lowest career postseason era starting pitchers minimum 40 ip

Jerry Koosman had an ERA of 3.38 in the postseason when pitching at least 40 innings in his career.

	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	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.38	40.0	6	4	0	1.000	6	31	2	0	0	31	15	15	4	15	0	0	1	164	0	6.98	3.38	2.07	0.90	18.9	9.1	1.15	.237	3.38	6.98
2	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	2.93	40.0	5	4	1	.800	5	24	4	0	0	43	13	15	2	6	1	0	0	167	1	5.40	1.35	4.00	0.45	14.4	3.6	1.23	.306	3.38	9.68
3	Bob Turley B. Turley	3.79	40.1	8	3	3	.500	8	33	3	1	0	37	17	18	5	24	2	0	2	181	1	7.36	5.36	1.38	1.12	18.2	13.3	1.51	.274	4.02	8.26
4	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	5.98	40.2	9	1	4	.200	9	41	0	0	0	50	27	31	5	18	1	0	2	190	1	9.07	3.98	2.28	1.11	21.6	9.5	1.67	.360	6.86	11.07
5	Steve Blass S. Blass	3.10	40.2	6	3	1	.750	6	29	2	0	0	33	14	15	7	12	0	0	0	167	0	6.42	2.66	2.42	1.55	17.4	7.2	1.11	.218	3.32	7.30
6	Ralph Terry R. Terry	2.88	40.2	6	2	3	.400	6	28	2	1	0	35	13	15	4	5	1	0	1	164	0	6.20	1.11	5.60	0.89	17.1	3.0	0.98	.246	3.32	7.75
7	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
8	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	5.27	41.0	8	1	2	.333	8	30	0	0	0	42	24	24	6	26	3	0	0	192	2	6.59	5.71	1.15	1.32	15.6	13.5	1.66	.283	5.27	9.22
9	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	3.07	41.0	7	1	2	.333	7	33	1	1	0	28	14	15	3	18	0	0	0	168	0	7.24	3.95	1.83	0.66	19.6	10.7	1.12	.219	3.29	6.15
10	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	3.05	41.1	6	4	2	.667	6	45	1	1	0	29	14	15	3	12	1	0	0	165	0	9.80	2.61	3.75	0.65	27.3	7.3	0.99	.250	3.27	6.31
11	Woody Williams W. Williams	5.66	41.1	8	3	3	.500	8	31	0	0	0	42	26	26	6	13	4	0	1	181	0	6.75	2.83	2.38	1.31	17.1	7.2	1.33	.283	5.66	9.15
12	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	4.14	41.1	8	3	3	.500	8	29	0	0	0	37	19	19	3	10	2	0	0	168	1	6.31	2.18	2.90	0.65	17.3	6.0	1.14	.274	4.14	8.06
13	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.83	41.1	6	4	1	.800	6	31	1	0	0	38	13	14	5	7	2	0	1	168	0	6.75	1.52	4.43	1.09	18.5	4.2	1.09	.268	3.05	8.27
14	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
15	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
16	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	4.54	41.2	9	3	3	.500	9	35	0	0	0	49	21	25	5	9	0	0	2	180	0	7.56	1.94	3.89	1.08	19.4	5.0	1.39	.336	5.40	10.58
17	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	4.54	41.2	8	2	4	.333	8	32	2	0	0	33	21	22	7	12	1	0	0	170	0	6.91	2.59	2.67	1.51	18.8	7.1	1.08	.220	4.75	7.13
18	Schoolboy Rowe S. Rowe	3.46	41.2	6	1	5	.167	6	24	4	0	0	44	16	19	3	2	0	0	0	171	0	5.18	0.43	12.00	0.65	14.0	1.2	1.10	.289	4.10	9.50
19	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	2.34	42.1	7	3	4	.429	7	29	0	0	0	50	11	14	2	9	4	0	2	181	3	6.17	1.91	3.22	0.43	16.0	5.0	1.39	.350	2.98	10.63
20	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
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.71	43.2	8	4	3	.571	8	43	0	0	0	32	18	18	7	19	1	0	4	178	0	8.86	3.92	2.26	1.44	24.2	10.7	1.17	.231	3.71	6.60
22	Russ Ortiz R. Ortiz	5.73	44.0	9	3	1	.750	9	27	0	0	0	51	28	28	5	25	0	0	3	204	3	5.52	5.11	1.08	1.02	13.2	12.3	1.73	.313	5.73	10.43
23	Jaret Wright J. Wright	7.77	44.0	10	3	5	.375	10	40	0	0	0	55	38	40	14	24	1	0	1	208	2	8.18	4.91	1.67	2.86	19.2	11.5	1.80	.318	8.18	11.25
24	Larry Gura L. Gura	3.89	44.0	8	2	3	.400	8	19	1	0	0	57	19	22	5	11	0	0	0	195	0	3.89	2.25	1.73	1.02	9.7	5.6	1.55	.325	4.50	11.66
25	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

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	49	.598
Phillies	65	58	.528	8.5
Marlins	62	61	.504	11.5
Nationals	60	64	.484	14.0
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Sat 8/15	WSH	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sun 8/16	WSH	@	NYM	1:40 PM
Mon 8/17	SDP	@	NYM	7:10 PM
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Braves	73	49	.598
Phillies	65	58	.528	8.5
Marlins	62	61	.504	11.5
Nationals	60	64	.484	14.0
Mets	54	69	.439	19.5
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Brewers	75	48	.610
Cubs	72	51	.585	3.0
Cardinals	61	61	.500	13.5
Reds	59	62	.488	15.0
Pirates	60	64	.484	15.5
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Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
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Royals	50	73	.407	14.0
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Astros	63	60	.512
Rangers	60	63	.488	3.0
Mariners	57	66	.463	6.0
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