best era in world series sp minimum 5 starts

Christy Mathewson has the lowest career ERA by a starting pitcher in the World Series when starting 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.97.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Curt 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
16	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2.09	5	World Series	5	3	2	.600	24	4	0	0	43.0	42	10	12	0	4	0	0	0	175	0	5.02	0.84	6.00	0.00	13.7	2.3	1.07	.286	2.51	8.79
17	Greg 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
18	Johnny 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
19	David Cone D. Cone	2.15	5	World Series	5	2	0	1.000	19	0	0	0	29.1	16	7	9	0	20	0	0	0	120	1	5.83	6.14	0.95	0.00	15.8	16.7	1.23	.198	2.76	4.91
20	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	2.15	8	World Series	8	5	3	.625	42	3	1	0	58.2	49	14	20	5	23	1	0	1	244	0	6.44	3.53	1.83	0.77	17.2	9.4	1.23	.254	3.07	7.52
21	Tom 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
22	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.33	5	World Series	5	2	3	.400	17	4	0	0	38.2	34	10	12	0	6	1	0	0	154	0	3.96	1.40	2.83	0.00	11.0	3.9	1.03	.262	2.79	7.91
23	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.37	7	World Series	7	3	4	.429	17	5	1	0	57.0	46	15	16	0	8	3	0	1	219	0	2.68	1.26	2.13	0.00	7.8	3.7	0.95	.241	2.53	7.26
24	Roger 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
25	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.37	7	World Series	7	3	2	.600	35	4	1	0	49.1	36	13	17	5	18	1	0	1	202	3	6.39	3.28	1.94	0.91	17.3	8.9	1.09	.217	3.10	6.57

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