best postseason era by a starting pitcher with at least 60 innings pitched

Christy Mathewson has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when pitching at least 60 innings, with an ERA of 0.97.

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	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	101.2	11	5	5	.500	11	48	10	4	0	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	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1.58	62.2	8	4	3	.571	8	56	5	1	0	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
3	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1.85	82.2	11	6	4	.600	11	47	6	1	0	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
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.89	81.0	9	7	2	.778	9	92	8	2	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
5	Art Nehf A. Nehf	1.98	77.1	9	4	4	.500	9	28	6	2	0	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
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.00	63.0	8	5	1	.833	8	44	2	0	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
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.23	133.1	19	11	2	.846	19	120	4	2	0	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
8	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.23	68.2	11	4	3	.571	11	76	0	0	0	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
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2.27	95.1	14	8	3	.727	14	82	3	3	0	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
10	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	2.30	70.1	12	6	4	.600	12	39	2	1	0	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
11	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.44	85.0	10	6	4	.600	10	59	9	1	0	65	23	28	1	21	2	0	0	331	1	6.25	2.22	2.81	0.11	17.8	6.3	1.01	.258	2.96	6.88
12	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	143.2	22	9	7	.563	22	121	0	0	0	110	39	41	14	37	3	0	0	570	3	7.58	2.32	3.27	0.88	21.2	6.5	1.02	.243	2.57	6.89
13	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.51	89.2	12	6	4	.600	12	65	6	2	0	65	25	30	12	33	1	0	2	361	5	6.52	3.31	1.97	1.20	18.0	9.1	1.09	.212	3.01	6.52
14	Cliff Lee C. Lee	2.52	82.0	11	7	3	.700	11	89	3	0	0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	8.90	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
15	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.55	187.1	27	13	4	.765	27	177	2	1	0	151	53	58	14	63	3	0	6	770	6	8.50	3.03	2.81	0.67	23.0	8.2	1.14	.267	2.79	7.25
16	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	2.62	130.2	18	10	4	.714	18	71	3	1	0	94	38	42	12	46	4	0	0	526	4	4.89	3.17	1.54	0.83	13.5	8.7	1.07	.209	2.89	6.47
17	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	2.63	85.2	10	7	2	.778	10	61	8	0	0	74	25	32	4	27	0	0	2	352	0	6.41	2.84	2.26	0.42	17.3	7.7	1.18	.269	3.36	7.77
18	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	2.64	95.1	14	9	2	.818	14	93	0	0	0	70	28	30	8	51	4	0	2	400	1	8.78	4.81	1.82	0.76	23.3	12.8	1.27	.254	2.83	6.61
19	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.71	126.1	18	8	3	.727	18	91	4	2	0	102	38	43	8	40	5	0	3	511	6	6.48	2.85	2.28	0.57	17.8	7.8	1.12	.256	3.06	7.27
20	Tommy John T. John	2.71	86.1	13	6	3	.667	13	46	3	1	0	80	26	36	6	24	4	0	1	359	4	4.80	2.50	1.92	0.63	12.8	6.7	1.20	.265	3.75	8.34
21	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.71	146.0	22	10	8	.556	22	94	7	3	0	132	44	51	8	34	3	0	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.75	118.0	15	7	3	.700	15	88	6	2	0	97	36	36	10	48	2	0	3	493	5	6.71	3.66	1.83	0.76	17.8	9.7	1.23	.252	2.75	7.40
23	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2.77	133.1	22	11	6	.647	22	156	0	0	0	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.77	61.2	8	3	3	.500	8	51	2	0	0	51	19	20	6	16	2	0	4	255	2	7.44	2.34	3.19	0.88	20.0	6.3	1.09	.250	2.92	7.44
25	Barry Zito B. Zito	2.83	60.1	10	6	3	.667	10	46	0	0	0	50	19	19	7	23	3	0	1	252	1	6.86	3.43	2.00	1.04	18.3	9.1	1.21	.249	2.83	7.46

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Dodgers	100	62	.617
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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