lowest era through first 6 starts in a season

Christy Mathewson had the best ERA in a season in his first 6 games, with an ERA of 0.67 in his rookie season in 1901.

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lowest era through first 6 starts by a player in a season

	NAME	ERA	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	0.67	6	1901	NYG	6	6	0	1.000	28	6	3	0	54.0	26	4	6	0	10	1	0		197	1	4.67	1.67	2.80	0.00	14.2	5.1	0.67	.165	1.00	4.33
2	Bob Shawkey B. Shawkey	0.75	6	1913	PHA	6	2	1	.667	14	3	1	0	36.0	24	3	6	1	14	0	0		141	3	3.50	3.50	1.00	0.25	9.9	9.9	1.06	.205	1.50	6.00
3	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	0.78	6	2024	CHC	6	5	0	1.000	35	0	0	0	34.2	22	3	5	2	4	0	0	0	132	0	9.09	1.04	8.75	0.52	26.5	3.0	0.75	.220	1.30	5.71
4	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	0.88	6	1973	MON	6	4	1	.800	22	4	2	0	51.0	28	5	5	1	16	0	0	0	189	0	3.88	2.82	1.38	0.18	11.6	8.5	0.86	.180	0.88	4.94
5	Zach Duke Z. Duke	0.92	6	2005	PIT	6	4	0	1.000	29	0	0	0	39.1	34	4	5	1	10	1	0	1	153	1	6.64	2.29	2.90	0.23	19.0	6.5	1.12	.295	1.14	7.78
6	Cisco Carlos C. Carlos	0.93	6	1967	CWS	6	2	0	1.000	26	1	1	0	38.2	22	4	5	0	7	1	0	0	146	1	6.05	1.63	3.71	0.00	17.8	4.8	0.75	.196	1.16	5.12
7	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	1.04	6	1902	CHO	6	1	4	.200	30	5	1	0	52.0	42	6	15	0	10	3	0			1	5.19	1.73	3.00	0.00		5.5	1.00	.302	2.60	7.27
8	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	1.12	6	2006	LAA	6	6	0	1.000	36	0	0	0	40.1	23	5	6	2	7	1	0	0	150	0	8.03	1.56	5.14	0.45	24.0	4.7	0.74	.202	1.34	5.13
9	Jarred Cosart J. Cosart	1.15	6	2013	HOU	6	1	0	1.000	18	0	0	0	39.0	28	5	6	0	18	0	0	0	153	2	4.15	4.15	1.00	0.00	11.8	11.8	1.18	.239	1.38	6.46
10	Rhett Lowder R. Lowder	1.17	6	2024	CIN	6	2	2	.500	22	0	0	0	30.2	25	4	4	0	14	0	0	0	128	0	6.46	4.11	1.57	0.00	17.2	10.9	1.27	.272	1.17	7.34
11	Nolan McLean N. McLean	1.19	6	2025	NYM	6	4	1	.800	40	0	0	0	37.2	25	5	5	1	12	2	0	0	143	0	9.56	2.87	3.33	0.24	28.0	8.4	0.98	.273	1.19	5.97
12	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	1.21	6	2023	CIN	6	4	0	1.000	42	0	0	0	37.1	20	5	5	4	13	0	0	0	143	0	10.13	3.13	3.23	0.96	29.4	9.1	0.88	.190	1.21	4.82
13	Stu Miller S. Miller	1.26	6	1952	SLN	6	4	2	.667	40	5	2	0	50.0	30	7	10	1	17	0	0		197	1	7.20	3.06	2.35	0.18	20.3	8.6	0.94	.209	1.80	5.40
14	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1.28	6	1978	OAK	6	3	1	.750	21	2	1	0	42.1	29	6	8	3	14	0	0	0	165	0	4.46	2.98	1.50	0.64	12.7	8.5	1.02	.205	1.70	6.17
15	Dave Hamilton D. Hamilton	1.30	6	1972	OAK	6	5	1	.833	18	1	0	0	41.2	35	6	7	1	12	0	0	1	168	0	3.89	2.59	1.50	0.22	10.7	7.1	1.13	.248	1.51	7.56
16	Wayne Simpson W. Simpson	1.35	6	1970	CIN	6	5	1	.833	31	3	2	0	46.2	21	7	9	3	17	1	0	2	178	1	5.98	3.28	1.82	0.58	17.4	9.6	0.81	.143	1.74	4.05
17	Donovan Osborne D. Osborne	1.45	6	1992	STL	6	3	1	.750	22	0	0	0	37.1	28	6	7	2	6	0	0	1	140	0	5.30	1.45	3.67	0.48	15.7	4.3	0.91	.236	1.69	6.75
18	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1.51	6	2014	CHC	6	4	1	.800	26	0	0	0	41.2	32	7	9	2	9	2	0	2	162	0	5.62	1.94	2.89	0.43	16.0	5.6	0.98	.244	1.94	6.91
19	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	1.59	6	2012	DET	6	1	0	1.000	34	0	0	0	34.0	27	6	7	3	10	1	0	1	135	0	9.00	2.65	3.40	0.79	25.2	7.4	1.09	.276	1.85	7.15
20	Danny McDevitt D. McDevitt	1.60	6	1957	BKN	6	3	1	.750	37	3	1	0	45.0	30	8	12	1	25	1	0	1	187	3	7.40	5.00	1.48	0.20	19.8	13.4	1.22	.236	2.40	6.00
21	John Skopec J. Skopec	1.62	6	1901	CWS	6	5	1	.833	20	5	0	0	50.0	36	9	19	1	27	5	0			7	3.60	4.86	0.74	0.18		14.3	1.26	.257	3.42	6.48
22	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	1.62	6	2015	SEA	6	3	2	.600	29	2	2	0	44.1	28	8	8	1	12	2	0	0	171	4	5.89	2.44	2.42	0.20	17.0	7.0	0.90	.213	1.62	5.68
23	Bill Slayback B. Slayback	1.62	6	1972	DET	6	3	3	.500	33	2	1	0	44.1	33	8	11	0	13	0	0	0	177	0	6.70	2.64	2.54	0.00	18.6	7.3	1.04	.252	2.23	6.70
24	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	1.66	6	2016	LAD	6	3	1	.750	35	0	0	0	38.0	26	7	7	3	10	1	0	1	147	1	8.29	2.37	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	0.95	.235	1.66	6.16
25	Odrisamer Despaigne O. Despaigne	1.66	6	2014	SDP	6	2	2	.500	20	0	0	0	38.0	26	7	10	1	16	2	0	0	152	0	4.74	3.79	1.25	0.24	13.2	10.5	1.11	.221	2.37	6.16

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