Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 2004 to 2012, (requiring At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest Earned Run Average: Results

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Rk Player ERA IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
1 Johan Santana 2.87 1610.1 2004 2012 25-33 238 238 15 10 0 116 61 .655 0 1320 554 513 395 1572 150 171 6469 12 27 6 39 MIN-NYM .221 .271 .361 .632 68 50 23 269 26 93 39 32 14
2 Roy Halladay 2.97 1761.2 2004 2012 27-35 245 244 52 15 0 133 66 .668 0 1660 629 582 292 1383 145 138 7088 19 45 5 24 TOR-PHI .249 .283 .360 .643 71 42 45 273 25 166 130 38 1
3 Chris Carpenter 3.06 1331.2 2004 2011 29-36 195 194 21 10 0 95 42 .693 0 1205 494 453 293 1073 134 107 5402 15 48 1 19 STL .242 .289 .360 .649 76 58 29 224 19 126 14 34 2
4 Tim Lincecum 3.19 1118.0 2007 2012 23-28 172 171 8 5 0 72 49 .595 0 929 427 396 426 1226 127 74 4651 23 26 2 65 SFG .225 .300 .340 .640 76 54 24 196 27 69 108 27 3
5 Jered Weaver 3.22 1220.1 2006 2012 23-29 191 191 10 5 0 91 48 .655 0 1072 464 437 329 1045 130 126 4986 11 19 1 27 LAA .234 .286 .376 .662 78 21 30 229 22 51 108 30 17
6 Felix Hernandez 3.23 1499.0 2005 2012 19-26 221 221 19 5 0 91 72 .558 0 1378 604 538 456 1378 128 125 6208 14 49 7 76 SEA .244 .305 .359 .664 82 29 34 238 18 152 121 41 8
7 Jake Peavy 3.27 1401.2 2004 2012 23-31 218 217 13 6 0 97 68 .588 0 1193 532 509 408 1409 123 126 5731 30 49 6 29 SDP-TOT-CHW .229 .289 .361 .651 79 31 35 236 37 91 131 37 6
8 Matt Cain 3.29 1431.0 2005 2012 20-27 220 219 15 6 1 78 76 .506 0 1187 559 523 496 1199 125 118 5900 30 39 4 51 SFG .226 .295 .361 .656 79 58 44 270 44 69 100 46 2
9 Roy Oswalt 3.31 1664.2 2004 2012 26-34 257 253 17 7 1 118 76 .608 0 1636 649 612 388 1311 128 138 6900 28 60 5 22 HOU-TOT-PHI-TEX .258 .305 .392 .697 86 78 42 366 33 152 48 24 3
10 CC Sabathia 3.32 1883.1 2004 2012 23-31 274 274 30 11 0 142 74 .657 0 1747 769 695 505 1661 132 160 7758 28 62 6 29 CLE-TOT-NYY .247 .300 .370 .671 77 53 52 353 22 177 108 48 11
11 Brandon Webb 3.33 1139.0 2004 2009 25-30 170 170 14 7 0 77 53 .592 0 1060 492 422 367 893 138 80 4765 30 37 5 47 ARI .248 .311 .359 .670 74 51 34 193 22 128 132 43 9
12 Cole Hamels 3.37 1272.1 2006 2012 22-28 197 196 10 4 0 84 58 .592 0 1127 505 476 320 1202 126 153 5179 28 27 5 18 PHI .237 .287 .393 .681 82 44 27 239 24 87 103 36 12
13 Justin Verlander 3.46 1439.0 2005 2012 22-29 216 216 18 6 0 115 62 .650 0 1253 598 554 439 1336 126 128 5938 18 57 15 56 DET .233 .296 .358 .653 73 25 28 247 21 81 65 45 19
14 Tim Hudson 3.53 1530.1 2004 2012 28-36 234 233 12 7 0 107 68 .611 0 1470 644 600 447 958 119 116 6382 45 67 4 39 OAK-ATL .254 .314 .372 .686 85 61 28 262 36 172 84 46 10
15 Dan Haren 3.58 1726.2 2004 2012 23-31 268 258 16 6 3 110 84 .567 0 1660 746 687 358 1485 119 197 7121 29 42 2 73 STL-OAK-ARI-TOT-LAA .251 .291 .402 .694 85 52 44 344 35 109 124 39 5
