what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 1998

Ugueth Urbina had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 1998, with an ERA of 1.30.

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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	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	1.30	34	1998	MON	64	6	3	.667	94	69.1	37	10	11	2	33	0	59	2	272	3	12.20	4.28	2.85	0.26	34.6	12.1	1.01	.245	1.43	4.80
2	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1.48	53	1998	SDP	66	4	2	.667	86	73.0	41	12	12	2	21	1	61	2	274	8	10.60	2.59	4.10	0.25	31.4	7.7	0.85	.238	1.48	5.05
3	Robb Nen R. Nen	1.52	40	1998	SFG	78	7	7	.500	110	88.2	59	15	21	4	25	1	67	5	357	3	11.17	2.54	4.40	0.41	30.8	7.0	0.95	.253	2.13	5.99
4	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	1.55	40	1998	CLE	69	1	1	.500	55	64.0	43	11	11	4	13	4	57	0	239	1	7.73	1.83	4.23	0.56	23.0	5.4	0.88	.239	1.55	6.05
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.91	36	1998	NYY	54	3	0	1.000	36	61.1	48	13	13	3	17	1	49	1	246	0	5.28	2.49	2.12	0.44	14.6	6.9	1.06	.238	1.91	7.04
6	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	2.03	42	1998	TEX	63	3	1	.750	72	62.0	47	14	17	6	14	0	59	1	249	1	10.45	2.03	5.14	0.87	28.9	5.6	0.98	.261	2.47	6.82
7	Jeff Shaw J. Shaw	2.12	48	1998	TOT	73	3	8	.273	55	85.0	75	20	22	8	19	1	69	5	339	0	5.82	2.01	2.89	0.85	16.2	5.6	1.11	.262	2.33	7.94
8	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.70	30	1998	HOU	58	4	3	.571	97	60.0	46	18	19	6	25	0	50	1	247	2	14.55	3.75	3.88	0.90	39.3	10.1	1.18	.336	2.85	6.90
9	Kerry Ligtenberg K. Ligtenberg	2.71	30	1998	ATL	75	3	2	.600	79	73.0	51	22	24	6	24	0	56	1	290	3	9.74	2.96	3.29	0.74	27.2	8.3	1.03	.249	2.96	6.29
10	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	2.72	46	1998	BOS	73	7	4	.636	78	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	0	69	1	317	9	8.85	2.84	3.12	0.23	24.6	7.9	1.01	.250	2.72	6.24
11	Gregg Olson G. Olson	3.01	30	1998	ARI	64	3	4	.429	55	68.2	56	23	25	4	25	1	49	1	281	2	7.21	3.28	2.20	0.52	19.6	8.9	1.18	.265	3.28	7.34
12	Rod Beck R. Beck	3.02	51	1998	CHC	81	3	4	.429	81	80.1	86	27	33	11	20	2	70	4	349	2	9.07	2.24	4.05	1.23	23.2	5.7	1.32	.319	3.70	9.63
13	Mark Leiter M. Leiter	3.55	23	1998	PHI	69	7	5	.583	84	88.2	67	35	36	8	47	8	50	5	378	5	8.53	4.77	1.79	0.81	22.2	12.4	1.29	.255	3.65	6.80
14	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	3.58	33	1998	OAK	70	4	9	.308	58	73.0	71	29	37	7	22	3	58	4	311	0	7.15	2.71	2.64	0.86	18.6	7.1	1.27	.290	4.56	8.75
15	John Franco J. Franco	3.62	38	1998	NYM	61	0	8	.000	59	64.2	66	26	28	4	29	4	54	7	289	2	8.21	4.04	2.03	0.56	20.4	10.0	1.47	.321	3.90	9.19
16	Troy Percival T. Percival	3.64	42	1998	ANA	67	2	7	.222	87	66.2	45	27	31	5	37	3	60	4	287	3	11.75	5.00	2.35	0.68	30.3	12.9	1.23	.258	4.18	6.08
17	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	3.72	25	1998	MIL	72	6	9	.400	71	82.1	79	34	38	5	39	4	51	2	357	1	7.76	4.26	1.82	0.55	19.9	10.9	1.43	.311	4.15	8.64
18	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	3.82	22	1998	BAL	71	5	6	.455	87	68.1	48	29	29	10	39	4	54	2	289	0	11.46	5.14	2.23	1.32	30.1	13.5	1.27	.255	3.82	6.32
19	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	4.04	26	1998	TBD	67	2	6	.250	55	71.1	55	32	33	5	41	5	58	4	310	1	6.94	5.17	1.34	0.63	17.7	13.2	1.35	.245	4.16	6.94
20	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	4.24	38	1998	MIN	68	4	9	.308	57	74.1	75	35	35	8	15	1	64	1	307	1	6.90	1.82	3.80	0.97	18.6	4.9	1.21	.296	4.24	9.08
21	Randy Myers R. Myers	4.92	28	1998	TOT	62	4	7	.364	41	56.2	59	31	31	6	26	2	42	5	254	4	6.51	4.13	1.58	0.95	16.1	10.2	1.50	.296	4.92	9.37
22	Todd Jones T. Jones	4.97	28	1998	DET	65	1	4	.200	57	63.1	58	35	38	7	36	2	53	4	279	5	8.10	5.12	1.58	0.99	20.4	12.9	1.48	.288	5.40	8.24
23	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	4.98	36	1998	KCR	56	2	5	.286	54	56.0	58	31	35	8	22	2	54	2	247	0	8.68	3.54	2.45	1.29	21.9	8.9	1.43	.311	5.63	9.32

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