lowest career era in mlb minimum 20 starts active

Al Spalding has the lowest career ERA when starting 20+ games, with an ERA of 1.78.

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lowest career era by a player in MLB minimum 20 starts active

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.78	61	65	48	12	.800	41	53	8	1	539.2	559	107	238	6	26		4	2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	315	430	195	126	.607	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
3	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	260	286	160	97	.623	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
4	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.89	129	129	65	60	.520	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0	4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
5	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.02	128	149	71	44	.617	503	75	17	0	1067.1	869	240	365	6	293	39	12	4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	2.32	86	7.33	44.3
6	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.03	158	225	117	57	.672	989	121	28	10	1434.1	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56	5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	2.26	78	7.14	105.8
7	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	332	481	239	130	.648	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	262	293	164	103	.614	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	552	636	373	188	.665	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	340	407	193	143	.574	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	666	802	417	279	.599	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	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.17	66	90	36	35	.507	280	49	7	2	612.2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23	2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	2.27	98	7.98	1.6
13	Mellie Wolfgang M. Wolfgang	2.18	27	77	15	14	.517	111	15	3	0	326.0	268	79	115	3	95	4	37	1,269	3	3.06	2.62	1.17	0.08	8.7	7.5	1.11	.251	3.17	79	2.72	97	7.40	3
14	Erv Lange E. Lange	2.23	22	36	12	11	.522	87	10	2	2	190.0	162	47	69	3	55	3	11	781	1	4.12	2.61	1.58	0.14	11.1	7.0	1.14	.251	3.27	74	2.64	96	7.67	1.2
15	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	2.23	180	191	97	69	.584	657	143	21	2	1472.2	1,227	365	511	14	493	73	9	5,971	26	4.02	3.01	1.33	0.09	11.0	8.3	1.17	.256	3.12	81	2.81	98	7.50	8.7
16	Jocko Flynn J. Flynn	2.24	29	32	23	6	.793	146	28	2	1	257.0	207	64	127	9	63		3	1,049	28	5.11	2.21	2.32	0.32	13.9	6.0	1.05		4.45	64	3.16	89	7.25	14.6
17	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.25	314	322	193	115	.627	860	294	35	0	2779.2	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11	11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	2.38	95	9.25	32.3
18	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.26	182	218	108	71	.603	935	133	30	12	1535.1	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30	6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	2.39	85	7.22	72.4
19	Will White W. White	2.28	402	403	229	166	.580	1,041	394	36	0	3542.2	3,440	896	1,844	65	496		1	14,951	221	2.64	1.26	2.10	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	83	2.98	108	8.74	-109.3
20	Bill James B. James	2.28	60	84	37	21	.638	253	44	5	3	541.2	469	137	196	14	199	22	20	2,217	17	4.20	3.31	1.27	0.23	11.4	9.0	1.23	.263	3.26	75	3.09	99	7.79	4.8
21	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.28	147	163	94	46	.671	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
22	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	300	399	182	106	.632	1,137	200	40	13	2632.1	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80	10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9
23	Frank Arellanes F. Arellanes	2.28	49	74	24	22	.522	148	25	2	8	409.2	358	104	147	5	85	11	23	1,602	8	3.25	1.87	1.74	0.11	9.2	5.3	1.08	.261	3.23	91	2.36	96	7.86	4.4
24	Rube Kroh R. Kroh	2.29	25	36	14	9	.609	92	13	3	0	216.1	182	55	65	3	67	5	9	858	2	3.83	2.79	1.37	0.12	10.7	7.8	1.15	.259	2.70	84	2.57	96	7.57	2.2
25	Nick Maddox N. Maddox	2.29	72	93	43	20	.683	193	47	9	1	605.1	487	154	209	7	170	35	18	2,368	8	2.87	2.53	1.14	0.10	8.2	7.2	1.09	.245	3.11	90	2.71	104	7.24	-6.7

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