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Active Leaders & Records for ERA
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| 1. | Mariano Rivera (38) | 2.290 | R |
| 2. | Pedro Martinez (36) | 2.910 | R |
| 3. | Johan Santana* (29) | 3.110 | L |
| 4. | Roy Oswalt (30) | 3.130 | R |
| 5. | Greg Maddux (42) | 3.160 | R |
| 6. | Brandon Webb (29) | 3.240 | R |
| 7. | Jake Peavy (27) | 3.250 | R |
| 8. | Randy Johnson* (44) | 3.260 | L |
| John Smoltz (41) | 3.260 | R | |
| 10. | Roberto Hernandez (43) | 3.450 | R |
| 11. | Curt Schilling (41) | 3.460 | R |
| 12. | Tim Hudson (32) | 3.480 | R |
| Carlos Zambrano (27) | 3.480 | R | |
| 14. | Roy Halladay (31) | 3.520 | R |
| 15. | Tom Glavine* (42) | 3.540 | L |
| 16. | Bob Wickman (39) | 3.570 | R |
| 17. | Mike Timlin (42) | 3.630 | R |
| 18. | Kerry Wood (31) | 3.650 | R |
| 19. | C.C. Sabathia* (27) | 3.660 | L |
| 20. | Mike Mussina (39) | 3.680 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| 21. | Ben Sheets (29) | 3.720 | R |
| 22. | Derek Lowe (35) | 3.750 | R |
| 23. | Josh Beckett (28) | 3.780 | R |
| 24. | Mark Buehrle* (29) | 3.800 | L |
| 25. | A.J. Burnett (31) | 3.810 | R |
| John Lackey (29) | 3.810 | R | |
| 27. | Barry Zito* (30) | 3.820 | L |
| 28. | Andy Pettitte* (36) | 3.890 | L |
| 29. | Dontrelle Willis* (26) | 3.910 | L |
| 30. | Mike Stanton* (41) | 3.920 | L |
| 31. | Tom Gordon (40) | 3.940 | R |
| Jason Schmidt (35) | 3.940 | R | |
| 33. | Todd Jones (40) | 3.970 | R |
| 34. | Matt Morris (33) | 3.980 | R |
| 35. | Mike Hampton* (35) | 4.010 | L |
| 36. | Rheal Cormier* (41) | 4.030 | L |
| 37. | Kevin Millwood (33) | 4.060 | R |
| Brad Penny (30) | 4.060 | R | |
| 39. | Freddy Garcia (33) | 4.070 | R |
| 40. | Chris Carpenter (33) | 4.080 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| 41. | Bartolo Colon (35) | 4.090 | R |
| 42. | Orlando Hernandez (42) | 4.130 | R |
| Jarrod Washburn* (33) | 4.130 | L | |
| 44. | Kelvim Escobar (32) | 4.150 | R |
| 45. | Kent Mercker* (40) | 4.160 | L |
| 46. | Mark Mulder* (30) | 4.180 | L |
| 47. | Ryan Franklin (35) | 4.190 | R |
| Jamie Moyer* (45) | 4.190 | L | |
| Woody Williams (41) | 4.190 | R | |
| 50. | Arthur Rhodes* (38) | 4.230 | L |
| 51. | Hideo Nomo (39) | 4.240 | R |
| 52. | Aaron Harang (30) | 4.250 | R |
| 53. | Randy Wolf* (31) | 4.260 | L |
| 54. | Jon Lieber (38) | 4.270 | R |
| Kenny Rogers* (43) | 4.270 | L | |
| Dave Weathers (38) | 4.270 | R | |
| 57. | Bronson Arroyo (31) | 4.310 | R |
| Vicente Padilla (30) | 4.310 | R | |
| Jake Westbrook (30) | 4.310 | R | |
| 60. | Carl Pavano (32) | 4.320 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| Javier Vazquez (31) | 4.320 | R | |
| Tim Wakefield (41) | 4.320 | R | |
| 63. | Kris Benson (33) | 4.340 | R |
| Doug Davis* (32) | 4.340 | L | |
| Chan Ho Park (35) | 4.340 | R | |
| 66. | Gil Meche (29) | 4.360 | R |
| Jose Mesa (42) | 4.360 | R | |
| 68. | Livan Hernandez (33) | 4.370 | R |
| Brett Myers (27) | 4.370 | R | |
| 70. | Paul Byrd (37) | 4.380 | R |
| 71. | Steve Trachsel (37) | 4.390 | R |
| 72. | Ted Lilly* (32) | 4.400 | L |
| 73. | Russ Ortiz (34) | 4.420 | R |
| 74. | Julian Tavarez (35) | 4.450 | R |
| 75. | Odalis Perez* (31) | 4.460 | L |
| 76. | Matt Clement (33) | 4.470 | R |
| Jon Garland (28) | 4.470 | R | |
| 78. | Ryan Dempster (31) | 4.550 | R |
| Jason Marquis (29) | 4.550 | R | |
| Joel Pineiro (29) | 4.550 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| 81. | Miguel Batista (37) | 4.560 | R |
| Elmer Dessens (37) | 4.560 | R | |
| 83. | Aaron Sele (38) | 4.610 | R |
| Carlos Silva (29) | 4.610 | R | |
| 85. | Jeff Suppan (33) | 4.630 | R |
| 86. | LaTroy Hawkins (35) | 4.640 | R |
| 87. | Esteban Loaiza (36) | 4.650 | R |
| 88. | Kyle Lohse (29) | 4.670 | R |
| Kip Wells (31) | 4.670 | R | |
| 90. | John Thomson (34) | 4.680 | R |
| Brett Tomko (35) | 4.680 | R | |
| 92. | Shawn Estes* (35) | 4.710 | L |
| 93. | Jeff Weaver (31) | 4.720 | R |
| 94. | Brian Moehler (36) | 4.730 | R |
| 95. | Ron Villone* (38) | 4.750 | L |
| 96. | Adam Eaton (30) | 4.800 | R |
| Rodrigo Lopez (32) | 4.800 | R | |
| 98. | Darren Oliver* (37) | 4.840 | L |
| 99. | Mark Redman* (34) | 4.850 | L |
| 100. | Ramon Ortiz (35) | 4.900 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | ERA | Throws |
| Nate Robertson* (30) | 4.900 | L | |
| 102. | Sidney Ponson (31) | 4.950 | R |
| 103. | Jason Johnson (34) | 4.990 | R |
| 104. | Jason Jennings (29) | 5.000 | R |
| 105. | Eric Milton* (32) | 5.010 | L |
| 106. | Glendon Rusch* (33) | 5.020 | L |
| 107. | Jamey Wright (33) | 5.060 | R |
| 108. | Josh Fogg (31) | 5.080 | R |
| 109. | Scott Elarton (32) | 5.290 | R |
Stats updated through October 6, 2008.
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