16 Jon Lester 3.63 1059.0 2006 2012 22-28 171 170 8 2 0 81 39 .675 0 982 448 427 389 973 124 95 4449 4 43 1 27 BOS .248 .319 .375 .694 82 18 34 189 15 104 81 39 24
17 Carlos Zambrano 3.64 1592.1 2004 2012 23-31 265 249 7 4 2 111 66 .627 0 1372 698 644 709 1348 121 140 6784 27 83 4 45 CHC-MIA .233 .323 .358 .681 80 78 33 249 33 135 42 40 15
18 Cliff Lee 3.68 1668.1 2004 2012 25-33 256 252 26 11 1 116 70 .624 0 1658 738 683 383 1362 115 170 6945 10 43 1 35 CLE-TOT-PHI .258 .302 .399 .701 87 36 44 349 25 130 55 25 6
19 Chad Billingsley 3.72 1112.1 2006 2012 21-27 209 180 4 2 7 74 60 .552 0 1056 502 460 475 998 109 84 4786 32 43 0 46 LAD .253 .333 .379 .711 96 55 39 208 32 96 51 38 2
20 Ryan Dempster 3.76 1159.2 2004 2012 27-35 370 150 3 1 183 65 64 .504 87 1075 538 484 459 1053 115 108 4940 25 39 2 42 CHC .246 .322 .380 .702 88 51 23 207 27 94 95 35 0
21 Zack Greinke 3.76 1387.2 2004 2012 20-28 255 214 12 3 8 85 75 .531 1 1385 629 580 349 1238 115 136 5800 12 43 5 38 KCR-MIL .259 .308 .406 .714 90 35 25 294 40 108 49 44 10
22 Erik Bedard 3.76 1033.1 2004 2012 25-33 182 181 1 1 0 60 59 .504 0 964 480 432 409 1002 115 97 4417 3 33 4 30 BAL-SEA-TOT-PIT .245 .320 .370 .689 85 19 24 171 14 78 44 18 5
23 Andy Pettitte 3.77 1321.1 2004 2012 32-40 215 212 2 1 1 94 63 .599 0 1333 611 553 398 1035 117 127 5551 20 20 2 23 HOU-NYY .264 .318 .400 .718 88 51 34 266 19 131 76 39 34
24 Ubaldo Jimenez 3.84 1012.1 2006 2012 22-28 165 164 8 3 0 67 56 .545 0 881 470 432 455 904 118 75 4310 28 48 4 60 COL-TOT-CLE .234 .324 .359 .683 80 34 15 186 29 82 101 32 9
25 Matt Garza 3.85 1013.0 2006 2012 22-28 167 164 8 3 2 56 60 .483 1 962 480 433 345 849 108 112 4293 13 35 4 30 MIN-TBR-CHC .249 .314 .391 .706 91 22 33 170 21 91 32 20 2
Rk Player ERA IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
26 Mark Buehrle 3.85 1840.2 2004 2012 25-33 277 277 17 4 0 115 92 .556 0 1987 873 788 391 1038 118 211 7673 28 38 9 15 CHW-MIA .278 .317 .427 .744 93 55 53 366 29 214 38 48 65
27 Randy Johnson 3.87 1013.0 2004 2009 40-45 164 159 12 2 2 73 52 .584 0 911 488 436 239 1004 116 128 4167 15 44 6 17 ARI-NYY-SFG .239 .290 .397 .687 78 43 24 177 22 49 93 44 12
28 Josh Beckett 3.94 1532.1 2004 2012 24-32 241 241 10 5 0 112 71 .612 0 1415 714 671 432 1392 113 176 6370 13 61 2 42 FLA-BOS .244 .302 .398 .700 82 45 30 310 28 114 120 32 2
29 James Shields 3.97 1331.2 2006 2012 24-30 201 200 16 6 0 79 68 .537 0 1346 644 587 314 1126 105 171 5555 10 42 4 50 TBD-TBR .261 .308 .426 .734 97 31 17 282 26 105 51 28 22
30 Ted Lilly 3.98 1529.0 2004 2012 28-36 255 255 3 2 0 108 87 .554 0 1377 716 676 497 1288 110 222 6409 28 41 21 36 TOR-CHC-TOT-LAD .239 .302 .414 .716 88 63 34 297 26 87 131 26 13
31 Wandy Rodriguez 4.03 1285.1 2005 2012 26-33 223 214 2 2 1 79 81 .494 0 1273 650 575 445 1074 103 146 5479 31 45 7 33 HOU .259 .324 .418 .742 101 44 31 279 31 133 70 46 17
