who is the best pitcher from the first year of the texas rangers started through this year

8 pitchers were tied for the best ERA by a pitcher in starts since their 1st season with the Rangers, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Walter Pennington, Josh Sborz and Jimmy Herget.

NAME ERA GS G W L W% 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 Walter Pennington
W. Pennington
0.00
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
6.75
6.75
1.00
0.00
16.7
16.7
1.50
.250
0.00
6.75
2 Josh Sborz
J. Sborz
0.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.0
0.0
1.00
.250
0.00
9.00
3 Jimmy Herget
J. Herget
0.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0.00
18.00
0.00
0.00
0.0
40.0
2.00
.000
0.00
0.00
4 Nick Goody
N. Goody
0.00
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.0
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
5 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
0.00
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
9.00
9.00
1.00
0.00
33.3
33.3
1.00
.000
0.00
0.00
6 Emmanuel Clase
E. Clase
0.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0.00
18.00
0.00
0.00
0.0
40.0
3.00
.333
0.00
9.00
7 Connor Sadzeck
C. Sadzeck
0.00
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
8
0
0.00
13.50
0.00
0.00
0.0
37.5
1.50
.000
0.00
0.00
8 Jeffrey Springs
J. Springs
0.00
2
2
0
0
5
0
0
0
5.0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
19
0
9.00
0.00
0.00
26.3
0.0
0.60
.231
0.00
5.40
9 Bob Humphreys
B. Humphreys
0.64
3
3
2
1
.667
7
0
0
0
14.0
9
1
2
0
7
0
0
0
57
0
4.50
4.50
1.00
0.00
12.3
12.3
1.14
.209
1.29
5.79
10 Larry McCall
L. McCall
1.23
1
1
1
0
1.000
2
0
0
0
7.1
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
2.45
2.45
1.00
0.00
6.9
6.9
1.09
.240
1.23
7.36
11 Don Kainer
D. Kainer
1.45
3
3
0
0
10
0
0
0
18.2
18
3
6
0
9
3
0
1
85
0
4.82
4.34
1.11
0.00
11.8
10.6
1.45
.286
2.89
8.68
12 Hector Maestri
H. Maestri
1.50
1
1
0
1
.000
2
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
26
0
3.00
3.00
1.00
1.50
7.7
7.7
1.33
.238
4.50
9.00
13 Rick Bauer
R. Bauer
1.69
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
5.1
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
21
0
5.06
1.69
3.00
0.00
14.3
4.8
1.13
.294
1.69
8.44
14 Ricky Wright
R. Wright
1.69
2
2
0
0
6
0
0
0
10.2
8
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
43
0
5.06
3.38
1.50
0.84
14.0
9.3
1.13
.219
1.69
6.75
15 Matt Bush
M. Bush
1.80
5
5
0
0
6
0
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
18
1
10.80
1.80
6.00
1.80
33.3
5.6
0.80
.200
1.80
5.40
16 Matt Williams
M. Williams
1.80
3
3
1
1
.500
16
0
0
0
20.0
13
4
4
2
9
0
0
0
79
2
7.20
4.05
1.78
0.90
20.3
11.4
1.10
.212
1.80
5.85
17 Kyle Cody
K. Cody
1.96
5
5
1
1
.500
12
0
0
0
18.1
14
4
5
1
10
0
0
0
76
2
5.89
4.91
1.20
0.49
15.8
13.2
1.31
.245
2.45
6.87
18 Don Loun
D. Loun
2.08
2
2
1
1
.500
3
1
1
0
13.0
13
3
4
0
3
0
0
0
55
0
2.08
2.08
1.00
0.00
5.5
5.5
1.23
.265
2.77
9.00
19 Lisalverto Bonilla
L. Bonilla
2.12
3
3
3
0
1.000
14
0
0
0
17.0
10
4
4
1
10
1
0
0
66
1
7.41
5.29
1.40
0.53
21.2
15.2
1.18
.225
2.12
5.29
20 Tyler Mahle
T. Mahle
2.28
11
11
3
2
.600
42
0
0
0
55.1
41
14
14
3
19
1
0
0
222
1
6.83
3.09
2.21
0.49
18.9
8.6
1.08
.242
2.28
6.67
21 Dick Donovan
D. Donovan
2.38
22
22
10
10
.500
60
11
2
0
166.2
136
44
59
10
35
3
0
3
663
0
3.24
1.89
1.71
0.54
9.0
5.3
1.03
.227
3.19
7.34
22 José Leclerc
J. Leclerc
2.45
3
3
0
0
4
0
0
0
3.2
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
17
0
9.82
4.91
2.00
0.00
23.5
11.8
1.64
.364
2.45
9.82
23 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.51
16
16
4
1
.800
95
0
0
0
79.0
59
22
24
8
14
2
0
0
308
2
10.82
1.59
6.79
0.91
30.8
4.5
0.92
.270
2.73
6.72
24 Ron Moeller
R. Moeller
2.51
3
3
2
0
1.000
8
0
0
0
14.1
13
4
4
0
4
0
0
0
58
0
5.02
2.51
2.00
0.00
13.8
6.9
1.19
.283
2.51
8.16
25 Fritz Peterson
F. Peterson
2.63
2
2
1
0
1.000
4
0
0
0
13.2
16
4
5
0
7
0
0
0
61
0
2.63
4.61
0.57
0.00
6.6
11.5
1.68
.320
3.29
10.54
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