all-time era- leaders, minimum 500 ip, maximum 22 saves, maximum 65 starts

Darren O'Day has the lowest career ERA- with at most 22 saves, when pitching at least 500 innings and starting 65 or fewer 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	Jared Hughes J. Hughes	74	541.1	12	0	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
6	Al Spalding A. Spalding	74	539.2	1	61	65	48	12	.800	1.78	41	53	8	559	107	238	6	26		4		2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
7	Bill James B. James	75	541.2	3	60	84	37	21	.638	2.28	253	44	5	469	137	196	14	199	22	20		2,217	17	4.20	3.31	1.27	0.23	11.4	9.0	1.23	.263	3.26	3.09	99	7.79	4.8
8	Steve Reed S. Reed	77	870.2	18	0	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	Luis Ayala L. Ayala	79	554.1	19	0	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
10	Matt Strahm M. Strahm	80	517.1	15	35	395	34	38	.472	3.36	582	0	0	421	193	209	62	150	35	60	12	2,130	18	10.13	2.61	3.88	1.08	27.3	7.0	1.10	.276	3.64	3.56	83	7.32	39.5
11	Andrew Chafin A. Chafin	80	542.0	20	3	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
12	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	82	533.1	14	0	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
13	Alexi Ogando A. Ogando	83	504.1	4	48	284	33	19	.635	3.50	408	1	1	442	196	211	53	186	20	62	12	2,110	27	7.28	3.32	2.19	0.95	19.3	8.8	1.25	.270	3.77	4.04	99	7.89	4
14	Aaron Loup A. Loup	83	515.0	8	2	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
15	Jim Mecir J. Mecir	83	527.0	12	0	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
16	Brent Suter B. Suter	83	597.1	3	47	348	42	24	.636	3.57	496	0	0	577	237	275	76	153	20	83	8	2,488	9	7.47	2.31	3.24	1.15	19.9	6.1	1.22	.287	4.14	4.02	94	8.69	17.6
17	Mike Proly M. Proly	83	545.2	22	18	267	22	29	.431	3.23	185	2	0	531	196	229	33	195	8	83	40	2,289	10	3.05	3.22	0.95	0.54	8.1	8.5	1.33	.267	3.78	3.92	102	8.76	-3.6
18	Craig Breslow C. Breslow	83	570.2	8	2	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	8	6	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	Terry Leach T. Leach	84	700.0	10	21	376	38	27	.585	3.15	331	3	3	688	245	279	38	197	13	138	48	2,928	3	4.26	2.53	1.68	0.49	11.3	6.7	1.26	.277	3.59	3.44	92	8.85	24.5
21	Ron Mahay R. Mahay	84	568.0	4	3	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
22	George Kaiserling G. Kaiserling	84	536.2	2	62	78	32	25	.561	2.68	150	36	6	534	160	209	9	145	26	12		2,180	8	2.52	2.43	1.03	0.15	6.9	6.7	1.27	.284	3.50	3.04	102	8.96	-3.2
23	Matt Guerrier M. Guerrier	85	623.0	6	3	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
24	Al Levine A. Levine	85	575.1	10	7	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
25	Paul Quantrill P. Quantrill	86	1255.2	21	64	841	68	78	.466	3.83	725	1	1	1,442	534	601	112	336	45	228	68	5,428	5	5.20	2.41	2.16	0.80	13.4	6.2	1.42	.316	4.31	3.97	89	10.34	63.7