32 John Lackey 4.06 1563.2 2004 2011 25-32 244 243 11 6 0 109 74 .596 0 1619 766 706 470 1245 108 148 6694 18 87 2 79 ANA-LAA-BOS .267 .327 .406 .733 93 39 35 329 33 145 140 44 6
33 Joe Saunders 4.11 1067.2 2005 2012 24-31 174 174 7 3 0 73 57 .562 0 1132 540 487 336 603 104 133 4529 12 23 2 24 LAA-TOT-ARI .275 .331 .432 .764 104 30 27 207 20 131 65 48 22
34 Jake Westbrook 4.14 1309.1 2004 2012 26-34 211 208 13 3 2 80 71 .530 0 1383 663 602 401 753 101 115 5572 27 35 1 30 CLE-TOT-STL .273 .329 .400 .729 97 40 28 256 21 167 81 39 14
35 Aaron Harang 4.14 1560.2 2004 2012 26-34 252 248 13 6 1 90 89 .503 0 1649 769 718 444 1296 103 206 6674 39 45 2 54 CIN-SDP-LAD .272 .324 .446 .771 105 81 43 372 33 102 108 57 3
36 A.J. Burnett 4.15 1517.1 2004 2012 27-35 245 242 12 3 1 100 81 .552 0 1425 760 699 595 1418 104 165 6493 12 80 4 102 FLA-TOR-NYY-PIT .249 .325 .393 .718 91 37 46 289 22 145 210 48 20
37 Derek Lowe 4.16 1704.0 2004 2012 31-39 287 285 8 3 1 115 105 .523 0 1823 891 788 510 1085 101 145 7299 36 33 11 27 BOS-LAD-ATL-CLE .274 .327 .398 .726 95 73 36 330 29 204 159 48 7
38 Greg Maddux 4.16 1039.2 2004 2008 38-42 169 169 6 1 0 66 64 .508 0 1101 521 481 161 606 103 119 4304 23 28 2 17 CHC-TOT-SDP .274 .304 .429 .733 94 66 35 217 23 84 144 33 3
39 Bronson Arroyo 4.17 1770.0 2004 2012 27-35 284 278 11 4 1 106 96 .525 0 1795 900 820 482 1167 105 248 7505 38 82 2 30 BOS-CIN .263 .317 .437 .754 98 68 42 386 31 132 53 35 6
40 Scott Kazmir 4.17 1022.0 2004 2011 20-27 180 179 1 1 0 66 61 .520 0 968 516 474 473 993 105 114 4451 11 45 2 50 TBD-TBR-TOT-LAA .249 .335 .408 .743 98 20 32 222 25 72 64 34 23
41 Brett Myers 4.20 1385.0 2004 2012 23-31 293 205 10 2 65 76 74 .507 38 1383 694 646 436 1168 102 202 5899 26 40 4 30 PHI-HOU .259 .318 .436 .754 101 49 28 290 27 102 97 32 9
42 Randy Wolf 4.20 1299.0 2004 2012 27-35 216 216 3 3 0 75 65 .536 0 1314 650 606 447 944 99 165 5582 23 63 2 23 PHI-LAD-TOT-MIL .264 .331 .431 .762 106 65 32 293 22 115 67 23 10
43 Jarrod Washburn 4.20 1037.0 2004 2009 29-34 173 171 5 4 1 51 68 .429 1 1076 516 484 312 584 104 129 4427 11 39 1 15 ANA-LAA-SEA-TOT .268 .325 .432 .756 100 32 31 231 19 99 24 28 13
44 Chris Capuano 4.22 1031.0 2004 2012 25-33 188 167 4 3 5 64 63 .504 0 1044 523 483 334 873 99 145 4421 19 42 5 34 MIL-NYM-LAD .263 .325 .443 .768 106 57 21 253 12 79 24 20 32
45 Jon Garland 4.22 1512.1 2004 2011 24-31 238 236 10 5 0 98 79 .554 0 1594 778 709 448 801 105 177 6420 32 43 1 26 CHW-LAA-TOT-SDP-LAD .274 .328 .429 .757 99 55 51 303 35 169 38 36 3
46 Brad Penny 4.22 1223.0 2004 2012 26-34 210 206 2 0 2 79 65 .549 0 1308 614 574 377 786 102 120 5225 16 35 1 37 TOT-LAD-STL-DET-SFG .277 .332 .424 .757 101 48 34 285 27 135 118 35 4
47 Carl Pavano 4.26 1073.1 2004 2012 28-36 166 166 14 7 0 69 57 .548 0 1198 559 508 203 613 98 121 4534 19 45 7 17 FLA-NYY-TOT-MIN .284 .321 .441 .762 105 29 32 238 33 97 130 30 3
