starting pitchers with the lowest era in their first 55 career starts since 1913

Since 1913, Jim Scott has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when starting 55+ games, with an ERA of 2.13.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.13	144	144	62	55	.530	477	74	16	0	1023.0	889	242	341	13	290	23	0		4,117	10	4.20	2.55	1.64	0.11	11.6	7.0	1.15	.264	3.00	7.82
2	Joe Benz J. Benz	2.21	126	126	53	51	.510	337	62	14	0	873.1	775	214	300	9	199	10	0		3,543	15	3.47	2.05	1.69	0.09	9.5	5.6	1.12	.256	3.09	7.99
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.29	270	270	146	97	.601	1,069	177	35	0	2106.2	1,858	535	729	32	592	63	0		8,636	35	4.57	2.53	1.81	0.14	12.4	6.9	1.16	.265	3.11	7.94
7	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
8	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.33	240	240	131	87	.601	800	170	27	0	1935.2	1,724	502	649	19	437	19	0		7,763	22	3.72	2.03	1.83	0.09	10.3	5.6	1.12	.263	3.02	8.02
9	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
10	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.36	472	472	270	168	.616	2,106	362	77	0	3925.0	3,336	1,029	1,282	77	941	128	0		15,807	69	4.83	2.16	2.24	0.18	13.3	6.0	1.09	.260	2.94	7.65
11	Ernie Shore E. Shore	2.37	121	121	57	40	.588	277	56	8	0	882.0	810	232	317	10	222	17	0		3,611	12	2.83	2.27	1.25	0.10	7.7	6.1	1.17	.259	3.23	8.27
12	Bill James B. James	2.37	60	60	34	18	.654	225	44	5	0	481.2	420	127	170	12	174	18	0		1,959	10	4.20	3.25	1.29	0.22	11.5	8.9	1.23	.267	3.18	7.85
13	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.39	123	123	62	41	.602	421	78	21	0	915.1	781	243	298	9	219	19	0			9	4.14	2.15	1.92	0.09		6.3	1.09	.274	2.93	7.68
14	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	2.40	192	192	101	75	.574	395	123	18	0	1492.1	1,436	398	516	35	248	18	0		6,004	3	2.38	1.50	1.59	0.21	6.6	4.1	1.13	.264	3.11	8.66
15	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.47	87	87	41	38	.519	293	52	9	0	693.1	598	190	266	10	223	21	0			15	3.80	2.89	1.31	0.13		8.5	1.18	.283	3.45	7.76
16	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	2.47	179	179	91	61	.599	708	104	24	0	1344.1	1,078	369	465	34	429	25	0		5,388	32	4.74	2.87	1.65	0.23	13.1	8.0	1.12	.249	3.11	7.22
17	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.51	529	529	309	167	.649	1,719	381	80	0	4363.2	4,133	1,216	1,511	141	676	52	0		17,536	25	3.55	1.39	2.54	0.29	9.8	3.9	1.10	.267	3.12	8.52
18	Lefty Tyler L. Tyler	2.53	216	216	102	83	.551	722	154	28	0	1693.2	1,469	476	633	29	563	43	0		6,912	35	3.84	2.99	1.28	0.15	10.4	8.1	1.20	.259	3.36	7.81
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	451	451	223	96	.699	3,047	25	15	0	2850.1	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
20	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	2.57	165	165	77	69	.527	418	94	17	0	1262.2	1,159	360	478	26	341	33	0		5,156	14	2.98	2.43	1.23	0.19	8.1	6.6	1.19	.261	3.41	8.26
21	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
22	Russ Ford R. Ford	2.60	69	69	34	30	.531	209	41	6	0	553.1	512	160	206	23	132	15	0			7	3.40	2.15	1.58	0.37		7.2	1.16	.337	3.35	8.33
23	Dick Rudolph D. Rudolph	2.61	239	239	114	99	.535	716	171	27	0	1906.2	1,816	552	714	33	366	23	0		7,698	36	3.38	1.73	1.96	0.16	9.3	4.8	1.14	.272	3.37	8.57
24	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.61	76	76	33	19	.635	488	1	0	0	448.2	310	130	140	41	123	11	0	1	1,760	9	9.79	2.47	3.97	0.82	27.7	7.0	0.97	.245	2.81	6.22
25	Bert Humphries B. Humphries	2.61	63	63	30	24	.556	141	31	8	0	444.0	433	129	189	19	68	9	0		1,807	7	2.86	1.38	2.07	0.39	7.8	3.8	1.13	.264	3.83	8.78

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