which mlb reliever has the lowest era in 2026

50 pitchers are tied for the lowest ERA by a relief pitcher this season, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Josh Rojas, Rafael Flores Jr. and Hagen Smith.

	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	Josh Rojas J. Rojas	0.00	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
2	Rafael Flores Jr. R. Flores Jr.	0.00	2026	PIT	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	0.00	18.00
3	Hagen Smith H. Smith	0.00	2026	CWS	1	1	0	1.000	0	3	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	13.50	18.00	0.75	0.00	30.0	40.0	2.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Jack Weisenburger J. Weisenburger	0.00	2026	NYM	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	28.6	0.0	0.50	.200	0.00	4.50
5	Blake Weiman B. Weiman	0.00	2026	LAA	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	1.00	.333	0.00	9.00
6	Jefry Yan J. Yan	0.00	2026	NYM	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	20.0	20.0	2.50	.500	0.00	13.50
7	Ben Joyce B. Joyce	0.00	2026	LAA	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	28.6	14.3	1.00	.250	0.00	4.50
8	Nate Lavender N. Lavender	0.00	2026	NYM	2	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	0.43	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Tatsuya Imai T. Imai	0.00	2026	HOU	1	0	0		0	5	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	15.00	0.00		0.00	55.6	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
10	Kevin Herget K. Herget	0.00	2026	NYM	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
11	Antoine Kelly A. Kelly	0.00	2026	CHC	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	25.0	25.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
12	Luke Murphy L. Murphy	0.00	2026	LAA	3	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0	10.80	10.80	1.00	0.00	30.8	30.8	1.20	.000	0.00	0.00
13	Noah Murdock N. Murdock	0.00	2026	PIT	2	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	1	12.00	9.00	1.33	0.00	28.6	21.4	2.00	.429	0.00	9.00
14	Trevor Williams T. Williams	0.00	2026	WSH	5	0	0		0	11	0	0	0	8.1	6	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	33	0	11.88	2.16	5.50	0.00	33.3	6.1	0.96	.316	0.00	6.48
15	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	0.00	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	8	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	24	1	10.29	3.86	2.67	0.00	33.3	12.5	0.71	.154	0.00	2.57
16	Will Warren W. Warren	0.00	2026	NYY	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	13.50	1.00	0.00	25.0	25.0	3.00	.500	0.00	13.50
17	Alex McFarlane A. McFarlane	0.00	2026	PHI	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
18	Khristian Curtis K. Curtis	0.00	2026	PIT	1	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	0	7.20	3.60	2.00	0.00	23.5	11.8	0.80	.182	0.00	3.60
19	Bryan Torres B. Torres	0.00	2026	STL	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0	0.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	12.5	1.00	.143	0.00	4.50
20	Guillo Zuñiga G. Zuñiga	0.00	2026	NYM	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	25.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
21	Spencer Bivens S. Bivens	0.00	2026	SFG	2	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.00	30.0	10.0	2.00	.500	9.00	13.50
22	Eddy Yean E. Yean	0.00	2026	WSH	6	0	0		0	6	0	0	0	7.2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	29	1	7.04	2.35	3.00	0.00	20.7	6.9	0.52	.100	0.00	2.35
23	Gabriel Hughes G. Hughes	0.00	2026	COL	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	0	3.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	9.1	9.1	1.00	.222	0.00	6.00
24	Garrett Stallings G. Stallings	0.00	2026	MIL	4	0	0		0	9	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	30	0	10.13	3.38	3.00	0.00	30.0	10.0	0.75	.167	0.00	3.38
25	Grant Holmes G. Holmes	0.00	2026	ATL	1	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	30.8	0.0	0.25	.111	0.00	2.25

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