who had the best era in the al in 2026 for relief pitchers

24 pitchers are tied for the best ERA by an AL relief pitcher in a season this year, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Jack Flaherty, Jake Bennett and Spencer Bivens.

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	NAME	ERA	SEASON	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	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	0.00	2026	DET	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	14.3	0.0	0.50	.167	0.00	4.50
2	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	0.00	2026	BOS	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	2.45	2.45	1.00	0.00	7.1	7.1	1.09	.250	0.00	7.36
3	Spencer Bivens S. Bivens	0.00	2026	KCR	2	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	12	0	13.50	6.75	2.00	0.00	33.3	16.7	1.50	.333	0.00	6.75
4	Bailey Ober B. Ober	0.00	2026	MIN	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	30.0	0.0	0.33	.143	0.00	3.00
5	José Rodriguez J. Rodriguez	0.00	2026	TOR	4	0	0		0	5	0	0	0	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	9.64	0.00		0.00	31.3	0.0	0.64	.273	0.00	5.79
6	Clarke Schmidt C. Schmidt	0.00	2026	NYY	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	3.00	1.000	0.00	27.00
7	Brendan Cellucci B. Cellucci	0.00	2026	TOR	6	0	0		0	11	0	0	0	8.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	30	0	11.42	3.12	3.67	0.00	36.7	10.0	0.58	.125	0.00	2.08
8	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	0.00	2026	CLE	3	2	0	1.000	0	17	0	0	0	15.0	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	53	1	10.20	2.40	4.25	0.00	32.1	7.5	0.60	.161	0.00	3.00
9	Luke Maile L. Maile	0.00	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
10	Josh Rojas J. Rojas	0.00	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	9.00
11	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	0.00	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	8	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	24	1	10.29	3.86	2.67	0.00	33.3	12.5	0.71	.154	0.00	2.57
12	Will Warren W. Warren	0.00	2026	NYY	3	1	0	1.000	0	8	0	0	0	6.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	10.80	2.70	4.00	0.00	29.6	7.4	0.90	.235	0.00	5.40
13	Jake Meyers J. Meyers	0.00	2026	HOU	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
14	Max Schuemann M. Schuemann	0.00	2026	NYY	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	2.00	.250	0.00	9.00
15	Mike Burrows M. Burrows	0.00	2026	HOU	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	1.00	.333	0.00	9.00
16	Cameron Weston C. Weston	0.00	2026	BAL	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	33.3	33.3	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
17	Sam Haggerty S. Haggerty	0.00	2026	TEX	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
18	Tanner Andrews T. Andrews	0.00	2026	TOR	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	11	0	3.00	6.00	0.50	0.00	9.1	18.2	1.00	.125	0.00	3.00
19	Brooks Kriske B. Kriske	0.00	2026	ATH	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	0	6.75	3.38	2.00	0.00	18.2	9.1	1.13	.250	0.00	6.75
20	Jose Espada J. Espada	0.00	2026	BAL	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.500	0.00	18.00
21	Eduardo Rivera E. Rivera	0.00	2026	BOS	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	8.10	0.00		0.00	30.0	0.0	0.30	.143	0.00	2.70
22	Jake Rogers J. Rogers	0.00	2026	DET	3	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	12	0	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	25.0	8.3	1.71	.429	0.00	11.57
23	Reese McGuire R. McGuire	0.00	2026	CWS	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
24	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	0.00	2026	LAA	2	0	1	.000	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	5	0	6	0	3	0	0	1	15	1	10.80	16.20	0.67	0.00	13.3	20.0	4.80	.500	32.40	27.00
25	Matt Brash M. Brash	0.54	2026	SEA	20	3	0	1.000	0	15	0	0	0	16.2	8	1	2	0	6	3	1	1	64	1	8.10	3.24	2.50	0.00	23.4	9.4	0.84	.200	1.08	4.32

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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