lowest era in first 15 appearances as an astros rookie pitcher

Dave Smith has the lowest ERA by an Astros rookie, with an ERA of 1.93 in 1980.

Interpreted as:

lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in first 15 appearances as an astros rookie pitcher

	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	Dave Smith D. Smith	1.93	1980	HOU	57	7	5	.583	0	85	0	0	10	102.2	90	22	24	1	32	4	35	7	422	3	7.45	2.81	2.66	0.09	20.1	7.6	1.19	.297	2.10	57	2.27	65	7.89	14
2	Chris Devenski C. Devenski	2.16	2016	HOU	48	4	4	.500	5	104	0	0	1	108.1	79	26	26	4	20	3	16	0	408	2	8.64	1.66	5.20	0.33	25.5	4.9	0.91	.271	2.16	54	2.33	56	6.56	22.6
3	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	2.53	1971	HOU	33	8	8	.500	23	131	7	2	0	188.1	162	53	60	8	53	4	4	5	771	8	6.26	2.53	2.47	0.38	17.0	6.9	1.14	.268	2.87	75	2.52	76	7.74	16.7
4	Charlie Kerfeld C. Kerfeld	2.59	1986	HOU	61	11	2	.846	0	77	0	0	7	93.2	71	27	32	5	42	2	29	3	390	7	7.40	4.04	1.83	0.48	19.7	10.8	1.21	.250	3.07	73	3.22	92	6.82	3
5	Jim Ray J. Ray	2.67	1968	HOU	41	2	3	.400	2	71	1	0	1	81.0	65	24	26	5	25	1	14	8	333	1	7.89	2.78	2.84	0.56	21.3	7.5	1.11	.260	2.89	91	2.40	87	7.22	3.3
6	Todd Jones T. Jones	2.72	1994	HOU	48	5	2	.714	0	63	0	0	5	72.2	52	22	23	3	26	1	20	4	288	1	7.80	3.22	2.42	0.37	21.9	9.0	1.07	.251	2.85	69	3.04	74	6.44	8.8
7	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	2.73	2001	HOU	28	14	3	.824	20	144	3	1	0	141.2	126	43	48	13	24	6	4	2	575	0	9.15	1.52	6.00	0.83	25.0	4.2	1.06	.291	3.05	60	2.84	64	8.00	25.1
8	Collin McHugh C. McHugh	2.73	2014	HOU	25	11	9	.550	25	157	0	0	0	154.2	117	47	53	13	41	6	0	1	619	6	9.14	2.39	3.83	0.76	25.4	6.6	1.02	.259	3.08	73	3.10	83	6.81	11.1
9	Don Wilson D. Wilson	2.79	1967	HOU	31	10	9	.526	28	159	7	3	0	184.0	141	57	67	10	69	7	0	2	757	10	7.78	3.38	2.30	0.49	21.0	9.1	1.14	.256	3.28	85	2.76	87	6.90	8.2
10	Dan Larson D. Larson	3.02	1976	HOU	13	5	8	.385	13	42	5	0	0	92.1	81	31	40	3	28	1	0	1	379	1	4.09	2.73	1.50	0.29	11.1	7.4	1.18	.256	3.90	92	3.08	92	7.90	2.6
11	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	3.05	1994	HOU	33	8	5	.615	14	110	1	1	0	124.0	128	42	46	10	21	6	5	3	517	3	7.98	1.52	5.24	0.73	21.3	4.1	1.20	.319	3.34	77	3.05	74	9.29	14.9
12	Mike Madden M. Madden	3.14	1983	HOU	28	9	5	.643	13	44	0	0	0	94.2	76	33	37	4	45	1	7	3	387	2	4.18	4.28	0.98	0.38	11.4	11.6	1.28	.246	3.52	92	3.82	110	7.23	-4.1
13	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	3.22	2015	HOU	22	6	7	.462	22	129	1	0	0	125.2	106	45	49	10	43	5	0	2	520	8	9.24	3.08	3.00	0.72	24.8	8.3	1.19	.288	3.51	83	3.25	81	7.59	10.4
14	Jim Deshaies J. Deshaies	3.25	1986	HOU	26	12	5	.706	26	128	1	1	0	144.0	124	52	58	16	59	2	0	2	599	0	8.00	3.69	2.17	1.00	21.4	9.8	1.27	.274	3.63	92	3.70	105	7.75	-3.6
15	Rick Williams R. Williams	3.26	1979	HOU	31	4	7	.364	16	37	2	2	0	121.1	122	44	45	6	30	2	3	1	508	0	2.74	2.23	1.23	0.45	7.3	5.9	1.25	.268	3.34	94	3.54	100	9.05	-0.5
16	Jeff Fulchino J. Fulchino	3.40	2009	HOU	61	6	4	.600	0	71	0	0	0	82.0	70	31	33	7	27	3	18	3	336	2	7.79	2.96	2.63	0.77	21.1	8.0	1.18	.276	3.62	83	3.56	83	7.68	6.4
17	Al Osuna A. Osuna	3.42	1991	HOU	71	7	6	.538	0	68	0	0	12	81.2	59	31	39	5	46	3	32	5	353	3	7.49	5.07	1.48	0.55	19.3	13.0	1.29	.234	4.30	96	3.78	106	6.50	-2.3
18	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	3.48	2021	HOU	30	11	8	.579	28	167	0	0	0	155.1	133	60	62	19	50	3	1	1	633	9	9.68	2.90	3.34	1.10	26.4	7.9	1.18	.289	3.59	81	3.63	86	7.71	10.5
19	Cristian Javier C. Javier	3.48	2020	HOU	12	5	2	.714	10	54	0	0	0	54.1	36	21	21	11	18	2	0	0	214	4	8.94	2.98	3.00	1.82	25.2	8.4	0.99	.194	3.48	79	4.93	112	5.96	-3.3
20	Mark Lemongello M. Lemongello	3.48	1977	HOU	34	9	14	.391	30	83	5	0	0	214.2	237	83	88	20	52	3	1	4	910	0	3.48	2.18	1.60	0.84	9.1	5.7	1.35	.289	3.69	97	3.93	106	9.94	-6.2
21	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	3.50	1965	HOU	26	7	8	.467	19	109	1	0	0	146.2	135	57	69	16	37	3	2	4	611	8	6.69	2.27	2.95	0.98	17.8	6.1	1.17	.267	4.23	102	3.27	98	8.28	0.6
22	Mike Cosgrove M. Cosgrove	3.50	1974	HOU	45	7	3	.700	0	47	0	0	2	90.0	76	35	35	2	39	1	17	3	373	3	4.70	3.90	1.21	0.20	12.6	10.5	1.28	.261	3.50	101	3.15	91	7.60	3.1
23	Chris Holt C. Holt	3.52	1997	HOU	33	8	12	.400	32	95	0	0	0	209.2	211	82	98	17	61	8	0	4	883	1	4.08	2.62	1.56	0.73	10.8	6.9	1.30	.276	4.21	89	4.24	106	9.06	-7
24	Tom Griffin T. Griffin	3.54	1969	HOU	31	11	10	.524	31	200	6	3	0	188.1	156	74	80	19	93	7	0	4	810	6	9.56	4.44	2.15	0.91	24.7	11.5	1.32	.279	3.82	101	3.28	98	7.45	0.9
25	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	3.60	2003	HOU	78	6	3	.667	0	97	0	0	1	85.0	60	34	36	6	42	5	9	7	349	4	10.27	4.45	2.31	0.64	27.8	12.0	1.20	.271	3.81	82	3.32	76	6.35	9.9