top 10 starters in postseason by era and innings pitched

37 pitchers are tied for the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the postseason, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Dylan Dodd, Ray Kerr and AJ Blubaugh.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Dylan Dodd D. Dodd	0.00	3.0	1	0	0		1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	12.00	0.00		0.00	36.4	0.0	0.67	.286	0.00	6.00
2	Ray Kerr R. Kerr	0.00	6.0	2	0	0		2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	26.1	8.7	0.83	.200	0.00	4.50
3	AJ Blubaugh	0.00	0.2	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	40.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	60.0	4.50	.000	13.50	0.00
4	Hagen Smith H. Smith	0.00	6.1	3	0	0		3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	27	0	7.11	8.53	0.83	0.00	18.5	22.2	1.26	.125	0.00	2.84
5	Trevor Megill T. Megill	0.00	1.0	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Louis Varland L. Varland	0.00	1.1	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	0.75	.333	0.00	6.75
7	Keider Montero K. Montero	0.00	1.0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
8	Tobias Myers T. Myers	0.00	5.0	1	0	0		1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	1	9.00	0.00		0.00	27.8	0.0	0.40	.167	0.00	3.60
9	Jesse Chavez J. Chavez	0.00	1.0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
10	A.J. Minter	0.00	3.0	1	0	0		1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	21.00	0.00		0.00	70.0	0.0	0.33	.333	0.00	3.00
11	Craig Stammen C. Stammen	0.00	1.2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.60	.167	0.00	5.40
12	Dane Dunning D. Dunning	0.00	0.2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	3.00	.500	0.00	27.00
13	Diego Castillo D. Castillo	0.00	1.2	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	16.20	5.40	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	1.20	.333	0.00	5.40
14	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	0.00	6.2	1	0	0		1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	0	8.10	1.35	6.00	0.00	25.0	4.2	0.75	.235	0.00	5.40
15	Ryan Merritt R. Merritt	0.00	4.1	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	6.23	0.00		0.00	21.4	0.0	0.46	.182	0.00	4.15
16	Matt Shoemaker M. Shoemaker	0.00	9.0	2	0	0		2	8	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	23.5	0.0	0.78	.269	1.00	7.00
17	Ross Detwiler R. Detwiler	0.00	6.0	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	25	0	3.00	4.50	0.67	0.00	8.0	12.0	1.00	.150	1.50	4.50
18	John Thomson J. Thomson	0.00	0.1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	33.3	6.00	.500	0.00	27.00
19	Dave Mlicki D. Mlicki	0.00	5.0	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	0.00	3.60	0.00	0.00	0.0	11.1	1.20	.250	1.80	7.20
20	Dave Burba D. Burba	0.00	4.0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0.00	2.25	0.00	0.00	0.0	7.7	0.50	.083	0.00	2.25
21	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	0.00	18.0	2	0	0		2	6	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	73	0	3.00	2.00	1.50	0.00	8.2	5.5	0.94	.210	0.00	6.50
22	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	0.00	9.0	1	1	0	1.000	1	14	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	37	0	14.00	3.00	4.67	0.00	37.8	8.1	1.11	.350	0.00	7.00
23	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	0.00	9.0	1	1	0	1.000	1	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	0	6.00	1.00	6.00	0.00	18.2	3.0	0.78	.231	0.00	6.00
24	Johnny Kucks J. Kucks	0.00	9.0	1	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	31	0	1.00	3.00	0.33	0.00	3.2	9.7	0.67	.111	0.00	3.00
25	Clem Labine C. Labine	0.00	10.0	1	1	0	1.000	1	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	38	0	4.50	1.80	2.50	0.00	13.2	5.3	0.90	.226	0.00	6.30

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