lowest era all-time min 2,500 innings pitched

Ed Walsh has the best career ERA when pitching at least 2500 innings, with an ERA of 1.82.

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lowest era by a player all-time min 2,500 innings pitched

	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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
2	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
4	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.16	2961.1	407	193	143	.574	340	2,316	261	50	5	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
6	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.25	2779.2	322	193	115	.627	314	860	294	35	0	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11		11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	2.38	95	9.25	32.3
7	Will White W. White	2.28	3542.2	403	229	166	.580	402	1,041	394	36	0	3,440	896	1,844	65	496		1		14,951	221	2.64	1.26	2.10	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	83	2.98	108	8.74	-109.3
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	2632.1	399	182	106	.632	300	1,137	200	40	13	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80		10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9
9	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	4495.2	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
10	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.38	3226.0	502	209	148	.585	361	1,374	249	35	24	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107		12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	2.54	88	8.08	131.9
11	Doc White D. White	2.39	3041.0	427	189	156	.548	363	1,384	262	45	5	2,738	808	1,118	33	670	120	53		12,093	63	4.10	1.98	2.07	0.10	11.4	5.5	1.12	.274	3.31	89	2.51	96	8.10	22.9
12	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.43	4275.2	492	265	214	.553	485	1,704	466	33	1	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7		17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
13	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.46	3017.0	459	212	127	.625	334	1,711	255	40	34	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	2.29	83	7.89	145.9
14	Sam Leever S. Leever	2.47	2660.2	388	194	100	.660	299	847	241	39	13	2,449	731	1,023	29	587	88	75		10,662	46	2.87	1.99	1.44	0.10	7.9	5.5	1.14	.266	3.46	81	2.84	92	8.28	74.2
15	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.49	2730.0	390	178	137	.565	332	1,416	214	41	5	2,461	754	1,039	39	817	85	45		11,225	63	4.67	2.69	1.73	0.13	12.6	7.3	1.20	.273	3.43	83	2.62	88	8.11	108.4
16	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	375.1
17	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.56	5190.0	696	373	208	.642	600	2,198	436	90	32	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
18	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	2.56	2821.2	476	174	143	.549	305	836	189	25	36	2,729	804	1,092	68	573	43	123		11,476	12	2.67	1.83	1.46	0.22	7.3	5.0	1.17	.267	3.48	89	2.87	97	8.70	25.8
19	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	2.59	2607.0	372	189	109	.634	289	929	242	27	12	2,518	749	1,071	41	363	59	72		10,380	45	3.21	1.25	2.56	0.14	8.9	3.5	1.11	.276	3.70	85	2.60	82	8.69	156.8
20	Cy Young C. Young	2.63	7356.0	906	511	316	.618	815	2,803	749	76	17	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
21	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2.63	5049.2	600	342	225	.603	594	2,564	554	39	2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
22	Vic Willis V. Willis	2.63	3996.0	513	249	205	.548	471	1,651	388	50	11	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41		16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
23	Red Ames R. Ames	2.63	3198.0	533	183	167	.523	371	1,702	209	27	36	2,896	934	1,313	41	1,034	64	118		13,080	156	4.79	2.91	1.65	0.12	13.0	7.9	1.23	.279	3.70	93	2.54	88	8.15	121.5
24	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	2.65	2626.0	311	152	139	.522	287	662	279	20	5	2,504	774	1,195	41	584	94	24		10,705	41	2.27	2.00	1.13	0.14	6.2	5.5	1.18	.264	4.10	86	3.12	101	8.58	-16.3
25	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	2.66	3441.1	465	246	142	.634	381	1,068	314	32	24	3,276	1,016	1,436	52	812	179	73		14,132	30	2.79	2.12	1.32	0.14	7.6	5.7	1.19	.268	3.76	85	3.04	95	8.57	68.9