lowest era by a rookie pitcher since 2000 minimum 50 innings

Since 2000, Jonathan Papelbon has the lowest ERA by a rookie with 50.0+ innings pitched, with an ERA of 0.92 in 2006.

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	0.92	68.1	2006	BOS	59	4	2	.667	0	75	0	0	35	40	7	8	3	13	1	49	2	257	2	9.88	1.71	5.77	0.40	29.2	5.1	0.78	.224	1.05	20	2.13	48	5.27	17.7
2	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	1.06	59.2	2008	OAK	47	3	0	1.000	0	30	0	0	11	47	7	8	2	22	1	21	3	229	0	4.53	3.32	1.36	0.30	13.1	9.6	1.16	.259	1.21	25	3.71	88	7.09	3.5
3	Cla Meredith C. Meredith	1.07	50.2	2006	SDP	45	5	1	.833	0	37	0	0	0	30	6	6	3	6	2	11	3	185	0	6.57	1.07	6.17	0.53	20.0	3.2	0.71	.197	1.07	26	2.92	67	5.33	8.2
4	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	1.29	69.2	2021	CLE	71	4	5	.444	0	74	0	0	24	51	10	18	2	16	0	51	3	279	3	9.56	2.07	4.63	0.26	26.5	5.7	0.96	.262	2.33	31	2.10	50	6.59	16.5
5	Dellin Betances D. Betances	1.40	90.0	2014	NYY	70	5	0	1.000	0	135	0	0	1	46	14	15	4	24	4	8	1	341	2	13.50	2.40	5.63	0.40	39.6	7.0	0.78	.241	1.50	36	1.64	42	4.60	22.2
6	Tanner Roark T. Roark	1.51	53.2	2013	WSH	14	7	1	.875	5	40	0	0	0	38	9	11	1	11	0	1	0	204	0	6.71	1.84	3.64	0.17	19.6	5.4	0.91	.243	1.84	40	2.41	65	6.37	7.9
7	Luis Avilan L. Avilan	1.52	65.0	2013	ATL	75	5	0	1.000	0	38	0	0	0	40	11	12	1	22	4	7	2	256	3	5.26	3.05	1.73	0.14	14.8	8.6	0.95	.204	1.66	41	3.27	90	5.54	2.7
8	Rafael Soriano R. Soriano	1.53	53.0	2003	SEA	40	3	0	1.000	0	68	0	0	1	30	9	9	2	12	3	12	1	201	0	11.55	2.04	5.67	0.34	33.8	6.0	0.79	.241	1.53	36	1.80	41	5.09	15.4
9	Hunter Gaddis H. Gaddis	1.57	74.2	2024	CLE	78	6	3	.667	0	66	0	0	0	43	13	16	4	14	4	8	1	278	2	7.96	1.69	4.71	0.48	23.7	5.0	0.76	.205	1.93	39	2.81	69	5.18	10.3
10	Jose Arredondo J. Arredondo	1.62	61.0	2008	LAA	52	10	2	.833	0	55	0	0	0	42	11	15	3	22	1	10	0	244	1	8.11	3.25	2.50	0.44	22.5	9.0	1.05	.239	2.21	38	3.09	72	6.20	8.1
11	Alex Torres A. Torres	1.71	58.0	2013	TBR	39	4	2	.667	0	62	0	0	0	32	11	12	1	20	3	5	1	226	1	9.62	3.10	3.10	0.16	27.4	8.8	0.90	.221	1.86	45	2.32	60	4.97	10.2
12	Huston Street H. Street	1.72	78.1	2005	OAK	67	5	1	.833	0	72	0	0	23	53	15	17	3	26	2	47	4	306	1	8.27	2.99	2.77	0.34	23.5	8.5	1.01	.246	1.95	41	2.74	63	6.09	13.7
13	Bryan Hudson B. Hudson	1.73	62.1	2024	MIL	43	6	1	.857	0	62	0	0	0	28	12	12	7	17	3	1	0	231	1	8.95	2.45	3.65	1.01	26.8	7.4	0.72	.148	1.73	42	3.59	88	4.04	3.5
14	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	1.75	77.1	2004	SDP	73	7	2	.778	0	87	0	0	2	56	15	16	6	26	0	18	6	312	0	10.13	3.03	3.35	0.70	27.9	8.3	1.06	.259	1.86	44	2.81	66	6.52	12.5
15	Tom Cosgrove T. Cosgrove	1.75	51.1	2023	SDP	54	1	2	.333	0	44	0	0	1	31	10	12	3	19	5	16	1	205	1	7.71	3.33	2.32	0.53	21.5	9.3	0.97	.209	2.10	42	3.70	85	5.44	3.6
16	Rafael Perez R. Perez	1.78	60.2	2007	CLE	44	1	2	.333	0	62	0	0	1	41	12	15	5	15	0	11	2	236	4	9.20	2.23	4.13	0.74	26.3	6.4	0.92	.234	2.23	40	3.00	69	6.08	9.2
17	Greg Holland G. Holland	1.80	60.0	2011	KCR	46	5	1	.833	0	74	0	0	4	37	12	13	3	19	1	15	3	233	7	11.10	2.85	3.89	0.45	31.8	8.2	0.93	.250	1.95	43	2.20	55	5.55	12.1
18	Peter Moylan P. Moylan	1.80	90.0	2007	ATL	80	5	3	.625	0	63	0	0	1	65	18	27	6	31	7	16	12	359	2	6.30	3.10	2.03	0.60	17.5	8.6	1.07	.234	2.70	41	3.96	89	6.50	4.8
19	Zach Duke Z. Duke	1.81	84.2	2005	PIT	14	8	2	.800	14	58	0	0	0	79	17	20	3	23	2	0	2	341	1	6.17	2.44	2.52	0.32	17.0	6.7	1.20	.298	2.13	43	2.99	72	8.40	11.2
20	Chad Green C. Green	1.83	69.0	2017	NYY	40	5	0	1.000	1	103	0	0	0	34	14	14	4	17	2	4	0	253	3	13.43	2.22	6.06	0.52	40.7	6.7	0.74	.236	1.83	42	1.74	39	4.43	20.6
21	Andrew Bailey A. Bailey	1.84	83.1	2009	OAK	68	6	3	.667	0	91	0	0	26	49	17	17	5	24	0	54	3	323	6	9.83	2.59	3.79	0.54	28.2	7.4	0.88	.217	1.84	43	2.55	59	5.29	16.7
22	Alexis Díaz A. Díaz	1.84	63.2	2022	CIN	59	7	3	.700	0	83	0	0	10	28	13	18	5	33	5	20	3	255	7	11.73	4.66	2.52	0.71	32.5	12.9	0.96	.178	2.54	43	3.31	79	3.96	6
23	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	1.86	67.2	2022	MIN	57	2	4	.333	0	89	0	0	8	50	14	15	6	16	4	18	3	266	6	11.84	2.13	5.56	0.80	33.5	6.0	0.98	.291	2.00	49	2.52	65	6.65	10.5
24	Mike Crudale M. Crudale	1.88	52.2	2002	STL	49	3	0	1.000	1	47	0	0	0	43	11	11	3	14	1	14	2	213	3	8.03	2.39	3.36	0.51	22.1	6.6	1.08	.270	1.88	47	2.76	67	7.35	8
25	Cade Smith C. Smith	1.91	75.1	2024	CLE	74	6	1	.857	0	103	0	0	1	51	16	16	1	17	3	2	0	289	0	12.31	2.03	6.06	0.12	35.6	5.9	0.90	.303	1.91	48	1.39	34	6.09	22.4

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