Jack Pfiester had the best ERA by a pitcher in his 3rd season, with an ERA of 1.51 in his rookie season.

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lowest era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player in 3rd season

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.51	1906	CHC	31	20	8	.714	29	153	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
2	Harry McCormick H. McCormick	1.52	1882	CIN	25	14	11	.560	25	33	24	3	0	219.2	177	37	87	4	42		0		902	14	1.35	1.72	0.79	0.16	3.7	4.7	1.00		3.56	56	3.27	116	7.25	-11.2
3	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.59	1904	CLE	25	14	10	.583	24	83	20	5	0	192.1	160	34	51	0	30	7	1		741	3	3.88	1.40	2.77	0.00	11.2	4.0	0.99	.258	2.39	62	2.13	86	7.49	7.4
4	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	1.63	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5
5	Silver King S. King	1.63	1888	STL	66	45	20	.692	64	258	64	6	0	584.2	435	106	203	6	76	30	1		2,291	23	3.97	1.17	3.39	0.09	11.3	3.3	0.87	.223	3.12	50	2.38	76	6.70	55
6	Ernie Shore E. Shore	1.64	1915	BSA	38	19	8	.704	32	102	17	4	0	247.0	207	45	75	3	66	4	3		978	4	3.72	2.40	1.55	0.11	10.4	6.7	1.11	.254	2.73	57	2.59	89	7.54	8.2
7	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.68	1907	CHC	36	23	7	.767	30	141	26	8	3	268.1	201	50	62	3	69	11	4		1,048	10	4.73	2.31	2.04	0.10	13.5	6.6	1.01	.240	2.08	68	2.17	82	6.74	13.7
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.69	1907	CHC	27	17	4	.810	22	96	16	4	0	192.0	147	36	48	1	64	9	5		749	2	4.50	3.00	1.50	0.05	12.8	8.5	1.10	.252	2.25	68	2.39	91	6.89	5.1
9	Joe Wood J. Wood	1.69	1910	BSA	35	12	13	.480	17	145	14	3	0	196.2	155	37	81	3	56	10	13		771	5	6.64	2.56	2.59	0.14	18.8	7.3	1.07	.273	3.71	67	2.05	78	7.09	12.4
10	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	1.70	1884	TOT	60	41	15	.732	56	337	53	6	1	492.0	360	93	182	6	42		4		1,909	21	6.16	0.77	8.02	0.11	17.7	2.2	0.82		3.33	58	2.32	81	6.59	26.9
11	Bill Doak B. Doak	1.72	1914	SLN	36	19	6	.760	33	118	16	7	1	256.0	193	49	79	2	87	7	3		1,016	7	4.15	3.06	1.36	0.07	11.6	8.6	1.09	.238	2.78	62	2.72	92	6.79	7
12	Charlie Chech C. Chech	1.74	1908	CLE	27	11	7	.611	20	51	14	4	0	165.2	136	32	51	2	34	7	5		634	1	2.77	1.85	1.50	0.11	8.0	5.4	1.03	.248	2.77	74	2.39	108	7.39	-3.3
13	John Ward J. Ward	1.74	1880	PRO	70	39	24	.619	67	230	59	8	1	595.0	501	115	230	5	45		4		2,351	19	3.48	0.68	5.11	0.08	9.8	1.9	0.92		3.48	76	2.10	91	7.58	9.3
14	Carl Mays C. Mays	1.74	1917	BSA	35	22	9	.710	33	91	27	2	0	289.0	230	56	81	1	74	14	2		1,129	6	2.83	2.30	1.23	0.03	8.1	6.6	1.05	.241	2.52	69	2.59	98	7.16	0.3
15	Earl Moore E. Moore	1.74	1903	CLE	29	20	8	.714	27	148	27	3	0	247.2	196	48	88	0	62	5	2		969	8	5.38	2.25	2.39	0.00	15.3	6.4	1.04	.260	3.20	60	2.37	82	7.12	13.5
16	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	1.75	1916	BSA	44	23	12	.657	40	170	23	9	1	323.2	230	63	83	0	118	8	3		1,272	3	4.73	3.28	1.44	0.00	13.4	9.3	1.08	.236	2.31	65	2.43	90	6.40	8.8
17	Henry Boyle H. Boyle	1.76	1886	SLN	25	9	15	.375	24	101	23	2	0	210.0	183	41	106	5	46		1		877	12	4.33	1.97	2.20	0.21	11.5	5.2	1.09		4.54	55	3.11	97	7.84	0.8
18	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1.80	1884	LOU	75	52	20	.722	73	385	72	6	0	670.2	526	134	230	4	56	16	2		2,649	27	5.17	0.75	6.88	0.05	14.5	2.1	0.87	.239	3.09	57	2.53	80	7.06	43
19	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	1.81	1917	CLE	45	19	14	.576	36	133	24	9	4	298.1	202	60	78	3	94	1	8		1,137	3	4.01	2.84	1.41	0.09	11.7	8.3	0.99	.220	2.35	65	2.46	84	6.09	16.1
20	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
21	Dutch Ruether D. Ruether	1.82	1919	CIN	33	19	6	.760	29	78	20	3	0	242.2	195	49	69	1	83	7	3		983	5	2.89	3.08	0.94	0.04	7.9	8.4	1.15	.238	2.56	65	3.01	106	7.23	-5.8
22	Elwood Richie E. Richie	1.83	1908	PHN	25	7	10	.412	15	58	13	2	1	157.2	125	32	50	1	49	6	10		592	3	3.31	2.80	1.18	0.06	9.8	8.3	1.10	.259	2.85	79	2.49	102	7.14	-1.3
23	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1.85	1880	CLE	74	45	28	.616	74	260	72	7	0	657.2	585	135	274	2	75		0		2,669	21	3.56	1.03	3.47	0.03	9.7	2.8	1.00		3.75	81	2.12	93	8.01	4.6
24	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1.85	1885	CWS	70	53	16	.768	70	308	68	10	0	623.0	497	128	255	21	97		0		2,487	14	4.45	1.40	3.18	0.30	12.4	3.9	0.95		3.68	61	2.80	86	7.18	38.8
25	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.88	1906	CWS	41	17	13	.567	31	171	24	10	2	278.1	215	58	83	1	58	7	8		1,058	11	5.53	1.88	2.95	0.03	16.2	5.5	0.98	.261	2.68	73	1.89	77	6.95	16.7

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Jack Pfiester had the best ERA by a pitcher in his 3rd season, with an ERA of 1.51 in his rookie season.

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