best era in world series sp minimum 4 starts

Madison Bumgarner has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the World Series when starting 4+ games, with an ERA of 0.29.

	NAME	ERA	GS	SERIES	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	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	0.29	4	World Series	4	4	0	1.000	27	1	1	0	31.0	12	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	107	0	7.84	1.45	5.40	0.29	25.2	4.7	0.55	.153	0.29	3.48
2	Christy 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
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.98	7	World Series	7	4	3	.571	60	4	2	0	55.0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	207	0	9.82	1.80	5.45	0.33	29.0	5.3	0.85	.254	1.64	5.89
4	Monte Pearson M. Pearson	1.01	4	World Series	4	4	0	1.000	28	3	1	0	35.2	19	4	5	1	7	0	0	0	133	0	7.07	1.77	4.00	0.25	21.1	5.3	0.73	.186	1.26	4.79
5	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	1.16	4	World Series	4	2	2	.500	15	2	1	0	31.0	24	4	6	0	6	0	0	0	119	0	4.35	1.74	2.50	0.00	12.6	5.0	0.97	.245	1.74	6.97
6	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.17	6	World Series	6	2	4	.333	32	6	0	0	54.0	36	7	10	0	11	4	0	1	211	1	5.33	1.83	2.91	0.00	15.2	5.2	0.87	.220	1.67	6.00
7	Bill Hallahan B. Hallahan	1.21	5	World Series	5	3	1	.750	26	3	2	0	37.1	27	5	5	0	20	1	0	1	160	1	6.27	4.82	1.30	0.00	16.3	12.5	1.26	.239	1.21	6.51
8	George Mullin G. Mullin	1.38	6	World Series	6	3	3	.500	35	6	1	0	52.0	40	8	16	1	12	3	0	0	207	0	6.06	2.08	2.92	0.17	16.9	5.8	1.00	.250	2.77	6.92
9	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.38	5	World Series	5	3	1	.750	27	3	1	0	39.0	27	6	8	0	11	0	0	0	152	1	6.23	2.54	2.45	0.00	17.8	7.2	0.97	.237	1.85	6.23
10	George 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
11	Jon Lester J. Lester	1.65	5	World Series	5	4	1	.800	30	0	0	0	32.2	22	6	6	3	7	1	0	0	124	0	8.27	1.93	4.29	0.83	24.2	5.6	0.89	.229	1.65	6.06
12	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.69	4	World Series	4	3	1	.750	26	2	0	0	32.0	20	6	6	4	14	0	0	0	125	0	7.31	3.94	1.86	1.13	20.8	11.2	1.06	.198	1.69	5.63
13	Stan 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
14	Jesse Haines J. Haines	1.76	4	World Series	4	3	1	.750	10	2	1	0	30.2	23	6	9	3	15	0	0	1	126	1	2.93	4.40	0.67	0.88	7.9	11.9	1.24	.204	2.64	6.75
15	Carl 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
16	Ernie Shore E. Shore	1.82	4	World Series	4	3	1	.750	15	3	0	0	34.2	24	7	10	0	12	1	0	0	137	0	3.89	3.12	1.25	0.00	10.9	8.8	1.04	.220	2.60	6.23
17	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1.85	11	World Series	11	6	4	.600	47	6	1	0	82.2	81	17	28	2	22	1	0	0	342	0	5.12	2.40	2.14	0.22	13.7	6.4	1.25	.293	3.05	8.82
18	Bob 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
19	Lefty Tyler L. Tyler	1.91	4	World Series	4	1	1	.500	8	1	0	0	33.0	22	7	9	0	14	0	0	1	133	0	2.18	3.82	0.57	0.00	6.0	10.5	1.09	.198	2.45	6.00
20	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.95	4	World Series	4	2	2	.500	29	0	0	0	27.2	22	6	9	1	14	0	0	0	115	3	9.43	4.55	2.07	0.33	25.2	12.2	1.30	.296	2.93	7.16
21	Art Nehf A. Nehf	1.98	9	World Series	9	4	4	.500	28	6	2	0	77.1	48	17	21	1	31	1	0	2	301	2	3.26	3.61	0.90	0.12	9.3	10.3	1.02	.196	2.44	5.59
22	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	2.00	4	World Series	4	3	0	1.000	19	0	0	0	27.0	20	6	6	3	5	1	0	0	104	1	6.33	1.67	3.80	1.00	18.3	4.8	0.93	.224	2.00	6.67
23	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	2.05	5	World Series	5	5	0	1.000	16	4	0	0	44.0	31	10	10	2	5	0	0	0	165	0	3.27	1.02	3.20	0.41	9.7	3.0	0.82	.204	2.05	6.34
24	Max Lanier M. Lanier	2.05	4	World Series	4	1	1	.500	23	0	0	0	26.1	19	6	8	1	9	0	0	1	108	2	7.86	3.08	2.56	0.34	21.3	8.3	1.06	.240	2.73	6.49
25	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	2.06	4	World Series	4	3	1	.750	28	4	2	0	35.0	29	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	134	0	7.20	2.06	3.50	0.00	20.9	6.0	1.06	.296	2.06	7.46

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