worst career era, minimum 1500 strikeouts

Bobby Witt has the highest career ERA when striking out 1,500+ batters, with an ERA of 4.83.

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worst career era by a player, minimum 1500 strikeouts

	NAME	ERA	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Bobby Witt B. Witt	4.83	1,955	430	142	157	.475	397	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	1,375	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	111	4.41	102	9.10	-26.2
2	Edwin Jackson E. Jackson	4.78	1,508	412	107	133	.446	318	5	3	1	1960.0	2,094	1,040	1,135	249	779	39	30	39	8,569	108	6.92	3.58	1.94	1.14	17.6	9.1	1.47	.308	5.21	116	4.47	108	9.62	-74.1
3	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	4.67	1,664	392	129	124	.510	343	31	12	0	2196.2	2,292	1,140	1,213	291	726	111	11	54	9,472	59	6.82	2.97	2.29	1.19	17.6	7.7	1.37	.300	4.97	104	4.42	100	9.39	0.2
4	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	4.60	1,520	334	111	111	.500	328	3	1	0	1878.0	1,937	959	1,021	233	664	68	0	15	8,069	72	7.28	3.18	2.29	1.12	18.8	8.2	1.38	.305	4.89	109	4.32	103	9.28	-23.8
5	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	4.56	1,513	330	114	118	.491	312	12	6	0	1887.2	2,045	957	1,023	239	460	56	1	45	8,059	52	7.21	2.19	3.29	1.14	18.8	5.7	1.33	.312	4.88	112	3.96	98	9.75	17.4
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	4.51	1,860	373	110	142	.437	354	7	2	2	2047.2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	8.18	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
7	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	4.44	1,976	519	178	177	.501	474	50	9	1	3189.0	3,525	1,572	1,686	362	1,066	78	17	86	13,816	41	5.58	3.01	1.85	1.02	14.3	7.7	1.44	.306	4.76	105	4.39	103	9.95	-45.4
8	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	4.41	2,156	627	200	180	.526	463	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	96	4.72	108	8.79	-137.5
9	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	4.40	1,615	457	147	143	.507	418	12	9	2	2531.2	2,711	1,239	1,327	316	694	87	15	34	10,839	57	5.74	2.47	2.33	1.12	14.9	6.4	1.34	.295	4.72	105	4.35	105	9.64	-58.3
10	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	4.40	1,561	355	150	125	.545	351	10	3	0	2096.1	2,270	1,025	1,122	260	489	84	2	17	8,912	70	6.70	2.10	3.19	1.12	17.5	5.5	1.32	.308	4.82	102	4.06	97	9.75	26.3
11	Mike Moore M. Moore	4.39	1,667	450	161	176	.478	440	79	16	2	2831.2	2,858	1,381	1,516	291	1,156	55	6	61	12,203	135	5.30	3.67	1.44	0.92	13.7	9.5	1.42	.284	4.82	105	4.26	101	9.08	-13.9
12	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	4.39	1,591	420	143	159	.474	417	20	7	0	2501.0	2,587	1,219	1,327	348	943	52	1	63	10,799	64	5.73	3.39	1.69	1.25	14.7	8.7	1.41	.285	4.78	101	4.83	110	9.31	-121.2
13	Oliver Perez O. Perez	4.37	1,546	703	74	94	.440	195	3	2	5	1465.2	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	9.49	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
14	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	4.36	1,715	476	124	98	.559	287	10	3	2	1993.0	1,872	965	1,046	230	910	138	52	35	8,714	75	7.74	4.11	1.88	1.04	19.7	10.4	1.40	.287	4.72	103	4.44	101	8.45	-15.3
15	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	4.35	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	103	4.25	100	8.85	-1.1
16	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	4.34	1,720	329	114	117	.494	315	9	3	1	1870.0	1,757	901	968	186	848	78	4	31	8,094	93	8.28	4.08	2.03	0.90	21.3	10.5	1.39	.299	4.66	102	4.04	95	8.46	44.5
17	John Burkett J. Burkett	4.31	1,766	445	166	136	.550	423	21	6	1	2648.1	2,866	1,268	1,374	257	700	90	8	59	11,324	33	6.00	2.38	2.52	0.87	15.6	6.2	1.35	.307	4.67	102	3.84	91	9.74	117.1
18	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	4.28	1,587	372	138	121	.533	339	25	6	1	2191.2	2,200	1,042	1,130	246	816	83	12	49	9,441	64	6.52	3.35	1.94	1.01	16.8	8.6	1.38	.291	4.64	100	4.23	98	9.03	22.5
19	Bronson Arroyo B. Arroyo	4.28	1,571	419	148	137	.519	383	16	6	1	2435.2	2,507	1,158	1,260	347	661	105	6	60	10,338	42	5.80	2.44	2.38	1.28	15.2	6.4	1.30	.282	4.66	100	4.59	108	9.26	-82
20	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	4.27	1,968	762	219	156	.584	474	36	9	28	3302.2	3,457	1,568	1,739	339	1,175	127	133	53	14,280	79	5.36	3.20	1.67	0.92	13.8	8.2	1.40	.292	4.74	93	4.38	97	9.42	43.3
21	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	4.27	1,553	401	131	124	.514	327	25	5	2	2198.0	2,388	1,043	1,158	285	422	49	18	52	9,300	30	6.36	1.73	3.68	1.17	16.7	4.5	1.28	.301	4.74	98	4.01	90	9.78	104.3
22	Aaron Harang A. Harang	4.26	1,842	387	128	143	.472	381	15	8	0	2322.0	2,445	1,099	1,177	298	712	63	2	54	9,975	76	7.14	2.76	2.59	1.16	18.5	7.1	1.36	.304	4.56	103	4.17	100	9.48	12.3
23	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	4.25	2,441	696	269	209	.563	638	33	10	0	4074.0	4,231	1,926	2,076	522	1,155	146	15	69	17,356	57	5.39	2.55	2.11	1.15	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.59	97	4.46	102	9.35	-33.5
24	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	4.24	1,918	323	123	109	.530	318	16	9	0	1976.1	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	8.73	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5
25	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	4.24	1,814	390	133	125	.516	379	13	9	1	2328.1	2,310	1,097	1,173	296	831	103	3	39	9,977	44	7.01	3.21	2.18	1.14	18.2	8.3	1.35	.290	4.53	101	4.37	103	8.93	-27.3