lowest career era since 1915, minimum 2490 innings pitched

Since 1915, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when pitching at least 2490 innings, with an ERA of 2.53.

	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	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
2	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.54	3851.1	509	277	155	.641	454	1,403	325	65	23	3,679	1,085	1,347	132	566	42	44		15,470	25	3.28	1.32	2.48	0.31	9.1	3.7	1.10	.266	3.15	70	2.94	81	8.60	257.3
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.55	3472.1	478	238	164	.592	396	1,823	300	57	25	3,040	985	1,236	72	872	120	78		14,006	60	4.73	2.26	2.09	0.19	13.0	6.2	1.13	.267	3.20	73	2.76	79	7.88	251.4
4	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
5	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	3948.0	558	268	152	.638	521	2,212	211	53	4	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
7	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	2.89	3061.0	445	213	141	.602	383	972	221	37	21	3,037	982	1,218	66	798	29	50		12,646	34	2.86	2.35	1.22	0.19	7.7	6.3	1.25	.276	3.58	78	3.19	87	8.93	161.4
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
10	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.92	3021.1	490	207	126	.622	325	862	231	29	31	2,912	979	1,211	73	734	89	124		12,352	34	2.57	2.19	1.17	0.22	7.0	5.9	1.21	.268	3.61	84	3.28	94	8.67	57.9
11	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
12	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
13	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	2.96	3082.1	441	192	160	.545	359	1,081	254	32	14	3,039	1,015	1,248	98	714	93	63		12,708	35	3.16	2.08	1.51	0.29	8.5	5.6	1.22	.274	3.64	87	3.21	94	8.87	71.4
14	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	2661.1	360	164	139	.541	356	1,257	152	40	1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
15	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2.98	3590.1	535	253	154	.622	433	1,677	260	36	33	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
16	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.06	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
17	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.06	3940.2	616	300	141	.680	457	2,266	298	35	54	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
18	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.09	5243.2	750	363	245	.597	665	2,583	382	63	28	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.11	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
21	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.14	2808.0	453	185	130	.587	379	1,632	172	36	11	2,538	979	1,130	222	822	12	33	61	11,505	53	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.20	.263	3.62	91	3.28	94	8.13	61.8
22	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	3.14	4074.0	610	245	225	.521	500	1,175	269	33	12	4,214	1,423	1,789	87	927	65	85		16,984	79	2.60	2.05	1.27	0.19	6.9	5.5	1.26	.280	3.95	87	3.30	90	9.31	154.1
23	Bob Shawkey B. Shawkey	3.15	2588.2	432	174	137	.559	287	1,219	171	27	27	2,407	907	1,071	105	893	43	109		10,621	38	4.24	3.10	1.37	0.37	11.5	8.4	1.27	.275	3.72	87	3.42	95	8.37	53.1
24	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
25	Red Faber R. Faber	3.17	3905.1	629	244	204	.545	464	1,383	262	27	23	3,952	1,376	1,736	108	1,149	91	117		16,383	44	3.19	2.65	1.20	0.25	8.4	7.0	1.31	.282	4.00	84	3.46	92	9.11	127.6

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Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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