era leaders mlb pitchers after 1990, miminum 1000 innings

Since 1991, Mariano Rivera has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1000 innings, with an ERA of 2.21.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1283.2	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	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	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.73	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	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	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
4	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.87	1089.1	1,035	61	75	.449	0	1,133	0	0	601	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
5	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.92	1008.0	183	63	39	.618	148	853	9	2	0	929	327	372	79	264	13	10	12	4,138	10	7.62	2.36	3.23	0.71	20.6	6.4	1.18	.290	3.32	74	3.09	76	8.29	105.9
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	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	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	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	69	2.83	67	7.29	338.1
8	Max Fried M. Fried	3.01	1192.1	220	97	46	.678	203	1,156	6	4	0	1,026	399	440	94	330	47	10	6	4,849	49	8.73	2.49	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	3.19	76	7.74	130.8
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.04	4097.1	604	295	174	.629	604	2,831	83	28	0	3,807	1,383	1,547	296	680	113	0	123	16,516	53	6.22	1.49	4.16	0.65	17.1	4.1	1.10	.279	3.40	72	3.19	75	8.36	489.9
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.10	1200.2	231	85	63	.574	231	1,495	1	1	0	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	11.21	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	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	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.20	2081.0	339	163	89	.647	339	2,382	8	5	0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.21	3729.0	552	279	142	.663	538	4,526	92	35	2	3,002	1,331	1,492	369	1,274	182	6	33	15,299	95	10.92	3.07	3.55	0.89	29.6	8.3	1.15	.294	3.60	72	3.08	70	7.25	563.4
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.23	3403.2	503	238	133	.642	502	3,248	53	21	0	2,904	1,221	1,350	261	1,155	120	0	44	14,077	104	8.59	3.05	2.81	0.69	23.1	8.2	1.19	.284	3.57	71	3.25	73	7.68	457.3
15	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.24	2857.0	427	185	124	.599	417	2,189	58	15	0	2,698	1,029	1,175	183	763	131	1	37	11,858	91	6.90	2.40	2.87	0.58	18.5	6.4	1.21	.293	3.70	77	3.28	76	8.50	333.8
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	1,723	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.26	1890.1	311	127	80	.614	311	2,013	5	3	0	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	3.75	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
18	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.27	1319.2	199	87	62	.584	198	1,065	15	8	0	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	72	3.49	78	8.18	146.6
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.27	2969.2	648	185	126	.595	406	2,709	42	14	154	2,634	1,078	1,163	243	815	52	204	75	12,161	121	8.21	2.47	3.32	0.74	22.3	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	78	3.16	75	7.98	347
20	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	3.27	1055.1	186	78	48	.619	185	934	4	3	1	1,013	384	416	116	236	17	1	13	4,339	15	7.97	2.01	3.96	0.99	21.5	5.4	1.18	.295	3.55	82	3.52	86	8.64	64.8
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.29	3047.2	501	225	126	.641	492	3,557	12	5	0	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	4.37	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
22	David Price D. Price	3.32	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.33	3576.2	557	266	159	.626	557	3,560	26	9	0	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	308.7
24	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	3.36	2245.1	365	163	102	.615	341	1,852	20	8	0	2,199	838	897	197	520	80	7	34	9,301	30	7.42	2.08	3.56	0.79	19.9	5.6	1.21	.301	3.60	79	3.36	78	8.81	236.2
25	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.38	2749.1	416	203	105	.659	390	2,117	67	20	1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	77	3.39	77	8.66	296

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