best career world series era minimum 5 starts

Sandy Koufax has the lowest career ERA in the World Series when starting 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.95.

Interpreted as:
best career world series era by a player minimum 5 starts
NAMEERAGSSERIESGWLW%SOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
0.95
7
World Series
8
4
3
.571
61
4
2
0
57.0
36
6
10
2
11
0
0
1
213
0
9.63
1.74
5.55
0.32
28.6
5.2
0.82
.245
1.58
5.68
2Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
0.97
11
World Series
11
5
5
.500
48
10
4
0
101.2
75
11
22
1
10
1
0
3
391
1
4.25
0.89
4.80
0.09
12.3
2.6
0.84
.224
1.95
6.64
3Eddie Plank
E. Plank
1.32
6
World Series
7
2
5
.286
32
6
0
0
54.2
37
8
11
0
11
4
1
1
215
1
5.27
1.81
2.91
0.00
14.9
5.1
0.88
.220
1.81
6.09
4Bill Hallahan
B. Hallahan
1.36
5
World Series
7
3
1
.750
27
3
2
1
39.2
29
6
6
0
23
1
1
1
172
1
6.13
5.22
1.17
0.00
15.7
13.4
1.31
.240
1.36
6.58
5Orval Overall
O. Overall
1.58
5
World Series
8
3
1
.750
35
3
1
0
51.1
37
9
11
0
15
1
2
0
203
2
6.14
2.63
2.33
0.00
17.2
7.4
1.01
.243
1.93
6.49
6George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
1.58
8
World Series
8
4
3
.571
56
5
1
0
62.2
39
11
14
2
17
0
0
1
245
1
8.04
2.44
3.29
0.29
22.9
6.9
0.89
.218
2.01
5.60
7Stan Coveleski
S. Coveleski
1.74
5
World Series
5
3
2
.600
11
4
1
0
41.1
31
8
9
2
7
0
0
0
162
0
2.40
1.52
1.57
0.44
6.8
4.3
0.92
.204
1.96
6.75
8Lefty Grove
L. Grove
1.75
5
World Series
8
4
2
.667
36
4
0
2
51.1
46
10
12
0
6
0
3
0
205
0
6.31
1.05
6.00
0.00
17.6
2.9
1.01
.282
2.10
8.06
9Jon Lester
J. Lester
1.77
5
World Series
6
4
1
.800
34
0
0
0
35.2
25
7
8
3
8
1
0
0
137
1
8.58
2.02
4.25
0.76
24.8
5.8
0.93
.242
2.02
6.31
10Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
1.79
6
World Series
6
4
2
.667
32
4
0
0
50.1
40
10
18
3
12
1
0
2
204
1
5.72
2.15
2.67
0.54
15.7
5.9
1.03
.237
3.22
7.15
11Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
1.83
11
World Series
12
6
4
.600
49
6
1
0
83.2
81
17
28
2
22
1
1
0
345
0
5.27
2.37
2.23
0.22
14.2
6.4
1.23
.292
3.01
8.71
12George Mullin
G. Mullin
1.86
6
World Series
7
3
3
.500
36
6
1
0
58.0
45
12
22
1
16
3
1
0
236
0
5.59
2.48
2.25
0.16
15.3
6.8
1.05
.244
3.41
6.98
13Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
1.89
9
World Series
9
7
2
.778
92
8
2
0
81.0
55
17
19
6
17
2
0
3
312
2
10.22
1.89
5.41
0.67
29.5
5.4
0.89
.251
2.11
6.11
14Herb Pennock
H. Pennock
1.95
5
World Series
10
5
0
1.000
24
4
0
3
55.1
39
12
12
3
8
0
5
0
210
0
3.90
1.30
3.00
0.49
11.4
3.8
0.85
.206
1.95
6.34
15Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
2.06
7
World Series
7
4
1
.800
43
1
1
0
48.0
33
11
13
4
10
2
0
0
184
1
8.06
1.88
4.30
0.75
23.4
5.4
0.90
.232
2.44
6.19
16Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
2.09
5
World Series
5
2
3
.400
18
1
0
0
38.2
28
9
13
1
7
1
0
1
148
0
4.19
1.63
2.57
0.23
12.2
4.7
0.91
.223
3.03
6.52
17Johnny Podres
J. Podres
2.11
6
World Series
6
4
1
.800
18
2
1
0
38.1
29
9
14
3
13
2
0
0
157
0
4.23
3.05
1.38
0.70
11.5
8.3
1.10
.215
3.29
6.81
18David Cone
D. Cone
2.12
5
World Series
6
2
0
1.000
19
0
0
0
29.2
16
7
9
0
20
0
0
0
121
1
5.76
6.07
0.95
0.00
15.7
16.5
1.21
.195
2.73
4.85
19Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
2.16
8
World Series
8
4
3
.571
38
3
0
0
58.1
33
14
18
8
20
0
0
0
223
1
5.86
3.09
1.90
1.23
17.0
9.0
0.91
.159
2.78
5.09
20Art Nehf
A. Nehf
2.16
9
World Series
12
4
4
.500
28
6
2
0
79.0
50
19
23
2
32
1
1
2
310
2
3.19
3.65
0.88
0.23
9.0
10.3
1.04
.194
2.62
5.70
21Eddie Cicotte
E. Cicotte
2.22
5
World Series
6
2
3
.400
20
4
0
0
44.2
42
11
14
0
7
1
0
1
182
0
4.03
1.41
2.86
0.00
11.0
3.8
1.10
.273
2.82
8.46
22Vic Raschi
V. Raschi
2.24
8
World Series
11
5
3
.625
43
3
1
0
60.1
52
15
21
5
25
1
0
1
254
0
6.41
3.73
1.72
0.75
16.9
9.8
1.28
.261
3.13
7.76
23Dave McNally
D. McNally
2.34
7
World Series
9
4
2
.667
35
4
1
0
50.0
36
13
17
5
19
1
2
1
205
3
6.30
3.42
1.84
0.90
17.1
9.3
1.10
.214
3.06
6.48
24Carl Mays
C. Mays
2.35
7
World Series
8
3
4
.429
17
5
1
1
57.1
47
15
16
0
8
3
1
1
221
0
2.67
1.26
2.13
0.00
7.7
3.6
0.96
.244
2.51
7.38
25Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2.37
8
World Series
8
3
0
1.000
49
0
0
0
49.1
37
13
14
2
12
2
0
0
197
1
8.94
2.19
4.08
0.36
24.9
6.1
0.99
.265
2.55
6.75
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2
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1.000
2
0
1.000
2
0
1.000
1
1
.500
1.0
1
1
.500
1.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
2
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1.000
2
0
1.000
1
1
.500
1.0
1
1
.500
1.0
0
2
.000
2.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
3
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1.000
1
2
.333
2.0
0
2
.000
2.5
0
3
.000
3.0
0
3
.000
3.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
3
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1.000
2
0
1.000
0.5
1
1
.500
1.5
1
1
.500
1.5
0
2
.000
2.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
2
1
.667
2
1
.667
1
1
.500
0.5
0
2
.000
1.5
0
2
.000
1.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
2
1
.667
1
1
.500
0.5
1
2
.333
1.0
1
2
.333
1.0
0
2
.000
1.5

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