lowest career era since 1980, minimum 1500 innings pitched

Since 1980, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1500 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.07	1769.0	275	116	70	.624	257	977	49	16	1	1,638	603	677	154	466	29	5	31	7,240	18	4.97	2.37	2.10	0.78	13.5	6.4	1.19	.264	3.44	79	3.61	96	8.33	28.5
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.22	2694.2	411	157	133	.541	411	2,805	53	19	0	2,034	965	1,101	172	1,149	78	0	36	11,171	152	9.37	3.84	2.44	0.57	25.1	10.3	1.18	.267	3.68	89	2.87	80	6.79	221
11	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	3.24	1880.0	376	116	91	.560	269	1,606	22	4	3	1,710	676	772	147	663	28	43	34	7,867	30	7.69	3.17	2.42	0.70	20.4	8.4	1.26	.288	3.70	83	3.27	82	8.19	148.2
12	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
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.28	3256.1	486	211	144	.594	476	2,397	72	17	0	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
14	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
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
16	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.31	1714.0	273	100	90	.526	255	893	45	9	2	1,732	631	704	106	427	40	9	53	7,154	33	4.69	2.24	2.09	0.56	12.5	6.0	1.26	.286	3.70	90	3.33	89	9.09	76.1
17	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
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3,084	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
19	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
20	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.34	2562.2	399	167	117	.588	371	1,715	76	16	1	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
21	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.36	1866.2	307	114	96	.543	300	1,743	25	9	1	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	90	3.51	93	6.85	50.9
22	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
23	Mario Soto M. Soto	3.37	1614.1	255	94	84	.528	213	1,360	70	12	4	1,289	604	664	157	588	24	11	41	6,633	33	7.58	3.28	2.31	0.88	20.5	8.9	1.16	.251	3.70	91	3.44	93	7.19	44.2
24	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
25	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	3.40	2766.0	425	168	129	.566	394	1,617	96	29	3	2,433	1,044	1,155	214	986	125	14	33	11,509	48	5.26	3.21	1.64	0.70	14.0	8.6	1.24	.259	3.76	82	3.79	93	7.92	86.1

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Dodgers	100	62	.617
Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
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Sun 3/28	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	MIN	@	LAD	4:00 AM
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0