best pitcher era in world series history with at least 5 starts

Sandy Koufax has the best career ERA in the World Series when starting 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.95.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Starts: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.95	7	World Series	8	4	3	.571	61	4	2	0	57.0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	213	0	9.63	1.74	5.55	0.32	28.6	5.2	0.82	.245	1.58	5.68
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	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.32	6	World Series	7	2	5	.286	32	6	0	0	54.2	37	8	11	0	11	4	1	1	215	1	5.27	1.81	2.91	0.00	14.9	5.1	0.88	.220	1.81	6.09
4	Bill Hallahan B. Hallahan	1.36	5	World Series	7	3	1	.750	27	3	2	1	39.2	29	6	6	0	23	1	1	1	172	1	6.13	5.22	1.17	0.00	15.7	13.4	1.31	.240	1.36	6.58
5	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.58	5	World Series	8	3	1	.750	35	3	1	0	51.1	37	9	11	0	15	1	2	0	203	2	6.14	2.63	2.33	0.00	17.2	7.4	1.01	.243	1.93	6.49
6	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
7	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
8	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1.75	5	World Series	8	4	2	.667	36	4	0	2	51.1	46	10	12	0	6	0	3	0	205	0	6.31	1.05	6.00	0.00	17.6	2.9	1.01	.282	2.10	8.06
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	1.77	5	World Series	6	4	1	.800	34	0	0	0	35.2	25	7	8	3	8	1	0	0	137	1	8.58	2.02	4.25	0.76	24.8	5.8	0.93	.242	2.02	6.31
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	1.83	11	World Series	12	6	4	.600	49	6	1	0	83.2	81	17	28	2	22	1	1	0	345	0	5.27	2.37	2.23	0.22	14.2	6.4	1.23	.292	3.01	8.71
12	George Mullin G. Mullin	1.86	6	World Series	7	3	3	.500	36	6	1	0	58.0	45	12	22	1	16	3	1	0	236	0	5.59	2.48	2.25	0.16	15.3	6.8	1.05	.244	3.41	6.98
13	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
14	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	1.95	5	World Series	10	5	0	1.000	24	4	0	3	55.1	39	12	12	3	8	0	5	0	210	0	3.90	1.30	3.00	0.49	11.4	3.8	0.85	.206	1.95	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	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
17	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
18	David Cone D. Cone	2.12	5	World Series	6	2	0	1.000	19	0	0	0	29.2	16	7	9	0	20	0	0	0	121	1	5.76	6.07	0.95	0.00	15.7	16.5	1.21	.195	2.73	4.85
19	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
20	Art Nehf A. Nehf	2.16	9	World Series	12	4	4	.500	28	6	2	0	79.0	50	19	23	2	32	1	1	2	310	2	3.19	3.65	0.88	0.23	9.0	10.3	1.04	.194	2.62	5.70
21	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.22	5	World Series	6	2	3	.400	20	4	0	0	44.2	42	11	14	0	7	1	0	1	182	0	4.03	1.41	2.86	0.00	11.0	3.8	1.10	.273	2.82	8.46
22	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	2.24	8	World Series	11	5	3	.625	43	3	1	0	60.1	52	15	21	5	25	1	0	1	254	0	6.41	3.73	1.72	0.75	16.9	9.8	1.28	.261	3.13	7.76
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.34	7	World Series	9	4	2	.667	35	4	1	0	50.0	36	13	17	5	19	1	2	1	205	3	6.30	3.42	1.84	0.90	17.1	9.3	1.10	.214	3.06	6.48
24	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.35	7	World Series	8	3	4	.429	17	5	1	1	57.1	47	15	16	0	8	3	1	1	221	0	2.67	1.26	2.13	0.00	7.7	3.6	0.96	.244	2.51	7.38
25	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

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