lowest playoff era starters min 5 starts

Christy Mathewson has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when starting 5+ games, with an ERA of 0.97.

	NAME	ERA	GS	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	0.97	11	11	5	5	.500	48	10	4	0	101.2	75	11	22	1	10	1	0	3	391	1	4.25	0.89	4.80	0.09	12.3	2.6	0.84	.224	1.95	6.64
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.98	7	7	4	3	.571	60	4	2	0	55.0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	207	0	9.82	1.80	5.45	0.33	29.0	5.3	0.85	.254	1.64	5.89
3	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.17	6	6	2	4	.333	32	6	0	0	54.0	36	7	10	0	11	4	0	1	211	1	5.33	1.83	2.91	0.00	15.2	5.2	0.87	.220	1.67	6.00
4	Bill Hallahan B. Hallahan	1.21	5	5	3	1	.750	26	3	2	0	37.1	27	5	5	0	20	1	0	1	160	1	6.27	4.82	1.30	0.00	16.3	12.5	1.26	.239	1.21	6.51
5	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	1.26	8	8	4	0	1.000	40	0	0	0	35.2	20	5	5	1	17	2	0	0	145	1	10.09	4.29	2.35	0.25	27.6	11.7	1.04	.224	1.26	5.05
6	George Mullin G. Mullin	1.38	6	6	3	3	.500	35	6	1	0	52.0	40	8	16	1	12	3	0	0	207	0	6.06	2.08	2.92	0.17	16.9	5.8	1.00	.250	2.77	6.92
7	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.38	5	5	3	1	.750	27	3	1	0	39.0	27	6	8	0	11	0	0	0	152	1	6.23	2.54	2.45	0.00	17.8	7.2	0.97	.237	1.85	6.23
8	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	1.49	8	8	3	1	.750	39	0	0	0	36.1	26	6	7	2	12	1	0	0	148	0	9.66	2.97	3.25	0.50	26.4	8.1	1.05	.255	1.73	6.44
9	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1.55	8	8	5	2	.714	67	0	0	0	52.1	42	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	208	1	11.52	1.38	8.38	0.69	32.2	3.8	0.96	.297	2.24	7.22
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1.57	5	5	3	1	.750	31	3	0	0	46.0	34	8	9	3	11	1	0	0	180	0	6.07	2.15	2.82	0.59	17.2	6.1	0.98	.231	1.76	6.65
11	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1.58	8	8	4	3	.571	56	5	1	0	62.2	39	11	14	2	17	0	0	1	245	1	8.04	2.44	3.29	0.29	22.9	6.9	0.89	.218	2.01	5.60
12	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	1.63	6	6	3	3	.500	26	3	2	0	49.2	37	9	10	3	8	0	0	2	189	0	4.71	1.45	3.25	0.54	13.8	4.2	0.91	.224	1.81	6.70
13	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	1.69	6	6	0	1	.000	23	0	0	0	21.1	17	4	8	0	11	1	0	0	92	0	9.70	4.64	2.09	0.00	25.0	12.0	1.31	.298	3.38	7.17
14	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	1.74	5	5	3	2	.600	11	4	1	0	41.1	31	8	9	2	7	0	0	0	162	0	2.40	1.52	1.57	0.44	6.8	4.3	0.92	.204	1.96	6.75
15	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.79	6	6	4	2	.667	32	4	0	0	50.1	40	10	18	3	12	1	0	2	204	1	5.72	2.15	2.67	0.54	15.7	5.9	1.03	.237	3.22	7.15
16	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1.85	11	11	6	4	.600	47	6	1	0	82.2	81	17	28	2	22	1	0	0	342	0	5.12	2.40	2.14	0.22	13.7	6.4	1.25	.293	3.05	8.82
17	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.89	9	9	7	2	.778	92	8	2	0	81.0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	5.41	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11
18	Art Nehf A. Nehf	1.98	9	9	4	4	.500	28	6	2	0	77.1	48	17	21	1	31	1	0	2	301	2	3.26	3.61	0.90	0.12	9.3	10.3	1.02	.196	2.44	5.59
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.00	8	8	5	1	.833	44	2	0	0	63.0	47	14	14	3	29	0	0	6	255	3	6.29	4.14	1.52	0.43	17.3	11.4	1.21	.246	2.00	6.71
20	Cristian Javier C. Javier	2.01	5	5	4	1	.800	26	0	0	0	22.1	9	5	5	2	12	1	0	0	88	0	10.48	4.84	2.17	0.81	29.5	13.6	0.94	.149	2.01	3.63
21	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.04	6	6	2	1	.667	56	0	0	0	39.2	23	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	148	0	12.71	1.36	9.33	0.68	37.8	4.1	0.73	.247	2.04	5.22
22	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	2.05	5	5	5	0	1.000	16	4	0	0	44.0	31	10	10	2	5	0	0	0	165	0	3.27	1.02	3.20	0.41	9.7	3.0	0.82	.204	2.05	6.34
23	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	2.05	7	7	2	5	.286	33	2	0	0	48.1	40	11	16	1	14	1	0	3	198	1	6.14	2.61	2.36	0.19	16.7	7.1	1.12	.262	2.98	7.45
24	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2.09	5	5	3	2	.600	24	4	0	0	43.0	42	10	12	0	4	0	0	0	175	0	5.02	0.84	6.00	0.00	13.7	2.3	1.07	.286	2.51	8.79
25	Matt Cain M. Cain	2.10	8	8	4	2	.667	33	0	0	0	51.1	40	12	13	6	14	6	0	2	210	1	5.79	2.45	2.36	1.05	15.7	6.7	1.05	.225	2.28	7.01

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Dodgers	46	27	.630
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Cardinals	39	31	.557	4.5
Cubs	38	35	.521	7.0
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