mlb postseason worst era for starting pitchers

Karl Spooner has the highest career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason, with an ERA of 135.00.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Karl Spooner K. Spooner	135.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	6	0	27.00	54.00	0.50	27.00	16.7	33.3	15.00	1.000	135.00	81.00
2	Vinegar Bend Mizell V. Bend Mizell	108.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	12.00	.750	108.00	81.00
3	Aaron Civale A. Civale	81.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	27.00	27.00	1.00	27.00	20.0	20.0	9.00	1.000	81.00	54.00
4	Quinn Priester Q. Priester	54.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	7	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	13.50	14.3	28.6	7.50	.667	54.00	40.50
5	Bailey Falter B. Falter	54.00	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	13.50	0.00	13.50	0.0	16.7	6.00	.500	54.00	40.50
6	Johnny Allen J. Allen	40.50	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	0.00		13.50	0.0	0.0	7.50	.571	54.00	67.50
7	Tyler Holton T. Holton	36.00	2	0	1	.000	2	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	14.3	14.3	4.00	.600	36.00	27.00
8	Taijuan Walker T. Walker	36.00	1	0	1	.000	1	3	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	9	0	27.00	18.00	1.50	9.00	33.3	22.2	6.00	1.000	36.00	36.00
9	Rick Camp R. Camp	36.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	12.5	5.00	.571	36.00	36.00
10	Dave Frost D. Frost	33.75	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	5	5	6	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0.00	20.25	0.00	0.00	0.0	27.3	6.00	.625	40.50	33.75
11	Dean Kremer D. Kremer	32.40	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	1	13	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	10.80	0.0	7.7	4.80	.500	32.40	37.80
12	Grayson Rodriguez G. Rodriguez	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.2	6	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	15	0	10.80	21.60	0.50	0.00	13.3	26.7	6.00	.667	27.00	32.40
13	Dylan Lee D. Lee	27.00	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	54.00	0.50	0.00	25.0	50.0	9.00	1.000	27.00	27.00
14	Chad Green C. Green	27.00	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	9.00	16.7	16.7	3.00	.333	27.00	18.00
15	Jon Gray J. Gray	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.1	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	13.50	0.00		6.75	18.2	0.0	5.25	.750	27.00	47.25
16	Bob Miller B. Miller	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	6.00	.500	54.00	54.00
17	Ray Caldwell R. Caldwell	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	9.00	.500	54.00	54.00
18	Fred Toney F. Toney	23.63	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2.2	7	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	3.38	10.13	0.33	0.00	5.6	16.7	3.75	.500	23.63	23.63
19	Chris Paddack C. Paddack	23.14	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	3.86	0.00		3.86	6.7	0.0	3.43	.538	23.14	30.86
20	Don Robinson D. Robinson	21.60	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	10	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	5.40	0.0	10.0	3.00	.375	21.60	21.60
21	Ron Reed R. Reed	21.60	1	0	1	.000	1	3	0	0	0	1.2	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	13	0	16.20	16.20	1.00	5.40	23.1	23.1	4.80	.667	21.60	27.00
22	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	21.60	2	0	2	.000	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	0.00	0.0	7.7	4.20	.500	32.40	32.40
23	AJ Smith-Shawver	20.25	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	0	6.75	0.00		6.75	11.1	0.0	3.00	.500	20.25	27.00
24	Bryce Elder B. Elder	20.25	1	0	1	.000	1	4	0	0	0	2.2	5	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	14	0	13.50	3.38	4.00	6.75	28.6	7.1	2.25	.429	20.25	16.88
25	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	20.25	1	0	1	.000	1	5	0	0	0	2.2	8	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	17	1	16.88	3.38	5.00	3.38	29.4	5.9	3.38	.700	20.25	27.00

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