best era of all-time since 1980

Since 1980, J.R. Richard has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

Interpreted as:
best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player of all-time since 1980
NAMEERAGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
1.90
17
10
4
.714
17
119
4
4
0
113.2
65
24
31
2
40
0
0
1
438
2
9.42
3.17
2.98
0.16
27.2
9.1
0.92
.227
2.45
56
1.93
56
5.15
19.9
2Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.06
65
27
16
.628
65
449
1
0
0
375.2
261
86
94
26
82
16
0
0
1,455
5
10.76
1.96
5.48
0.62
30.9
5.6
0.91
.266
2.25
49
2.43
59
6.25
69.7
3Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
2.27
25
10
5
.667
25
159
0
0
0
139.0
102
35
37
10
44
5
0
0
557
3
10.29
2.85
3.61
0.65
28.5
7.9
1.05
.271
2.40
56
2.82
66
6.60
21.6
4Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
2.44
200
25
16
.610
0
180
0
0
38
380.0
350
103
122
18
99
8
106
26
1,557
5
4.26
2.34
1.82
0.43
11.6
6.4
1.18
.265
2.89
60
3.22
81
8.29
33.1
5Mike Vasil
M. Vasil
2.50
47
5
3
.625
3
82
0
0
4
101.0
74
28
32
8
52
8
17
5
423
4
7.31
4.63
1.58
0.71
19.4
12.3
1.25
.242
2.85
61
4.32
100
6.59
-0.1
6Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2.53
455
223
96
.699
451
3,052
25
15
0
2855.1
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
65
2.85
70
6.91
375.7
7Spencer Miles
S. Miles
2.55
13
1
0
1.000
1
23
0
0
0
24.2
20
7
9
2
7
0
5
0
100
1
8.39
2.55
3.29
0.73
23.0
7.0
1.09
.265
3.28
63
3.14
75
7.30
2.8
8Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
2.58
76
38
17
.691
76
589
0
0
0
471.1
357
135
150
31
140
13
0
12
1,888
16
11.25
2.67
4.21
0.59
31.2
7.4
1.05
.292
2.86
68
2.43
64
6.82
73
9Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.59
257
99
68
.593
257
1,912
4
2
0
1590.1
1,211
457
494
156
353
25
0
14
6,242
32
10.82
2.00
5.42
0.88
30.6
5.7
0.98
.278
2.80
66
2.73
67
6.85
241.2
10Cade Horton
C. Horton
2.66
25
12
4
.750
24
101
0
0
0
125.1
99
37
42
11
35
6
0
0
502
1
7.25
2.51
2.89
0.79
20.1
7.0
1.07
.252
3.02
64
3.64
90
7.11
5.7
11Walbert Ureña
W. Ureña
2.70
8
1
4
.200
6
30
0
0
0
33.1
26
10
16
2
19
1
0
1
145
2
8.10
5.13
1.58
0.54
20.7
13.1
1.35
.258
4.32
65
3.88
93
7.02
1.1
12Tim Burke
T. Burke
2.72
498
49
33
.598
2
444
0
0
102
699.1
624
211
251
49
219
21
262
71
2,906
25
5.71
2.82
2.03
0.63
15.3
7.5
1.21
.265
3.23
75
3.45
93
8.03
19.9
13Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
2.74
642
53
44
.546
0
366
0
0
239
1003.1
1,022
306
340
54
155
7
532
65
4,084
3
3.28
1.39
2.36
0.48
9.0
3.8
1.17
.276
3.05
69
3.19
81
9.17
82.2
14Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.78
57
22
14
.611
57
362
0
0
0
320.2
234
99
107
30
93
5
0
0
1,273
8
10.16
2.61
3.89
0.84
28.4
7.3
1.02
.261
3.00
67
3.01
71
6.57
42.4
15Connor Prielipp
C. Prielipp
2.88
5
1
2
.333
5
29
0
0
0
25.0
15
8
12
4
9
2
0
0
102
0
10.44
3.24
3.22
1.44
28.4
8.8
0.96
.190
4.32
69
4.18
101
5.40
-0.1
16Braxton Ashcraft
B. Ashcraft
2.88
35
6
6
.500
17
127
0
0
0
125.0
107
40
44
8
38
5
6
1
511
1
9.14
2.74
3.34
0.58
24.9
7.4
1.16
.297
3.17
68
2.95
72
7.70
16.1
17Nolan McLean
N. McLean
2.89
18
7
4
.636
18
126
0
0
0
106.0
77
34
41
10
33
7
0
0
422
3
10.70
2.80
3.82
0.85
29.9
7.8
1.04
.272
3.48
73
3.09
76
6.54
11.4
18Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
