lowest career postseason era among starting pitchers with at least 40 ip

Christy Mathewson has the lowest career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when pitching at least 40 innings, with an ERA of 0.97.

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	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	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	0.97	101.2	11	5	5	.500	11	48	10	4	0	75	11	22	1	10	1	0	3	391	1	4.25	0.89	4.80	0.09	12.3	2.6	0.84	.224	1.95	6.64
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.98	55.0	7	4	3	.571	7	60	4	2	0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	207	0	9.82	1.80	5.45	0.33	29.0	5.3	0.85	.254	1.64	5.89
3	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.17	54.0	6	2	4	.333	6	32	6	0	0	36	7	10	0	11	4	0	1	211	1	5.33	1.83	2.91	0.00	15.2	5.2	0.87	.220	1.67	6.00
4	George Mullin G. Mullin	1.38	52.0	6	3	3	.500	6	35	6	1	0	40	8	16	1	12	3	0	0	207	0	6.06	2.08	2.92	0.17	16.9	5.8	1.00	.250	2.77	6.92
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1.55	52.1	8	5	2	.714	8	67	0	0	0	42	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	208	1	11.52	1.38	8.38	0.69	32.2	3.8	0.96	.297	2.24	7.22
6	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1.57	46.0	5	3	1	.750	5	31	3	0	0	34	8	9	3	11	1	0	0	180	0	6.07	2.15	2.82	0.59	17.2	6.1	0.98	.231	1.76	6.65
7	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1.58	62.2	8	4	3	.571	8	56	5	1	0	39	11	14	2	17	0	0	1	245	1	8.04	2.44	3.29	0.29	22.9	6.9	0.89	.218	2.01	5.60
8	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	1.63	49.2	6	3	3	.500	6	26	3	2	0	37	9	10	3	8	0	0	2	189	0	4.71	1.45	3.25	0.54	13.8	4.2	0.91	.224	1.81	6.70
9	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	1.74	41.1	5	3	2	.600	5	11	4	1	0	31	8	9	2	7	0	0	0	162	0	2.40	1.52	1.57	0.44	6.8	4.3	0.92	.204	1.96	6.75
10	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.79	50.1	6	4	2	.667	6	32	4	0	0	40	10	18	3	12	1	0	2	204	1	5.72	2.15	2.67	0.54	15.7	5.9	1.03	.237	3.22	7.15
11	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1.85	82.2	11	6	4	.600	11	47	6	1	0	81	17	28	2	22	1	0	0	342	0	5.12	2.40	2.14	0.22	13.7	6.4	1.25	.293	3.05	8.82
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.89	81.0	9	7	2	.778	9	92	8	2	0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	5.41	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11
13	Art Nehf A. Nehf	1.98	77.1	9	4	4	.500	9	28	6	2	0	48	17	21	1	31	1	0	2	301	2	3.26	3.61	0.90	0.12	9.3	10.3	1.02	.196	2.44	5.59
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.00	63.0	8	5	1	.833	8	44	2	0	0	47	14	14	3	29	0	0	6	255	3	6.29	4.14	1.52	0.43	17.3	11.4	1.21	.246	2.00	6.71
15	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	2.05	44.0	5	5	0	1.000	5	16	4	0	0	31	10	10	2	5	0	0	0	165	0	3.27	1.02	3.20	0.41	9.7	3.0	0.82	.204	2.05	6.34
16	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	2.05	48.1	7	2	5	.286	7	33	2	0	0	40	11	16	1	14	1	0	3	198	1	6.14	2.61	2.36	0.19	16.7	7.1	1.12	.262	2.98	7.45
17	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2.09	43.0	5	3	2	.600	5	24	4	0	0	42	10	12	0	4	0	0	0	175	0	5.02	0.84	6.00	0.00	13.7	2.3	1.07	.286	2.51	8.79
18	Matt Cain M. Cain	2.10	51.1	8	4	2	.667	8	33	0	0	0	40	12	13	6	14	6	0	2	210	1	5.79	2.45	2.36	1.05	15.7	6.7	1.05	.225	2.28	7.01
19	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.13	50.2	8	3	2	.600	8	70	0	0	0	30	12	12	5	10	2	0	1	191	0	12.43	1.78	7.00	0.89	36.6	5.2	0.79	.240	2.13	5.33
20	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	2.15	58.2	8	5	3	.625	8	42	3	1	0	49	14	20	5	23	1	0	1	244	0	6.44	3.53	1.83	0.77	17.2	9.4	1.23	.254	3.07	7.52
21	Marco Estrada M. Estrada	2.16	41.2	6	3	3	.500	6	34	1	0	0	29	10	11	5	2	0	0	0	153	0	7.34	0.43	17.00	1.08	22.2	1.3	0.74	.214	2.38	6.26
22	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.23	133.1	19	11	2	.846	19	120	4	2	0	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.23	68.2	11	4	3	.571	11	76	0	0	0	37	17	19	5	13	5	0	0	258	1	9.96	1.70	5.85	0.66	29.5	5.0	0.73	.201	2.49	4.85
24	Doug Fister D. Fister	2.25	52.0	9	4	1	.800	9	35	0	0	0	51	13	13	3	15	3	0	0	218	2	6.06	2.60	2.33	0.52	16.1	6.9	1.27	.296	2.25	8.83
25	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2.27	95.1	14	8	3	.727	14	82	3	3	0	69	24	25	8	17	5	0	1	371	0	7.74	1.60	4.82	0.76	22.1	4.6	0.90	.236	2.36	6.51

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