Between the 2000 and 2016 seasons, Edinson Volquez had the lowest ERA for the Pirates, with an ERA of 3.04.

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best pirates with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitchers 2000 to 2016

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	3.04	32	13	7	.650	31	140	1	0	0	192.2	166	65	75	17	71	14	0	6	809	15	6.54	3.32	1.97	0.79	17.3	8.8	1.23	.263	3.50	86	4.15	116	7.75	-12.8
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.23	94	47	30	.610	94	538	1	0	0	579.1	550	208	229	36	148	28	0	5	2,378	25	8.36	2.30	3.64	0.56	22.6	6.2	1.20	.316	3.56	86	2.97	79	8.54	52
3	Vance Worley V. Worley	3.31	41	12	10	.545	25	128	1	1	0	182.1	193	67	79	15	43	5	6	4	768	7	6.32	2.12	2.98	0.74	16.7	5.6	1.29	.308	3.90	90	3.58	98	9.53	1.5
4	A.J. Burnett	3.34	87	35	28	.556	87	532	2	1	0	557.1	528	207	229	40	178	29	0	6	2,351	28	8.59	2.87	2.99	0.65	22.6	7.6	1.27	.310	3.70	89	3.22	86	8.53	32.5
5	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	3.38	18	5	4	.556	18	85	0	0	0	104.0	99	39	40	13	17	3	0	1	418	1	7.36	1.47	5.00	1.13	20.3	4.1	1.12	.287	3.46	83	3.71	91	8.57	4.4
6	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	3.57	21	10	7	.588	21	78	3	2	0	141.0	147	56	57	11	31	6	0	5	597	3	4.98	1.98	2.52	0.70	13.1	5.2	1.26	.289	3.64	84	3.72	87	9.38	9
7	Julian Tavarez J. Tavarez	3.66	64	3	3	.500	0	39	0	0	11	83.2	75	34	37	1	27	5	29	8	350	3	4.20	2.90	1.44	0.11	11.1	7.7	1.22	.266	3.98	85	3.40	79	8.07	8.4
8	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	3.67	107	41	36	.532	107	659	2	0	0	623.2	534	254	273	56	283	16	0	5	2,653	37	9.51	4.08	2.33	0.81	24.8	10.7	1.31	.292	3.94	98	3.60	95	7.71	10.6
9	Kip Wells K. Wells	4.20	128	36	53	.404	128	545	3	2	0	752.1	745	351	383	85	330	36	0	31	3,297	30	6.52	3.95	1.65	1.02	16.5	10.0	1.43	.287	4.58	99	4.49	106	8.91	-21.6
10	James McDonald J. McDonald	4.21	78	27	24	.529	77	379	1	0	0	435.2	411	204	220	49	191	14	0	15	1,873	15	7.83	3.95	1.98	1.01	20.2	10.2	1.38	.292	4.54	112	4.19	111	8.49	-20.4
11	Dave Williams D. Williams	4.25	66	17	26	.395	58	211	1	1	0	334.2	306	158	174	48	140	22	1	13	1,429	5	5.67	3.76	1.51	1.29	14.8	9.8	1.33	.256	4.68	100	5.07	120	8.23	-31.3
12	Jeff Karstens J. Karstens	4.31	123	23	35	.397	82	309	2	2	0	535.0	569	256	280	70	133	8	10	16	2,256	9	5.20	2.24	2.32	1.18	13.7	5.9	1.31	.287	4.71	110	4.40	112	9.57	-28.6
13	Kris Benson K. Benson	4.32	95	32	35	.478	95	414	2	1	0	585.1	622	281	316	63	216	20	0	22	2,551	17	6.37	3.32	1.92	0.97	16.2	8.5	1.43	.304	4.86	99	4.24	97	9.56	10.7
14	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	4.36	185	53	73	.421	185	705	5	3	0	1143.2	1,247	554	600	104	382	53	0	23	4,937	26	5.55	3.01	1.85	0.82	14.3	7.7	1.42	.310	4.72	106	4.20	101	9.81	-4
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	4.39	142	41	62	.398	142	563	3	2	0	801.0	855	391	444	61	288	74	0	18	3,512	37	6.33	3.24	1.95	0.69	16.0	8.2	1.43	.314	4.99	117	4.02	106	9.61	-22.1
16	Jeff Locke J. Locke	4.41	123	35	38	.479	110	455	1	1	0	644.1	660	316	341	68	249	22	5	14	2,785	21	6.36	3.48	1.83	0.95	16.3	8.9	1.41	.297	4.76	117	4.32	115	9.22	-41.2
17	Kevin Correia K. Correia	4.49	59	24	22	.522	54	166	1	0	0	325.0	351	162	179	44	85	5	1	2	1,388	5	4.60	2.35	1.95	1.22	12.0	6.1	1.34	.282	4.96	119	4.62	122	9.72	-31.7
18	Juan Nicasio J. Nicasio	4.50	52	10	7	.588	12	138	0	0	0	118.0	117	59	64	15	45	7	9	3	513	3	10.53	3.43	3.07	1.14	26.9	8.8	1.37	.331	4.88	110	3.77	92	8.92	4
19	Zach Duke Z. Duke	4.54	160	45	70	.391	159	505	6	3	0	964.1	1,168	486	537	101	263	26	0	13	4,208	17	4.71	2.45	1.92	0.94	12.0	6.3	1.48	.322	5.01	108	4.33	102	10.90	-10
20	Oliver Perez O. Perez	4.59	70	21	28	.429	70	421	2	1	0	398.0	361	203	218	60	214	19	0	4	1,746	10	9.52	4.84	1.97	1.36	24.1	12.3	1.44	.292	4.93	107	4.65	108	8.16	-15.5
21	Ross Ohlendorf R. Ohlendorf	4.60	64	13	27	.325	64	228	0	0	0	346.1	367	177	190	49	124	19	0	5	1,507	13	5.92	3.22	1.84	1.27	15.1	8.2	1.42	.293	4.94	115	4.84	120	9.54	-30.7
22	Todd Ritchie T. Ritchie	4.63	64	20	23	.465	64	248	5	3	0	394.1	419	203	229	49	103	10	0	8	1,691	12	5.66	2.35	2.41	1.12	14.7	6.1	1.32	.289	5.23	103	4.30	96	9.56	8.7
23	Ian Snell I. Snell	4.75	128	33	46	.418	116	576	2	0	0	693.0	752	366	390	83	308	14	3	14	3,066	35	7.48	4.00	1.87	1.08	18.8	10.0	1.53	.321	5.06	111	4.44	102	9.77	-7
24	Jeff D'Amico J. D'Amico	4.77	29	9	16	.360	29	100	2	1	0	175.1	204	93	104	23	42	7	0	6	765	6	5.13	2.16	2.38	1.18	13.1	5.5	1.40	.305	5.34	112	4.43	103	10.47	-2.8
25	Josh Fogg J. Fogg	4.79	125	39	42	.481	119	351	1	0	0	684.0	754	364	396	94	228	31	1	31	2,969	10	4.62	3.00	1.54	1.24	11.8	7.7	1.44	.291	5.21	114	4.90	116	9.92	-51.6

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Pirates	32	28	.533	5.5
Cubs	32	28	.533	5.5
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