best era postseason, min 20 gs, since 1995

Since 1995, Jon Lester has the best ERA in the postseason when starting 20+ games, with an ERA of 2.51.

Interpreted as:
best era by a player postseason, min 20 gs, since 1995
NAME ERA GS G W L W% SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA ERA- FIP FIP- H/9 PRAA
1 Jon Lester
J. Lester
2.51
22
26
9
7
.563
133
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
2 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
2.73
26
31
10
12
.455
109
2
0
1
178.0
171
54
77
10
40
8
2
13
738
3
5.51
2.02
2.73
0.51
14.8
5.4
1.19
.282
3.89
8.65
3 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
2.77
22
22
11
6
.647
156
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
4 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
3.16
26
26
11
10
.524
109
0
0
0
159.2
142
56
64
12
67
5
0
8
671
3
6.14
3.78
1.63
0.68
16.2
10.0
1.31
.272
3.61
8.00
5 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
3.42
21
23
7
8
.467
145
0
0
0
139.2
121
53
56
19
33
3
0
7
571
2
9.34
2.13
4.39
1.22
25.4
5.8
1.10
.275
3.61
7.80
6 John Lackey
J. Lackey
3.44
23
29
8
6
.571
114
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3.58
37
38
17
12
.586
244
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
8 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
3.71
26
27
11
6
.647
133
1
1
0
150.1
129
62
64
15
52
4
1
1
633
8
7.96
3.11
2.56
0.90
21.0
8.2
1.20
.266
3.83
7.72
9 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3.78
25
30
7
8
.467
171
0
0
1
143.0
109
60
63
20
56
9
1
4
594
8
10.76
3.52
3.05
1.26
28.8
9.4
1.15
.263
3.97
6.86
10 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
3.81
44
44
19
11
.633
183
0
0
0
276.2
285
117
121
31
76
3
0
4
1,157
4
5.95
2.47
2.41
1.01
15.8
6.6
1.30
.294
3.94
9.27
11 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
4.14
21
22
4
6
.400
100
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
12 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
4.28
23
26
10
7
.588
121
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
13 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
4.63
32
40
13
13
.500
213
0
0
1
196.1
171
101
107
32
54
4
2
6
802
11
9.76
2.48
3.94
1.47
26.6
6.7
1.15
.279
4.90
7.84

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WSH WSH
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10/14
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MIL MIL
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SEA SEA
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10/16
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LAD LAD
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