sp pitchers best era- since 1920, min 1500 ip

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA- when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA- of 65.

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	NAME	ERA-	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	65	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	66	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
3	Lefty Grove L. Grove	68	3940.2	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	2,266	298	35	54	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
4	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	68	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	1,610	20	5	228	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	69	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	2.83	68	7.29	337.1
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	69	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	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	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	70	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
8	Johan Santana J. Santana	74	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
9	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	75	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
10	Whitey Ford W. Ford	75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	2.75	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
11	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	75	1907.2	318	133	92	.591	240	2.92	901	125	25	18	1,731	618	701	116	536	37	53		7,821	18	4.25	2.53	1.68	0.55	11.5	6.9	1.19	.259	3.31	3.26	84	8.17	135.3
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	75	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	76	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
14	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	76	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	3.06	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
15	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	76	3590.1	535	253	154	.622	433	2.98	1,677	260	36	33	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
16	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	77	2749.1	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	2,117	67	20	1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	3.39	77	8.66	296
17	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	77	1967.1	317	150	83	.644	230	3.02	1,163	154	26	31	1,919	661	774	95	453	27	77		8,171	12	5.32	2.07	2.57	0.43	14.2	5.5	1.21	.284	3.54	3.22	78	8.78	190.8
18	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	78	2437.0	334	165	108	.604	293	3.09	659	194	20	16	2,568	838	1,006	116	355	15	31		10,002	18	2.43	1.31	1.86	0.43	6.6	3.5	1.20	.277	3.72	3.51	88	9.48	124.2
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	78	3256.1	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	2,397	72	17	0	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
20	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	78	1933.2	274	133	89	.599	253	3.20	558	137	21	9	2,041	688	851	53	510	18	16		8,171	21	2.60	2.37	1.09	0.25	6.8	6.2	1.32	.283	3.96	3.57	88	9.50	97.7
21	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	78	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
22	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	79	2503.0	368	189	102	.649	320	3.34	1,468	173	28	10	2,290	930	1,091	138	1,095	19	31		10,729	39	5.28	3.94	1.34	0.50	13.7	10.2	1.35	.269	3.92	3.88	94	8.23	70.4
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	79	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
24	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	79	3576.2	557	266	159	.626	557	3.33	3,560	26	9	0	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	3.44	82	7.69	309.5
25	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	79	1723.0	303	119	62	.657	232	3.15	862	93	25	14	1,591	603	684	169	562	44	35	8	7,182	18	4.50	2.94	1.53	0.88	12.0	7.8	1.25	.256	3.57	3.79	94	8.31	44.9

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