what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 2006

Jonathan Papelbon had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 2006, with an ERA of 0.92 in his rookie season.

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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	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	0.92	35	2006	BOS	59	4	2	.667	75	68.1	40	7	8	3	13	1	49	2	257	2	9.88	1.71	5.77	0.40	29.2	5.1	0.78	.224	1.05	5.27
2	B.J. Ryan	1.37	38	2006	TOR	65	2	2	.500	86	72.1	42	11	12	3	20	0	57	1	270	4	10.70	2.49	4.30	0.37	31.9	7.4	0.86	.242	1.49	5.23
3	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	1.58	36	2006	MIN	64	7	0	1.000	95	68.1	38	12	12	3	16	1	61	4	262	3	12.51	2.11	5.94	0.40	36.3	6.1	0.79	.238	1.58	5.00
4	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	1.73	47	2006	LAA	69	2	3	.400	98	73.0	52	14	16	6	28	1	58	5	296	10	12.08	3.45	3.50	0.74	33.1	9.5	1.10	.282	1.97	6.41
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.80	34	2006	NYY	63	5	5	.500	55	75.0	61	15	16	3	11	5	59	4	293	0	6.60	1.32	5.00	0.36	18.8	3.8	0.96	.265	1.92	7.32
6	Takashi Saito T. Saito	2.07	24	2006	LAD	72	6	2	.750	107	78.1	48	18	19	3	23	2	48	3	303	2	12.29	2.64	4.65	0.34	35.3	7.6	0.91	.268	2.18	5.51
7	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	2.11	32	2006	TEX	63	2	4	.333	47	59.2	53	14	17	3	11	0	48	0	232	3	7.09	1.66	4.27	0.45	20.3	4.7	1.07	.292	2.56	7.99
8	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.14	46	2006	SDP	65	0	2	.000	50	63.0	48	15	16	6	13	1	50	1	248	2	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.86	20.2	5.2	0.97	.236	2.29	6.86
9	Michael Gonzalez M. Gonzalez	2.17	24	2006	PIT	54	3	4	.429	64	54.0	42	13	13	1	31	2	47	2	234	0	10.67	5.17	2.06	0.17	27.4	13.2	1.35	.301	2.17	7.00
10	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.24	40	2006	NYM	70	3	2	.600	94	72.1	59	18	22	7	21	4	59	1	297	2	11.70	2.61	4.48	0.87	31.6	7.1	1.11	.304	2.74	7.34
11	J.J. Putz	2.30	36	2006	SEA	72	4	1	.800	104	78.1	59	20	20	4	13	2	57	1	303	1	11.95	1.49	8.00	0.46	34.3	4.3	0.92	.306	2.30	6.78
12	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	2.67	33	2006	TOT	57	1	6	.143	42	54.0	53	16	22	2	13	1	55	0	233	1	7.00	2.17	3.23	0.33	18.0	5.6	1.22	.291	3.67	8.83
13	Chris Ray C. Ray	2.73	33	2006	BAL	61	4	4	.500	51	66.0	45	20	22	10	27	1	56	2	267	2	6.95	3.68	1.89	1.36	19.1	10.1	1.09	.197	3.00	6.14
14	Chad Cordero C. Cordero	3.19	29	2006	WSH	68	7	4	.636	69	73.1	59	26	27	13	22	3	59	5	307	0	8.47	2.70	3.14	1.60	22.5	7.2	1.10	.230	3.31	7.24
15	Huston Street H. Street	3.31	37	2006	OAK	69	4	4	.500	67	70.2	64	26	28	4	13	2	55	3	290	4	8.53	1.66	5.15	0.51	23.1	4.5	1.09	.294	3.57	8.15
16	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	3.34	34	2006	PHI	59	3	4	.429	68	59.1	53	22	23	9	22	1	53	4	253	3	10.31	3.34	3.09	1.37	26.9	8.7	1.26	.288	3.49	8.04
17	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	3.44	30	2006	COL	66	3	4	.429	73	65.1	50	25	25	8	26	6	58	4	274	6	10.06	3.58	2.81	1.10	26.6	9.5	1.16	.261	3.44	6.89
18	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	3.55	33	2006	STL	59	4	8	.333	52	58.1	47	23	25	10	38	3	51	3	257	3	8.02	5.86	1.37	1.54	20.2	14.8	1.46	.240	3.86	7.25
19	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	3.70	22	2006	TOT	77	10	5	.667	84	75.1	69	31	32	7	32	3	47	2	322	4	10.04	3.82	2.63	0.84	26.1	9.9	1.34	.316	3.82	8.24
20	Joe Borowski J. Borowski	3.75	36	2006	FLA	72	3	3	.500	64	69.2	63	29	31	7	33	2	60	7	304	1	8.27	4.26	1.94	0.90	21.1	10.9	1.38	.283	4.00	8.14
21	Todd Jones T. Jones	3.94	37	2006	DET	62	2	6	.250	28	64.0	70	28	31	4	11	3	56	3	272	2	3.94	1.55	2.55	0.56	10.3	4.0	1.27	.292	4.36	9.84
22	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	4.00	41	2006	CWS	67	3	4	.429	80	69.2	66	31	32	5	31	2	58	10	300	3	10.33	4.00	2.58	0.65	26.7	10.3	1.39	.335	4.13	8.53
23	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	4.80	24	2006	CHC	74	1	9	.100	67	75.0	77	40	47	5	36	3	64	3	342	6	8.04	4.32	1.86	0.60	19.6	10.5	1.51	.312	5.64	9.24
24	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	5.28	32	2006	HOU	78	1	5	.167	104	75.0	69	44	47	10	36	6	52	4	340	11	12.48	4.32	2.89	1.20	30.6	10.6	1.40	.321	5.64	8.28
25	Derrick Turnbow D. Turnbow	6.87	24	2006	MIL	64	4	9	.308	69	56.1	56	43	51	8	39	4	49	2	266	6	11.02	6.23	1.77	1.28	25.9	14.7	1.69	.329	8.15	8.95

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Jonathan Papelbon had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 2006, with an ERA of 0.92 in his rookie season.

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