Since 2000, Paul Skenes has the best ERA-, with an ERA- of 59.

Interpreted as:

best era- with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 2000

	NAME	ERA-	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	59	79	30	23	.566	79	2.54	548	1	0	0	450.1	339	127	140	34	110	20	0	0	1,779	6	10.95	2.20	4.98	0.68	30.8	6.2	1.00	.286	2.80	2.54	61	6.77	79.7
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	60	39	14	9	.609	39	2.46	266	0	0	0	219.2	163	60	67	22	62	11	0	0	883	3	10.90	2.54	4.29	0.90	30.1	7.0	1.02	.270	2.75	2.97	70	6.68	30.3
3	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	61	47	5	3	.625	3	2.50	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	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
4	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	63	37	16	8	.667	36	2.62	291	1	1	0	199.0	119	58	68	21	61	12	0	0	776	6	13.16	2.76	4.77	0.95	37.5	7.9	0.90	.251	3.08	2.64	63	5.38	33.9
5	Parker Messick P. Messick	64	30	12	7	.632	30	2.60	174	0	0	0	176.1	150	51	55	17	44	1	0	2	707	7	8.88	2.25	3.95	0.87	24.6	6.2	1.10	.282	2.81	3.14	76	7.66	19.1
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	64	69	30	17	.638	69	2.66	433	1	0	0	403.0	283	119	127	36	113	8	0	1	1,585	9	9.67	2.52	3.83	0.80	27.3	7.1	0.98	.248	2.84	3.03	71	6.32	54
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	65	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	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	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	68	227	112	50	.691	227	3.01	1,620	18	6	0	1468.0	1,171	491	530	132	350	86	0	10	5,917	24	9.93	2.15	4.63	0.81	27.4	5.9	1.04	.279	3.25	2.91	67	7.18	241.6
9	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	68	21	7	8	.467	19	2.83	97	0	0	0	101.2	76	32	39	6	55	8	0	1	436	4	8.59	4.87	1.76	0.53	22.2	12.6	1.29	.259	3.45	3.80	91	6.73	4.3
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	68	270	104	72	.591	270	2.66	1,995	4	2	0	1658.1	1,277	491	528	163	375	25	0	16	6,531	33	10.83	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	2.74	67	6.93	250.5
11	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	68	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	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	2.43	64	6.82	73
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	70	414	157	95	.623	333	2.96	2,730	16	3	12	2207.0	1,790	727	785	221	515	140	25	15	8,883	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	2.85	68	7.30	327.2
13	Chase Burns C. Burns	71	35	13	5	.722	30	3.12	210	0	0	0	167.1	134	58	65	18	62	1	1	0	690	4	11.29	3.33	3.39	0.97	30.4	9.0	1.17	.291	3.50	3.11	71	7.21	23
14	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	71	152	41	22	.651	103	2.86	558	0	0	2	585.0	463	186	198	53	141	15	17	3	2,325	23	8.58	2.17	3.96	0.82	24.0	6.1	1.03	.263	3.05	3.20	78	7.12	58.9
15	Max Fried M. Fried	72	214	96	44	.686	197	3.02	1,127	6	4	0	1161.0	1,001	390	431	91	322	47	10	6	4,727	49	8.74	2.50	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.290	3.34	3.18	76	7.76	127.6
16	Brandon Webb B. Webb	72	199	87	62	.584	198	3.27	1,065	15	8	0	1319.2	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
17	Kwang-Hyun Kim K. Kim	72	35	10	7	.588	28	2.97	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	4.21	100	7.78	-0.4
18	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	73	151	55	30	.647	136	3.10	918	2	1	1	790.1	608	272	285	89	200	33	4	2	3,158	8	10.45	2.28	4.59	1.01	29.1	6.3	1.02	.271	3.25	3.18	75	6.92	93.9
19	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	74	13	7	5	.583	13	3.17	55	0	0	0	76.2	64	27	27	5	16	3	0	2	305	2	6.46	1.88	3.44	0.59	18.0	5.2	1.04	.261	3.17	3.24	78	7.51	7.7
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	74	154	61	43	.587	151	3.04	1,011	1	1	0	869.1	692	294	322	101	188	30	1	0	3,454	11	10.47	1.95	5.38	1.05	29.3	5.4	1.01	.278	3.33	3.08	74	7.16	102
21	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	74	128	45	25	.643	109	3.11	683	4	2	1	685.1	642	237	261	58	163	18	4	1	2,819	19	8.97	2.14	4.19	0.76	24.2	5.8	1.17	.308	3.43	3.04	72	8.43	89.9
22	Johan Santana J. Santana	74	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	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
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	75	287	143	78	.647	281	3.34	2,182	32	12	0	1885.1	1,616	699	790	212	484	89	3	22	7,686	34	10.42	2.31	4.51	1.01	28.4	6.3	1.11	.298	3.77	3.12	70	7.71	275.2
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	75	229	107	50	.682	228	3.34	1,356	3	1	0	1454.1	1,268	539	596	129	478	45	0	19	6,029	53	8.39	2.96	2.84	0.80	22.5	7.9	1.20	.283	3.69	3.42	76	7.85	169.1
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	75	210	63	38	.624	149	3.15	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	3.25	78	7.03	101.5

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Lowe

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Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5

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Tue 8/11	PIT	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	PIT	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Thu 8/13	PIT	@	MIA	1:10 PM
Fri 8/14	BOS	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 8/15	BOS	@	PIT	7:15 PM

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35

Alvarez

35

Schwarber

34

Goodman

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89

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87

Stewart

86

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

147

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143

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Wood

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83

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OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

.395

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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Olson

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García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Simpson

31

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Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

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Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

185

Williams

184

Cease

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Misiorowski

2.20

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2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.51

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

5.87

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

22

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Woo

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Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

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70-50

67-50

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49-69

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	71	47	.602
Phillies	63	56	.529	8.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.5
Nationals	59	61	.492	13.0
Mets	52	67	.437	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	70	48	.593
Diamondbacks	63	56	.529	7.5
Padres	62	57	.521	8.5
Giants	49	69	.415	21.0
Rockies	46	72	.390	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	71	46	.607
Yankees	66	52	.559	5.5
Red Sox	64	53	.547	7.0
Orioles	57	61	.483	14.5
Blue Jays	56	63	.471	16.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	56	.521
Tigers	58	60	.492	3.5
Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	70	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5