48 Freddy Garcia 4.26 1123.1 2004 2012 27-35 189 178 4 0 9 75 54 .581 0 1151 558 532 307 776 106 144 4746 22 30 1 53 TOT-CHW-PHI-DET-NYY .265 .316 .434 .750 94 29 30 258 24 89 135 28 5
49 Javier Vazquez 4.26 1610.2 2004 2011 27-34 258 252 12 2 4 101 92 .523 0 1549 812 763 432 1460 104 218 6752 27 57 2 52 NYY-ARI-CHW-ATL-FLA .251 .304 .421 .725 90 50 41 311 43 98 52 27 6
50 Ervin Santana 4.28 1399.2 2005 2012 22-29 222 219 14 7 1 91 75 .548 0 1373 713 666 453 1107 98 183 5955 20 70 5 55 LAA .256 .320 .423 .743 99 26 38 282 32 111 132 40 3
Rk Player ERA IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
51 Barry Zito 4.30 1577.2 2004 2012 26-34 265 259 3 1 4 90 101 .471 0 1480 808 753 688 1124 99 183 6791 41 60 5 31 OAK-SFG .250 .332 .403 .735 96 74 51 300 28 142 87 54 13
52 Dontrelle Willis 4.30 1061.0 2004 2011 22-29 178 175 13 6 0 58 63 .479 0 1103 551 507 442 754 97 101 4657 24 58 6 41 FLA-DET-TOT-CIN .271 .349 .409 .758 105 56 30 205 27 115 38 25 13
53 Doug Davis 4.31 1259.1 2004 2011 28-35 213 213 3 2 0 64 79 .448 0 1282 656 603 583 1005 103 126 5546 23 34 5 42 MIL-ARI-CHC .266 .347 .408 .756 99 81 30 250 28 120 72 34 31
54 Jeremy Guthrie 4.34 1091.2 2004 2012 25-33 192 165 4 0 8 50 72 .410 0 1110 569 527 330 662 101 155 4660 14 53 4 18 CLE-BAL-COL .263 .322 .447 .769 103 20 39 263 23 99 42 22 7
55 Joe Blanton 4.36 1347.2 2004 2012 23-31 223 214 8 3 3 80 69 .537 0 1447 695 653 359 901 97 160 5751 25 33 3 24 OAK-TOT-PHI .274 .322 .430 .752 101 38 42 286 29 111 71 21 5
56 Aaron Cook 4.36 1169.1 2004 2012 25-33 189 188 11 3 0 68 62 .523 0 1334 611 567 339 503 109 100 5042 37 37 2 26 COL-BOS .290 .342 .425 .767 97 36 36 249 35 166 36 25 13
57 Kevin Millwood 4.38 1416.1 2004 2012 29-37 235 235 11 1 0 77 88 .467 0 1554 756 689 449 1029 101 163 6161 19 49 2 38 PHI-CLE-TEX-BAL-COL-SEA .278 .336 .429 .765 101 47 24 291 33 123 127 36 0
58 Paul Maholm 4.39 1227.1 2005 2012 23-30 200 200 5 3 0 58 79 .423 0 1333 646 599 408 760 95 115 5300 25 61 3 29 PIT-CHC .282 .344 .425 .769 110 58 38 289 23 161 66 39 20
59 Edwin Jackson 4.43 1152.2 2004 2012 20-28 214 185 5 3 9 62 63 .496 0 1217 612 567 456 855 97 127 5012 19 22 6 54 LAD-TBD-TBR-DET-TOT-WSN .273 .341 .427 .768 105 42 29 238 35 113 103 30 5
60 Kyle Lohse 4.48 1399.1 2004 2012 25-33 255 235 5 4 8 79 82 .491 0 1554 754 697 402 840 96 156 6050 26 49 3 26 MIN-TOT-STL .283 .335 .439 .774 106 59 45 341 25 119 52 35 8
61 Jeff Suppan 4.50 1250.1 2004 2012 29-37 226 211 1 0 10 78 71 .523 0 1419 700 625 456 670 94 160 5518 37 51 3 44 STL-MIL-TOT-SDP .290 .354 .459 .812 117 75 35 296 26 152 50 25 9
62 Gil Meche 4.51 1074.2 2004 2010 25-31 195 181 5 2 3 57 62 .479 0 1106 590 538 434 813 98 130 4668 10 23 2 28 SEA-KCR .266 .336 .427 .763 102 17 34 232 23 93 64 32 7
63 Ricky Nolasco 4.51 1019.2 2006 2012 23-29 180 164 6 2 0 71 57 .555 0 1078 552 511 240 846 93 128 4340 34 27 3 24 FLA-MIA .271 .314 .438 .751 102 49 39 215 33 63 53 27 3
