who has the best career era by active starting pitchers with at least 50 starts

Yoshinobu Yamamoto has the best career ERA by an active starting pitcher when starting 50+ games, with an ERA of 2.61.

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  • Assumption:Threshold per result
  • Data note: Earned Run Average, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMEERAGSGWLW%SOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.61
76
76
33
19
.635
488
1
0
0
448.2
310
130
140
41
123
11
0
1
1,760
9
9.79
2.47
3.97
0.82
27.7
7.0
0.97
.245
2.81
6.22
2Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.62
87
87
31
24
.564
586
1
0
0
495.0
376
144
158
41
123
23
0
0
1,959
6
10.65
2.24
4.76
0.75
29.9
6.3
1.01
.282
2.87
6.84
3Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
2.69
111
111
44
19
.698
507
0
0
0
561.2
430
168
177
49
118
16
0
1
2,196
19
8.12
1.89
4.30
0.79
23.1
5.4
0.98
.253
2.84
6.89
4Ryne Stanek
R. Stanek
2.71
56
56
0
3
.000
102
0
0
0
83.0
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
5Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.73
279
279
107
76
.585
2,052
4
2
0
1702.1
1,312
516
553
166
391
27
0
16
6,713
35
10.85
2.07
5.25
0.88
30.6
5.8
1.00
.281
2.92
6.94
6Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
2.83
114
114
47
22
.681
765
1
1
0
614.1
443
193
205
60
208
30
0
2
2,479
52
11.21
3.05
3.68
0.88
30.9
8.4
1.06
.270
3.00
6.49
7Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.97
339
339
154
94
.621
2,658
17
4
0
2145.2
1,749
708
765
215
478
143
0
12
8,629
45
11.15
2.00
5.56
0.90
30.8
5.5
1.04
.299
3.21
7.34
8Max Fried
M. Fried
3.01
203
203
97
44
.688
1,128
6
4
0
1167.1
1,007
390
431
90
315
46
0
5
4,742
49
8.70
2.43
3.58
0.69
23.8
6.6
1.13
.290
3.32
7.76
9Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
3.01
160
160
66
42
.611
1,064
1
1
0
914.2
731
306
335
101
195
30
0
0
3,631
12
10.47
1.92
5.46
0.99
29.3
5.4
1.01
.281
3.30
7.19
10Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
3.04
118
118
47
27
.635
703
4
2
0
702.2
658
237
260
61
153
16
0
0
2,869
20
9.00
1.96
4.59
0.78
24.5
5.3
1.15
.308
3.33
8.43
11Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
3.06
152
152
55
35
.611
1,023
0
0
0
896.1
695
305
336
98
253
34
0
1
3,614
40
10.27
2.54
4.04
0.98
28.3
7.0
1.06
.271
3.37
6.98
12Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
3.10
98
98
43
23
.652
562
0
0
0
522.2
424
180
195
58
155
9
0
1
2,114
22
9.68
2.67
3.63
1.00
26.6
7.3
1.11
.275
3.36
7.30
13Blake Snell
B. Snell
3.10
231
231
85
63
.574
1,495
1
1
0
1200.2
922
414
450
111
537
12
0
6
4,964
87
11.21
4.03
2.78
0.83
30.1
10.8
1.22
.289
3.37
6.91
14Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
3.13
136
136
53
30
.639
884
2
1
0
763.2
587
266
279
87
195
32
0
2
3,054
8
10.42
2.30
4.53
1.03
28.9
6.4
1.02
.269
3.29
6.92
15Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
3.20
339
339
163
89
.647
2,382
8
5
0
2081.0
1,742
741
792
239
525
63
0
7
8,380
58
10.30
2.27
4.54
1.03
28.4
6.3
1.09
.291
3.43
7.53
16Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
3.26
311
311
127
80
.614
2,013
5
3
0
1890.1
1,598
684
738
187
537
80
0
14
7,731
43
9.58
2.56
3.75
0.89
26.0
6.9
1.13
.287
3.51
7.61
17Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
3.26
70
70
27
20
.574
501
1
1
0
381.1
321
138
146
47
90
12
0
0
1,547
12
11.82
2.12
5.57
1.11
32.4
5.8
1.08
.305
3.45
7.58
18Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
3.26
152
152
71
35
.670
1,036
5
2
0
932.1
831
338
360
110
217
18
0
1
3,786
34
10.00
2.09
4.77
1.06
27.4
5.7
1.12
.300
3.48
8.02
19Tony Gonsolin
T. Gonsolin
3.28
78
78
34
12
.739
365
0
0
0
389.1
280
142
151
50
138
15
0
2
1,574
14
8.44
3.19
2.64
1.16
23.2
8.8
1.07
.229
3.49
6.47
20Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3.29
492
492
225
126
.641
3,539
12
5
0
3028.2
2,500
1,108
1,181
367
807
114
0
20
12,277
83
10.52
2.40
4.39
1.09
28.8
6.6
1.09
.286
3.51
7.43
21Michael King
M. King
3.30
96
96
30
31
.492
518
1
1
0
507.2
430
186
210
57
186
28
0
3
2,119
9
9.18
3.30
2.78
1.01
24.4
8.8
1.21
.280
3.72
7.62
22Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3.33
557
557
266
159
.626
3,560
26
9
0
3576.2
3,057
1,324
1,435
374
1,007
121
0
28
14,646
100
8.96
2.53
3.54
0.94
24.3
6.9
1.14
.280
3.61
7.69
23Justin Steele
J. Steele
3.34
91
91
30
22
.577
496
1
0
0
493.1
453
183
215
49
148
18
0
0
2,067
14
9.05
2.70
3.35
0.89
24.0
7.2
1.22
.298
3.92
8.26
24Ranger Suarez
R. Suarez
3.40
147
147
50
37
.575
759
2
2
0
814.1
772
308
333
70
255
24
0
2
3,408
11
8.39
2.82
2.98
0.77
22.3
7.5
1.26
.305
3.68
8.53
25Bryan Woo
B. Woo
3.45
100
100
40
25
.615
567
0
0
0
568.2
460
218
233
71
119
22
0
2
2,284
7
8.97
1.88
4.76
1.12
24.8
5.2
1.02
.258
3.69
7.28

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