who had the best era by a nl pitchers who won a ws mvp

Sandy Koufax has the lowest ERA by an NL World Series MVP in a World Series, with an ERA of 0.38.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2.77	1	2008	World Series	PHI	2	1	0	1.000	2	8	0	0	0	13.0	10	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	49	0	5.54	2.08	2.67	0.69	16.3	6.1	1.00	.243	2.77	6.92
17	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3.00	1	1964	World Series	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	31	2	0	0	27.0	23	9	11	4	8	2	0	2	113	1	10.33	2.67	3.88	1.33	27.4	7.1	1.15	.279	3.67	7.67
18	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	5.27	1	1997	World Series	FLA	2	2	0	1.000	2	7	0	0	0	13.2	15	8	9	3	10	0	0	0	65	1	4.61	6.59	0.70	1.98	10.8	15.4	1.83	.267	5.93	9.88

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