the lowest era through the first six seasons

Ed Walsh had the lowest ERA by a pitcher in his first 6 seasons, with an ERA of 1.68.

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the lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player through the first six seasons

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.68	234	110	63	.636	175	901	138	36	15	1642.1	1,276	307	464	7	312	34	54	6,282	51	4.94	1.71	2.89	0.04	14.3	5.0	0.97	.252	2.54	70	1.83	80	6.99	74.3
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.69	225	115	90	.561	194	1,218	169	33	6	1724.1	1,354	324	522	13	379	65	30	6,722	78	6.36	1.98	3.21	0.07	18.1	5.6	1.01	.266	2.72	63	1.92	72	7.07	145.6
3	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.70	196	117	56	.676	161	627	138	33	12	1485.0	1,197	281	439	15	303	28	34	5,720	25	3.80	1.84	2.07	0.09	11.0	5.3	1.01	.249	2.66	63	2.32	83	7.25	71.4
4	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.78	65	48	12	.800	61	41	53	8	1	539.2	559	107	238	6	26		4	2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
5	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	1.88	18	14	4	.778	18	47	15	1	0	153.0	149	32	66	1	23		0	647	10	2.76	1.35	2.04	0.06	7.3	3.6	1.12		3.88	63	3.19	117	8.76	-8.8
6	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.89	199	109	47	.699	165	635	125	29	5	1435.1	1,066	301	396	10	466	72	32	5,607	23	3.98	2.92	1.36	0.06	11.3	8.3	1.07	.239	2.48	72	2.62	97	6.68	14.9
7	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.89	129	65	60	.520	129	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0	4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
8	Will White W. White	1.92	249	133	109	.550	248	696	242	21	0	2190.1	2,165	467	1,173	23	244		1	9,233	146	2.86	1.00	2.85	0.09	7.5	2.6	1.10		4.82	80	2.49	102	8.90	-29.1
9	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1.96	295	193	88	.687	277	1,228	272	26	3	2548.0	2,245	554	1,075	36	352		17	10,349	144	4.34	1.24	3.49	0.13	11.9	3.4	1.02		3.80	69	2.67	90	7.93	57.8
10	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.98	129	64	37	.634	110	454	67	15	0	933.1	753	205	312	6	249	36	12	3,695	15	4.38	2.40	1.82	0.06	12.3	6.7	1.07	.253	3.01	77	2.26	85	7.26	40
11	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.00	175	92	48	.657	127	856	100	24	6	1145.1	903	254	415	8	334	48	39	4,520	35	6.73	2.62	2.56	0.06	18.9	7.4	1.08	.273	3.26	68	2.20	76	7.10	94.4
12	Laurie Reis L. Reis	2.00	8	4	4	.500	8	19	8	1	0	72.0	84	16	42	1	10		0	310	3	2.38	1.25	1.90	0.13	6.1	3.2	1.31		5.25	81	2.76	104	10.50	-0.1
13	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.03	198	117	68	.632	185	674	172	31	3	1652.0	1,362	373	547	15	285	50	11	6,358	19	3.67	1.55	2.36	0.08	10.6	4.5	1.00	.253	2.98	73	2.39	88	7.42	56.9
14	John Ward J. Ward	2.07	284	161	100	.617	257	897	240	24	3	2409.0	2,252	553	1,142	24	235		29	9,889	138	3.35	0.88	3.82	0.09	9.1	2.4	1.03		4.27	81	2.39	95	8.41	12.5
15	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.08	217	128	71	.643	197	1,085	169	28	6	1727.0	1,450	399	622	22	436	42	19	6,893	75	5.65	2.27	2.49	0.11	15.7	6.3	1.09	.269	3.24	69	2.40	78	7.56	124.8
16	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	2.08	12	4	6	.400	11	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	25	5	1	388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
17	Jeff Pfeffer J. Pfeffer	2.11	161	78	53	.595	136	479	108	18	8	1235.2	1,045	290	394	26	313	61	24	4,979	18	3.49	2.28	1.53	0.19	9.6	6.3	1.10	.249	2.87	76	2.77	99	7.61	5.7
18	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.13	292	180	100	.643	286	715	270	35	0	2535.1	2,598	599	1,155	24	153		9	10,331	79	2.54	0.54	4.67	0.09	6.9	1.5	1.09		4.10	87	2.34	95	9.22	34.5
19	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	2.13	211	90	64	.584	161	771	96	25	11	1361.1	1,134	322	425	16	412	41	40	5,375	32	5.10	2.72	1.87	0.11	14.3	7.7	1.14	.270	2.81	79	2.39	86	7.50	54.5
20	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	2.15	163	59	51	.536	113	396	75	17	6	1019.1	831	244	340	11	272	16	37	3,962	13	3.50	2.40	1.46	0.10	10.0	6.9	1.08	.251	3.00	78	2.49	91	7.34	27.8
21	Ed Conley E. Conley	2.15	8	4	4	.500	8	33	8	1	0	71.0	63	17	47	4	22		0	304	7	4.18	2.79	1.50	0.51	10.9	7.2	1.20		5.96	75	4.01	123	7.99	-7
22	Doc White D. White	2.17	198	98	80	.551	185	761	153	24	1	1550.1	1,341	374	563	19	361	64	13	6,161	38	4.42	2.10	2.11	0.11	12.4	5.9	1.10	.267	3.27	78	2.62	96	7.78	11.6
23	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.17	90	36	35	.507	66	280	49	7	2	612.2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23	2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	2.27	98	7.98	1.6
24	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.18	284	160	75	.681	233	1,203	185	53	15	2104.0	1,765	509	681	42	499	48	47	8,358	18	5.15	2.13	2.41	0.18	14.4	6.0	1.08	.262	2.91	69	2.44	77	7.55	171.3
25	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.18	320	160	148	.519	314	1,016	301	18	1	2784.2	2,645	674	1,321	24	416		5	11,462	112	3.28	1.34	2.44	0.08	8.9	3.6	1.10		4.27	85	2.57	100	8.55	-30.7

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