hall of fame pitchers with lowest career era

High Pockets Kelly, Harry Hooper and Honus Wagner are tied for the best career ERA by a Hall of Famer, with an ERA of 0.00.

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	NAME	ERA	HOF	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	0.00	1973	1	1	0	1.000	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1		20	0	3.60	1.80	2.00	0.00	10.0	5.0	1.00	.235	0.00	0	2.06	83	7.20	0.2
2	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	0.00	1971	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		7	0	0.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	14.3	1.50	.333	0.00	0	4.06	138	9.00	-0.3
3	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	0.00	1936	2	0	0		0	6	0	0	0	8.1	7	0	5	0	6	0	2		37	3	6.48	6.48	1.00	0.00	16.2	16.2	1.56	.280	5.40	0	3.44	103	7.56	-0.3
4	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1.52	1951	10	1	0	1.000	2	11	0	0	0	23.2	13	4	4	0	14	1	8		97	0	4.18	5.32	0.79	0.00	11.3	14.4	1.14	.183	1.52	40	3.53	96	4.94	0.4
5	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	1946	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
6	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	1978	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	2327.0	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
7	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	1949	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	3172.1	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
8	John Ward J. Ward	2.10	1964	293	164	103	.614	262	920	245	24	3	2469.2	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32		10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	2.43	96	8.47	9.1
9	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	1936	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
10	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.16	1946	407	193	143	.574	340	2,316	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
11	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	1936	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
12	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	2019	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	1283.2	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
13	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.28	1936	163	94	46	.671	147	488	107	17	4	1221.1	974	309	400	10	441	29	12		4,896	25	3.60	3.25	1.11	0.07	10.0	9.0	1.16	.245	2.95	82	2.81	100	7.18	-6.6
14	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	2025	853	47	40	.540	0	1,196	0	0	422	903.0	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
15	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	1946	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
16	George Sisler G. Sisler	2.35	1939	24	5	6	.455	12	63	9	1	3	111.0	91	29	36	0	52	6	8		453	2	5.11	4.22	1.21	0.00	13.9	11.5	1.29	.274	2.92	83	2.84	98	7.38	0.7
17	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.46	1953	459	212	127	.625	334	1,711	255	40	34	3017.0	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	2.29	83	7.89	145.9
18	Sam Rice S. Rice	2.52	1963	9	1	1	.500	3	12	1	0	0	39.1	31	11	18	0	19	0	4		156	1	2.75	4.35	0.63	0.00	7.7	12.2	1.27	.248	4.12	89	3.20	112	7.09	-1.6
19	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	1985	1,070	143	122	.540	52	1,610	20	5	228	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
20	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.56	1938	696	373	208	.642	600	2,198	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
21	Cy Young C. Young	2.63	1937	906	511	316	.618	815	2,803	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
22	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2.63	1964	600	342	225	.603	594	2,564	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
23	Vic Willis V. Willis	2.63	1995	513	249	205	.548	471	1,651	388	50	11	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41		16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
24	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	2.66	1946	465	246	142	.634	381	1,068	314	32	24	3441.1	3,276	1,016	1,436	52	812	179	73		14,132	30	2.79	2.12	1.32	0.14	7.6	5.7	1.19	.268	3.76	85	3.04	95	8.57	68.9
25	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	2.68	1939	527	309	194	.614	502	1,830	488	35	3	4527.1	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24		18,918	214	3.64	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51

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Dodgers	100	62	.617
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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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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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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