lowest career postseason era among starting pitchers with at least 100 ip

Christy Mathewson has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when pitching at least 100 innings, with an ERA of 0.97.

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Assumption:Threshold per result
Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	0.97	101.2	11	5	5	.500	11	48	10	4	75	11	22	1	10	1	3	391	1	4.25	0.89	4.80	0.09	12.3	2.6	0.84	.224	1.95	6.64
2	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.23	133.1	19	11	2	.846	19	120	4	2	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
3	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	143.2	22	9	7	.563	22	121	0	0	110	39	41	14	37	3	0	570	3	7.58	2.32	3.27	0.88	21.2	6.5	1.02	.243	2.57	6.89
4	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.55	187.1	27	13	4	.765	27	177	2	1	151	53	58	14	63	3	6	770	6	8.50	3.03	2.81	0.67	23.0	8.2	1.14	.267	2.79	7.25
5	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	2.62	130.2	18	10	4	.714	18	71	3	1	94	38	42	12	46	4	0	526	4	4.89	3.17	1.54	0.83	13.5	8.7	1.07	.209	2.89	6.47
6	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.71	126.1	18	8	3	.727	18	91	4	2	102	38	43	8	40	5	3	511	6	6.48	2.85	2.28	0.57	17.8	7.8	1.12	.256	3.06	7.27
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.71	146.0	22	10	8	.556	22	94	7	3	132	44	51	8	34	3	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2.73	138.1	23	11	7	.611	23	161	0	0	105	42	51	20	37	3	1	558	1	10.47	2.41	4.35	1.30	28.9	6.6	1.03	.252	3.32	6.83
9	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.75	118.0	15	7	3	.700	15	88	6	2	97	36	36	10	48	2	3	493	5	6.71	3.66	1.83	0.76	17.8	9.7	1.23	.252	2.75	7.40
10	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	3.00	108.0	18	10	4	.714	18	68	1	1	104	36	43	11	36	6	2	461	1	5.67	3.00	1.89	0.92	14.8	7.8	1.30	.274	3.58	8.67
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	3.29	134.0	23	8	6	.571	23	107	0	0	125	49	52	6	43	4	5	558	6	7.19	2.89	2.49	0.40	19.2	7.7	1.25	.299	3.49	8.40
12	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.30	218.1	35	14	16	.467	35	143	3	0	191	80	91	21	87	7	11	912	3	5.89	3.59	1.64	0.87	15.7	9.5	1.27	.260	3.75	7.87
13	David Wells D. Wells	3.31	111.1	17	10	5	.667	17	70	1	0	108	41	45	11	19	7	1	454	1	5.66	1.54	3.68	0.89	15.4	4.2	1.14	.280	3.64	8.73
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.32	127.1	19	8	6	.571	19	65	4	1	112	47	48	21	34	1	6	517	1	4.59	2.40	1.91	1.48	12.6	6.6	1.15	.230	3.39	7.92
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.36	193.0	30	11	14	.440	30	121	2	0	191	72	95	14	48	9	15	813	4	5.64	2.24	2.52	0.65	14.9	5.9	1.24	.285	4.43	8.91
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.48	132.0	21	7	8	.467	21	139	0	0	115	51	54	19	29	3	6	541	2	9.48	1.98	4.79	1.30	25.7	5.4	1.09	.274	3.68	7.84
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.59	223.1	37	16	12	.571	37	244	2	1	178	89	92	31	72	5	0	910	8	9.83	2.90	3.39	1.25	26.8	7.9	1.12	.263	3.71	7.17
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.69	112.1	16	5	9	.357	16	123	3	2	102	46	50	15	29	0	1	460	0	9.85	2.32	4.24	1.20	26.7	6.3	1.17	.297	4.01	8.17
19	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.70	151.0	28	7	7	.500	28	172	0	0	113	62	63	23	59	8	2	618	8	10.25	3.52	2.92	1.37	27.8	9.5	1.14	.253	3.75	6.74
20	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	3.81	276.2	44	19	11	.633	44	183	0	0	285	117	121	31	76	3	4	1,157	4	5.95	2.47	2.41	1.01	15.8	6.6	1.30	.294	3.94	9.27
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.81	196.0	34	11	8	.579	34	169	1	1	172	83	87	17	70	6	1	826	10	7.76	3.21	2.41	0.78	20.5	8.5	1.23	.275	3.99	7.90
22	David Cone D. Cone	3.88	109.0	18	8	3	.727	18	93	1	0	93	47	52	12	58	2	1	473	6	7.68	4.79	1.60	0.99	19.7	12.3	1.39	.263	4.29	7.68
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	4.18	112.0	21	4	6	.400	21	99	0	0	101	52	55	19	33	3	0	463	2	7.96	2.65	3.00	1.53	21.4	7.1	1.20	.265	4.42	8.12
24	CC Sabathia	4.29	128.0	23	10	7	.588	23	117	1	0	135	61	66	15	61	7	8	573	5	8.23	4.29	1.92	1.05	20.4	10.6	1.53	.322	4.64	9.49
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	4.49	184.1	32	13	13	.500	32	201	0	0	159	92	97	27	46	3	3	746	10	9.81	2.25	4.37	1.32	26.9	6.2	1.11	.281	4.74	7.76

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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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