pitcher with lowest era in first 20 games

36 pitchers were tied for the best ERA in their first 20 games, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Willie MacIver, Ryan Fitzgerald and Tyler Callihan.

	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	Willie MacIver W. MacIver	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	0.00	18.00
2	Ryan Fitzgerald R. Fitzgerald	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
3	Tyler Callihan T. Callihan	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	2.00	.250	0.00	9.00
4	Christian Koss C. Koss	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
5	Luis Vázquez L. Vázquez	0.00	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	11	0	0.00	2.70	0.00	0.00	0.0	9.1	1.20	.300	0.00	8.10
6	Leo Rivas L. Rivas	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
7	Jhonny Pereda J. Pereda	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
8	Jermaine Palacios J. Palacios	0.00	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	1.50	.500	0.00	13.50
9	Romy Gonzalez R. Gonzalez	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	100.0	0.0	0.00		0.00	0.00
10	Anthony Bender A. Bender	0.00	20	0	0		0	23	0	0	0	20.1	9	0	2	0	5	2	3	0	73	1	10.18	2.21	4.60	0.00	31.5	6.8	0.69	.209	0.89	3.98
11	Ka'ai Tom K. Tom	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
12	Max Schrock M. Schrock	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
13	Tyler Heineman T. Heineman	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.333	0.00	9.00
14	Francisco Arcia F. Arcia	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
15	Johnny Field J. Field	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
16	Taylor Davis T. Davis	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	3.00	.500	0.00	27.00
17	J.D. Davis	0.00	2	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	16.20	5.40	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	1.20	.333	0.00	5.40
18	Carson Smith C. Smith	0.00	20	1	0	1.000	0	21	0	0	0	18.1	5	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	67	0	10.31	2.95	3.50	0.00	31.3	9.0	0.60	.128	0.00	2.45
19	Lucas Luetge L. Luetge	0.00	20	1	0	1.000	0	13	0	0	0	13.1	8	0	1	0	10	0	2	1	56	1	8.78	6.75	1.30	0.00	23.2	17.9	1.35	.242	0.68	5.40
20	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	0.00	20	1	0	1.000	0	10	0	0	0	21.2	11	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	74	0	4.15	2.08	2.00	0.00	13.5	6.8	0.74	.190	0.00	4.57
21	Jonathan Van Every J. Van Every	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	13.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	3.00	.333	0.00	13.50
22	Matt Smith M. Smith	0.00	20	0	0		0	15	0	0	0	17.2	7	0	0	0	10	0	8	1	66	0	7.64	5.09	1.50	0.00	22.7	15.2	0.96	.171	0.00	3.57
23	Cody McKay C. McKay	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	14.3	0.50	.000	0.00	0.00
24	Vince Horsman V. Horsman	0.00	20	1	0	1.000	0	9	0	0	1	18.2	13	0	0	0	9	0	5	3	72	0	4.34	4.34	1.00	0.00	12.5	12.5	1.18	.241	0.00	6.27
25	Gil Torres G. Torres	0.00	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1		11	0	3.38	0.00		0.00	9.1	0.0	1.13	.300	3.38	10.13

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