lowest era all-time min 2,500 innings pitched since 1970

Since 1970, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when pitching at least 2500 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	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	3417.2	466	229	133	.633	453	1,844	192	46	3	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.96	3980.2	549	254	173	.595	543	3,057	181	49	0	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
5	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
6	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
7	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.17	2837.2	399	158	152	.510	393	1,621	129	37	2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.18	3664.1	488	219	181	.548	485	2,300	215	39	1	3,424	1,294	1,490	281	949	71	3	87	15,021	98	5.65	2.33	2.42	0.69	15.3	6.3	1.19	.275	3.66	85	3.18	85	8.41	220.1
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.18	5159.2	759	312	279	.528	744	5,483	217	61	2	3,765	1,825	2,085	305	2,664	153	8	70	21,624	268	9.56	4.65	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	89	2.96	82	6.57	371.5
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.22	3301.1	490	208	160	.565	469	2,151	143	37	1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,646	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	91	3.38	93	7.88	82.3
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.26	4323.0	624	273	196	.582	619	2,817	143	47	3	3,829	1,564	1,729	404	1,084	68	4	67	17,680	91	5.86	2.26	2.60	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.257	3.60	89	3.35	91	7.97	148.3
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.30	4479.1	622	282	210	.573	606	3,550	219	45	1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,632	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	88	3.23	87	8.07	225.9
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.31	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
17	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
18	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
19	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.33	2525.2	600	177	122	.592	356	1,673	54	13	29	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	37	82	63	10,366	28	5.96	2.11	2.83	0.87	16.1	5.7	1.18	.275	3.70	88	3.40	90	8.55	106.1
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	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.37	3548.1	557	214	191	.528	529	2,015	102	26	5	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
22	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.38	2652.0	480	151	136	.526	377	1,491	86	29	7	2,497	996	1,112	193	799	20	35	58	11,025	62	5.06	2.71	1.87	0.65	13.5	7.2	1.24	.270	3.77	93	3.38	92	8.47	87.7
23	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
24	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.42	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	2,524	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.43	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	2,560	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3

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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
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	MIN	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	MIN	@	LAD	4:00 AM

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Chourio

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Rice

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Chourio

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Chapman

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
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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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
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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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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