lowest era by a 38 year old pitcher since 1980

Since 1980, 5 pitchers are tied for the best ERA by a 38-year-old pitcher, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Ben Zobrist, David Ross and John McDonald.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Ben Zobrist B. Zobrist	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	9.00	18.00	0.50	0.00	20.0	40.0	2.00	.000	0.00	0.00
2	David Ross D. Ross	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
3	John McDonald J. McDonald	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	6.00	1.000	0.00	54.00
4	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	0.00	8	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	13	0	5.40	2.70	2.00	0.00	15.4	7.7	1.20	.300	0.00	8.10
5	Mike Fetters M. Fetters	0.00	5	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	22	0	1.50	1.50	1.00	0.00	4.5	4.5	0.50	.105	0.00	3.00
6	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	1.09	73	4	1	.800	0	102	0	0	21	74.1	34	9	10	5	9	1	41	2	267	2	12.35	1.09	11.33	0.61	38.2	3.4	0.58	.193	1.21	4.12
7	Joe Strong J. Strong	1.35	5	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	25	0	5.40	4.05	1.33	1.35	16.0	12.0	0.90	.118	1.35	4.05
8	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	1.39	67	6	2	.750	0	73	0	0	43	64.2	36	10	10	2	22	1	61	3	250	4	10.16	3.06	3.32	0.28	29.2	8.8	0.90	.224	1.39	5.01
9	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.40	64	6	5	.545	0	77	0	0	39	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	2	60	0	259	1	9.81	0.76	12.83	0.51	29.7	2.3	0.67	.218	1.40	5.22
10	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1.73	60	6	2	.750	0	87	0	0	22	57.1	33	11	14	5	22	2	42	1	226	3	13.66	3.45	3.95	0.78	38.5	9.7	0.96	.255	2.20	5.18
11	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1.81	46	2	4	.333	0	58	0	0	30	44.2	32	9	11	2	20	1	37	0	186	2	11.69	4.03	2.90	0.40	31.2	10.8	1.16	.286	2.22	6.45
12	Brooks Raley B. Raley	1.93	21	3	2	.600	0	16	0	0	1	18.2	11	4	5	2	3	0	2	0	68	0	7.71	1.45	5.33	0.96	23.5	4.4	0.75	.191	2.41	5.30
13	Terry Leach T. Leach	1.95	51	6	5	.545	0	22	0	0	0	73.2	57	16	17	2	20	4	21	5	292	0	2.69	2.44	1.10	0.24	7.5	6.8	1.05	.225	2.08	6.96
14	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	2.04	61	4	1	.800	0	40	0	0	2	35.1	28	8	9	0	16	0	6	4	146	1	10.19	4.08	2.50	0.00	27.4	11.0	1.25	.311	2.29	7.13
15	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.14	65	0	2	.000	0	50	0	0	46	63.0	48	15	16	6	13	1	50	1	248	2	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.86	20.2	5.2	0.97	.236	2.29	6.86
16	Russ Springer R. Springer	2.18	76	8	1	.889	0	66	0	0	0	66.0	41	16	18	3	19	3	18	1	257	1	9.00	2.59	3.47	0.41	25.7	7.4	0.91	.229	2.45	5.59
17	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.27	37	6	2	.750	0	42	0	0	2	91.1	79	23	24	6	21	4	20	6	358	1	4.14	2.07	2.00	0.59	11.7	5.9	1.09	.256	2.36	7.78
18	Chris Martin C. Martin	2.32	46	1	4	.200	0	49	0	0	3	42.2	41	11	18	2	4	1	11	2	172	1	10.34	0.84	12.25	0.42	28.5	2.3	1.05	.336	3.80	8.65
19	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	2.35	55	1	1	.500	0	22	0	0	0	38.1	32	10	12	2	10	1	9	2	161	1	5.17	2.35	2.20	0.47	13.7	6.2	1.10	.238	2.82	7.51
20	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2.39	32	14	9	.609	32	185	0	0	0	211.0	184	56	67	11	56	5	0	2	856	5	7.89	2.39	3.30	0.47	21.6	6.5	1.14	.289	2.86	7.85
21	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	2.42	52	3	1	.750	0	28	0	0	0	48.1	50	13	15	1	10	0	10	1	204	2	5.21	1.86	2.80	0.19	13.7	4.9	1.24	.297	2.79	9.31
22	Takashi Saito T. Saito	2.49	45	4	4	.500	0	60	0	0	18	47.0	40	13	14	1	16	2	35	3	197	1	11.49	3.06	3.75	0.19	30.5	8.1	1.19	.331	2.68	7.66
23	Tommy John T. John	2.50	19	7	9	.438	19	47	8	1	0	133.1	134	37	48	9	28	2	0	1	547	3	3.17	1.89	1.68	0.61	8.6	5.1	1.21	.271	3.24	9.05
24	Greg Minton G. Minton	2.53	29	4	2	.667	0	21	0	0	2	42.2	35	12	12	3	19	1	7	1	178	1	4.43	4.01	1.11	0.63	11.8	10.7	1.27	.239	2.53	7.38
25	Gene Garber G. Garber	2.54	61	5	5	.500	0	56	0	0	24	78.0	76	22	23	3	20	1	48	7	319	4	6.46	2.31	2.80	0.35	17.6	6.3	1.23	.305	2.65	8.77

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