best road pitchers in mlb minimum 5 starts

5 pitchers are tied for the best career ERA on the road and when starting 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Tex Covington, Louis Drucke and Fred Olmstead.

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 Tex Covington
T. Covington
0.00
5
10
3
1
.750
15
3
1
0
50.0
53
27
1
18
8
2
219
3
2.70
3.24
0.83
0.18
6.8
8.2
1.42
.294
4.86
9.54
2 Louis Drucke
L. Drucke
0.00
21
25
8
8
.500
93
11
0
0
148.1
136
61
4
64
9
4
2
5.64
3.88
1.45
0.24
10.1
1.35
.285
3.70
8.25
3 Fred Olmstead
F. Olmstead
0.00
20
36
13
9
.591
73
15
3
0
205.0
236
90
1
52
6
10
846
9
3.20
2.28
1.40
0.04
8.6
6.1
1.40
.329
3.95
10.36
4 Kirby White
K. White
0.00
24
30
7
16
.304
43
11
1
1
170.0
158
87
6
97
3
5
724
8
2.28
5.14
0.44
0.32
5.9
13.4
1.50
.264
4.61
8.36
5 Irv Young
I. Young
0.00
80
96
25
52
.325
232
58
8
1
634.0
696
368
9
160
22
10
2,641
11
3.29
2.27
1.45
0.13
8.8
6.1
1.35
.310
5.22
9.88
6 Ed Karger
E. Karger
0.02
58
76
20
32
.385
181
36
4
3
465.2
452
207
5
124
15
17
1,930
9
3.50
2.40
1.46
0.10
9.4
6.4
1.24
.279
4.00
8.74
7 Big Jeff Pfeffer
B. Jeff Pfeffer
0.08
35
54
15
24
.385
144
33
2
1
347.0
337
156
6
139
14
17
3
3.73
3.61
1.04
0.16
9.7
1.37
.294
4.05
8.74
8 Bugs Raymond
B. Raymond
0.09
49
66
21
30
.412
185
30
5
0
407.0
373
184
7
140
17
9
1,669
14
4.09
3.10
1.32
0.15
11.1
8.4
1.26
.277
4.07
8.25
9 Harry McIntire
H. McIntire
0.09
97
123
29
67
.302
295
73
9
5
806.1
819
425
21
259
61
22
9
3.29
2.89
1.14
0.23
7.6
1.34
.286
4.74
9.14
10 Ed Summers
E. Summers
0.12
59
73
32
28
.533
206
41
5
2
532.0
473
201
4
123
29
12
2,152
9
3.48
2.08
1.67
0.07
9.6
5.7
1.12
.262
3.40
8.00
11 Orval Overall
O. Overall
0.13
92
108
55
33
.625
480
69
20
4
761.2
631
260
10
259
24
14
27
5.67
3.06
1.85
0.12
8.4
1.17
.268
3.07
7.46
12 Bob Ewing
B. Ewing
0.13
120
135
51
64
.443
482
99
7
2
1011.1
964
439
17
269
25
15
16
4.29
2.39
1.79
0.15
6.5
1.22
.285
3.91
8.58
13 George Bell
G. Bell
0.13
63
85
16
47
.254
187
45
6
4
535.0
537
269
13
162
10
22
2,210
6
3.15
2.73
1.15
0.22
8.5
7.3
1.31
.285
4.53
9.03
14 Cecil Ferguson
C. Ferguson
0.15
34
56
12
24
.333
123
24
3
0
309.1
319
152
3
104
13
18
6
3.58
3.03
1.18
0.09
7.9
1.37
.292
4.42
9.28
15 Chappie McFarland
C. McFarland
0.16
46
53
17
31
.354
137
38
4
2
395.1
458
244
7
99
9
7
1,685
10
3.12
2.25
1.38
0.16
8.1
5.9
1.41
.315
5.55
10.43
16 Wish Egan
W. Egan
0.16
14
18
1
15
.063
20
11
0
0
109.1
131
72
2
33
6
4
471
0
1.65
2.72
0.61
0.16
4.2
7.0
1.50
.315
5.93
10.78
17 Dixie Walker
D. Walker
0.18
28
34
8
17
.320
86
17
2
0
205.1
216
116
2
65
9
5
3
3.77
2.85
1.32
0.09
7.5
1.37
.306
5.08
9.47
18 Elmer Stricklett
E. Stricklett
0.18
48
57
17
29
.370
117
42
2
4
408.1
432
219
2
117
9
8
6
2.58
2.58
1.00
0.04
7.0
1.34
.301
4.83
9.52
19 Carl Lundgren
C. Lundgren
0.18
70
83
43
28
.606
246
63
8
1
640.2
549
244
8
237
18
13
18
3.46
3.33
1.04
0.11
9.1
1.23
.257
3.43
7.71
20 Fred Beebe
F. Beebe
0.21
77
97
28
45
.384
293
47
5
6
611.0
565
316
9
277
22
14
2,593
31
4.32
4.08
1.06
0.13
11.3
10.7
1.38
.279
4.65
8.32
21 Tom Walker
T. Walker
0.23
22
24
11
10
.524
47
19
1
0
194.2
212
83
5
39
12
2
2
2.17
1.80
1.21
0.23
4.8
1.29
.288
3.84
9.80
22 Lew Brockett
L. Brockett
0.24
15
28
5
11
.313
62
7
2
1
147.0
125
75
2
71
9
12
3
3.80
4.35
0.87
0.12
12.9
1.33
.304
4.59
7.65
23 Dolly Gray
D. Gray
0.25
38
55
6
28
.176
124
25
1
0
319.2
326
188
6
110
16
14
17
3.49
3.10
1.13
0.17
8.1
1.36
.290
5.29
9.18
24 Rube Kroh
R. Kroh
0.28
14
21
7
7
.500
55
6
2
0
128.2
97
42
2
39
3
5
2
3.85
2.73
1.41
0.14
9.6
1.06
.308
2.94
6.78
25 Larry Pape
L. Pape
0.29
12
24
5
5
.500
26
7
1
0
122.1
125
53
1
42
5
7
503
2
1.91
3.09
0.62
0.07
5.2
8.3
1.37
.289
3.90
9.20
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