best post season era starters with more than 5 starts since 1950

Since 1950, Sandy Koufax has the best ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when starting >5 games, with an ERA of 0.98.

	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.98	7	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
2	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	1.26	8	8	4	0	1.000	40	0	0	0	35.2	20	5	5	1	17	2	0	0	145	1	10.09	4.29	2.35	0.25	27.6	11.7	1.04	.224	1.26	5.05
3	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	1.43	6	6	4	2	.667	31	3	1	0	44.0	34	7	13	4	18	1	0	0	182	0	6.34	3.68	1.72	0.82	17.0	9.9	1.18	.234	2.66	6.95
4	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	1.49	8	8	3	1	.750	39	0	0	0	36.1	26	6	7	2	12	1	0	0	148	0	9.66	2.97	3.25	0.50	26.4	8.1	1.05	.255	1.73	6.44
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1.55	8	8	5	2	.714	67	0	0	0	52.1	42	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	208	1	11.52	1.38	8.38	0.69	32.2	3.8	0.96	.297	2.24	7.22
6	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	1.63	6	6	3	3	.500	26	3	2	0	49.2	37	9	10	3	8	0	0	2	189	0	4.71	1.45	3.25	0.54	13.8	4.2	0.91	.224	1.81	6.70
7	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	1.69	6	6	0	1	.000	23	0	0	0	21.1	17	4	8	0	11	1	0	0	92	0	9.70	4.64	2.09	0.00	25.0	12.0	1.31	.298	3.38	7.17
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.89	9	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
9	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.00	8	8	5	1	.833	44	2	0	0	63.0	47	14	14	3	29	0	0	6	255	3	6.29	4.14	1.52	0.43	17.3	11.4	1.21	.246	2.00	6.71
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.04	6	6	2	1	.667	56	0	0	0	39.2	23	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	148	0	12.71	1.36	9.33	0.68	37.8	4.1	0.73	.247	2.04	5.22
11	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	2.05	7	7	2	5	.286	33	2	0	0	48.1	40	11	16	1	14	1	0	3	198	1	6.14	2.61	2.36	0.19	16.7	7.1	1.12	.262	2.98	7.45
12	Matt Cain M. Cain	2.10	8	8	4	2	.667	33	0	0	0	51.1	40	12	13	6	14	6	0	2	210	1	5.79	2.45	2.36	1.05	15.7	6.7	1.05	.225	2.28	7.01
13	Johnny Podres J. Podres	2.11	6	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
14	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	2.14	6	6	3	1	.750	15	3	0	0	46.1	42	11	12	0	11	0	0	4	190	0	2.91	2.14	1.36	0.00	7.9	5.8	1.14	.256	2.33	8.16
15	Marco Estrada M. Estrada	2.16	6	6	3	3	.500	34	1	0	0	41.2	29	10	11	5	2	0	0	0	153	0	7.34	0.43	17.00	1.08	22.2	1.3	0.74	.214	2.38	6.26
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.23	19	19	11	2	.846	120	4	2	0	133.1	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.23	11	11	4	3	.571	76	0	0	0	68.2	37	17	19	5	13	5	0	0	258	1	9.96	1.70	5.85	0.66	29.5	5.0	0.73	.201	2.49	4.85
18	Doug Fister D. Fister	2.25	9	9	4	1	.800	35	0	0	0	52.0	51	13	13	3	15	3	0	0	218	2	6.06	2.60	2.33	0.52	16.1	6.9	1.27	.296	2.25	8.83
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2.27	14	14	8	3	.727	82	3	3	0	95.1	69	24	25	8	17	5	0	1	371	0	7.74	1.60	4.82	0.76	22.1	4.6	0.90	.236	2.36	6.51
20	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	2.29	6	6	1	1	.500	29	0	0	0	35.1	25	9	11	0	12	2	0	1	144	0	7.39	3.06	2.42	0.00	20.1	8.3	1.05	.248	2.80	6.37
21	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	2.29	7	7	3	2	.600	37	3	0	0	51.0	46	13	14	6	12	0	0	1	205	0	6.53	2.12	3.08	1.06	18.0	5.9	1.14	.267	2.47	8.12
22	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	2.30	12	12	6	4	.600	39	2	1	0	70.1	60	18	22	2	18	0	0	1	285	1	4.99	2.30	2.17	0.26	13.7	6.3	1.11	.257	2.82	7.68
23	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	2.34	7	7	3	4	.429	29	0	0	0	42.1	50	11	14	2	9	4	0	2	181	3	6.17	1.91	3.22	0.43	16.0	5.0	1.39	.350	2.98	10.63
24	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.36	9	9	6	1	.857	47	2	0	0	53.1	34	14	16	5	11	3	0	0	208	1	7.93	1.86	4.27	0.84	22.6	5.3	0.84	.204	2.70	5.74
25	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	2.44	8	8	5	1	.833	41	0	0	0	51.2	42	14	17	1	27	2	0	4	221	5	7.14	4.70	1.52	0.17	18.6	12.2	1.34	.273	2.96	7.32

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