starting pitchers with the lowest era in their first 55 career starts since 1912

Since 1912, Ed Walsh has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 55+ games, with an ERA of 1.21.

Interpreted as:

starting pitchers with the lowest era in their first 55 or more career starts since 1912

	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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.21	67	67	36	23	.610	280	46	9	0	511.2	443		176	7	143	6	0		2,080	14	4.93	2.52	1.96	0.12	13.5	6.9	1.15	.265	3.10	7.79
2	Joe Wood J. Wood	1.30	87	87	64	16	.800	480	68	15	0	727.1	569		219	4	213	21	0		2,905	21	5.94	2.64	2.25	0.05	16.5	7.3	1.08	.258	2.71	7.04
3	Fred Blanding F. Blanding	1.54	65	65	29	30	.492	138	42	4	0	480.0	511		212	8	170	5	0		2,043	12	2.59	3.19	0.81	0.15	6.8	8.3	1.42	.292	3.97	9.58
4	Russ Ford R. Ford	1.81	104	104	47	51	.480	326	71	6	0	844.0	828		371	34	211	19	0			10	3.48	2.25	1.55	0.36		6.8	1.23	.318	3.96	8.83
5	Joe Benz J. Benz	1.92	156	156	64	66	.492	420	74	17	0	1085.0	975		391	14	259	16	0		4,421	23	3.48	2.15	1.62	0.12	9.5	5.9	1.14	.259	3.24	8.09
6	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.94	153	153	83	47	.638	527	101	26	0	1158.2	1,009		385	10	293	25	0			13	4.09	2.28	1.80	0.08		6.5	1.12	.274	2.99	7.84
7	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	55	55	21	13	.618	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	6.46
8	Jack Warhop J. Warhop	2.02	71	71	23	40	.365	157	44	0	0	525.2	540		244	16	153	44	0		2,241	6	2.69	2.62	1.03	0.27	7.0	6.8	1.32	.280	4.18	9.25
9	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.07	148	148	63	57	.525	497	76	17	0	1054.0	916		351	13	300	24	0		4,240	11	4.24	2.56	1.66	0.11	11.7	7.1	1.15	.265	3.00	7.82
10	George McConnell G. McConnell	2.07	97	97	37	48	.435	354	58	5	0	751.2	672		316	21	202	19	0			20	4.24	2.42	1.75	0.25		7.3	1.16	.298	3.78	8.05
11	Ray Collins R. Collins	2.10	93	93	49	33	.598	253	54	13	0	728.0	696		266	10	143	4	0		2,950	2	3.13	1.77	1.77	0.12	8.6	4.8	1.15	.270	3.29	8.60
12	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.17	288	288	151	106	.588	1,147	186	36	0	2222.2	1,972		794	33	642	68	0		9,146	44	4.64	2.60	1.79	0.13	12.5	7.0	1.18	.267	3.22	7.99
13	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.18	264	264	141	96	.595	881	185	28	0	2114.0	1,922		733	22	480	19	0		8,517	26	3.75	2.04	1.84	0.09	10.3	5.6	1.14	.267	3.12	8.18
14	George Mullin G. Mullin	2.18	69	69	23	37	.383	174	43	3	0	499.1	522		270	9	219	23	0			6	3.14	3.95	0.79	0.16		11.2	1.48	.335	4.87	9.41
15	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.20	509	509	297	178	.625	2,377	396	84	0	4243.0	3,564		1,362	79	1,007	142	0		17,045	78	5.04	2.14	2.36	0.17	13.9	5.9	1.08	.259	2.89	7.56
16	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	2.21	135	135	63	52	.548	519	83	9	0	998.1	927		400	11	387	35	0		4,157	21	4.68	3.49	1.34	0.10	12.5	9.3	1.32	.286	3.61	8.36
17	George Baumgardner G. Baumgardner	2.22	79	79	30	42	.417	229	51	7	0	593.0	597		263	10	215	29	0		2,508	8	3.48	3.26	1.07	0.15	9.1	8.6	1.37	.290	3.99	9.06
18	Rube Foster R. Foster	2.22	103	103	54	32	.628	260	60	15	0	753.2	637	186	252	5	252	26	0		3,074	16	3.10	3.01	1.03	0.06	8.5	8.2	1.18	.250	3.01	7.61
19	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.23	147	147	92	43	.681	475	107	17	0	1166.2	929	289	375	9	421	29	0		4,752	25	3.66	3.25	1.13	0.07	10.0	8.9	1.16	.241	2.89	7.17
20	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.23	148	148	68	54	.557	406	80	24	0	1079.2	967	268	364	6	226	17	0		4,321	13	3.38	1.88	1.80	0.05	9.4	5.2	1.10	.262	3.03	8.06
21	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	2.31	114	114	51	50	.505	266	75	8	0	848.1	781		372	17	287	39	0		3,545	9	2.82	3.04	0.93	0.18	7.5	8.1	1.26	.260	3.95	8.29
22	Cy Falkenberg C. Falkenberg	2.33	115	115	61	45	.575	511	79	16	0	904.1	802	234	323	15	245	22	0			28	5.09	2.44	2.09	0.15		7.7	1.16	.328	3.21	7.98
23	Harry Coveleski H. Coveleski	2.34	125	125	61	39	.610	363	68	9	0	936.2	811	244	344	11	243	42	0		3,815	16	3.49	2.33	1.49	0.11	9.5	6.4	1.13	.253	3.31	7.79
24	Bill Steen B. Steen	2.35	65	65	25	25	.500	199	31	4	0	459.1	476		199	7	154	10	0		1,931	7	3.90	3.02	1.29	0.14	10.3	8.0	1.37	.300	3.90	9.33
25	Boardwalk Brown B. Brown	2.36	91	91	34	32	.515	191	41	6	0	607.0	587		281	8	252	16	0		2,594	19	2.83	3.74	0.76	0.12	7.4	9.7	1.38	.272	4.17	8.70