lowest era by a rookie pitcher since 1920most strike outs by rookie pitcher

Tim Keefe has the best ERA by a rookie, with an ERA of 0.86 in 1880.

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	NAME	ERA	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	0.86	39	1880	TRO	12	6	6	.500	12	12	0	0	105.0	68	10	27	0	16		0	397	1	3.34	1.37	2.44	0.00	9.8	4.0	0.80		2.31	35	2.25	91	5.83	3.6
2	Dan Casey D. Casey	1.00	10	1884	WIL	2	1	1	.500	2	2	0	0	18.0	23	2	17	0	4		0	83	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	0.00	12.0	4.8	1.50		8.50	32	2.83	104	11.50	-0.1
3	Denny Driscoll D. Driscoll	1.21	59	1882	PIT	23	13	9	.591	23	23	0	0	201.0	162	27	73	0	12		0	799	7	2.64	0.54	4.92	0.00	7.4	1.5	0.87		3.27	45	2.36	84	7.25	10.2
4	George Bradley G. Bradley	1.23	103	1876	STL	64	45	19	.703	64	63	16	0	573.0	470	78	229	3	38		0	2,269	34	1.62	0.60	2.71	0.05	4.5	1.7	0.89		3.60	58	2.14	101	7.38	-20.7
5	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1.30	33	1882	LOU	13	6	6	.500	11	10	0	0	104.0	75	15	49	0	5		1	403	7	2.86	0.43	6.60	0.00	8.2	1.2	0.77		4.24	49	2.27	82	6.49	5.1
6	Harry Krause H. Krause	1.39	139	1909	PHA	32	18	8	.692	21	16	7	0	213.0	151	33	49	2	49	13	8	801	2	5.87	2.07	2.84	0.08	17.4	6.1	0.94	.249	2.07	58	1.91	82	6.38	9.5
7	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.42	152	1905	CHC	34	18	14	.563	29	28	5	1	291.2	208	46	71	1	73	18	5	1,124	5	4.69	2.25	2.08	0.03	13.5	6.5	0.96	.235	2.19	48	2.46	85	6.42	14
8	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.51	153	1906	CHC	31	20	8	.714	29	20	4	0	250.2	173	42	63	3	63	13	2	966	4	5.49	2.26	2.43	0.11	15.8	6.5	0.94	.232	2.26	57	2.21	80	6.21	15.4
9	John Ward J. Ward	1.51	116	1878	PRO	37	22	13	.629	37	37	6	0	334.0	308	56	151	3	34		0	1,365	26	3.13	0.92	3.41	0.08	8.5	2.5	1.02		4.07	68	2.26	101	8.30	-4.4
10	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	1.53	114	1908	PHN	48	23	17	.575	42	32	7	2	359.2	263	61	88	1	91	6	6	1,367	5	2.85	2.28	1.25	0.03	8.3	6.7	0.98	.227	2.20	66	2.31	95	6.58	4.5
11	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.56	122	1876	LOU	68	30	35	.462	68	66	5	0	622.0	566	108	309	3	37		0	2,568	14	1.77	0.54	3.30	0.04	4.8	1.4	0.97		4.47	62	2.08	82	8.19	50.7
12	Ed Summers E. Summers	1.64	103	1908	DET	40	24	12	.667	32	23	5	1	301.0	271	55	112	3	55	20	8	1,195	5	3.08	1.64	1.87	0.09	8.6	4.6	1.08	.264	3.35	66	2.29	99	8.10	2.4
13	Russ Ford R. Ford	1.65	209	1910	NYH	36	26	6	.813	33	29	8	1	299.2	194	55	69	4	70	8	3	1,112	5	6.28	2.10	2.99	0.12	18.8	6.3	0.88	.231	2.07	63	1.88	69	5.83	28.3
14	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	1.67	26	1876	HAR	24	16	8	.667	24	24	5	0	216.0	215	40	97	0	14		0	913	7	1.08	0.58	1.86	0.00	2.8	1.5	1.06		4.04	69	2.19	90	8.96	9.4
15	Frank Killen F. Killen	1.68	38	1891	MIL	11	7	4	.636	11	11	2	0	96.2	73	18	42	1	51	3	0	415	4	3.54	4.75	0.75	0.09	9.2	12.3	1.28	.224	3.91	41	3.55	90	6.80	6
16	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1.68	88	1876	HAR	45	31	13	.705	45	45	6	0	408.0	355	76	164	2	13		0	1,623	8	1.94	0.29	6.77	0.04	5.4	0.8	0.90		3.62	69	1.96	81	7.83	27.5
17	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1.69	36	1878	IND	14	5	8	.385	14	12	1	0	117.0	128	22	47	0	15		0	490	4	2.77	1.15	2.40	0.00	7.3	3.1	1.22		3.62	80	2.31	109	9.85	-5.8
18	Bill Burns B. Burns	1.70	55	1908	WSH	23	6	11	.353	19	11	2	0	164.0	135	31	58	3	18	4	1	612	1	3.02	0.99	3.06	0.16	9.0	2.9	0.93	.248	3.18	74	2.07	96	7.41	0.7
19	Henry Boyle H. Boyle	1.74	88	1884	SLU	19	15	3	.833	16	16	2	1	150.0	118	29	63	3	10		3	595	3	5.28	0.60	8.80	0.18	14.8	1.7	0.85		3.78	59	2.56	100	7.08	-1.1
20	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.75	39	1876	CWS	61	47	12	.797	60	53	8	0	528.2	542	103	226	6	26		2	2,219	1	0.66	0.44	1.50	0.10	1.8	1.2	1.07		3.85	73	2.38	99	9.23	9
21	Will White W. White	1.79	169	1878	CIN	52	30	21	.588	52	52	5	0	468.0	477	93	249	1	45		0	1,939	40	3.25	0.87	3.76	0.02	8.7	2.3	1.12		4.79	82	2.13	97	9.17	-4.6
22	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	1.80	125	1911	CLE	34	23	7	.767	26	22	5	0	244.2	172	49	67	2	86	10	8	937	8	4.60	3.16	1.45	0.07	13.3	9.2	1.05	.238	2.46	53	3.03	93	6.33	6.7
23	King Cole K. Cole	1.80	114	1910	CHC	33	20	4	.833	29	21	4	1	239.2	174	48	64	2	130	9	2	962	9	4.28	4.88	0.88	0.08	11.9	13.5	1.27	.243	2.40	60	3.22	110	6.53	-8.3
24	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	1.83	107	1910	NYH	30	13	11	.542	25	18	5	1	221.2	190	45	76	1	58	10	3	869	7	4.34	2.35	1.84	0.04	12.3	6.7	1.12	.273	3.09	69	2.34	86	7.71	10.3
25	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	1.86	135	1885	DET	21	11	9	.550	20	19	1	1	179.1	137	37	84	2	28		1	724	8	6.78	1.41	4.82	0.10	18.6	3.9	0.92		4.22	67	1.99	66	6.88	19.8

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0