lowest era starting pitcher minimum 5 games

6 pitchers were tied for the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching in 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Mason Montgomery, Charlie Becker and Tex Covington.

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Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	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	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	0.00	5	0	0		5	8	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.00	38.1	14.3	1.20	.300	0.00	5.40
2	Charlie Becker C. Becker	0.00	5	3	2	.600	5	18	5	1	0	44.0	50		22	1	11	2	0		194	1	3.68	2.25	1.64	0.20	9.3	5.7	1.39	.302	4.50	10.23
3	Tex Covington T. Covington	0.00	15	8	5	.615	15	28	7	1	0	98.0	100		49	1	43	7	0		422	4	2.57	3.95	0.65	0.09	6.6	10.2	1.46	.289	4.50	9.18
4	Big Jeff Pfeffer B. Jeff Pfeffer	0.00	7	4	3	.571	7	9	5	1	0	47.0	61		34	0	25	0	0		219	1	1.72	4.79	0.36	0.00	4.1	11.4	1.83	.330	6.51	11.68
5	Louis Drucke L. Drucke	0.00	40	17	14	.548	40	182	21	0	0	281.0	250		114	4	122	19	0		1,180	4	5.83	3.91	1.49	0.13	15.4	10.3	1.32	.288	3.65	8.01
6	Irv Young I. Young	0.00	46	13	24	.351	46	121	20	7	0	298.0	293		131	3	68	6	0		1,211	3	3.65	2.05	1.78	0.09	10.0	5.6	1.21	.286	3.96	8.85
7	Cy Young C. Young	0.01	105	54	44	.551	105	375	86	9	0	870.0	769		306	11	144	18	0		3,417	21	3.88	1.49	2.60	0.11	11.0	4.2	1.05	.264	3.17	7.96
8	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	0.03	72	34	22	.607	72	234	40	10	0	535.0	456		183	2	149	18	0		2,180	7	3.94	2.51	1.57	0.03	10.7	6.8	1.13	.255	3.08	7.67
9	Bob Ewing B. Ewing	0.05	97	42	38	.525	97	280	58	10	0	735.1	660		307	11	214	14	0		3,013	13	3.43	2.62	1.31	0.13	9.3	7.1	1.19	.260	3.76	8.08
10	Ed Summers E. Summers	0.05	112	59	42	.584	112	325	79	9	0	904.0	848		358	17	195	43	0		3,699	12	3.24	1.94	1.67	0.17	8.8	5.3	1.15	.266	3.56	8.44
11	Bugs Raymond B. Raymond	0.06	87	34	45	.430	87	303	50	8	0	644.0	554		248	13	210	24	0		2,638	16	4.23	2.93	1.44	0.18	11.5	8.0	1.19	.259	3.47	7.74
12	Ed Karger E. Karger	0.06	69	24	27	.471	69	166	35	3	0	472.1	460		233	8	166	10	0		1,987	15	3.16	3.16	1.00	0.15	8.4	8.4	1.33	.276	4.44	8.76
13	George Bell G. Bell	0.12	97	33	57	.367	97	265	71	14	0	755.2	721		332	12	199	11	0		3,063	7	3.16	2.37	1.33	0.14	8.7	6.5	1.22	.275	3.95	8.59
14	Rube Kroh R. Kroh	0.13	19	10	5	.667	19	61	11	2	0	135.2	114		43	3	41	1	0		544	1	4.05	2.72	1.49	0.20	11.2	7.5	1.14	.253	2.85	7.56
15	Dolly Gray D. Gray	0.14	70	15	46	.246	70	191	46	3	0	509.1	502		261	7	160	17	0		2,120	21	3.38	2.83	1.19	0.12	9.0	7.5	1.30	.284	4.61	8.87
16	Jack Powell J. Powell	0.15	131	48	73	.397	131	306	86	13	0	993.0	947		398	12	199	19	0		4,005	9	2.77	1.80	1.54	0.11	7.6	5.0	1.15	.270	3.61	8.58
17	Lew Brockett L. Brockett	0.15	26	9	11	.450	26	67	12	3	0	175.2	162		84	5	77	3	0		746	6	3.43	3.94	0.87	0.26	9.0	10.3	1.36	.264	4.30	8.30
18	Larry Pape L. Pape	0.16	24	11	9	.550	24	56	13	2	0	173.1	175		68	3	58	5	0		710	1	2.91	3.01	0.97	0.16	7.9	8.2	1.34	.293	3.53	9.09
19	Elmer Koestner E. Koestner	0.17	14	3	6	.333	14	32	8	1	0	104.2	98		54	0	51	4	0		447	7	2.75	4.39	0.63	0.00	7.2	11.4	1.42	.272	4.64	8.43
20	Dixie Walker D. Walker	0.18	62	23	29	.442	62	197	40	5	0	447.2	456		222	6	125	21	0		1,883	9	3.96	2.51	1.58	0.12	10.5	6.6	1.30	.293	4.46	9.17
21	Barney Pelty B. Pelty	0.20	87	29	43	.403	87	232	58	10	0	679.1	596		258	7	217	29	0		2,773	7	3.07	2.87	1.07	0.09	8.4	7.8	1.20	.257	3.42	7.90
22	Fred Olmstead F. Olmstead	0.23	37	14	19	.424	37	104	26	5	0	274.1	295		123	4	71	7	0		1,136	8	3.41	2.33	1.46	0.13	9.2	6.3	1.33	.306	4.04	9.68
23	Bill Powell B. Powell	0.24	11	3	8	.273	11	23	4	2	0	75.0	66		33	0	36	6	0		314	2	2.76	4.32	0.64	0.00	7.3	11.5	1.36	.265	3.96	7.92
24	Al Mattern A. Mattern	0.24	94	30	51	.370	94	224	53	9	0	699.1	723		351	19	244	7	0		2,960	13	2.88	3.14	0.92	0.24	7.6	8.2	1.38	.285	4.52	9.30
25	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	0.26	90	53	31	.631	90	395	73	14	0	751.2	667		279	10	235	21	0		3,087	12	4.73	2.81	1.68	0.12	12.8	7.6	1.20	.271	3.34	7.99

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