best starting pitcher era since 8/15/2025 minimum 10 starts

Since August 15, 2025, PJ Poulin has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 10+ games, with an ERA of 1.80.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	H/9
1	PJ Poulin	1.80	11	11	0	0		11	0	0	0	15.0	11	3	3	2	4	1	0	0	58	0	6.60	2.40	2.75	1.20	19.0	6.9	1.00	.225	1.80	6.60
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1.89	19	19	9	3	.750	125	0	0	0	109.1	74	23	27	5	30	6	0	0	432	4	10.29	2.47	4.17	0.41	28.9	6.9	0.95	.259	2.22	6.09
3	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.07	38	38	16	7	.696	274	0	0	0	222.0	149	51	58	18	59	10	0	0	875	3	11.11	2.39	4.64	0.73	31.3	6.7	0.94	.255	2.35	6.04
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	2.18	13	13	6	4	.600	93	0	0	0	74.1	54	18	19	1	29	1	0	1	299	5	11.26	3.51	3.21	0.12	31.1	9.7	1.12	.303	2.30	6.54
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.24	30	30	15	10	.600	226	1	1	0	180.2	142	45	50	13	33	17	0	0	719	1	11.26	1.64	6.85	0.65	31.4	4.6	0.97	.300	2.49	7.07
6	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.34	16	16	10	3	.769	99	0	0	0	88.1	54	23	24	12	15	1	0	0	328	1	10.09	1.53	6.60	1.22	30.2	4.6	0.78	.209	2.45	5.50
7	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.38	33	33	15	8	.652	227	1	0	0	219.0	132	58	59	22	54	6	0	1	830	3	9.33	2.22	4.20	0.90	27.3	6.5	0.85	.211	2.42	5.42
8	Troy Melton T. Melton	2.42	19	19	8	4	.667	88	0	0	0	111.2	85	30	36	13	32	6	0	0	449	2	7.09	2.58	2.75	1.05	19.6	7.1	1.05	.232	2.90	6.85
9	Lake Bachar L. Bachar	2.42	10	10	0	2	.000	26	0	0	0	22.1	12	6	6	1	11	2	0	0	89	0	10.48	4.43	2.36	0.40	29.2	12.4	1.03	.224	2.42	4.84
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.51	30	30	11	10	.524	215	0	0	0	182.2	143	51	62	18	34	6	0	0	715	1	10.59	1.68	6.32	0.89	30.1	4.8	0.97	.283	3.05	7.05
11	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.57	35	35	14	10	.583	211	0	0	0	206.2	174	59	63	20	51	2	0	2	828	8	9.19	2.22	4.14	0.87	25.5	6.2	1.09	.283	2.74	7.58
12	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.63	34	34	15	7	.682	273	1	1	0	191.2	118	56	64	18	55	12	0	0	747	5	12.82	2.58	4.96	0.85	36.5	7.4	0.90	.257	3.01	5.54
13	Randy Dobnak R. Dobnak	2.67	10	10	3	3	.500	39	0	0	0	54.0	52	16	16	5	19	1	0	0	227	0	6.50	3.17	2.05	0.83	17.2	8.4	1.31	.288	2.67	8.67
14	Max Meyer M. Meyer	2.68	20	20	9	1	.900	121	0	0	0	111.0	85	33	39	11	41	7	0	0	462	5	9.81	3.32	2.95	0.89	26.2	8.9	1.14	.262	3.16	6.89
15	Max Fried M. Fried	2.69	26	26	11	4	.733	148	0	0	0	150.1	109	45	45	7	46	3	0	0	590	3	8.86	2.75	3.22	0.42	25.1	7.8	1.03	.264	2.69	6.53
16	Chase Burns C. Burns	2.73	27	27	15	3	.833	176	0	0	0	148.1	118	45	50	15	51	1	0	0	602	5	10.68	3.09	3.45	0.91	29.2	8.5	1.14	.287	3.03	7.16
17	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	2.75	38	38	19	6	.760	265	1	1	0	238.2	228	73	79	18	50	5	0	0	976	5	9.99	1.89	5.30	0.68	27.2	5.1	1.16	.329	2.98	8.60
18	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.78	24	24	9	9	.500	122	1	0	0	129.2	89	40	41	9	62	8	0	0	537	5	8.47	4.30	1.97	0.62	22.7	11.5	1.16	.238	2.85	6.18
19	Nolan McLean N. McLean	2.83	36	36	16	9	.640	236	0	0	0	209.2	154	66	80	19	81	17	0	0	859	4	10.13	3.48	2.91	0.82	27.5	9.4	1.12	.267	3.43	6.61
20	Dylan Cease D. Cease	2.84	35	35	13	7	.650	273	1	1	0	200.0	137	63	71	15	88	5	0	0	815	8	12.29	3.96	3.10	0.68	33.5	10.8	1.13	.281	3.20	6.17
21	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	2.86	37	37	19	7	.731	160	0	0	0	217.1	192	69	73	20	74	1	0	0	897	1	6.63	3.06	2.16	0.83	17.8	8.2	1.22	.268	3.02	7.95
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	2.88	21	21	11	5	.688	109	0	0	0	112.2	75	36	41	9	49	6	0	0	461	3	8.71	3.91	2.22	0.72	23.6	10.6	1.10	.229	3.28	5.99
23	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	2.90	36	36	18	6	.750	279	1	1	0	223.1	170	72	81	18	61	13	0	0	897	8	11.24	2.46	4.57	0.73	31.1	6.8	1.03	.289	3.26	6.85
24	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.96	34	34	14	5	.737	181	0	0	0	185.2	138	61	63	21	39	8	0	1	729	4	8.77	1.89	4.64	1.02	24.8	5.3	0.95	.244	3.05	6.69
25	Clay Holmes C. Holmes	2.98	22	22	9	9	.500	90	0	0	0	121.0	94	40	43	7	44	6	0	0	499	2	6.69	3.27	2.05	0.52	18.0	8.8	1.14	.247	3.20	6.99

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Fri 9/11	LAA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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Mets	68	78	.466	17.5
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
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