lowest era by an active pitcher all-time with 1000+ ip

Clayton Kershaw has the best career ERA by an active pitcher when pitching at least 1000 innings, with an ERA of 2.50.

	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	2.50	2742.2	432	212	94	.693	429	2,968	25	15	0	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.52	1405.0	225	86	58	.597	225	1,702	4	2	0	1,080	394	431	125	317	23	0	13	5,525	28	10.90	2.03	5.37	0.80	30.8	5.7	0.99	.284	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.92	229.6
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.06	2000.1	380	139	86	.618	300	2,470	16	3	12	1,636	680	732	207	466	123	25	15	8,064	47	11.11	2.10	5.30	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.29	72	2.89	69	7.36	287.9
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.16	2881.0	467	215	112	.657	458	3,408	12	5	0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	1954.0	317	153	80	.657	317	2,251	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.18	1105.2	213	77	58	.570	213	1,372	1	1	0	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.31	3457.2	534	262	149	.637	534	3,451	26	9	0	2,931	1,273	1,377	361	967	116	0	27	14,123	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.63	306
8	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.34	1629.2	267	106	71	.599	267	1,691	4	3	0	1,407	604	654	155	466	70	0	14	6,699	39	9.34	2.57	3.63	0.86	25.2	7.0	1.15	.290	3.61	84	3.31	80	7.77	149.7
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.51	1783.2	315	114	95	.545	306	1,771	6	4	0	1,529	695	763	173	594	56	2	5	7,385	105	8.94	3.00	2.98	0.87	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	124.5
10	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	3.55	1268.1	218	75	78	.490	218	1,361	1	0	0	1,075	500	546	154	423	42	0	8	5,244	16	9.66	3.00	3.22	1.09	26.0	8.1	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.70	88	7.63	75.7
11	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	3.57	1148.0	207	74	58	.561	194	1,068	2	2	0	1,050	455	492	125	364	85	6	6	4,841	32	8.37	2.85	2.93	0.98	22.1	7.5	1.23	.289	3.86	87	3.90	94	8.23	33
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.58	1706.0	282	110	88	.556	282	2,007	2	1	0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
13	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	3.72	1611.0	282	98	84	.538	276	1,275	6	4	0	1,525	665	714	189	376	66	4	16	6,642	12	7.12	2.10	3.39	1.06	19.2	5.7	1.18	.282	3.99	90	3.93	95	8.52	35.6
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	3.72	1662.1	275	105	84	.556	275	1,824	6	4	0	1,464	688	726	205	434	54	0	16	6,808	18	9.88	2.35	4.20	1.11	26.8	6.4	1.14	.293	3.93	88	3.45	81	7.93	151.5
15	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	3.73	1998.1	364	106	104	.505	338	1,748	2	2	0	1,949	828	893	205	600	53	7	23	8,372	75	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.92	20.9	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	91	3.70	89	8.78	99.6
16	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	3.73	1056.0	206	66	62	.516	180	1,050	2	2	2	970	438	472	133	262	77	7	10	4,385	21	8.95	2.23	4.01	1.13	23.9	6.0	1.17	.292	4.02	91	3.78	90	8.27	49.3
17	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	3.77	1467.2	264	87	86	.503	255	1,211	4	2	2	1,436	615	684	141	443	39	3	5	6,145	47	7.43	2.72	2.73	0.86	19.7	7.2	1.28	.300	4.19	91	3.74	89	8.81	79.4
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	3.81	1135.1	206	79	66	.545	201	1,263	3	1	0	978	481	518	143	424	56	1	5	4,777	62	10.01	3.36	2.98	1.13	26.4	8.9	1.23	.289	4.11	92	3.83	90	7.75	50.3
19	Alex Cobb A. Cobb	3.84	1327.2	233	78	76	.506	233	1,108	6	2	0	1,307	566	620	140	383	47	0	15	5,577	51	7.51	2.60	2.89	0.95	19.9	6.9	1.27	.299	4.20	94	3.81	92	8.86	43.8
20	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.84	1758.0	336	104	105	.498	297	1,802	3	1	0	1,705	750	805	216	497	35	11	10	7,363	63	9.23	2.54	3.63	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.12	93	3.61	85	8.73	119.2
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.86	1500.0	286	102	66	.607	265	1,324	2	2	0	1,443	644	687	181	472	38	4	18	6,315	41	7.94	2.83	2.81	1.09	21.0	7.5	1.28	.293	4.12	96	3.97	98	8.66	12.2
22	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	3.89	1147.0	208	73	54	.575	207	1,006	3	1	1	1,105	496	533	152	275	32	1	10	4,768	24	7.89	2.16	3.66	1.19	21.1	5.8	1.20	.289	4.18	95	3.93	95	8.67	26.1
23	Robbie Ray R. Ray	3.94	1303.0	241	82	73	.529	237	1,594	1	1	0	1,132	571	607	199	558	47	1	19	5,523	54	11.01	3.85	2.86	1.37	28.9	10.1	1.30	.299	4.19	94	4.08	99	7.82	3.4
24	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	4.00	1184.1	228	77	62	.554	198	1,109	3	3	0	1,088	527	573	158	335	54	3	4	4,933	34	8.43	2.55	3.31	1.20	22.5	6.8	1.20	.284	4.35	98	4.01	97	8.27	16.6
25	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	4.01	1621.0	302	94	83	.531	283	1,411	5	3	0	1,606	722	765	181	449	52	5	16	6,814	51	7.83	2.49	3.14	1.00	20.7	6.6	1.27	.302	4.25	98	3.78	93	8.92	55.8