best era by a relief pitcher min 50 games played

Ralph Works had the lowest ERA by a relief pitcher when pitching in 50+ games, with an ERA of 0.43.

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	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Ralph Works R. Works	0.43	51	6	2	.750	0	79	0	0	4	145.0	149		93	1	66	8	42	631	9	4.90	4.10	1.20	0.06	12.5	10.5	1.48	.310	5.77	9.25
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	0.70	77	18	11	.621	0	145	0	0	28	179.2	138		68	2	32	3	72	694	9	7.26	1.60	4.53	0.10	20.9	4.6	0.95	.266	3.41	6.91
3	Joe Wood J. Wood	0.73	67	20	8	.714	0	139	0	0	10	159.1	134		64	0	52	5	58	641	9	7.85	2.94	2.67	0.00	21.7	8.1	1.17	.301	3.62	7.57
4	Joe Lake J. Lake	0.79	60	15	9	.625	0	98	0	0	5	239.1	254		152	7	55	2	54	1,005	8	3.69	2.07	1.78	0.26	9.8	5.5	1.29	.293	5.72	9.55
5	Howie Camnitz H. Camnitz	0.85	68	22	8	.733	0	135	0	0	13	233.2	189		87	3	85	9	55		9	5.20	3.27	1.59	0.12		9.3	1.17	.272	3.35	7.28
6	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	0.89	139	25	12	.676	0	155	0	0	24	354.0	282		120	3	104	9	103	1,383	6	3.94	2.64	1.49	0.08	11.2	7.5	1.09	.251	3.05	7.17
7	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	0.94	57	10	7	.588	0	89	0	0	11	162.1	131		61	1	49	6	46	663	6	4.93	2.72	1.82	0.06	13.4	7.4	1.11	.251	3.38	7.26
8	Buster Brown B. Brown	1.16	56	4	6	.400	0	71	0	0	2	186.2	203		114	5	73	5	44	772	5	3.42	3.52	0.97	0.24	9.2	9.5	1.48	.320	5.50	9.79
9	Charley Hall C. Hall	1.18	100	24	4	.857	0	152	0	0	11	319.2	259		143	6	134	10	81	1,312	5	4.28	3.77	1.13	0.17	11.6	10.2	1.23	.250	4.03	7.29
10	Jack Warhop J. Warhop	1.23	71	13	14	.481	0	103	0	0	7	263.2	220		103	4	68	17	62	1,054	2	3.52	2.32	1.51	0.14	9.8	6.5	1.09	.251	3.52	7.51
11	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.25	127	31	16	.660	0	179	0	0	33	332.1	283		127	5	72	7	117		15	4.85	1.95	2.49	0.14		6.9	1.07	.353	3.44	7.66
12	Nap Rucker N. Rucker	1.40	55	14	14	.500	0	94	0	0	13	167.2	152		69	6	59	7	51	687	0	5.05	3.17	1.59	0.32	13.7	8.6	1.26	.280	3.70	8.16
13	Ed Willett E. Willett	1.42	67	7	14	.333	0	60	0	0	5	184.1	198		126	6	66	10	51		7	2.93	3.22	0.91	0.29		12.1	1.43	.476	6.15	9.67
14	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	1.44	72	17	3	.850	0	131	0	0	17	194.1	128		58	3	57	6	56	736	4	6.07	2.64	2.30	0.14	17.8	7.7	0.95	.232	2.69	5.93
15	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	1.46	99	8	12	.400	0	105	0	0	17	259.1	225		114	4	69	10	75	1,050	4	3.64	2.39	1.52	0.14	10.0	6.6	1.13	.256	3.96	7.81
16	Elwood Richie E. Richie	1.48	80	12	9	.571	0	86	0	0	9	249.0	217		131	5	111	9	59	1,007	5	3.11	4.01	0.77	0.18	8.5	11.0	1.32	.266	4.73	7.84
17	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.52	81	23	11	.676	0	132	0	0	23	219.0	182		81	1	64	4	67		11	5.42	2.63	2.06	0.04		8.8	1.12	.343	3.33	7.48
18	Willie Mitchell W. Mitchell	1.55	86	10	9	.526	0	155	0	0	4	243.2	200		116	2	87	25	66	988	13	5.73	3.21	1.78	0.07	15.7	8.8	1.18	.275	4.28	7.39
19	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	1.60	111	21	9	.700	0	145	0	0	14	304.1	262	54	87	4	88	11	81	1,241	9	4.29	2.60	1.65	0.12	11.7	7.1	1.15	.260	2.57	7.75
20	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	1.61	71	10	4	.714	0	117	0	0	7	217.2	211		101	3	56	3	48	886	9	4.84	2.32	2.09	0.12	13.2	6.3	1.23	.294	4.18	8.72
21	Doc Crandall D. Crandall	1.70	169	33	15	.688	0	231	0	0	25	514.0	474		223	16	129	15	147		2	4.04	2.26	1.79	0.28		7.4	1.17	.338	3.90	8.30
22	Frank Smith F. Smith	1.71	77	13	10	.565	0	75	0	0	5	189.1	186		93	4	63	4	61		5	3.57	2.99	1.19	0.19		13.0	1.32	.535	4.42	8.84
23	Jim Scott J. Scott	1.73	91	17	22	.436	0	129	0	0	9	275.1	231		130	1	109	13	64	1,127	11	4.22	3.56	1.18	0.03	11.4	9.7	1.23	.263	4.25	7.55
24	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	1.74	87	12	10	.545	0	99	0	0	16	217.2	207		92	5	48	6	67		5	4.09	1.98	2.06	0.21		6.4	1.17	.338	3.80	8.56
25	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	1.80	58	13	11	.542	0	107	0	0	13	155.1	114	31	36	1	52	5	48	618	7	6.20	3.01	2.06	0.06	17.3	8.4	1.07	.249	2.09	6.61

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