worst career era, minimum 2000 strikeouts

Tim Wakefield has the worst career ERA when striking out 2,000+ batters, with an ERA of 4.41.

Interpreted as:

worst career era by a player, minimum 2000 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	4.22	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
5	David Wells D. Wells	4.13	2,201	660	239	157	.604	489	54	12	13	3439.0	3,635	1,578	1,702	407	719	83	65	65	14,413	101	5.76	1.88	3.06	1.07	15.3	5.0	1.27	.293	4.45	93	3.99	90	9.51	172.9
6	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	4.12	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	95	4.14	96	9.34	71.6
7	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	4.11	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	94	3.98	91	9.16	123.8
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	4.09	2,164	408	145	133	.522	401	3	2	0	2237.1	2,112	1,016	1,115	221	837	197	1	27	9,610	70	8.71	3.37	2.59	0.89	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.87	96	8.50	42
9	James Shields J. Shields	4.01	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
10	A.J. Burnett	3.99	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
11	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	3.98	2,082	600	211	222	.487	483	246	31	21	3759.1	3,769	1,664	1,908	206	1,732	61	71		16,467	60	4.98	4.15	1.20	0.49	12.6	10.5	1.46	.288	4.57	95	3.81	92	9.02	144.5
12	Andy Benes A. Benes	3.97	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	96	4.07	96	8.54	37.1
13	Mark Langston M. Langston	3.97	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	93	3.93	91	8.27	120.6
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	3.92	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	3.90	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	3.85	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	86	3.73	83	9.36	282.1
17	Chuck Finley C. Finley	3.85	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
18	Dan Haren D. Haren	3.75	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	3.75	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,665	174	240	44	16,170	179	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	95	4.28	109	7.77	-142.3
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	3.74	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
21	CC Sabathia	3.74	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.70	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	71	16,754	83	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	94	3.91	99	8.77	17
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.68	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	3.66	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	3.66	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7