has there ever been a player to have a sub 2.00 era in there first two years in mlb

Fred Andrus had an ERA of 2.00 in his first 2 seasons.

Interpreted as:

Has there ever been a player to have a sub 2.00 or higher era in there first two years in MLB?

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Fred Andrus F. Andrus	2.00	1	1	0	1.000	1	2	1	0	0	9.0	11	2	3	1	2	0	39	0	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	5.1	5.1	1.44	3.00	63	4.94	137	11.00	-1.1
2	Ross Barnes R. Barnes	20.25	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.1	7	3	8	0	0	0	13	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	5.25	54.00	844	2.23	93	47.25	0
3	Joe Battin J. Battin	4.91	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	16	1	2.45	2.45	1.00	0.00	6.3	6.3	1.09	4.91	190	3.11	120	7.36	-0.3
4	Joe Blong J. Blong	2.68	26	10	9	.526	21	51	17	0	0	191.1	205	57	121	0	39	5	827	29	2.40	1.83	1.31	0.00	6.2	4.7	1.28	5.69	104	2.90	113	9.64	-13
5	Amos Booth A. Booth	4.14	15	1	8	.111	9	18	6	0	0	95.2	136	44	93	1	13	5	449	7	1.69	1.22	1.38	0.09	4.0	2.9	1.56	8.75	163	2.95	112	12.79	-5.3
6	Eddie Booth E. Booth	10.80	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5.0	16	6	10	0	0	1	34	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	3.20	18.00	483	2.23	100	28.80	-0.1
7	Joe Borden J. Borden	2.89	29	11	12	.478	24	34	16	2	1	218.1	257	70	155	4	51	6	983	21	1.40	2.10	0.67	0.16	3.5	5.2	1.41	6.39	126	2.86	125	10.59	-15
8	Foghorn Bradley F. Bradley	2.49	22	9	10	.474	21	16	16	1	1	173.1	201	48	116	1	16	1	779	7	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.05	2.1	2.1	1.25	6.02	109	2.40	105	10.44	-3
9	George Bradley G. Bradley	2.08	114	63	42	.600	108	162	98	18	0	967.0	922	223	495	7	77	7	3,988	73	1.51	0.72	2.10	0.07	4.1	1.9	1.03	4.61	80	2.48	101	8.58	-18
10	John Cassidy J. Cassidy	5.00	2	1	1	.500	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	24	10	11	0	1	0	76	0	1.00	0.50	2.00	0.00	2.6	1.3	1.39	5.50	194	2.78	108	12.00	-0.9
11	Bobby Clack B. Clack	4.50	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	4.50	205	2.23	102	9.00	-0.1
12	Jim Clinton J. Clinton	6.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	12	6	11	0	0	0	43	2	1.00	0.00		0.00	2.3	0.0	1.33	11.00	236	2.01	79	12.00	0.8
13	William Coon W. Coon	5.14	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	4	8	0	0	2	35	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.29	10.29	210	2.23	91	11.57	0.3
14	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	2.78	43	21	22	.488	43	37	40	5	0	371.2	434	115	241	2	27	0	1,622	22	0.90	0.65	1.37	0.05	2.3	1.7	1.24	5.84	108	2.58	101	10.51	-1.4
15	Dory Dean D. Dean	3.73	30	4	26	.133	30	22	26	0	0	262.2	397	109	268	1	24	1	1,257	17	0.75	0.82	0.92	0.03	1.8	1.9	1.60	9.18	170	2.39	109	13.60	-11.5
16	Bob Ferguson B. Ferguson	3.96	3	1	1	.500	2	1	2	0	0	25.0	38	11	15	0	2	1	110	0	0.36	0.72	0.50	0.00	0.9	1.8	1.60	5.40	153	3.00	116	13.68	-1.9
17	Cherokee Fisher C. Fisher	3.02	28	4	20	.167	24	29	22	0	0	229.1	294	77	206	6	6	4	1,039	6	1.14	0.24	4.83	0.24	2.8	0.6	1.31	8.08	138	2.40	109	11.54	-10.3
18	Lon Knight L. Knight	2.62	34	10	22	.313	32	12	27	0	0	282.0	383	82	288	0	34	1	1,324	23	0.38	1.09	0.35	0.00	0.9	2.6	1.48	9.19	107	2.51	103	12.22	4.3
19	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	2.15	57	29	26	.527	57	96	56	4	0	510.0	519	122	292	2	53	0	2,171	18	1.69	0.94	1.81	0.04	4.4	2.4	1.12	5.15	84	2.81	109	9.16	-28.6
20	Jack Manning J. Manning	3.02	44	18	9	.667	24	30	15	0	6	241.1	296	81	204	2	39	19	1,104	27	1.12	1.45	0.77	0.07	2.7	3.5	1.39	7.61	124	2.69	114	11.04	-10.7
21	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	3.10	71	24	46	.343	71	46	68	2	0	645.1	901	222	527	8	41	0	2,958	13	0.64	0.57	1.12	0.11	1.6	1.4	1.46	7.35	133	2.56	110	12.57	-26.3
22	Dick McBride D. McBride	2.73	4	0	4	.000	4	2	3	0	0	33.0	53	10	35	1	5	0	155	1	0.55	1.36	0.40	0.27	1.3	3.2	1.76	9.55	119	2.96	130	14.45	-2.6
23	Cal McVey C. McVey	3.33	28	9	10	.474	16	29	11	0	4	151.1	186	56	109	2	13	10	684	5	1.72	0.77	2.23	0.12	4.2	1.9	1.31	6.48	118	2.65	97	11.06	3.1
24	Levi Meyerle L. Meyerle	5.00	2	0	2	.000	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	28	10	23	0	1	0	84	6	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.2	1.61	11.50	204	2.40	98	14.00	0.5
25	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	2.56	43	19	23	.452	40	80	36	1	0	359.0	383	102	200	2	53	3	1,519	22	2.01	1.33	1.51	0.05	5.3	3.5	1.21	5.01	99	2.89	112	9.60	-23.5

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