what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 2004

Armando Benitez had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 2004, with an ERA of 1.29.

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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	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	1.29	47	2004	FLA	64	2	2	.500	62	69.2	36	10	11	6	21	0	59	4	262	0	8.01	2.71	2.95	0.78	23.7	8.0	0.82	.173	1.42	4.65
2	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	1.62	44	2004	MIN	73	1	2	.333	89	72.1	48	13	14	3	23	2	63	3	284	5	11.07	2.86	3.87	0.37	31.3	8.1	0.98	.269	1.74	5.97
3	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	1.90	29	2004	HOU	80	6	5	.545	157	94.2	57	20	21	8	30	6	44	5	369	3	14.93	2.85	5.23	0.76	42.5	8.1	0.92	.292	2.00	5.42
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.94	53	2004	NYY	74	4	2	.667	66	78.2	65	17	17	3	20	5	69	3	316	0	7.55	2.29	3.30	0.34	20.9	6.3	1.08	.279	1.94	7.44
5	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	2.13	49	2004	TEX	67	3	4	.429	79	71.2	60	17	19	1	32	1	63	2	304	3	9.92	4.02	2.47	0.13	26.0	10.5	1.28	.309	2.39	7.53
6	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	2.17	32	2004	BOS	72	5	3	.625	79	83.0	63	20	22	8	15	6	61	5	333	3	8.57	1.63	5.27	0.87	23.7	4.5	0.94	.244	2.39	6.83
7	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	2.19	45	2004	LAD	70	7	3	.700	114	82.1	53	20	24	5	22	5	59	3	326	2	12.46	2.40	5.18	0.55	35.0	6.7	0.91	.267	2.62	5.79
8	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.30	41	2004	SDP	55	3	3	.500	53	54.2	42	14	14	5	8	0	51	1	209	2	8.73	1.32	6.63	0.82	25.4	3.8	0.91	.259	2.30	6.91
9	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.42	21	2004	PHI	45	4	0	1.000	59	48.1	31	13	16	5	6	2	38	1	182	1	10.99	1.12	9.83	0.93	32.4	3.3	0.77	.236	2.98	5.77
10	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	2.63	25	2004	CHC	77	5	4	.556	69	82.0	72	24	27	10	14	2	50	5	333	2	7.57	1.54	4.93	1.10	20.7	4.2	1.05	.261	2.96	7.90
11	Braden Looper B. Looper	2.70	29	2004	NYM	71	2	5	.286	60	83.1	86	25	28	5	16	3	60	3	346	1	6.48	1.73	3.75	0.54	17.3	4.6	1.22	.309	3.02	9.29
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.76	44	2004	ATL	73	0	1	.000	85	81.2	75	25	25	8	13	0	61	2	323	6	9.37	1.43	6.54	0.88	26.3	4.0	1.08	.309	2.76	8.27
13	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	2.87	47	2004	STL	74	4	2	.667	71	75.1	55	24	27	5	23	2	66	4	308	1	8.48	2.75	3.09	0.60	23.1	7.5	1.04	.242	3.23	6.57
14	Troy Percival T. Percival	2.90	33	2004	ANA	52	2	3	.400	33	49.2	43	16	19	7	19	3	48	3	211	2	5.98	3.44	1.74	1.27	15.6	9.0	1.25	.242	3.44	7.79
15	Dan Kolb D. Kolb	2.98	39	2004	MIL	64	0	4	.000	21	57.1	50	19	22	3	15	3	48	1	236	2	3.30	2.35	1.40	0.47	8.9	6.4	1.13	.242	3.45	7.85
16	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	3.25	43	2004	PIT	70	5	2	.714	37	69.1	78	25	26	6	20	1	65	3	295	1	4.80	2.60	1.85	0.78	12.5	6.8	1.41	.312	3.38	10.13
17	Danys Baez D. Baez	3.57	30	2004	TBD	62	4	4	.500	52	68.0	60	27	31	6	29	7	59	4	295	3	6.88	3.84	1.79	0.79	17.6	9.8	1.31	.269	4.10	7.94
18	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	3.69	36	2004	TOT	77	6	6	.500	122	85.1	68	35	38	13	33	4	70	7	356	4	12.87	3.48	3.70	1.37	34.3	9.3	1.18	.299	4.01	7.17
19	Danny Graves D. Graves	3.95	41	2004	CIN	68	1	6	.143	40	68.1	77	30	39	12	13	2	59	6	290	2	5.27	1.71	3.08	1.58	13.8	4.5	1.32	.291	5.14	10.14
20	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	4.50	21	2004	DET	54	4	6	.400	56	54.0	38	27	28	7	32	3	46	3	234	2	9.33	5.33	1.75	1.17	23.9	13.7	1.30	.228	4.67	6.33
21	Jorge Julio J. Julio	4.57	22	2004	BAL	65	2	5	.286	70	69.0	59	35	35	11	39	3	50	4	306	7	9.13	5.09	1.79	1.43	22.9	12.7	1.42	.262	4.57	7.70
22	Matt Herges M. Herges	5.23	23	2004	SFG	70	4	5	.444	39	65.1	90	38	44	8	21	3	43	4	301	2	5.37	2.89	1.86	1.10	13.0	7.0	1.70	.357	6.06	12.40
23	Shawn Chacon S. Chacon	7.11	35	2004	COL	66	1	9	.100	52	63.1	71	50	52	12	52	5	60	7	316	9	7.39	7.39	1.00	1.71	16.5	16.5	1.94	.303	7.39	10.09

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