all-time era- leaders, minimum 500 ip, maximum 200 saves, maximum 500 starts

Darren O'Day has the lowest career ERA- with at most 200 saves, when pitching at least 500 innings and starting at most 500 games, with an ERA- of 61.

	NAME	ERA-	IP	SV	GS	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	21	0	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	65	2850.0	0	450	454	222	96	.698	2.54	3,045	25	15	2,189	804	881	235	712	46	1	28	11,258	107	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.0	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	2.85	70	6.91	373.3
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	66	1539.2	0	248	248	96	65	.596	2.57	1,851	4	2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	2.70	66	6.86	239.5
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	66	2827.1	3	409	476	219	100	.687	2.93	3,154	46	17	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
5	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	67	1181.0	0	129	129	65	60	.520	1.89	263	127	9	1,183	248	597	7	78		0		4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
6	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	68	717.1	105	0	739	37	38	.493	2.75	479	0	0	654	219	251	32	248	25	264	55	2,947	7	6.01	3.11	1.93	0.40	16.3	8.4	1.26	.288	3.15	3.49	87	8.21	41.9
7	Lefty Grove L. Grove	68	3940.2	54	457	616	300	141	.680	3.06	2,266	298	35	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
8	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	69	2964.1	35	315	430	195	126	.607	1.82	1,736	250	57	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
9	Joe Wood J. Wood	70	1434.1	10	158	225	117	57	.672	2.03	989	121	28	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	2.26	78	7.14	105.8
10	Addie Joss A. Joss	70	2327.0	5	260	286	160	97	.623	1.89	920	234	45	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
11	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	70	574.1	82	7	529	45	41	.523	2.90	593	0	0	484	185	212	43	222	20	197	26	2,376	24	9.29	3.48	2.67	0.67	25.0	9.3	1.23	.294	3.32	3.33	80	7.58	53
12	David Robertson D. Robertson	70	892.1	178	1	879	68	46	.596	2.94	1,175	0	0	673	291	315	81	364	25	357	38	3,682	57	11.85	3.67	3.23	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.291	3.18	2.97	70	6.79	122.1
13	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	71	3172.1	49	332	481	239	130	.648	2.06	1,375	271	55	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
14	Jesse Crain J. Crain	71	532.0	4	0	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
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	71	2078.1	12	312	392	144	88	.621	3.01	2,570	16	3	1,688	696	749	213	485	130	25	15	8,367	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	2.88	69	7.31	301.4
16	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	71	528.2	0	100	100	39	20	.661	3.00	670	1	1	388	176	184	56	182	24	0	2	2,139	52	11.41	3.10	3.68	0.95	31.3	8.5	1.08	.275	3.13	3.18	74	6.61	62.1
17	Max Fried M. Fried	71	1079.2	0	183	200	92	41	.692	3.03	1,052	6	4	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	3.25	78	7.89	112.1
18	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	72	885.2	32	7	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
19	Brandon Webb B. Webb	72	1319.2	0	198	199	87	62	.584	3.27	1,065	15	8	1,200	479	557	92	435	50	1	34	5,515	56	7.26	2.97	2.45	0.63	19.3	7.9	1.24	.286	3.80	3.49	78	8.18	146.6
20	Scot Shields S. Shields	73	697.0	21	15	491	46	44	.511	3.18	631	0	0	589	246	285	55	278	21	114	21	2,916	49	8.15	3.59	2.27	0.71	21.6	9.5	1.24	.277	3.68	3.57	82	7.61	61.2
21	Chad Bradford C. Bradford	73	515.2	11	0	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
22	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	73	745.0	1	127	142	53	28	.654	3.10	871	2	1	580	257	269	84	190	32	4	1	2,984	8	10.52	2.30	4.58	1.01	29.2	6.4	1.03	.274	3.25	3.19	75	7.01	89
23	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	73	1485.0	6	184	211	109	43	.717	2.84	614	109	26	1,327	468	549	64	463	19	14		6,102	20	3.72	2.81	1.33	0.39	10.1	7.6	1.21	.256	3.33	3.30	88	8.04	71.2
24	J.J. Putz	73	566.2	189	0	572	37	33	.529	3.08	599	0	0	469	194	203	50	184	19	357	18	2,329	24	9.51	2.92	3.26	0.79	25.7	7.9	1.15	.284	3.22	3.20	76	7.45	63.2
25	Tony Watson T. Watson	73	648.1	32	0	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