what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 1990

Dennis Eckersley had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 1990, with an ERA of 0.61.

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Assumption:Threshold per season
Data note: Earned Run Average, Saves: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	SV	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	SO	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	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	0.61	48	1990	OAK	63	4	2	.667	73	73.1	41	5	9	2	4	0	61	1	262	0	8.96	0.49	18.25	0.25	27.9	1.5	0.61	.213	1.10	5.03
2	Bobby Thigpen B. Thigpen	1.83	57	1990	CWS	77	4	6	.400	70	88.2	60	18	20	5	32	1	73	3	347	2	7.11	3.25	2.19	0.51	20.2	9.2	1.04	.230	2.03	6.09
3	Lee Smith L. Smith	2.06	31	1990	TOT	64	5	5	.500	87	83.0	71	19	24	3	29	0	53	7	344	2	9.43	3.14	3.00	0.33	25.3	8.4	1.20	.302	2.60	7.70
4	Randy Myers R. Myers	2.08	31	1990	CIN	66	4	6	.400	98	86.2	59	20	24	6	38	3	59	8	353	2	10.18	3.95	2.58	0.62	27.8	10.8	1.12	.255	2.49	6.13
5	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.17	32	1990	TOR	61	2	4	.333	75	74.2	58	18	18	8	19	1	58	2	297	6	9.04	2.29	3.95	0.96	25.3	6.4	1.03	.258	2.17	6.99
6	Mike Schooler M. Schooler	2.25	30	1990	SEA	49	1	4	.200	45	56.0	47	14	18	5	16	1	45	5	229	1	7.23	2.57	2.81	0.80	19.7	7.0	1.13	.259	2.89	7.55
7	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	2.39	24	1990	KCR	73	6	5	.545	94	94.1	81	25	36	6	34	5	59	8	400	3	8.97	3.24	2.76	0.57	23.5	8.5	1.22	.287	3.43	7.73
8	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.39	23	1990	HOU	49	6	6	.500	50	60.1	45	16	18	4	20	0	42	4	239	5	7.46	2.98	2.50	0.60	20.9	8.4	1.08	.248	2.69	6.71
9	Gregg Olson G. Olson	2.42	37	1990	BAL	64	6	5	.545	74	74.1	57	20	20	3	31	3	58	3	305	5	8.96	3.75	2.39	0.36	24.3	10.2	1.18	.278	2.42	6.90
10	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	2.52	23	1990	SDP	56	7	5	.583	60	78.2	68	22	26	10	22	1	44	4	327	1	6.86	2.52	2.73	1.14	18.3	6.7	1.14	.248	2.97	7.78
11	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.52	20	1990	MON	58	3	3	.500	47	75.0	71	21	29	6	21	2	35	6	316	1	5.64	2.52	2.24	0.72	14.9	6.6	1.23	.271	3.48	8.52
12	John Franco J. Franco	2.53	33	1990	NYM	55	5	3	.625	56	67.2	66	19	22	4	21	0	48	2	287	7	7.45	2.79	2.67	0.53	19.5	7.3	1.29	.301	2.93	8.78
13	Doug Jones D. Jones	2.56	43	1990	CLE	66	5	5	.500	55	84.1	66	24	26	5	22	2	64	4	331	2	5.87	2.35	2.50	0.53	16.6	6.6	1.04	.247	2.77	7.04
14	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	2.76	32	1990	MIN	56	5	3	.625	61	65.1	55	20	27	5	19	4	54	6	268	3	8.40	2.62	3.21	0.69	22.8	7.1	1.13	.279	3.72	7.58
15	Mike Henneman M. Henneman	3.05	22	1990	DET	69	8	6	.571	50	94.1	90	32	36	4	33	3	53	12	399	3	4.77	3.15	1.52	0.38	12.5	8.3	1.30	.278	3.43	8.59
16	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	3.16	21	1990	BOS	47	5	3	.625	33	51.1	39	18	19	5	19	1	37	4	210	0	5.79	3.33	1.74	0.88	15.7	9.0	1.13	.224	3.33	6.84
17	Bryan Harvey B. Harvey	3.22	25	1990	CAL	54	4	4	.500	82	64.1	45	23	24	4	35	0	47	6	267	7	11.47	4.90	2.34	0.56	30.7	13.1	1.24	.281	3.36	6.30
18	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	3.57	36	1990	NYY	53	1	1	.500	43	53.0	48	21	24	8	26	2	47	2	235	2	7.30	4.42	1.65	1.36	18.3	11.1	1.40	.256	4.08	8.15
19	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	3.86	22	1990	PHI	72	6	8	.429	39	86.1	92	37	41	2	35	2	60	9	373	1	4.07	3.65	1.11	0.21	10.5	9.4	1.47	.305	4.27	9.59
20	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	4.43	24	1990	MIL	66	3	7	.300	65	69.0	67	34	36	5	31	3	52	6	299	2	8.48	4.04	2.10	0.65	21.7	10.4	1.42	.318	4.70	8.74

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