64 Gavin Floyd 4.53 1054.1 2004 2012 21-29 181 169 5 1 5 64 63 .504 0 1054 577 531 344 822 98 141 4514 23 54 3 50 PHI-CHW .260 .323 .424 .748 96 24 31 206 20 106 116 22 2
65 Miguel Batista 4.53 1040.1 2004 2012 33-41 393 126 6 3 121 60 64 .484 40 1099 582 524 505 640 98 109 4636 34 39 3 61 TOR-ARI-SEA-WSN-TOT-NYM .274 .358 .423 .780 107 41 35 228 22 117 84 37 2
66 Livan Hernandez 4.55 1705.2 2004 2012 29-37 282 261 19 4 10 91 98 .481 1 1930 913 863 552 956 94 196 7400 54 45 6 16 MON-WSN-TOT-ARI .291 .347 .447 .794 112 109 66 359 44 162 92 59 15
67 Zach Duke 4.56 1041.0 2005 2011 22-28 181 168 6 3 5 48 74 .393 1 1269 579 528 282 537 92 107 4546 13 27 8 18 PIT-ARI .306 .352 .461 .813 119 62 32 283 19 121 42 41 21
68 Jose Contreras 4.63 1097.0 2004 2012 32-40 274 166 5 3 34 71 65 .522 9 1117 628 564 391 812 99 126 4766 14 57 2 70 TOT-CHW-PHI .263 .331 .412 .743 92 39 32 207 24 83 152 32 5
69 Jason Marquis 4.63 1434.1 2004 2012 25-33 242 239 7 4 0 93 91 .505 0 1536 809 738 533 800 94 173 6281 24 72 7 40 STL-CHC-COL-WSN-TOT .276 .345 .436 .780 106 70 37 299 36 167 94 28 1
70 Jamie Moyer 4.63 1336.1 2004 2012 41-49 224 218 7 2 2 84 77 .522 0 1446 734 688 375 784 95 208 5771 20 58 2 13 SEA-TOT-PHI-COL .275 .329 .460 .789 107 53 34 298 24 105 102 39 22
71 Vicente Padilla 4.65 1034.1 2004 2012 26-34 213 173 2 2 7 71 58 .550 4 1075 577 534 386 757 96 133 4524 27 75 8 26 PHI-TEX-TOT-LAD-BOS .269 .342 .430 .772 102 35 26 208 20 101 34 24 6
72 Tim Wakefield 4.66 1348.0 2004 2011 37-44 235 210 8 0 16 84 79 .515 0 1340 776 698 439 833 99 186 5797 12 77 2 75 BOS .256 .321 .429 .750 93 19 36 305 19 84 202 54 13
73 Dave Bush 4.70 1141.1 2004 2011 24-31 210 187 6 3 10 56 69 .448 0 1194 652 596 295 767 93 166 4884 21 80 2 21 TOR-MIL-TEX .269 .324 .454 .778 105 43 32 283 18 80 114 42 0
74 Jeremy Bonderman 4.78 1014.0 2004 2010 21-27 174 165 6 2 1 61 58 .513 0 1052 573 539 346 821 92 124 4376 21 35 3 36 DET .267 .329 .431 .760 100 23 26 203 36 97 65 26 1
75 Jeff Francis 4.80 1090.1 2004 2012 23-31 186 185 3 2 0 62 67 .481 0 1230 607 581 331 706 98 129 4749 40 41 2 12 COL-KCR .287 .341 .453 .794 104 45 39 271 29 102 86 32 16
Rk Player ERA IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
76 Carlos Silva 4.81 1070.1 2004 2010 25-31 186 179 6 2 3 62 69 .473 0 1316 610 572 179 465 92 142 4588 14 33 3 17 MIN-SEA-CHC .305 .335 .472 .807 111 28 30 244 25 135 48 25 0
77 Joel Pineiro 4.82 1253.2 2004 2011 25-32 241 191 10 3 24 67 73 .479 2 1422 706 671 323 705 87 145 5365 28 35 2 29 SEA-TOT-STL-LAA .288 .334 .451 .784 111 32 36 310 29 142 44 22 3
78 Nate Robertson 4.94 1099.1 2004 2010 26-32 209 178 4 0 7 56 74 .431 1 1209 658 604 393 739 90 151 4815 18 32 4 31 DET-TOT .280 .342 .452 .794 108 39 36 240 23 131 47 28 6
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