The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 1-2 punch of Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw was good last year, but it’s great this year. The two are pushing each other to greater heights and lower ERAs atop the Dodgers rotation.
In fact, as a tandem they do not have much company in earned runs allowed since pitching mounds were lowered in 1969. As the following rundown of lowest combined ERA by teammates (minimum 25 starts) since 1969 proves, Greinke and Kershaw are in a very exclusive club:
Pitchers Team Year ERA
Zack Greinke/Clayton Kershaw Dodgers 2015 1.