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

Since 1920, Erik Miller has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 8+ games and starting 8+ games, with an ERA of 0.84.

	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	0.84	10	10	0	0		11	0	0	0	10.2	7	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	41	0	9.28	5.06	1.83	0.84	26.8	14.6	1.22	.261	1.69	5.91
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	2.03	10	10	0	0		8	0	0	0	13.1	10	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	51	0	5.40	2.03	2.67	1.35	15.7	5.9	0.98	.216	2.03	6.75
5	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
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.16	71	71	27	20	.574	493	1	0	0	408.2	294	98	110	30	92	18	0	0	1,597	5	10.86	2.03	5.36	0.66	30.9	5.8	0.94	.274	2.42	6.47
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	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.23	10	10	5	1	.833	63	0	0	0	48.1	35	12	12	5	14	0	0	0	189	1	11.73	2.61	4.50	0.93	33.3	7.4	1.01	.280	2.23	6.52
9	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.25	30	30	12	6	.667	193	0	0	0	168.0	125	42	45	13	49	7	0	0	673	3	10.34	2.63	3.94	0.70	28.7	7.3	1.04	.273	2.41	6.70
10	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
11	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.47	12	12	5	4	.556	62	0	0	0	65.2	48	18	19	5	32	5	0	0	277	1	8.50	4.39	1.94	0.69	22.4	11.6	1.22	.249	2.60	6.58
12	Andrew Alvarez A. Alvarez	2.48	9	9	1	1	.500	40	0	0	0	40.0	34	11	13	2	17	1	0	0	171	3	9.00	3.83	2.35	0.45	23.4	9.9	1.27	.288	2.93	7.65
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.63	264	264	102	70	.593	1,957	4	2	0	1628.1	1,244	475	512	161	365	25	0	15	6,400	32	10.82	2.02	5.36	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	6.88
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	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.64	29	29	13	6	.684	222	1	1	0	156.2	95	46	50	12	51	10	0	0	613	4	12.75	2.93	4.35	0.69	36.2	8.3	0.93	.261	2.87	5.46
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	62	62	26	15	.634	392	0	0	0	355.1	254	105	113	31	98	7	0	0	1,401	9	9.93	2.48	4.00	0.79	28.0	7.0	0.99	.255	2.86	6.43
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	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.69	23	23	10	5	.667	139	0	0	0	134.0	116	40	42	13	35	1	0	2	537	5	9.34	2.35	3.97	0.87	25.9	6.5	1.13	.295	2.82	7.79
23	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.69	96	96	34	18	.654	422	0	0	0	475.2	366	142	151	44	101	11	0	1	1,859	18	7.98	1.91	4.18	0.83	22.7	5.4	0.98	.251	2.86	6.93
24	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
25	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

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