mlb pitchers with the best era through first 24 starts

Tom Walker had the best ERA in his first 24 games, with an ERA of 0.21.

	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	Tom Walker T. Walker	0.21	24	24	14	9	.609	61	22	1	0	216.0	200		83	2	52	18	0		904	2	2.54	2.17	1.17	0.08	6.7	5.8	1.17	.257	3.46	8.33
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.02	24	24	11	3	.786	177	0	0	0	138.1	97	31	33	10	34	6	0	0	534	2	11.52	2.21	5.21	0.65	33.1	6.4	0.95	.283	2.15	6.31
3	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	2.05	24	24	16	6	.727	99	12	3	0	193.0	140	44	50	9	68	1	0	3	762	3	4.62	3.17	1.46	0.42	13.0	8.9	1.08	.224	2.33	6.53
4	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.25	24	24	9	4	.692	167	0	0	0	136.0	101	34	39	7	29	3	0	0	532	3	11.05	1.92	5.76	0.46	31.4	5.5	0.96	.288	2.58	6.68
5	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.27	24	24	10	5	.667	151	0	0	0	134.2	103	34	38	9	40	5	0	0	541	4	10.09	2.67	3.78	0.60	27.9	7.4	1.06	.280	2.54	6.88
6	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	2.30	24	24	8	6	.571	172	0	0	0	156.1	110	40	41	9	46	4	0	1	617	4	9.90	2.65	3.74	0.52	27.9	7.5	1.00	.262	2.36	6.33
7	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.41	24	24	9	5	.643	157	0	0	0	145.2	98	39	44	8	51	5	0	4	581	2	9.70	3.15	3.08	0.49	27.0	8.8	1.02	.250	2.72	6.05
8	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	2.45	24	24	10	5	.667	212	4	3	0	165.1	102	45	52	14	68	5	0	2	672	14	11.54	3.70	3.12	0.76	31.5	10.1	1.03	.236	2.83	5.55
9	Michael Soroka M. Soroka	2.58	24	24	12	3	.800	115	0	0	0	139.2	129	40	48	7	35	7	0	1	577	3	7.41	2.26	3.29	0.45	19.9	6.1	1.17	.295	3.09	8.31
10	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.59	24	24	9	8	.529	109	9	3	0	167.0	127	48	54	9	63	1	0	4	678	6	5.87	3.40	1.73	0.49	16.1	9.3	1.14	.238	2.91	6.84
11	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	2.60	24	24	4	7	.364	156	0	0	0	135.0	99	39	40	14	53	6	0	1	549	5	10.40	3.53	2.94	0.93	28.4	9.7	1.13	.266	2.67	6.60
12	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	2.63	24	24	14	9	.609	140	23	1	0	209.0	223	61	89	7	37	7	0			4	6.03	1.59	3.78	0.30		4.2	1.24	.314	3.83	9.60
13	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	2.63	24	24	10	5	.667	144	0	0	0	126.2	94	37	41	7	52	3	0	0	529	7	10.23	3.69	2.77	0.50	27.2	9.8	1.15	.269	2.91	6.68
14	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.66	24	24	11	8	.579	136	7	2	0	166.0	124	49	61	14	47	2	0	10	672	1	7.37	2.55	2.89	0.76	20.2	7.0	1.03	.233	3.31	6.72
15	George Winter G. Winter	2.67	24	24	14	10	.583	53	22	1	0	206.0	199	61	111	3	57	4	0			2	2.32	2.49	0.93	0.13		7.0	1.24	.283	4.85	8.69
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2.67	24	24	12	7	.632	89	4	1	0	175.1	150	52	57	11	39	1	0	0	695	6	4.57	2.00	2.28	0.56	12.8	5.6	1.08	.250	2.93	7.70
17	Cal Eldred C. Eldred	2.68	24	24	17	5	.773	105	2	1	0	158.0	137	47	52	11	41	3	0	1	643	4	5.98	2.34	2.56	0.63	16.3	6.4	1.13	.261	2.96	7.80
18	Aaron Sele A. Sele	2.72	24	24	10	3	.769	124	0	0	0	148.2	132	45	54	8	63	8	0	3	637	7	7.51	3.81	1.97	0.48	19.5	9.9	1.31	.286	3.27	7.99
19	Bruce Ruffin B. Ruffin	2.78	24	24	9	5	.643	80	6	0	0	165.0	163	51	68	10	51	1	0	6	684	0	4.36	2.78	1.57	0.55	11.7	7.5	1.30	.282	3.71	8.89
20	Tom Phoebus T. Phoebus	2.81	24	24	10	7	.588	136	8	5	0	156.2	121	49	54	11	75	0	0	1	658	11	7.81	4.31	1.81	0.63	20.7	11.4	1.25	.252	3.10	6.95
21	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.82	24	24	10	6	.625	144	0	0	0	140.2	124	44	46	13	35	1	0	2	565	5	9.21	2.24	4.11	0.83	25.5	6.2	1.13	.298	2.94	7.93
22	Dave Rozema D. Rozema	2.83	24	24	14	4	.778	80	14	1	0	187.1	185	59	70	19	28	5	0	4	760	1	3.84	1.35	2.86	0.91	10.5	3.7	1.14	.264	3.36	8.89
23	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	2.84	24	24	15	6	.714	165	3	1	0	158.2	137	50	57	17	28	4	0	0	632	6	9.36	1.59	5.89	0.96	26.1	4.4	1.04	.287	3.23	7.77
24	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	2.85	24	24	12	5	.706	130	0	0	0	148.1	124	47	52	17	43	3	0	3	607	3	7.89	2.61	3.02	1.03	21.4	7.1	1.13	.258	3.16	7.52
25	Rich Gale R. Gale	2.86	24	24	13	6	.684	76	9	3	0	160.2	141	51	62	8	79	3	0	3	679	5	4.26	4.43	0.96	0.45	11.2	11.6	1.37	.259	3.47	7.90

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Nationals	55	53	.509	8.0
Marlins	54	54	.500	9.0
Mets	45	62	.421	17.5
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Brewers	67	40	.626
Cubs	61	46	.570	6.0
Pirates	55	53	.509	12.5
Cardinals	53	54	.495	14.0
Reds	50	56	.472	16.5
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Mariners	53	55	.491	2.5
Athletics	45	62	.421	10.0
Angels	42	66	.389	13.5