Carl Mays and Hippo Vaughn were tied for the best ERA in the 1918 World Series with an ERA worse than 0.00, with an ERA of 1.00.
| NAME | ERA | 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 |  | C. Mays | 1.00 | 1918 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 1.67 | 0.00 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 0.72 | .185 | 1.00 | 5.00 | |
| 2 | | H. Vaughn | 1.00 | 1918 | World Series | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 5.67 | 1.67 | 3.40 | 0.00 | 17.5 | 5.2 | 0.81 | .230 | 1.00 | 5.67 | |
| 3 |  | B. Ruth | 1.06 | 1918 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 2.12 | 3.71 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 5.9 | 10.3 | 1.18 | .232 | 1.06 | 6.88 | |
| 4 | | L. Tyler | 1.17 | 1918 | World Series | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 1.57 | 4.30 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 1.09 | .182 | 1.96 | 5.48 | |
| 5 | | S. Sam Jones | 3.00 | 1918 | World Series | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 1.33 | .269 | 3.00 | 7.00 | |
| 6 | | B. Joe Bush | 3.00 | 1918 | World Series | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 1.11 | .233 | 3.00 | 7.00 |
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