lowest single-season era since 1980 minimum 27 starts

Since 1980, Dwight Gooden has the lowest ERA with 27+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 1.53 in 1985.

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lowest single-season era by a player since 1980 minimum 27 starts

	NAME	ERA	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	35	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.63	28	1995	ATL	28	19	2	.905	181	10	3	0	209.2	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	39	2.25	52	6.31	46.9
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	32	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	200	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	32	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.74	29	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1.75	28	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	46	2.48	64	5.97	27.7
7	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	33	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.77	27	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	50	6.31	40.5
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	33	2013	LAD	33	16	9	.640	232	3	2	0	236.0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	51	2.38	64	6.25	35.4
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	32	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	185	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
11	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	32	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	159	5	3	0	233.0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	46	2.88	68	7.22	35.8
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.89	31	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.90	31	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
14	John Tudor J. Tudor	1.93	36	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	169	14	10	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.93	31	1990	BOS	31	21	6	.778	209	7	4	0	228.1	193	49	59	7	54	7	0	3	920	8	8.24	2.13	3.87	0.28	22.7	5.9	1.08	.289	2.33	47	2.17	55	7.61	44.8
16	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.97	32	2025	PIT	32	10	10	.500	216	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	46	2.36	57	6.52	37
17	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.03	34	1985	LAD	36	19	3	.864	157	9	5	0	239.2	179	54	72	8	68	6	1	5	953	5	5.90	2.55	2.31	0.30	16.5	7.1	1.03	.239	2.70	59	2.73	77	6.72	22.1
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.05	34	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	292	9	3	0	264.0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	50	6.95	66.3
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.07	29	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.11	27	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	237	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	48	1.97	47	5.81	39.2
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.13	33	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	301	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	2.13	30	2016	CHC	31	16	8	.667	170	2	1	0	190.0	142	45	53	15	44	8	0	3	745	5	8.05	2.08	3.86	0.71	22.8	5.9	0.98	.250	2.51	51	3.20	78	6.73	19.6
23	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2.14	34	2014	SEA	34	15	6	.714	248	0	0	0	236.0	170	56	68	16	46	5	0	1	912	18	9.46	1.75	5.39	0.61	27.2	5.0	0.92	.258	2.59	58	2.56	69	6.48	30.7
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2.16	33	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	242	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
25	Julio Urías J. Urías	2.16	31	2022	LAD	31	17	7	.708	166	0	0	0	175.0	127	42	51	23	41	5	0	0	689	0	8.54	2.11	4.05	1.18	24.1	6.0	0.96	.229	2.62	55	3.71	92	6.53	6.2