who had the best era in the 1990s among starters with at least 50 starts

Greg Maddux had the best ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 50+ games in the 1990s, with an ERA of 2.54.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.54	331	331	176	88	.667	1,764	75	23	0	2394.2	2,084	677	786	111	443	60	0	74	9,563	32	6.63	1.66	3.98	0.42	18.4	4.6	1.06	.275	2.95	7.83
2	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.74	168	168	72	43	.626	955	16	3	0	1111.0	972	338	383	74	313	14	0	10	4,519	10	7.74	2.54	3.05	0.60	21.1	6.9	1.16	.284	3.10	7.87
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.89	182	182	96	47	.671	1,412	28	11	0	1252.0	980	402	449	101	355	50	0	16	5,038	36	10.15	2.55	3.98	0.73	28.0	7.0	1.07	.282	3.23	7.04
4	Matt Morris M. Morris	2.97	50	50	19	14	.576	228	5	1	0	330.2	309	109	125	20	111	10	0	8	1,368	8	6.21	3.02	2.05	0.54	16.7	8.1	1.27	.289	3.40	8.41
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.02	305	305	152	89	.631	2,101	57	24	0	2177.2	1,829	731	813	139	731	82	0	28	8,968	59	8.68	3.02	2.87	0.57	23.4	8.2	1.18	.286	3.36	7.56
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.15	290	290	149	75	.665	2,504	65	25	0	2043.1	1,543	715	798	181	905	97	0	13	8,475	65	11.03	3.99	2.77	0.80	29.5	10.7	1.20	.284	3.51	6.80
7	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.21	327	327	164	87	.653	1,465	38	14	0	2228.0	2,101	794	877	141	764	23	0	72	9,325	50	5.92	3.09	1.92	0.57	15.7	8.2	1.29	.283	3.54	8.49
8	David Cone D. Cone	3.22	287	287	141	85	.624	1,925	40	16	0	2014.0	1,664	721	792	169	773	73	0	19	8,366	100	8.60	3.45	2.49	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.276	3.54	7.44
9	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.24	314	314	143	97	.596	1,576	58	16	0	2208.1	2,104	795	914	128	604	103	0	33	9,185	74	6.42	2.46	2.61	0.52	17.2	6.6	1.23	.292	3.72	8.57
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.31	210	210	93	70	.571	1,429	57	13	0	1518.1	1,316	559	605	142	372	29	0	25	6,161	42	8.47	2.21	3.84	0.84	23.2	6.0	1.11	.280	3.59	7.80
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.32	315	315	143	95	.601	1,893	42	14	0	2142.1	1,858	791	867	170	669	34	0	49	8,803	109	7.95	2.81	2.83	0.71	21.5	7.6	1.18	.280	3.64	7.81
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.33	215	215	89	67	.571	832	36	14	0	1449.2	1,327	537	610	117	397	58	0	31	5,998	15	5.17	2.46	2.10	0.73	13.9	6.6	1.19	.263	3.79	8.24
13	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	3.39	70	70	39	18	.684	404	5	1	0	445.2	389	168	190	43	133	9	0	6	1,844	12	8.16	2.69	3.04	0.87	21.9	7.2	1.17	.276	3.84	7.86
14	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	3.40	150	150	58	53	.523	721	10	5	0	988.0	936	373	415	102	273	15	0	22	4,126	15	6.57	2.49	2.64	0.93	17.5	6.6	1.22	.277	3.78	8.53
15	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.42	190	190	74	53	.583	833	24	4	0	1214.0	1,185	461	499	108	211	41	0	15	4,958	21	6.18	1.56	3.95	0.80	16.8	4.3	1.15	.286	3.70	8.79
16	Omar Daal O. Daal	3.43	64	64	27	24	.529	319	5	2	0	409.0	371	156	169	38	137	11	0	5	1,704	3	7.02	3.01	2.33	0.84	18.7	8.0	1.24	.278	3.72	8.16
17	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	3.45	245	245	118	70	.628	1,212	35	18	0	1614.0	1,422	618	713	139	645	50	0	34	6,828	30	6.76	3.60	1.88	0.78	17.8	9.4	1.28	.268	3.98	7.93
18	Kevin Appier K. Appier	3.46	276	276	120	89	.574	1,473	32	10	0	1844.2	1,659	709	767	137	636	40	0	30	7,685	72	7.19	3.10	2.32	0.67	19.2	8.3	1.24	.282	3.74	8.09
19	Randy Tomlin R. Tomlin	3.46	94	94	30	30	.500	288	8	3	0	569.1	584	219	248	37	130	17	0	9	2,358	14	4.55	2.06	2.22	0.58	12.2	5.5	1.25	.290	3.92	9.23
20	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	3.49	154	154	67	42	.615	672	13	6	0	991.2	980	384	450	74	365	19	0	10	4,212	29	6.10	3.31	1.84	0.67	16.0	8.7	1.36	.294	4.08	8.89
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.50	254	254	136	66	.673	1,325	39	14	0	1772.0	1,659	689	731	182	421	19	0	15	7,214	36	6.73	2.14	3.15	0.92	18.4	5.8	1.17	.280	3.71	8.43
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.52	97	97	35	29	.547	638	9	4	0	600.2	431	235	266	44	255	25	0	2	2,467	29	9.56	3.82	2.50	0.66	25.9	10.3	1.14	.257	3.99	6.46
23	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.52	149	149	59	52	.532	557	18	5	0	978.1	977	383	426	76	316	18	0	19	4,132	38	5.12	2.91	1.76	0.70	13.5	7.6	1.32	.285	3.92	8.99
24	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.52	137	137	45	51	.469	769	10	4	0	832.2	656	326	350	104	290	16	0	13	3,420	5	8.31	3.13	2.65	1.12	22.5	8.5	1.14	.246	3.78	7.09
25	Jose De Jesus J. De Jesus	3.57	55	55	20	18	.526	213	6	1	0	332.2	267	132	146	18	207	5	0	7	1,429	17	5.76	5.60	1.03	0.49	14.9	14.5	1.42	.253	3.95	7.22

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