best career era- by a pitcher with 1500 or more ip

Clayton Kershaw has the best career 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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	68	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
4	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
5	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
6	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	69	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	1,736	250	57	35	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
7	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	67	7.29	338.1
8	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
9	Addie Joss A. Joss	70	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	1.89	920	234	45	5	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
10	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
11	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	71	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	2.06	1,375	271	55	49	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
12	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	73	5190.0	696	373	208	.642	600	2.56	2,198	436	90	32	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
13	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	73	5067.1	621	361	208	.634	562	2.96	1,881	532	48	17	4,929	1,664	2,480	156	1,272	129	56		21,082	169	3.34	2.26	1.48	0.28	8.9	6.0	1.22	.271	4.40	3.48	85	8.75	377.8
14	Cy Young C. Young	74	7356.0	906	511	316	.618	815	2.63	2,803	749	76	17	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	2.84	79	8.68	620
15	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
16	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	75	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	2.26	76	7.93	363
17	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
18	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	75	2029.1	243	130	94	.580	231	2.55	917	212	25	0	1,916	574	821	27	381	52	11		8,126	28	4.07	1.69	2.41	0.12	11.3	4.7	1.13	.280	3.64	2.65	77	8.50	181.2
19	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
20	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
21	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	75	2961.1	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	2,316	261	50	5	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	2.03	71	7.48	262
22	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
23	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	75	4536.1	531	328	178	.648	518	2.81	1,978	485	37	5	4,295	1,417	2,384	159	1,191	80	12		19,146	182	3.92	2.36	1.66	0.32	10.3	6.2	1.21	.263	4.73	3.35	88	8.52	289.8
24	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
25	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

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