which pitcher had the lowest era with a world series mvp

Mariano Rivera, Whitey Ford and Don Larsen are tied for the lowest ERA by a World Series MVP in a World Series, with an ERA of 0.00.

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Which pitcher had the lowest era with a world series mvp in a season?

	NAME	ERA	WSMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	0.00	1	1999	World Series	NYY	3	1	0	1.000	0	3	0	0	2	4.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	17	0	5.79	1.93	3.00	0.00	17.6	5.9	0.86	.231	0.00	5.79
2	Whitey Ford W. Ford	0.00	1	1961	World Series	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	7	1	1	0	14.0	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	49	0	4.50	0.64	7.00	0.00	14.3	2.0	0.50	.150	0.00	3.86
3	Don Larsen D. Larsen	0.00	1	1956	World Series	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	7	1	1	0	10.2	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	37	0	5.91	3.38	1.75	0.00	18.9	10.8	0.47	.038	3.38	0.84
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.38	1	1965	World Series	LAD	3	2	1	.667	3	29	2	2	0	24.0	13	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	87	0	10.88	1.88	5.80	0.00	33.3	5.7	0.75	.245	0.75	4.88
5	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	0.43	1	2014	World Series	SFG	3	2	0	1.000	2	17	1	1	1	21.0	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	74	0	7.29	0.43	17.00	0.43	23.0	1.4	0.48	.148	0.43	3.86
6	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	0.50	1	1985	World Series	KCR	2	2	0	1.000	2	10	2	1	0	18.0	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	65	0	5.00	0.50	10.00	0.00	15.4	1.5	0.67	.204	0.50	5.50
7	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	0.59	1	1990	World Series	CIN	2	2	0	1.000	2	14	0	0	0	15.1	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	59	0	8.22	2.93	2.80	0.00	23.7	8.5	0.91	.225	0.59	5.28
8	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	0.67	1	1957	World Series	MIL	3	3	0	1.000	3	13	3	2	0	27.0	21	2	2	1	4	0	0	1	104	0	4.33	1.33	3.25	0.33	12.5	3.8	0.93	.233	0.67	7.00
9	Larry Sherry L. Sherry	0.71	1	1959	World Series	LAD	4	2	0	1.000	0	5	0	0	2	12.2	8	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	47	0	3.55	1.42	2.50	0.00	10.6	4.3	0.79	.205	0.71	5.68
10	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1.00	1	1988	World Series	LAD	2	2	0	1.000	2	17	2	1	0	18.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	66	1	8.50	3.00	2.83	0.00	25.8	9.1	0.72	.163	1.00	3.50
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.00	1	1967	World Series	STL	3	3	0	1.000	3	26	3	1	0	27.0	14	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	98	1	8.67	1.67	5.20	0.33	26.5	5.1	0.70	.197	1.00	4.67
12	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1.00	1	1955	World Series	BKN	2	2	0	1.000	2	10	2	1	0	18.0	15	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	70	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	0.50	14.3	5.7	1.06	.255	1.50	7.50
13	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	1.02	1	2025	World Series	LAD	3	3	0	1.000	2	15	1	0	0	17.2	10	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	65	0	7.64	1.02	7.50	0.00	23.1	3.1	0.68	.217	1.02	5.09
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1.04	1	2001	World Series	ARI	3	3	0	1.000	2	19	1	1	0	17.1	9	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	63	0	9.87	1.56	6.33	0.00	30.2	4.8	0.69	.220	1.04	4.67
15	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1.10	1	2003	World Series	FLA	2	1	1	.500	2	19	1	1	0	16.1	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	61	0	10.47	2.76	3.80	0.00	31.1	8.2	0.80	.222	1.10	4.41
16	Jack Morris J. Morris	1.17	1	1991	World Series	MIN	3	2	0	1.000	3	15	1	1	0	23.0	18	3	3	1	9	0	0	1	92	1	5.87	3.52	1.67	0.39	16.3	9.8	1.17	.254	1.17	7.04
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	1.29	1	1995	World Series	ATL	2	2	0	1.000	2	11	0	0	0	14.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	52	1	7.07	3.86	1.83	0.64	21.2	11.5	0.71	.088	1.29	2.57
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.50	1	1963	World Series	LAD	2	2	0	1.000	2	23	2	0	0	18.0	12	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	69	0	11.50	1.50	7.67	1.00	33.3	4.3	0.83	.244	1.50	6.00
19	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1.67	1	1968	World Series	DET	3	3	0	1.000	3	21	3	0	0	27.0	20	5	5	2	6	1	0	0	104	0	7.00	2.00	3.50	0.67	20.2	5.8	0.96	.243	1.67	6.67
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1.69	1	2001	World Series	ARI	3	1	0	1.000	3	26	0	0	0	21.1	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	77	0	10.97	0.84	13.00	0.84	33.8	2.6	0.66	.217	1.69	5.06
21	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1.69	1	1989	World Series	OAK	2	2	0	1.000	2	14	1	1	0	16.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	61	0	7.88	1.13	7.00	0.56	23.0	3.3	0.75	.205	1.69	5.63
22	Ralph Terry R. Terry	1.80	1	1962	World Series	NYY	3	2	1	.667	3	16	2	1	0	25.0	17	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	94	0	5.76	0.72	8.00	0.72	17.0	2.1	0.76	.205	1.80	6.12
23	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1.93	1	1974	World Series	OAK	4	1	0	1.000	0	6	0	0	2	9.1	8	2	2	2	2	1	3	0	36	0	5.79	1.93	3.00	1.93	16.7	5.6	1.07	.240	1.93	7.71
24	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	2.08	1	1996	World Series	NYY	5	0	0		0	6	0	0	4	4.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	19	0	12.46	2.08	6.00	0.00	31.6	5.3	1.15	.333	2.08	8.31
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.51	1	2019	World Series	WSH	2	2	0	1.000	2	14	0	0	0	14.1	12	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	58	1	8.79	1.88	4.67	1.26	24.1	5.2	1.05	.256	2.51	7.53

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