2.92
139
34
18
.654
90
473
0
0
2
508.2
411
165
177
48
128
10
17
3
2,034
22
8.37
2.26
3.70
0.85
23.3
6.3
1.06
.264
3.13
73
3.32
81
7.27
43.7
19Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
2.93
476
219
100
.687
409
3,154
46
17
3
2827.1
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
66
2.91
68
7.07
454.6
20Kwang-Hyun Kim
K. Kim
2.97
35
10
7
.588
28
104
0
0
2
145.2
126
48
55
15
51
4
3
4
606
5
6.43
3.15
2.04
0.93
17.2
8.4
1.22
.257
3.40
72
4.21
100
7.78
-0.4
21Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
2.97
687
59
68
.465
0
466
0
0
101
896.1
846
296
339
42
301
10
424
120
3,771
9
4.68
3.02
1.55
0.42
12.4
8.0
1.28
.272
3.40
80
3.35
91
8.49
34.2
22Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.98
403
152
91
.626
322
2,651
16
3
12
2146.0
1,732
710
765
219
501
135
25
15
8,630
48
11.12
2.10
5.29
0.92
30.7
5.8
1.04
.295
3.21
70
2.88
69
7.26
310.5
23Greg Minton
G. Minton
2.99
637
53
56
.486
1
422
0
0
146
978.2
936
325
373
39
421
11
389
119
4,167
41
3.88
3.87
1.00
0.36
10.1
10.1
1.39
.274
3.43
83
3.72
101
8.61
-2.5
24Al Holland
A. Holland
3.00
379
34
30
.531
11
505
0
0
78
636.2
541
212
239
55
227
5
216
54
2,670
12
7.14
3.21
2.22
0.78
18.9
8.5
1.21
.259
3.38
83
3.34
93
7.65
17.5
25Mark Eichhorn
M. Eichhorn
3.00
563
48
43
.527
7
640
0
0
32
885.2
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
72
3.17
76
8.38
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TEAMWLPCTGB
25
24
.510
24
25
.490
1.0
24
27
.471
2.0
Astros Astros
20
31
.392
6.0
17
33
.340
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5/22
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Sat
5/23
@
2:20 PM
Sun
5/24
@
2:20 PM
Mon
5/25
@
7:05 PM
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5/26
@
8:05 PM
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MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
34
16
.680
25
25
.500
9.0
25
25
.500
9.0
22
28
.440
12.0
21
28
.429
12.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
29
18
.617
28
20
.583
1.5
29
21
.580
1.5
26
24
.520
4.5
25
24
.510
5.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
31
19
.620
29
20
.592
1.5
25
23
.521
5.0
20
30
.400
11.0
19
31
.380
12.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
33
15
.688
30
20
.600
4.0
22
27
.449
11.5
22
27
.449
11.5
21
29
.420
13.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
29
22
.569
25
24
.510
3.0
23
27
.460
5.5
20
30
.400
8.5
20
30
.400
8.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
25
24
.510
24
25
.490
1.0
24
27
.471
2.0
20
31
.392
6.0
17
33
.340
8.5

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Wed
5/6
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0-3
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5/6
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5/6
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12-2
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5/6
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2-8
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5/6
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5/21
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5/21
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