all-time era- leaders, minimum 500 ip, maximum 10 starts, maximum 50 saves

Darren O'Day has the lowest career ERA- when starting at most 10 games, pitching at least 500 innings with at most 50 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	Damaso Marte D. Marte	78	503.2	0	36	570	23	27	.460	3.48	533	0	0	405	195	209	48	229	26	137	30	2,118	15	9.52	4.09	2.33	0.86	25.2	10.8	1.26	.278	3.73	3.71	82	7.24	44.9
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	79	744.2	3	46	727	41	43	.488	3.48	862	0	0	628	288	308	72	330	50	168	32	3,167	66	10.42	3.99	2.61	0.87	27.2	10.4	1.29	.300	3.72	3.61	85	7.59	49.8
15	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
16	Jason Frasor J. Frasor	80	646.2	0	36	679	35	35	.500	3.49	615	0	0	568	251	267	56	283	23	205	32	2,747	38	8.56	3.94	2.17	0.78	22.4	10.3	1.32	.289	3.72	3.73	87	7.91	40.9
17	Steve Mingori S. Mingori	80	584.2	2	42	385	18	33	.353	3.03	329	0	0	544	197	237	45	225	18	173	53	2,491	16	5.06	3.46	1.46	0.69	13.2	9.0	1.32	.266	3.65	3.70	99	8.37	1.3
18	Steve Kline S. Kline	80	682.1	1	39	796	34	39	.466	3.51	493	0	0	649	266	293	60	295	26	231	48	2,940	26	6.50	3.89	1.67	0.79	16.8	10.0	1.38	.285	3.86	4.19	95	8.56	16.3
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Larry Andersen L. Andersen	83	995.1	1	49	699	40	39	.506	3.15	758	0	0	932	348	402	58	311	17	267	64	4,171	21	6.85	2.81	2.44	0.52	18.2	7.5	1.25	.289	3.63	3.00	79	8.43	83.9
24	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
25	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