mlb pitchers with the best era through first 25 starts

Tom Walker had the lowest ERA in his first 25 games, with an ERA of 0.20.

	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	0.20	25	25	15	9	.625	66	23	2	0	225.0	206		83	2	53	19	0		939	3	2.64	2.12	1.25	0.08	7.0	5.6	1.15	.255	3.32	8.24
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.92	25	25	12	3	.800	183	0	0	0	145.1	100	31	34	10	34	6	0	0	558	2	11.33	2.11	5.38	0.62	32.8	6.1	0.92	.277	2.11	6.19
3	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.18	25	25	10	5	.667	157	0	0	0	140.2	105	34	38	9	40	5	0	0	562	4	10.05	2.56	3.93	0.58	27.9	7.1	1.03	.274	2.43	6.72
4	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	2.30	25	25	16	7	.696	102	12	3	0	196.0	148	50	56	9	69	1	0	4	780	4	4.68	3.17	1.48	0.41	13.1	8.8	1.11	.232	2.57	6.80
5	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.30	25	25	10	5	.667	165	0	0	0	152.2	102	39	44	8	51	5	0	4	606	2	9.73	3.01	3.24	0.47	27.2	8.4	1.00	.249	2.59	6.01
6	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	2.37	25	25	9	6	.600	185	0	0	0	163.1	113	43	44	9	49	4	0	1	643	4	10.19	2.70	3.78	0.50	28.8	7.6	0.99	.263	2.42	6.23
7	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	2.39	25	25	11	5	.688	220	4	3	0	173.1	108	46	53	14	68	5	0	2	702	16	11.42	3.53	3.24	0.73	31.3	9.7	1.02	.238	2.75	5.61
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.44	25	25	9	5	.643	172	0	0	0	140.0	108	38	43	8	31	3	0	0	553	3	11.06	1.99	5.55	0.51	31.1	5.6	0.99	.295	2.76	6.94
9	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.45	25	25	9	8	.529	115	9	3	0	176.0	133	48	56	9	68	1	0	5	716	6	5.88	3.48	1.69	0.46	16.1	9.5	1.14	.237	2.86	6.80
10	Aaron Sele A. Sele	2.63	25	25	11	3	.786	128	1	0	0	157.2	139	46	55	8	67	8	0	3	673	7	7.31	3.82	1.91	0.46	19.0	10.0	1.31	.284	3.14	7.93
11	Michael Soroka M. Soroka	2.64	25	25	12	3	.800	118	0	0	0	146.2	135	43	51	8	36	7	0	1	604	3	7.24	2.21	3.28	0.49	19.5	6.0	1.17	.292	3.13	8.28
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2.65	25	25	12	7	.632	96	4	1	0	183.1	155	54	59	13	40	1	0	0	723	6	4.71	1.96	2.40	0.64	13.3	5.5	1.06	.248	2.90	7.61
13	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	2.65	25	25	14	10	.583	144	24	1	0	217.0	231	64	98	7	38	7	0			4	5.97	1.58	3.79	0.29		4.1	1.24	.311	4.06	9.58
14	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	2.71	25	25	10	6	.625	153	0	0	0	132.2	99	40	44	8	53	3	0	0	552	7	10.38	3.60	2.89	0.54	27.7	9.6	1.15	.272	2.98	6.72
15	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	2.77	25	25	16	6	.727	174	3	1	0	165.2	140	51	58	17	28	4	0	0	655	6	9.45	1.52	6.21	0.92	26.6	4.3	1.01	.285	3.15	7.61
16	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.78	25	25	10	6	.625	147	0	0	0	145.2	129	45	47	13	38	1	0	2	588	5	9.08	2.35	3.87	0.80	25.0	6.5	1.15	.298	2.90	7.97
17	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	2.78	25	25	13	5	.722	135	0	0	0	155.1	130	48	53	18	45	3	0	3	635	3	7.82	2.61	3.00	1.04	21.3	7.1	1.13	.258	3.07	7.53
18	Tommy Hanson T. Hanson	2.78	25	25	12	6	.667	142	1	0	0	148.2	124	46	48	12	56	6	0	1	613	2	8.60	3.39	2.54	0.73	23.2	9.1	1.21	.282	2.91	7.51
19	Cal Eldred C. Eldred	2.79	25	25	17	6	.739	108	2	1	0	164.1	144	51	56	11	45	3	0	1	673	4	5.91	2.46	2.40	0.60	16.0	6.7	1.15	.263	3.07	7.89
20	George Winter G. Winter	2.82	25	25	14	11	.560	58	23	1	0	214.0	211	67	118	4	58	4	0			2	2.44	2.44	1.00	0.17		6.9	1.26	.287	4.96	8.87
21	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	2.84	25	25	13	2	.867	159	0	0	0	142.2	95	45	49	15	48	17	0	0	577	0	10.03	3.03	3.31	0.95	27.6	8.3	1.00	.237	3.09	5.99
22	Bruce Ruffin B. Ruffin	2.85	25	25	10	5	.667	86	6	0	0	170.1	170	54	71	11	55	1	0	6	709	0	4.54	2.91	1.56	0.58	12.1	7.8	1.32	.286	3.75	8.98
23	Dave Rozema D. Rozema	2.86	25	25	14	5	.737	82	15	1	0	195.1	194	62	73	20	31	6	0	4	795	1	3.78	1.43	2.65	0.92	10.3	3.9	1.15	.265	3.36	8.94
24	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	2.87	25	25	16	4	.800	159	3	1	0	169.1	127	54	58	11	61	7	0	1	682	5	8.45	3.24	2.61	0.58	23.3	8.9	1.11	.261	3.08	6.75
25	Mark Prior M. Prior	2.87	25	25	10	7	.588	192	2	1	0	159.2	128	51	55	14	48	9	0	1	654	3	10.82	2.71	4.00	0.79	29.4	7.3	1.10	.292	3.10	7.22

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Nationals	55	53	.509	8.0
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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
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