lowest career postseason era among starting pitchers with at least 50 ip

Christy Mathewson has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when pitching at least 50 innings, with an ERA of 0.97.

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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	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	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	2.29	51.0	7	3	2	.600	7	37	3	0	0	46	13	14	6	12	0	0	1	205	0	6.53	2.12	3.08	1.06	18.0	5.9	1.14	.267	2.47	8.12
20	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	2.30	70.1	12	6	4	.600	12	39	2	1	0	60	18	22	2	18	0	0	1	285	1	4.99	2.30	2.17	0.26	13.7	6.3	1.11	.257	2.82	7.68
21	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.37	57.0	7	3	4	.429	7	17	5	1	0	46	15	16	0	8	3	0	1	219	0	2.68	1.26	2.13	0.00	7.8	3.7	0.95	.241	2.53	7.26
22	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.44	85.0	10	6	4	.600	10	59	9	1	0	65	23	28	1	21	2	0	0	331	1	6.25	2.22	2.81	0.11	17.8	6.3	1.01	.258	2.96	6.88
23	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	2.44	51.2	8	5	1	.833	8	41	0	0	0	42	14	17	1	27	2	0	4	221	5	7.14	4.70	1.52	0.17	18.6	12.2	1.34	.273	2.96	7.32
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	143.2	22	9	7	.563	22	121	0	0	0	110	39	41	14	37	3	0	0	570	3	7.58	2.32	3.27	0.88	21.2	6.5	1.02	.243	2.57	6.89
25	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.51	89.2	12	6	4	.600	12	65	6	2	0	65	25	30	12	33	1	0	2	361	5	6.52	3.31	1.97	1.20	18.0	9.1	1.09	.212	3.01	6.52

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0