what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 2005

Mariano Rivera had the lowest ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 2005, with an ERA of 1.38.

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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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.38	43	2005	NYY	71	7	4	.636	80	78.1	50	12	18	2	18	4	67	0	306	0	9.19	2.07	4.44	0.23	26.1	5.9	0.87	.238	2.07	5.74
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1.51	38	2005	PHI	75	4	3	.571	87	77.2	45	13	17	6	20	3	70	2	297	3	10.08	2.32	4.35	0.70	29.3	6.7	0.84	.215	1.97	5.21
3	Huston Street H. Street	1.72	23	2005	OAK	67	5	1	.833	72	78.1	53	15	17	3	26	2	47	4	306	1	8.27	2.99	2.77	0.34	23.5	8.5	1.01	.246	1.95	6.09
4	Derrick Turnbow D. Turnbow	1.74	39	2005	MIL	69	7	1	.875	64	67.1	49	13	15	5	24	1	62	2	271	9	8.55	3.21	2.67	0.67	23.6	8.9	1.08	.249	2.00	6.55
5	Chad Cordero C. Cordero	1.82	47	2005	WSH	74	2	4	.333	61	74.1	55	15	24	9	17	2	62	2	300	0	7.39	2.06	3.59	1.09	20.3	5.7	0.97	.218	2.91	6.66
6	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1.85	33	2005	CHC	57	4	0	1.000	53	58.1	46	12	14	1	27	3	53	3	245	3	8.18	4.17	1.96	0.15	21.6	11.0	1.25	.280	2.16	7.10
7	Dustin Hermanson D. Hermanson	2.04	34	2005	CWS	57	2	4	.333	33	57.1	46	13	17	4	17	1	45	4	228	3	5.18	2.67	1.94	0.63	14.5	7.5	1.10	.243	2.67	7.22
8	Todd Jones T. Jones	2.10	40	2005	FLA	68	1	5	.167	62	73.0	61	17	19	2	14	3	55	2	289	2	7.64	1.73	4.43	0.25	21.5	4.8	1.03	.284	2.34	7.52
9	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	2.14	39	2005	STL	63	1	2	.333	51	59.0	43	14	14	4	27	1	52	5	245	2	7.78	4.12	1.89	0.61	20.8	11.0	1.19	.241	2.14	6.56
10	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	2.29	42	2005	HOU	70	4	4	.500	103	70.2	58	18	21	5	23	3	65	1	291	8	13.12	2.93	4.48	0.64	35.4	7.9	1.15	.338	2.67	7.39
11	B.J. Ryan	2.43	36	2005	BAL	69	1	4	.200	100	70.1	54	19	20	4	26	2	61	2	290	5	12.80	3.33	3.85	0.51	34.5	9.0	1.14	.316	2.56	6.91
12	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	2.47	45	2005	CLE	64	0	4	.000	41	62.0	57	17	17	9	21	1	55	3	257	0	5.95	3.05	1.95	1.31	16.0	8.2	1.26	.259	2.47	8.27
13	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.67	45	2005	LAA	66	2	5	.286	91	67.1	45	20	20	7	32	0	58	3	279	8	12.16	4.28	2.84	0.94	32.6	11.5	1.14	.255	2.67	6.01
14	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.70	43	2005	MIN	69	7	4	.636	94	70.0	46	21	22	5	22	0	58	1	276	2	12.09	2.83	4.27	0.64	34.1	8.0	0.97	.265	2.83	5.91
15	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	2.72	36	2005	SEA	58	2	3	.400	48	56.1	52	17	23	7	15	0	55	3	238	1	7.67	2.40	3.20	1.12	20.2	6.3	1.19	.268	3.67	8.31
16	Danys Baez D. Baez	2.86	41	2005	TBD	67	5	4	.556	51	72.1	66	23	27	7	30	2	64	0	308	0	6.35	3.73	1.70	0.87	16.6	9.7	1.33	.271	3.36	8.21
17	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	2.91	31	2005	COL	78	2	5	.286	91	74.1	59	24	25	6	34	10	55	4	321	8	11.02	4.12	2.68	0.73	28.3	10.6	1.25	.294	3.03	7.14
18	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.97	43	2005	SDP	60	1	6	.143	54	57.2	52	19	23	3	12	1	54	1	240	1	8.43	1.87	4.50	0.47	22.5	5.0	1.11	.288	3.59	8.12
19	Mike MacDougal M. MacDougal	3.33	21	2005	KCR	68	5	6	.455	72	70.1	69	26	32	6	24	3	53	2	298	6	9.21	3.07	3.00	0.77	24.2	8.1	1.32	.326	4.09	8.83
20	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	3.39	37	2005	TEX	69	3	1	.750	79	69.0	61	26	28	5	30	4	60	2	302	0	10.30	3.91	2.63	0.65	26.2	9.9	1.32	.304	3.65	7.96
21	Braden Looper B. Looper	3.94	28	2005	NYM	60	4	7	.364	27	59.1	65	26	31	7	22	5	54	3	271	1	4.10	3.34	1.23	1.06	10.0	8.1	1.47	.276	4.70	9.86
22	Miguel Batista M. Batista	4.10	31	2005	TOR	71	5	8	.385	54	74.2	80	34	39	9	27	2	62	5	331	3	6.51	3.25	2.00	1.08	16.3	8.2	1.43	.297	4.70	9.64
23	Tyler Walker T. Walker	4.23	23	2005	SFG	67	6	4	.600	54	61.2	68	29	31	9	27	3	39	6	279	4	7.88	3.94	2.00	1.31	19.4	9.7	1.54	.317	4.52	9.92
24	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	4.76	27	2005	PIT	55	2	8	.200	37	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	3	48	3	257	2	5.88	4.13	1.42	1.11	14.4	10.1	1.54	.293	4.76	9.69
25	Yhency Brazoban Y. Brazoban	5.33	21	2005	LAD	74	4	10	.286	61	72.2	70	43	46	11	32	5	44	4	317	1	7.56	3.96	1.91	1.36	19.2	10.1	1.40	.284	5.70	8.67

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