lowest era for starting pitcher first eight starts minimum eight starts since 1920

Since 1920, Erik Miller has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 8+ games and starting 8+ games, with an ERA of 0.77.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	Erik Miller E. Miller	0.77	11	11	0	0		13	0	0	0	11.2	9	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	46	0	10.03	4.63	2.17	0.77	28.3	13.0	1.29	.308	2.31	6.94
2	Shawn Armstrong S. Armstrong	1.51	18	18	0	3	.000	42	0	0	0	35.2	27	6	8	2	8	0	0	0	138	0	10.60	2.02	5.25	0.50	30.4	5.8	0.98	.291	2.02	6.81
3	John Brebbia J. Brebbia	1.59	21	21	0	2	.000	20	0	0	0	22.2	18	4	4	3	6	1	0	0	91	0	7.94	2.38	3.33	1.19	22.0	6.6	1.06	.246	1.59	7.15
4	PJ Poulin	1.80	11	11	0	0		11	0	0	0	15.0	11	3	3	2	4	1	0	0	58	0	6.60	2.40	2.75	1.20	19.0	6.9	1.00	.225	1.80	6.60
5	Troy Melton T. Melton	1.97	18	18	9	2	.818	92	0	0	0	105.0	72	23	25	10	29	2	0	0	408	2	7.89	2.49	3.17	0.86	22.5	7.1	0.96	.225	2.14	6.17
6	Ryan Walker R. Walker	2.11	14	14	0	1	.000	34	0	0	0	21.1	20	5	6	3	12	2	0	0	94	1	14.34	5.06	2.83	1.27	36.2	12.8	1.50	.395	2.53	8.44
7	Cam Bedrosian C. Bedrosian	2.16	8	8	0	1	.000	10	0	0	0	8.1	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	33	1	10.80	4.32	2.50	1.08	30.3	12.1	0.96	.167	2.16	4.32
8	Tyler Thornburg T. Thornburg	2.37	10	10	2	1	.667	45	0	0	0	57.0	50	15	17	6	20	1	0	1	230	1	7.11	3.16	2.25	0.95	19.6	8.7	1.23	.278	2.68	7.89
9	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.44	17	17	10	2	.833	108	0	0	0	88.2	60	24	24	13	20	1	0	0	339	1	10.96	2.03	5.40	1.32	31.9	5.9	0.90	.239	2.44	6.09
10	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.44	40	40	14	9	.609	273	0	0	0	225.0	167	61	68	22	65	11	0	0	906	3	10.92	2.60	4.20	0.88	30.1	7.2	1.03	.271	2.72	6.68
11	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.52	24	24	11	4	.733	96	0	0	0	121.1	95	34	39	10	35	5	0	0	484	0	7.12	2.60	2.74	0.74	19.8	7.2	1.07	.251	2.89	7.05
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	451	451	223	96	.699	3,047	25	15	0	2850.1	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
13	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.56	81	81	30	24	.556	557	1	0	0	459.2	348	131	145	35	115	21	0	0	1,820	6	10.91	2.25	4.84	0.69	30.6	6.3	1.01	.287	2.84	6.81
14	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.58	37	37	17	8	.680	294	1	1	0	202.2	121	58	67	21	59	12	0	0	787	6	13.06	2.62	4.98	0.93	37.4	7.5	0.89	.249	2.98	5.37
15	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.58	32	32	12	9	.571	190	0	0	0	188.2	159	54	58	18	46	2	0	2	756	8	9.06	2.19	4.13	0.86	25.1	6.1	1.09	.282	2.77	7.58
16	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
17	Butch Wensloff B. Wensloff	2.63	32	32	15	12	.556	111	19	1	0	246.1	197	72	90	11	83	1	0		1,006	2	4.06	3.03	1.34	0.40	11.0	8.3	1.14	.233	3.29	7.20
18	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	2.64	21	21	9	10	.474	41	10	1	0	167.1	155	49	72	4	42	7	0		702	0	2.21	2.26	0.98	0.22	5.8	6.0	1.18	.248	3.87	8.34
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.64	70	70	31	17	.646	442	1	0	0	409.0	287	120	128	36	115	8	0	1	1,608	9	9.73	2.53	3.84	0.79	27.5	7.2	0.98	.249	2.82	6.32
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.67	271	271	104	73	.588	1,998	4	2	0	1660.1	1,283	493	530	163	376	25	0	16	6,543	33	10.83	2.04	5.31	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.281	2.87	6.95
21	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.68	52	52	19	19	.500	250	20	5	0	383.1	320	114	136	25	115	11	0	5	1,554	9	5.87	2.70	2.17	0.59	16.1	7.4	1.13	.256	3.19	7.51
22	Harry Shriver H. Shriver	2.69	14	14	4	6	.400	32	4	2	0	93.2	92	28	36	5	42	1	0		400	3	3.07	4.04	0.76	0.48	8.0	10.5	1.43	.272	3.46	8.84
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.71	314	314	159	85	.652	2,274	137	40	0	2202.1	1,655	663	751	194	742	17	0	46	8,959	76	9.29	3.03	3.06	0.79	25.4	8.3	1.09	.255	3.07	6.76
24	Ryne Stanek R. Stanek	2.71	56	56	0	3	.000	102	0	0	0	83.0	57	25	27	9	31	1	0	0	331	3	11.06	3.36	3.29	0.98	30.8	9.4	1.06	.255	2.93	6.18
25	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.71	438	438	227	99	.696	1,857	156	45	0	3038.0	2,647	916	1,050	220	1,014	27	0	39	12,468	72	5.50	3.00	1.83	0.65	14.9	8.1	1.21	.260	3.11	7.84

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