mlb starting pitchers with the lowest career era before turning 25, minimum 50 starts, after 1960

Since 1961, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher younger than 25 when starting 50+ games, with an ERA of 1.96.

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MLB starting pitchers with the lowest career era before turning 25 years old, minimum 50 starts, after 1960

	NAME	ERA	GS	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	H/9
1	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	55	55	21	13	.618	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	6.46
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.37	104	104	57	31	.648	581	50	12	0	799.2	646	211	232	58	206	20	0	19	3,192	20	6.54	2.32	2.82	0.65	18.2	6.5	1.07	.253	2.61	7.27
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
4	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	2.60	51	51	25	9	.735	307	0	0	0	308.1	221	89	99	28	91	31	0	0	1,245	5	8.96	2.66	3.37	0.82	24.7	7.3	1.01	.245	2.89	6.45
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.65	175	175	100	39	.719	1,162	52	19	0	1284.0	1,048	378	422	65	377	18	0	17	5,187	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.46	22.4	7.3	1.11	.276	2.96	7.35
6	Bill Singer B. Singer	2.68	70	70	28	24	.538	417	20	9	0	491.0	430	146	169	18	149	15	0	19	2,037	25	7.64	2.73	2.80	0.33	20.5	7.3	1.18	.287	3.10	7.88
7	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.72	106	106	41	44	.482	585	36	14	0	781.1	674	236	271	40	260	9	0	38	3,218	20	6.74	2.99	2.25	0.46	18.2	8.1	1.20	.273	3.12	7.76
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.72	103	103	47	32	.595	565	35	10	0	714.1	632	216	246	39	237	10	0	12	2,956	22	7.12	2.99	2.38	0.49	19.1	8.0	1.22	.282	3.10	7.96
9	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.72	134	134	65	36	.644	728	52	18	0	971.2	733	294	340	75	320	11	0	12	3,892	33	6.74	2.96	2.28	0.69	18.7	8.2	1.08	.239	3.15	6.79
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2.73	154	154	75	54	.581	1,002	79	21	0	1199.2	1,023	364	404	104	320	39	0	21	4,877	29	7.52	2.40	3.13	0.78	20.5	6.6	1.12	.269	3.03	7.67
11	Nelson Briles N. Briles	2.75	55	55	27	19	.587	216	14	4	0	382.1	368	117	129	27	103	12	0	14	1,595	7	5.08	2.42	2.10	0.64	13.5	6.5	1.23	.276	3.04	8.66
12	Tommy John T. John	2.76	114	114	43	40	.518	468	30	13	0	723.2	624	222	265	48	196	16	0	22	2,937	26	5.82	2.44	2.39	0.60	15.9	6.7	1.13	.261	3.30	7.76
13	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.77	213	213	94	83	.531	1,323	97	24	0	1604.1	1,407	493	561	112	400	39	0	21	6,500	31	7.42	2.24	3.31	0.63	20.4	6.2	1.13	.280	3.15	7.89
14	Steve Kline S. Kline	2.77	77	77	34	28	.548	187	31	5	0	556.1	508	171	205	39	104	10	0	16	2,249	5	3.03	1.68	1.80	0.63	8.3	4.6	1.10	.246	3.32	8.22
15	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2.78	50	50	24	16	.600	304	22	4	0	381.1	304	118	134	39	104	6	0	9	1,529	2	7.17	2.45	2.92	0.92	19.9	6.8	1.07	.246	3.16	7.17
16	Steve Hargan S. Hargan	2.80	56	56	27	22	.551	265	23	9	0	401.2	345	125	145	19	118	5	0	10	1,632	22	5.94	2.64	2.25	0.43	16.2	7.2	1.15	.266	3.25	7.73
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.80	149	149	61	37	.622	970	8	5	0	941.0	730	293	315	62	339	17	0	22	3,820	34	9.28	3.24	2.86	0.59	25.4	8.9	1.14	.275	3.01	6.98
18	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	2.83	166	166	75	46	.620	807	33	12	0	1149.2	977	362	405	87	335	12	0	36	4,694	22	6.32	2.62	2.41	0.68	17.2	7.1	1.14	.258	3.17	7.65
19	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.85	142	142	56	47	.544	658	40	19	0	953.1	826	302	354	46	346	30	0	29	3,961	24	6.21	3.27	1.90	0.43	16.6	8.7	1.23	.271	3.34	7.80
20	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.88	62	62	26	22	.542	355	18	4	0	435.0	316	139	161	35	180	11	0	11	1,779	20	7.34	3.72	1.97	0.72	20.0	10.1	1.14	.235	3.33	6.54
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.88	107	107	53	27	.663	510	36	12	0	775.1	626	248	262	62	296	3	0	7	3,179	27	5.92	3.44	1.72	0.72	16.0	9.3	1.19	.244	3.04	7.27
22	Bruce Howard B. Howard	2.88	63	63	19	22	.463	250	7	4	0	368.2	296	118	143	29	155	6	0	8	1,536	19	6.10	3.78	1.61	0.71	16.3	10.1	1.22	.244	3.49	7.23
23	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.88	111	111	56	29	.659	456	24	7	0	756.0	654	242	271	74	194	11	0	22	3,075	5	5.43	2.31	2.35	0.88	14.8	6.3	1.12	.248	3.23	7.79
24	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.90	65	65	21	22	.488	253	11	7	0	431.0	376	139	165	14	143	14	0	12	1,786	24	5.28	2.99	1.77	0.29	14.2	8.0	1.20	.266	3.45	7.85
25	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	2.92	70	70	26	26	.500	287	16	3	0	487.0	433	158	177	42	154	2	0	14	2,016	17	5.30	2.85	1.86	0.78	14.2	7.6	1.21	.255	3.27	8.00