highest era in the postseason minimum 20 innings pitched

Jack McDowell has the highest career ERA in the postseason when pitching at least 20 innings, with an ERA of 8.72.

	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	Jack McDowell J. McDowell	8.72	21.2	5	0	4	.000	4	16	0	0	0	32	21	21	3	10	2	1	1	107	2	6.65	4.15	1.60	1.25	15.0	9.3	1.94	.382	8.72	13.29
2	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	8.59	22.0	5	0	4	.000	5	19	1	0	0	29	21	21	8	8	0	0	0	100	0	7.77	3.27	2.38	3.27	19.0	8.0	1.68	.323	8.59	11.86
3	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	8.38	29.0	6	0	5	.000	6	16	0	0	0	42	27	28	7	6	2	0	0	132	1	4.97	1.86	2.67	2.17	12.1	4.5	1.66	.347	8.69	13.03
4	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	7.98	38.1	9	1	5	.167	9	21	0	0	0	53	34	34	4	17	0	0	4	178	1	4.93	3.99	1.24	0.94	11.8	9.6	1.83	.360	7.98	12.44
5	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	7.76	26.2	7	2	4	.333	6	28	0	0	0	30	23	24	9	11	2	0	0	120	0	9.45	3.71	2.55	3.04	23.3	9.2	1.54	.300	8.10	10.13
6	Brad Penny B. Penny	7.66	24.2	9	3	2	.600	4	15	0	0	0	38	21	22	5	13	0	0	2	120	1	5.47	4.74	1.15	1.82	12.5	10.8	2.07	.379	8.03	13.86
7	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	7.53	28.2	8	1	3	.250	7	36	0	0	0	35	24	24	7	10	3	0	2	133	2	11.30	3.14	3.60	2.20	27.1	7.5	1.57	.364	7.53	10.99
8	Ed Figueroa E. Figueroa	7.47	31.1	7	0	4	.000	7	12	0	0	0	39	26	28	5	14	0	0	0	142	1	3.45	4.02	0.86	1.44	8.5	9.9	1.69	.306	8.04	11.20
9	Larry Christenson L. Christenson	7.40	20.2	6	1	2	.333	5	15	0	0	0	28	17	18	3	7	0	0	2	95	1	6.53	3.05	2.14	1.31	15.8	7.4	1.69	.357	7.84	12.19
10	Moose Haas M. Haas	7.17	21.1	5	1	2	.333	4	12	0	0	0	26	17	19	4	9	0	0	1	97	1	5.06	3.80	1.33	1.69	12.4	9.3	1.64	.306	8.02	10.97
11	Jaret Wright J. Wright	7.07	56.0	16	3	6	.333	10	48	0	0	0	61	44	46	16	34	2	0	1	258	2	7.71	5.46	1.41	2.57	18.6	13.2	1.70	.285	7.39	9.80
12	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	7.06	21.2	21	0	1	.000	0	19	0	0	0	24	17	18	6	9	2	6	1	100	3	7.89	3.74	2.11	2.49	19.0	9.0	1.52	.281	7.48	9.97
13	Scott Garrelts S. Garrelts	7.06	21.2	6	1	2	.333	4	20	0	0	0	31	17	18	7	7	0	1	0	103	2	8.31	2.91	2.86	2.91	19.4	6.8	1.75	.348	7.48	12.88
14	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	6.93	24.2	30	3	0	1.000	0	17	0	0	1	28	19	19	4	14	0	4	3	115	1	6.20	5.11	1.21	1.46	14.8	12.2	1.70	.300	6.93	10.22
15	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	6.75	72.0	18	5	7	.417	11	54	2	0	0	68	54	56	13	38	9	2	2	329	1	6.75	4.75	1.42	1.63	16.4	11.6	1.47	.256	7.00	8.50
16	Charlie Root C. Root	6.75	22.2	6	0	3	.000	4	15	0	0	0	26	17	18	8	6	0	1	1	99	0	5.96	2.38	2.50	3.18	15.2	6.1	1.41	.257	7.15	10.32
17	Terry Mulholland T. Mulholland	6.61	31.1	15	1	2	.333	3	15	0	0	0	38	23	24	4	10	0	2	1	140	0	4.31	2.87	1.50	1.15	10.7	7.1	1.53	.306	6.89	10.91
18	Ervin Santana E. Santana	6.57	24.2	9	2	2	.500	3	14	0	0	0	24	18	21	6	11	3	3	1	112	0	5.11	4.01	1.27	2.19	12.5	9.8	1.42	.231	7.66	8.76
19	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	6.53	20.2	4	2	1	.667	3	22	2	0	0	26	15	15	0	5	0	0	1	91	1	9.58	2.18	4.40	0.00	24.2	5.5	1.50	.406	6.53	11.32
20	Roger Craig R. Craig	6.49	26.1	7	2	2	.500	4	25	0	0	0	31	19	19	6	16	0	1	2	122	1	8.54	5.47	1.56	2.05	20.5	13.1	1.78	.333	6.49	10.59
21	A.J. Burnett	6.37	41.0	8	2	3	.400	8	31	0	0	0	38	29	29	4	27	7	0	3	189	4	6.80	5.93	1.15	0.88	16.4	14.3	1.59	.283	6.37	8.34
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	6.35	22.2	11	1	1	.500	4	25	0	0	0	17	16	16	3	7	2	2	1	94	0	9.93	2.78	3.57	1.19	26.6	7.4	1.06	.246	6.35	6.75
23	Bob Moose B. Moose	6.30	20.0	7	0	2	.000	3	11	0	0	0	21	14	14	4	4	0	1	0	83	2	4.95	1.80	2.75	1.80	13.3	4.8	1.25	.266	6.30	9.45
24	Daniel Hudson D. Hudson	6.00	21.0	17	1	2	.333	1	22	0	0	4	27	14	14	3	6	2	6	2	97	0	9.43	2.57	3.67	1.29	22.7	6.2	1.57	.375	6.00	11.57
25	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	5.91	53.1	15	3	5	.375	9	48	1	0	0	60	35	35	7	25	4	2	0	238	0	8.10	4.22	1.92	1.18	20.2	10.5	1.59	.344	5.91	10.13

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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
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Sat 10/24	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
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