lowest era in his first 16 starts as starting pitcher

Elmer Brown and Ralph Works were tied for the best ERA by a starting pitcher in starts in their first 16 games, with an ERA of 0.00.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Elmer Brown E. Brown	0.00	16	16	5	7	.417	28	3	2	0	84.2	93	47	1	38	8	0	364	3	2.98	4.04	0.74	0.11	7.7	10.4	1.55	.318	5.00	9.89
2	Ralph Works R. Works	0.00	16	16	8	6	.571	45	11	1	0	121.0	105	50	1	43	3	0	510	1	3.35	3.20	1.05	0.07	8.8	8.4	1.22	.249	3.72	7.81
3	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	0.08	16	16	7	7	.500	56	6	1	0	115.2	115	47	1	26	4	0	469	2	4.36	2.02	2.15	0.08	11.9	5.5	1.22	.298	3.66	8.95
4	Sailor Stroud S. Stroud	0.08	16	16	6	9	.400	52	8	3	0	110.1	96	38	8	34	7	0	448	4	4.24	2.77	1.53	0.65	11.6	7.6	1.18	.254	3.10	7.83
5	Buck O'Brien B. O'Brien	0.14	16	16	8	7	.533	68	12	2	0	127.1	106	44	2	52	3	0	530	3	4.81	3.68	1.31	0.14	12.8	9.8	1.24	.257	3.11	7.49
6	George McConnell G. McConnell	0.14	16	16	6	9	.400	63	14	0	0	126.0	128	69	3	31	3	0	535	4	4.50	2.21	2.03	0.21	11.8	5.8	1.26	.287	4.93	9.14
7	Joe Benz J. Benz	0.17	16	16	8	4	.667	42	4	2	0	105.0	102	37	0	31	1	0	436	2	3.60	2.66	1.35	0.00	9.6	7.1	1.27	.282	3.17	8.74
8	Bill Steele B. Steele	0.20	16	16	6	10	.375	50	13	0	0	132.1	137	68	3	48	5	0	559	5	3.40	3.26	1.04	0.20	8.9	8.6	1.40	.296	4.62	9.32
9	Larry Pape L. Pape	0.24	16	16	8	5	.615	41	7	2	0	112.0	109	39	1	32	4	0	451	0	3.29	2.57	1.28	0.08	9.1	7.1	1.26	.290	3.13	8.76
10	Bill Schardt B. Schardt	0.27	16	16	3	9	.250	36	6	1	0	99.2	109	54	4	43	3	0	426	1	3.25	3.88	0.84	0.36	8.5	10.1	1.53	.309	4.88	9.84
11	Mack Allison M. Allison	0.30	16	16	6	10	.375	27	11	0	0	120.1	117	60	3	32	5	0	503	1	2.02	2.39	0.84	0.22	5.4	6.4	1.24	.261	4.49	8.75
12	Tom Walker T. Walker	0.32	16	16	10	5	.667	31	14	1	0	142.1	131	57	0	42	12	0	595	1	1.96	2.66	0.74	0.00	5.2	7.1	1.22	.257	3.60	8.28
13	Earl Hamilton E. Hamilton	0.32	16	16	3	11	.214	28	9	1	0	113.0	126	69	2	43	3	0	498	3	2.23	3.42	0.65	0.16	5.6	8.6	1.50	.294	5.50	10.04
14	Bugs Raymond B. Raymond	0.38	16	16	4	11	.267	61	13	2	0	119.0	95	51	4	35	4	0		3	4.61	2.65	1.74	0.30		7.3	1.09	.243	3.86	7.18
15	Red Nelson R. Nelson	0.39	16	16	7	8	.467	44	11	1	0	114.0	123	62	1	39	9	0	493	3	3.47	3.08	1.13	0.08	8.9	7.9	1.42	.305	4.89	9.71
16	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	0.40	16	16	12	4	.750	96	16	2	0	156.2	111	51	2	63	5	0	634	2	5.51	3.62	1.52	0.11	15.1	9.9	1.11	.233	2.93	6.38
17	Carl Cashion C. Cashion	0.40	16	16	5	7	.417	54	10	0	0	111.1	108	65	5	65	8	0	490	7	4.37	5.25	0.83	0.40	11.0	13.3	1.55	.288	5.25	8.73
18	Bobby Keefe B. Keefe	0.41	16	16	5	8	.385	51	7	0	0	110.1	99	45	5	34	3	0		2	4.16	2.77	1.50	0.41		8.8	1.21	.321	3.67	8.08
19	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	0.44	16	16	12	3	.800	67	15	3	0	142.2	98	39	1	49	4	0	550	4	4.23	3.09	1.37	0.06	12.2	8.9	1.03	.226	2.46	6.18
20	Boardwalk Brown B. Brown	0.45	16	16	6	7	.462	38	10	2	0	121.1	127	64	1	44	4	0	525	3	2.82	3.26	0.86	0.07	7.2	8.4	1.41	.288	4.75	9.42
21	Orlie Weaver O. Weaver	0.45	16	16	4	12	.250	41	6	1	0	100.0	105	72	7	64	6	0	451	3	3.69	5.76	0.64	0.63	9.1	14.2	1.69	.294	6.48	9.45
22	Chappie McFarland C. McFarland	0.47	16	16	8	8	.500	49	15	1	0	135.0	129	62	2	31	2	0	549	4	3.27	2.07	1.58	0.13	8.9	5.6	1.19	.273	4.13	8.60
23	Lefty George L. George	0.48	16	16	2	11	.154	21	7	1	0	93.1	126	73	4	44	3	0	439	0	2.03	4.24	0.48	0.39	4.8	10.0	1.82	.332	7.04	12.15
24	Wish Egan W. Egan	0.49	16	16	3	12	.200	16	14	0	0	129.0	137	67	2	34	7	0		2	1.12	2.37	0.47	0.14		6.6	1.33	.295	4.67	9.56
25	Del Mason D. Mason	0.56	16	16	3	12	.200	46	13	1	0	128.1	121	57	1	41	7	0		1	3.23	2.88	1.12	0.07		7.9	1.26	.282	4.00	8.49

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