lowest era in world series history by a starter

27 pitchers are tied for the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the World Series, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Cristian Javier, Ranger Suarez and Ian Anderson.

	NAME	ERA	SERIES	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	H/9
1	Cristian Javier C. Javier	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	9	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	0	13.50	3.00	4.50	0.00	45.0	10.0	0.33	.000	0.00	0.00
2	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	0.00	21.1	5.3	0.80	.214	0.00	5.40
3	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	18	0	7.20	5.40	1.33	0.00	22.2	16.7	0.60	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	18	1	4.50	6.75	0.67	0.00	11.1	16.7	1.50	.231	2.25	6.75
5	Derek Holland D. Holland	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	7	0	0	0	8.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	0	7.56	2.16	3.50	0.00	25.0	7.1	0.48	.105	0.00	2.16
6	Brandon Backe B. Backe	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	7	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	26.9	0.0	0.71	.263	0.00	6.43
7	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	7	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	27	0	9.00	3.86	2.33	0.00	25.9	11.1	1.00	.235	0.00	5.14
8	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	1	5.14	1.29	4.00	0.00	16.0	4.0	0.57	.150	0.00	3.86
9	Miguel Batista M. Batista	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	6	0	0	0	7.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	30	1	7.04	5.87	1.20	0.00	20.0	16.7	1.30	.263	0.00	5.87
10	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	6	1	0	0	9.0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	0.33	.125	1.00	3.00
11	Gary Gentry G. Gentry	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	6.2	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	28	0	5.40	6.75	0.80	0.00	14.3	17.9	1.20	.158	0.00	4.05
12	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	6	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	0	6.00	1.00	6.00	0.00	18.2	3.0	0.78	.231	0.00	6.00
13	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	4	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	0	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	26.7	13.3	1.00	.222	0.00	4.50
14	Johnny Kucks J. Kucks	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	31	0	1.00	3.00	0.33	0.00	3.2	9.7	0.67	.111	0.00	3.00
15	Clem Labine C. Labine	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	5	1	1	0	10.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	38	0	4.50	1.80	2.50	0.00	13.2	5.3	0.90	.226	0.00	6.30
16	Gene Bearden G. Bearden	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	4.00	0.00		0.00	13.3	0.0	0.56	.192	0.00	5.00
17	Joe Dobson J. Dobson	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	8	1	0	0	9.0	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	35	0	8.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	22.9	2.9	0.56	.160	3.00	4.00
18	Jack Kramer J. Kramer	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	10	1	0	0	9.0	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	0	10.00	2.00	5.00	0.00	27.0	5.4	1.00	.280	2.00	7.00
19	Ernie White E. White	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	6	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	18.2	0.0	0.67	.222	0.00	6.00
20	Oral Hildebrand O. Hildebrand	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	6.75	0.00		0.00	21.4	0.0	0.50	.182	0.00	4.50
21	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	2	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	34	1	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	5.9	5.9	0.78	.167	0.00	5.00
22	Curly Ogden C. Ogden	0.00	World Series	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	27.00	27.00	1.00	0.00	50.0	50.0	3.00		0.00	0.00
23	Duster Mails D. Mails	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	34	0	4.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	11.8	5.9	0.56	.107	0.00	3.00
24	Jimmy Ring J. Ring	0.00	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1	2	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	37	0	2.00	3.00	0.67	0.00	5.4	8.1	0.67	.100	0.00	3.00
25	Rube Benton R. Benton	0.00	World Series	2	1	1	.500	2	8	1	1	0	14.0	9	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	53	0	5.14	0.64	8.00	0.00	15.1	1.9	0.71	.205	1.93	5.79

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