fewest total runs allowed through a teams first six games in common era

The St. Louis Cardinals have allowed the fewest runs by a team in a game with an ERA worse than 0.00, with 0 runs against the Cubs on September 21, 1953.

	TEAM	R	ERA	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	SO	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Cardinals	0	4.00	9/21/1953	SLN	vs	CHC	W 4-0	8	1	0	9.0	4	4	0	1	0		30	0	8.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	26.7	3.3	0.56	.190	0.00	4.00
2	White Sox	1	1.00	10/9/1906	CWS	@	CHC	W 2-1	3	0	0	9.0	4	1	0	1	0	0	32	1	3.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	9.4	3.1	0.56	.143	1.00	4.00
3	White Sox	1	1.00	10/12/1906	CWS	vs	CHC	L 0-1	2	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	33	0	2.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	6.1	3.0	0.89	.233	1.00	7.00
4	Cubs	1	1.00	10/9/1907	CHC	vs	DET	W 3-1	3	0	0	9.0	10	1	0	1	1	0	34	0	3.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	8.8	2.9	1.22	.345	1.00	10.00
5	Cubs	1	1.00	10/10/1907	CHC	vs	DET	W 5-1	2	0	0	9.0	6	1	0	3	0	0	35	0	2.00	3.00	0.67	0.00	5.7	8.6	1.00	.200	1.00	6.00
6	Cubs	1	1.00	10/11/1907	CHC	@	DET	W 6-1	6	0	0	9.0	5	1	0	2	0	0	35	0	6.00	2.00	3.00	0.00	17.1	5.7	0.78	.185	1.00	5.00
7	Cubs	1	1.00	10/11/1908	CHC	vs	DET	W 6-1	5	0	0	9.0	4	1	0	2	0	0	32	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	0.00	15.6	6.3	0.67	.160	1.00	4.00
8	Pirates	1	1.00	10/8/1909	PIT	vs	DET	W 4-1	2	0	0	9.0	6	1	0	4	0	0	36	0	2.00	4.00	0.50	0.00	5.6	11.1	1.11	.200	1.00	6.00
9	Giants	1	1.00	10/14/1911	NYG	vs	PHA	W 2-1	5	0	0	9.0	6	1	0	1	0	0	33	0	5.00	1.00	5.00	0.00	15.2	3.0	0.78	.222	1.00	6.00
10	Athletics	1	1.00	10/16/1911	PHA	vs	NYG	W 3-1	8	0	0	9.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	31	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	25.8	0.0	0.56	.227	1.00	5.00
11	Giants	1	1.00	10/10/1912	NYG	@	BSA	W 2-1	6	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	35	0	6.00	1.00	6.00	0.00	17.1	2.9	0.89	.250	1.00	7.00
12	Red Sox	1	1.00	10/11/1912	BSA	@	NYG	W 3-1	8	0	0	9.0	9	1	0	0	0	0	35	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	22.9	0.0	1.00	.333	1.00	9.00
13	Athletics	1	1.00	10/10/1914	PHA	vs	BSN	L 0-1	6	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	4	1	0	39	0	6.00	4.00	1.50	0.00	15.4	10.3	1.22	.250	1.00	7.00
14	Braves	1	1.00	10/13/1914	BSN	vs	PHA	W 3-1	7	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	32	1	7.00	1.00	7.00	0.00	21.9	3.1	0.89	.292	1.00	7.00
15	Phillies	1	1.00	10/8/1915	PHN	vs	BSA	W 3-1	6	0	0	9.0	8	1	0	2	0	0	37	0	6.00	2.00	3.00	0.00	16.2	5.4	1.11	.276	1.00	8.00
16	Red Sox	1	1.00	10/9/1915	BSA	@	PHN	W 2-1	8	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	30	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	26.7	0.0	0.33	.136	1.00	3.00
17	Red Sox	1	1.00	10/11/1915	BSA	vs	PHN	W 2-1	6	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	31	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	19.4	0.0	0.33	.120	1.00	3.00
18	Red Sox	1	1.00	10/12/1915	BSA	vs	PHN	W 2-1	4	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	4	0	0	36	0	4.00	4.00	1.00	0.00	11.1	11.1	1.22	.250	1.00	7.00
19	Red Sox	1	0.64	10/9/1916	BSA	vs	BKN	W 2-1	4	0	0	14.0	6	1	1	3	0	0	48	0	2.57	1.93	1.33	0.64	8.3	6.3	0.64	.125	0.64	3.86
20	White Sox	1	1.00	10/6/1917	CWS	vs	NYG	W 2-1	2	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	33	0	2.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	6.1	3.0	0.89	.233	1.00	7.00
21	Cubs	1	1.00	9/5/1918	CHC	vs	BSA	L 0-1	6	0	0	9.0	5	1	0	3	0	1	33	0	6.00	3.00	2.00	0.00	18.2	9.1	0.89	.208	1.00	5.00
22	Cubs	1	1.00	9/6/1918	CHC	vs	BSA	W 3-1	2	0	0	9.0	6	1	0	4	0	0	35	0	2.00	4.00	0.50	0.00	5.7	11.4	1.11	.207	1.00	6.00
23	Red Sox	1	1.00	9/7/1918	BSA	@	CHC	W 2-1	4	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	33	0	4.00	1.00	4.00	0.00	12.1	3.0	0.89	.250	1.00	7.00
24	Red Sox	1	1.00	9/11/1918	BSA	vs	CHC	W 2-1	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	2	1	0	30	0	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	3.3	6.7	0.56	.115	1.00	3.00
25	White Sox	1	1.00	10/8/1919	CWS	@	CIN	W 4-1	4	0	0	9.0	7	1	0	3	0	0	37	0	4.00	3.00	1.33	0.00	10.8	8.1	1.11	.233	1.00	7.00

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