lowest playoff era starters min 8 starts

Christy Mathewson has the lowest career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason when starting 8+ 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	2.15	8	8	5	3	.625	42	3	1	0	58.2	49	14	20	5	23	1	0	1	244	0	6.44	3.53	1.83	0.77	17.2	9.4	1.23	.254	3.07	7.52
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.23	19	19	11	2	.846	120	4	2	0	133.1	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.23	11	11	4	3	.571	76	0	0	0	68.2	37	17	19	5	13	5	0	0	258	1	9.96	1.70	5.85	0.66	29.5	5.0	0.73	.201	2.49	4.85
14	Doug Fister D. Fister	2.25	9	9	4	1	.800	35	0	0	0	52.0	51	13	13	3	15	3	0	0	218	2	6.06	2.60	2.33	0.52	16.1	6.9	1.27	.296	2.25	8.83
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2.27	14	14	8	3	.727	82	3	3	0	95.1	69	24	25	8	17	5	0	1	371	0	7.74	1.60	4.82	0.76	22.1	4.6	0.90	.236	2.36	6.51
16	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	2.30	12	12	6	4	.600	39	2	1	0	70.1	60	18	22	2	18	0	0	1	285	1	4.99	2.30	2.17	0.26	13.7	6.3	1.11	.257	2.82	7.68
17	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.36	9	9	6	1	.857	47	2	0	0	53.1	34	14	16	5	11	3	0	0	208	1	7.93	1.86	4.27	0.84	22.6	5.3	0.84	.204	2.70	5.74
18	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.44	10	10	6	4	.600	59	9	1	0	85.0	65	23	28	1	21	2	0	0	331	1	6.25	2.22	2.81	0.11	17.8	6.3	1.01	.258	2.96	6.88
19	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	2.44	8	8	5	1	.833	41	0	0	0	51.2	42	14	17	1	27	2	0	4	221	5	7.14	4.70	1.52	0.17	18.6	12.2	1.34	.273	2.96	7.32
20	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	22	22	9	7	.563	121	0	0	0	143.2	110	39	41	14	37	3	0	0	570	3	7.58	2.32	3.27	0.88	21.2	6.5	1.02	.243	2.57	6.89
21	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.51	12	12	6	4	.600	65	6	2	0	89.2	65	25	30	12	33	1	0	2	361	5	6.52	3.31	1.97	1.20	18.0	9.1	1.09	.212	3.01	6.52
22	Cliff Lee C. Lee	2.52	11	11	7	3	.700	89	3	0	0	82.0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	8.90	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.55	27	27	13	4	.765	177	2	1	0	187.1	151	53	58	14	63	3	0	6	770	6	8.50	3.03	2.81	0.67	23.0	8.2	1.14	.267	2.79	7.25
24	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	2.62	18	18	10	4	.714	71	3	1	0	130.2	94	38	42	12	46	4	0	0	526	4	4.89	3.17	1.54	0.83	13.5	8.7	1.07	.209	2.89	6.47
25	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	2.63	10	10	7	2	.778	61	8	0	0	85.2	74	25	32	4	27	0	0	2	352	0	6.41	2.84	2.26	0.42	17.3	7.7	1.18	.269	3.36	7.77

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Dodgers	73	48	.603
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Diamondbacks	64	58	.525	9.5
Giants	50	71	.413	23.0
Rockies	48	73	.397	25.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/14	COL	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 8/15	COL	@	SFG	4:05 PM
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Tue 8/18	SFG	@	CLE	6:40 PM
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Rays	74	46	.617
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Blue Jays	59	64	.480	16.5
Orioles	58	63	.479	16.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	62	58	.517
Tigers	60	61	.496	2.5
Twins	60	62	.492	3.0
Guardians	59	63	.484	4.0
Royals	49	73	.402	14.0
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Astros	62	60	.508
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Braves	73	48	.603
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Diamondbacks	64	58	.525	9.5
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Wed 7/29	PHI	@	MIA	6-8
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