what reliever had best era with 20+ saves in 2008

Joe Nathan had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 2008, with an ERA of 1.33.

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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	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	1.33	39	2008	MIN	68	1	2	.333	74	67.2	43	10	13	5	18	2	57	4	261	2	9.84	2.39	4.11	0.67	28.4	6.9	0.90	.235	1.73	5.72
2	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1.40	39	2008	NYY	64	6	5	.545	77	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	2	60	0	259	1	9.81	0.76	12.83	0.51	29.7	2.3	0.67	.218	1.40	5.22
3	Joakim Soria J. Soria	1.60	42	2008	KCR	63	2	3	.400	66	67.1	39	12	13	5	19	6	57	1	260	1	8.82	2.54	3.47	0.67	25.4	7.3	0.86	.207	1.74	5.21
4	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	1.95	41	2008	PHI	72	2	0	1.000	92	69.1	50	15	17	2	35	1	61	4	292	5	11.94	4.54	2.63	0.26	31.5	12.0	1.23	.296	2.21	6.49
5	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.24	62	2008	LAA	76	2	3	.400	77	68.1	54	17	21	4	34	2	69	4	288	6	10.14	4.48	2.26	0.53	26.7	11.8	1.29	.292	2.77	7.11
6	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.30	27	2008	NYM	45	0	1	.000	52	47.0	32	12	17	4	10	0	34	0	184	2	9.96	1.91	5.20	0.77	28.3	5.4	0.89	.237	3.26	6.13
7	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.34	41	2008	BOS	67	5	4	.556	77	69.1	58	18	24	4	8	0	62	0	273	2	10.00	1.04	9.63	0.52	28.2	2.9	0.95	.293	3.12	7.53
8	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	2.63	30	2008	CWS	57	3	1	.750	38	61.2	51	18	18	3	17	1	52	4	243	3	5.55	2.48	2.24	0.44	15.6	7.0	1.10	.261	2.63	7.44
9	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	2.73	30	2008	COL	67	1	5	.167	82	62.2	47	19	22	3	22	1	48	1	256	1	11.78	3.16	3.73	0.43	32.0	8.6	1.10	.297	3.16	6.75
10	B.J. Ryan	2.95	32	2008	TOR	60	2	4	.333	58	58.0	46	19	21	4	28	4	48	3	249	2	9.00	4.34	2.07	0.62	23.3	11.2	1.28	.271	3.26	7.14
11	Matt Capps M. Capps	3.02	21	2008	PIT	49	2	3	.400	39	53.2	47	18	20	5	5	2	39	0	211	0	6.54	0.84	7.80	0.84	18.5	2.4	0.97	.263	3.35	7.88
12	Kerry Wood K. Wood	3.26	34	2008	CHC	65	5	4	.556	84	66.1	54	24	24	3	18	7	56	4	276	1	11.40	2.44	4.67	0.41	30.4	6.5	1.09	.311	3.26	7.33
13	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	3.33	34	2008	CIN	72	5	4	.556	78	70.1	61	26	28	6	38	3	63	3	307	3	9.98	4.86	2.05	0.77	25.4	12.4	1.41	.302	3.58	7.81
14	Jose Valverde J. Valverde	3.38	44	2008	HOU	74	6	3	.667	83	72.0	62	27	28	10	23	2	71	6	303	3	10.38	2.88	3.61	1.25	27.4	7.6	1.18	.281	3.50	7.75
15	Kevin Gregg K. Gregg	3.41	29	2008	FLA	72	7	8	.467	58	68.2	51	26	30	3	37	4	59	4	296	7	7.60	4.85	1.57	0.39	19.6	12.5	1.28	.247	3.93	6.68
16	Salomon Torres S. Torres	3.49	28	2008	MIL	71	7	5	.583	51	80.0	75	31	35	6	33	4	46	5	344	2	5.74	3.71	1.55	0.68	14.8	9.6	1.35	.276	3.94	8.44
17	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	3.77	30	2008	SDP	48	3	6	.333	46	45.1	38	19	19	8	9	0	42	2	180	0	9.13	1.79	5.11	1.59	25.6	5.0	1.04	.256	3.77	7.54
18	Troy Percival T. Percival	4.53	28	2008	TBR	50	2	1	.667	38	45.2	29	23	26	9	27	1	38	0	194	2	7.49	5.32	1.41	1.77	19.6	13.9	1.23	.168	5.12	5.72
19	Brian Wilson B. Wilson	4.62	41	2008	SFG	63	3	2	.600	67	62.1	62	32	32	7	28	3	54	4	274	2	9.67	4.04	2.39	1.01	24.5	10.2	1.44	.325	4.62	8.95
20	Brandon Lyon B. Lyon	4.70	26	2008	ARI	61	3	5	.375	44	59.1	75	31	34	7	13	0	50	1	265	1	6.67	1.97	3.38	1.06	16.6	4.9	1.48	.338	5.16	11.38
21	George Sherrill G. Sherrill	4.73	31	2008	BAL	57	3	5	.375	58	53.1	47	28	28	6	33	1	49	6	239	1	9.79	5.57	1.76	1.01	24.3	13.8	1.50	.291	4.73	7.93
22	C.J. Wilson	6.02	24	2008	TEX	50	2	2	.500	41	46.1	49	31	35	8	27	2	41	2	214	3	7.96	5.24	1.52	1.55	19.2	12.6	1.64	.301	6.80	9.52

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