all-time era- leaders, minimum 500 ip, maximum 10 starts, maximum 35 saves

Darren O'Day has the lowest career ERA- when starting 10 or fewer games, pitching at least 500 innings with 35 or fewer saves, with an ERA- of 61.

	NAME	ERA-	IP	GS	SV	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	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	Darren O'Day D. O'Day	61	609.0	0	21	644	42	21	.667	2.59	637	0	0	458	175	189	64	172	50	155	24	2,461	3	9.41	2.54	3.70	0.95	25.9	7.0	1.03	.256	2.79	3.48	82	6.77	52.4
2	Jesse Crain J. Crain	71	532.0	0	4	532	45	30	.600	3.05	440	0	0	449	180	205	44	206	18	116	27	2,221	14	7.44	3.48	2.14	0.74	19.8	9.3	1.23	.268	3.47	3.76	89	7.60	27.6
3	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	72	885.2	7	32	563	48	43	.527	3.00	640	0	0	825	295	328	49	270	40	226	63	3,702	25	6.50	2.74	2.37	0.50	17.3	7.3	1.24	.287	3.33	3.17	76	8.38	100.3
4	Chad Bradford C. Bradford	73	515.2	0	11	561	36	28	.563	3.26	313	0	0	527	187	214	28	137	29	115	39	2,180	4	5.46	2.39	2.28	0.49	14.4	6.3	1.29	.298	3.73	3.54	79	9.20	53.7
5	Tony Watson T. Watson	73	648.1	0	32	689	47	29	.618	2.90	570	0	0	528	209	222	63	174	33	109	20	2,620	5	7.91	2.42	3.28	0.87	21.8	6.6	1.08	.261	3.08	3.59	91	7.33	24.5
6	Jared Hughes J. Hughes	74	541.1	0	12	542	30	26	.536	2.96	371	0	0	480	178	210	47	190	40	129	25	2,247	29	6.17	3.16	1.95	0.78	16.5	8.5	1.24	.271	3.49	4.17	103	7.98	-8.5
7	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	76	784.2	0	33	798	48	45	.516	3.41	829	0	0	633	297	329	55	428	64	237	59	3,402	36	9.51	4.91	1.94	0.63	24.4	12.6	1.35	.285	3.77	3.72	84	7.26	67.2
8	Steve Reed S. Reed	77	870.2	0	18	833	49	44	.527	3.63	630	0	0	811	351	384	107	285	61	197	46	3,662	11	6.51	2.95	2.21	1.11	17.2	7.8	1.26	.273	3.97	4.41	97	8.38	12.6
9	Joe Smith J. Smith	77	762.1	0	30	866	55	34	.618	3.14	666	0	0	653	266	289	66	254	40	176	31	3,150	19	7.86	3.00	2.62	0.78	21.1	8.1	1.19	.276	3.41	3.65	89	7.71	39
10	Pedro Strop P. Strop	78	505.2	0	32	561	29	30	.492	3.20	554	0	0	360	180	194	34	232	37	141	19	2,111	54	9.86	4.13	2.39	0.61	26.2	11.0	1.17	.260	3.45	3.40	83	6.41	38.8
11	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	79	662.2	1	23	748	36	46	.439	3.41	642	0	0	594	251	273	52	251	20	170	37	2,799	28	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.71	22.9	9.0	1.28	.296	3.71	3.40	79	8.07	66.8
12	Luis Ayala L. Ayala	79	554.1	0	19	534	38	47	.447	3.34	367	0	0	581	206	233	54	139	35	161	24	2,340	11	5.96	2.26	2.64	0.88	15.7	5.9	1.30	.302	3.78	3.95	93	9.43	19.9
13	Andrew Chafin A. Chafin	80	542.0	3	20	643	22	28	.440	3.35	591	0	0	462	202	223	39	234	16	105	18	2,288	36	9.81	3.89	2.53	0.65	25.8	10.2	1.28	.300	3.70	3.30	80	7.67	50.2
14	Shigetoshi Hasegawa S. Hasegawa	81	720.1	8	33	517	45	43	.511	3.70	447	0	0	691	296	323	76	265	18	191	37	3,031	16	5.58	3.31	1.69	0.95	14.7	8.7	1.33	.276	4.04	4.38	96	8.63	13.4
15	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	82	533.1	0	14	839	30	17	.638	3.48	358	0	0	484	206	227	26	235	27	163	38	2,273	16	6.04	3.97	1.52	0.44	15.8	10.3	1.35	.281	3.83	3.85	95	8.17	10.5
16	Aaron Loup A. Loup	83	515.0	2	8	591	23	30	.434	3.43	480	0	0	486	196	233	39	162	50	95	21	2,197	16	8.39	2.83	2.96	0.68	21.8	7.4	1.26	.305	4.07	3.49	84	8.49	37.6
17	Jim Mecir J. Mecir	83	527.0	0	12	474	29	35	.453	3.77	450	0	0	482	221	240	41	225	23	126	28	2,263	19	7.69	3.84	2.00	0.70	19.9	9.9	1.34	.289	4.10	3.79	83	8.23	44.3
18	Craig Breslow C. Breslow	83	570.2	2	8	576	23	30	.434	3.45	442	0	0	536	219	250	56	226	17	137	18	2,428	25	6.97	3.56	1.96	0.88	18.2	9.3	1.34	.285	3.94	4.09	101	8.45	-2.8
19	Scott Linebrink S. Linebrink	84	656.2	6	8	607	42	31	.575	3.51	567	0	0	630	256	280	82	229	27	156	33	2,778	44	7.77	3.14	2.48	1.12	20.4	8.2	1.31	.293	3.84	4.14	97	8.63	10.5
20	Ron Mahay R. Mahay	84	568.0	3	4	514	27	12	.692	3.83	470	0	0	539	242	273	75	266	10	100	22	2,474	28	7.45	4.21	1.77	1.19	19.0	10.8	1.42	.281	4.33	4.62	104	8.54	-9.7
21	Paul Shuey P. Shuey	84	530.0	0	23	476	45	28	.616	3.87	556	0	0	471	228	252	43	277	14	156	32	2,309	36	9.44	4.70	2.01	0.73	24.1	12.0	1.41	.302	4.28	3.69	81	8.00	52.6
22	Matt Guerrier M. Guerrier	85	623.0	3	6	555	27	35	.435	3.52	411	0	0	580	244	263	69	206	19	123	29	2,618	30	5.94	2.98	2.00	1.00	15.7	7.9	1.26	.267	3.80	4.30	104	8.38	-11.9
23	Al Levine A. Levine	85	575.1	7	10	416	24	33	.421	3.96	278	0	0	597	253	287	70	236	16	127	20	2,510	25	4.35	3.69	1.18	1.10	11.1	9.4	1.45	.276	4.49	5.00	109	9.34	-26
24	Brad Brach B. Brach	87	552.2	0	34	531	38	29	.567	3.55	589	0	0	475	218	246	57	264	8	143	23	2,351	30	9.59	4.30	2.23	0.93	25.1	11.2	1.34	.292	4.01	3.82	92	7.74	21.6
25	Felix Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	88	586.1	1	11	563	38	26	.594	3.71	512	0	0	526	242	256	50	283	32	167	19	2,544	32	7.86	4.34	1.81	0.77	20.1	11.1	1.38	.286	3.93	4.04	94	8.07	16.5