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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Marlins	64	61	.512	10.5
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Mets	56	69	.448	18.5
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