50 pitchers were tied for the best ERA by a starting pitcher in their first game, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Kid Nichols, Bill Carrick and Snake Wiltse.
| NAME | ERA | GS | G | W | L | W% | 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 |  | K. Nichols | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 0.67 | .179 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| 2 | | B. Carrick | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 1.00 | .241 | 1.00 | 7.00 | |
| 3 | | S. Wiltse | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1.22 | .273 | 2.00 | 9.00 | |
| 4 | | J. Chesbro | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 0.67 | .103 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| 5 | | C. Schmit | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 7.94 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 2.47 | 11.12 | 14.29 | ||||||
| 6 | | R. Denzer | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 5.40 | ||||||
| 7 | | E. Doheny | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 1.00 | .267 | 1.00 | 8.00 | |
| 8 | | B. Cristall | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 0.89 | .167 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| 9 | | H. Iburg | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 22.9 | 2.9 | 0.67 | .192 | 2.00 | 5.00 | |
| 10 | | H. Thielman | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.67 | 9.00 | 7.50 | |||||
| 11 | | A. Joss | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 15.6 | 12.5 | 0.56 | .043 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| 12 | | H. Wilson | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1.80 | 0.90 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 1.00 | .237 | 2.70 | 8.10 | |
| 13 | | A. Hardy | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.22 | .083 | 0.00 | 2.00 | ||
| 14 | | B. Wallace | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 9.00 | 13.50 | |||||||
| 15 | | C. Bender | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 0.78 | .154 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
| 16 | | E. Walsh | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 0.22 | .080 | 0.00 | 2.00 | ||
| 17 | | J. Hovlik | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 9.00 | .500 | 0.00 | 27.00 | ||
| 18 | | B. O'Brien | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 1.00 | .200 | 0.00 | 6.00 | |
| 19 | | E. Brown | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 12.1 | 18.2 | 1.11 | .174 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
| 20 | | L. Cheney | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 11.74 | 2.35 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 34.5 | 6.9 | 1.17 | .412 | 0.00 | 8.22 | |
| 21 | | M. Kent | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 0.67 | .167 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
| 22 | | P. Musser | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1.80 | 5.40 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 1.00 | .133 | 0.00 | 3.60 | ||
| 23 | | L. Schegg | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| 24 | | W. Cooper | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 1.22 | .281 | 0.00 | 9.00 | |
| 25 | | L. Madden | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.50 | 18.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 6.3 | 25.0 | 4.50 | .455 | 13.50 | 22.50 | ||
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