lowest era by an active starter all-time with 500 ip

Clayton Kershaw has the best career ERA by an active starting pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.50.

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lowest era by an active starter all-time with 500 or more ip

	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	H/9
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.50	2738.2	429	212	94	.693	429	2,963	25	15	0	2,089	762	835	227	676	44	0	27	10,801	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	6.87
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.53	1400.0	224	85	58	.594	224	1,699	4	2	0	1,077	393	430	125	315	23	0	13	5,505	28	10.92	2.03	5.39	0.80	30.9	5.7	0.99	.285	2.76	6.92
3	Max Fried M. Fried	2.97	904.0	158	79	34	.699	158	874	6	4	0	795	298	333	74	242	38	0	5	3,688	41	8.70	2.41	3.61	0.74	23.7	6.6	1.15	.293	3.32	7.91
4	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.06	854.1	144	53	34	.609	144	980	0	0	0	662	290	321	91	240	33	0	0	3,442	39	10.32	2.53	4.08	0.96	28.5	7.0	1.06	.272	3.38	6.97
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.10	1898.1	299	135	83	.619	299	2,348	16	3	0	1,563	653	704	199	426	120	0	12	7,650	44	11.13	2.02	5.51	0.94	30.7	5.6	1.05	.299	3.34	7.41
6	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.14	653.2	115	44	26	.629	115	754	2	1	0	514	228	237	73	171	28	0	1	2,623	7	10.38	2.35	4.41	1.01	28.7	6.5	1.05	.276	3.26	7.08
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.17	2862.0	458	215	112	.657	458	3,390	12	5	0	2,338	1,007	1,080	335	749	110	0	20	11,566	78	10.66	2.36	4.53	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	7.35
8	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.17	836.1	134	62	31	.667	134	955	5	2	0	742	295	316	92	186	17	0	1	3,385	33	10.28	2.00	5.13	0.99	28.2	5.5	1.11	.304	3.40	7.98
9	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	7.49
10	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	6.92
11	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	3.20	737.0	128	50	22	.694	128	771	3	1	0	604	262	292	86	190	29	0	3	2,989	21	9.42	2.32	4.06	1.05	25.8	6.4	1.08	.271	3.57	7.38
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.29	601.1	110	44	31	.587	110	685	0	0	0	499	220	238	73	140	21	0	0	2,423	8	10.25	2.10	4.89	1.09	28.3	5.8	1.06	.283	3.56	7.47
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.31	3452.2	533	262	149	.637	533	3,448	26	9	0	2,926	1,270	1,374	360	965	115	0	27	14,102	97	8.99	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.5	6.8	1.13	.278	3.58	7.63
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.34	1622.2	266	105	71	.597	266	1,682	4	3	0	1,403	602	652	154	466	70	0	14	6,675	39	9.33	2.58	3.61	0.85	25.2	7.0	1.15	.290	3.62	7.78
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.35	875.2	142	65	42	.607	142	852	8	3	0	731	326	355	73	308	48	0	1	3,613	49	8.76	3.17	2.77	0.75	23.6	8.5	1.19	.282	3.65	7.51
16	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	3.36	853.2	150	55	39	.585	150	928	2	2	0	699	319	337	92	276	33	0	2	3,495	32	9.78	2.91	3.36	0.97	26.6	7.9	1.14	.280	3.55	7.37
17	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.40	890.0	150	56	42	.571	150	818	3	2	0	841	336	370	61	212	30	0	3	3,631	21	8.27	2.14	3.86	0.62	22.5	5.8	1.18	.311	3.74	8.50
18	George Kirby G. Kirby	3.43	511.2	89	34	26	.567	89	484	1	0	0	495	195	210	57	64	18	0	1	2,077	10	8.51	1.13	7.56	1.00	23.3	3.1	1.09	.301	3.69	8.71
19	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	3.45	918.1	144	43	58	.426	144	798	12	4	0	786	352	396	93	284	35	0	8	3,761	22	7.82	2.78	2.81	0.91	21.2	7.6	1.17	.272	3.88	7.70
20	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	3.49	716.1	127	49	32	.605	127	796	1	0	0	603	278	299	57	296	38	0	4	3,010	46	10.00	3.72	2.69	0.72	26.4	9.8	1.26	.300	3.76	7.58
21	Ranger Suárez R. Suárez	3.52	508.2	93	30	24	.556	93	468	2	2	0	488	199	220	46	171	11	0	2	2,145	10	8.28	3.03	2.74	0.81	21.8	8.0	1.30	.305	3.89	8.63
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.54	1755.1	305	111	95	.539	305	1,742	6	4	0	1,506	690	758	172	585	55	0	5	7,269	105	8.93	3.00	2.98	0.88	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.89	7.72
23	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	7.63
24	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	3.55	734.2	127	40	31	.563	127	755	2	1	0	617	290	307	94	156	19	0	6	2,959	33	9.25	1.91	4.84	1.15	25.5	5.3	1.05	.270	3.76	7.56
25	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	7.35