9 pitchers are tied for the lowest career ERA by an 18-year-old pitcher, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Sam McDowell, Stover McIlwain and Claude Osteen.

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	NAME	ERA	Age	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	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	H/9
1	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	0.00	18	1	0	0		1	5	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	0	7.11	7.11	1.00	0.00	18.5	18.5	1.26	.176	0.00	4.26
2	Stover McIlwain S. McIlwain	0.00	17	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	3.00	.500	0.00	18.00
3	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	0.00	17	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	33.3	11.1	0.86	.200	0.00	3.86
4	Harry MacPherson H. MacPherson	0.00	17	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		4	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	25.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Kent Peterson K. Peterson	0.00	18	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Rufus Meadows R. Meadows	0.00	18	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
7	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	0.00	18	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
8	Jake Hehl J. Hehl	0.00	18	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Jack Bentley J. Bentley	0.00	18	3	1	0	1.000	1	3	0	0	1	11.0	5	0	0	0	2	1	1		39	1	2.45	1.64	1.50	0.00	7.7	5.1	0.64	.152	0.00	4.09
10	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	1.09	18	17	1	2	.333	2	38	1	0	2	49.2	48		31	1	30	3	13		221	2	6.89	5.44	1.27	0.18	17.2	13.6	1.57	.315	5.62	8.70
11	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1.37	19	9	1	0	1.000	3	11	0	0	0	26.1	17	4	4	1	12	0	5	0	104	1	3.76	4.10	0.92	0.34	10.6	11.5	1.10	.200	1.37	5.81
12	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1.50	18	2	2	0	1.000	2	7	2	0	0	18.0	9	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	69	0	3.50	4.00	0.88	0.00	10.1	11.6	0.94	.167	1.50	4.50
13	Art Houtteman A. Houtteman	1.50	17	4	0	1	.000	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	3		29	0	4.50	6.00	0.75	0.00	10.3	13.8	1.83	.318	1.50	10.50
14	Clarence Fieber C. Fieber	1.69	18	3	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	1	0	3	0	2		25	0	1.69	5.06	0.33	0.00	4.0	12.0	1.69	.286	1.69	10.13
15	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1.80	18	5	0	0		0	10	0	0	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	10	1	4		45	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.90	22.2	22.2	1.60	.217	1.80	5.40
16	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	2.25	18	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	4		17	0	0.00	6.75	0.00	0.00	0.0	17.6	1.25	.143	2.25	4.50
17	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	2.37	19	8	3	1	.750	8	60	2	1	0	57.0	47	15	19	4	15	1	0	1	234	1	9.47	2.37	4.00	0.63	25.6	6.4	1.09	.279	3.00	7.42
18	Charlie Vaughan C. Vaughan	2.57	18	1	1	0	1.000	1	6	0	0	0	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	31	0	7.71	3.86	2.00	0.00	19.4	9.7	1.57	.364	2.57	10.29
19	Pete Schneider P. Schneider	2.57	18	18	4	6	.400	8	30	5	1	1	84.0	80		41	0	36	2	7			1	3.21	3.86	0.83	0.00		10.0	1.38	.274	4.39	8.57
20	Jerry Walker J. Walker	2.93	18	13	1	0	1.000	3	13	1	1	1	27.2	24	9	9	1	14	0	6	1	115	1	4.23	4.55	0.93	0.33	11.3	12.2	1.37	.264	2.93	7.81
21	Jumbo Brown J. Brown	3.00	18	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	5	0	4	0	2		28	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	14.3	1.50	.208	7.50	7.50
22	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.08	19	5	2	3	.400	5	20	3	0	0	38.0	37	13	16	3	22	1	0		165	3	4.74	5.21	0.91	0.71	12.1	13.3	1.55	.286	3.79	8.76
23	Carl Scheib C. Scheib	3.12	18	4	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	8.2	6	3	3	0	4	0	3		35	0	2.08	4.15	0.50	0.00	5.7	11.4	1.15	.207	3.12	6.23
24	Neal Brady N. Brady	3.12	18	2	0	0		1	6	0	0	0	8.2	9	3	3	0	7	0	0		39	0	6.23	7.27	0.86	0.00	15.4	17.9	1.85	.346	3.12	9.35
25	Von McDaniel V. McDaniel	3.22	18	17	7	5	.583	13	45	4	2	0	86.2	71	31	37	7	31	1	2	2	356	4	4.67	3.22	1.45	0.73	12.6	8.7	1.18	.235	3.84	7.37

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Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
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Thu 10/8	CLE	@	CWS	8:00 PM
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Chourio

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Harris

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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