pitcher with lowest era in first 20 games

37 pitchers are tied for the lowest ERA in their first 20 games, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Rafael Flores Jr., Willie MacIver and Ryan Fitzgerald.

	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	Rafael Flores Jr. R. Flores Jr.	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	0.00	18.00
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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