.03	20.4	6.1	1.28	.309	4.83	94	3.68	85	9.24	12.6
24	John Danks J. Danks	4.06	91	31	33	.484	91	417	1	0	0	534.1	526	241	255	71	184	13	0	6	2,265	11	7.02	3.10	2.27	1.20	18.4	8.1	1.33	.288	4.30	89	4.41	96	8.86	10.8
25	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	4.16	77	24	22	.522	58	366	0	0	1	357.1	329	165	179	41	136	8	6	1	1,504	17	9.22	3.43	2.69	1.03	24.3	9.0	1.30	.302	4.51	95	3.76	88	8.29	21.1

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