lowest era in a season by a starter with 9+ games before 2020

Before 2020, 10 pitchers were tied for the best ERA by a starting pitcher with 9+ games pitched in a season, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Ray Collins, Tex Covington and Elmer Brown in 1912.

NAME ERA G SEASON TM W L W% GS 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 H/9
1 Ray Collins
R. Collins
0.00
24
1912
BSA BSA
13
8
.619
24
81
17
4
0
189.1
177
56
3
41
1
0
779
0
3.85
1.95
1.98
0.14
10.4
5.3
1.15
.266
2.66
8.41
2 Tex Covington
T. Covington
0.00
9
1912
DET DET
3
4
.429
9
14
2
1
0
50.0
48
26
0
26
2
0
213
4
2.52
4.68
0.54
0.00
6.6
12.2
1.48
.281
4.68
8.64
3 Elmer Brown
E. Brown
0.00
13
1912
SLA SLA
4
6
.400
13
24
2
1
0
73.1
84
39
1
29
8
0
316
2
2.95
3.56
0.83
0.12
7.6
9.2
1.54
.327
4.79
10.31
4 Hippo Vaughn
H. Vaughn
0.00
18
1912
TOT
5
9
.357
18
78
9
1
0
116.0
114
65
1
50
5
0
510
9
6.05
3.88
1.56
0.08
15.3
9.8
1.41
.301
5.04
8.84
5 Carl Cashion
C. Cashion
0.00
9
1911
WSH WSH
1
5
.167
9
23
5
0
0
59.1
58
35
3
38
7
0
267
4
3.49
5.76
0.61
0.46
8.6
14.2
1.62
.281
5.31
8.80
6 Jack Warhop
J. Warhop
0.00
25
1911
NYH NYH
11
11
.500
25
64
17
1
0
186.2
211
105
5
39
17
0
822
3
3.09
1.88
1.64
0.24
7.8
4.7
1.34
.296
5.06
10.17
7 Irv Young
I. Young
0.00
11
1911
CWS CWS
3
6
.333
11
26
3
1
0
60.2
70
39
1
17
0
0
256
1
3.86
2.52
1.53
0.15
10.2
6.6
1.43
.325
5.79
10.38
8 Roy Mitchell
R. Mitchell
0.00
12
1911
SLA SLA
3
7
.300
12
20
8
1
0
83.1
77
36
2
26
5
0
340
1
2.16
2.81
0.77
0.22
5.9
7.6
1.24
.261
3.89
8.32
9 Louis Drucke
L. Drucke
0.00
10
1911
NYG NYG
4
3
.571
10
34
4
0
0
60.2
67
32
1
31
8
0
281
0
5.04
4.60
1.10
0.15
12.1
11.0
1.62
.319
4.75
9.94
10 Red Ames
R. Ames
0.00
23
1911
NYG NYG
10
9
.526
23
102
13
1
0
173.2
139
62
0
48
2
0
703
4
5.29
2.49
2.13
0.00
14.5
6.8
1.08
.252
3.21
7.20
11 Eddie Cicotte
E. Cicotte
0.05
25
1911
BSA BSA
9
13
.409
25
95
15
1
0
189.1
201
99
1
65
2
0
801
4
4.52
3.09
1.46
0.05
11.9
8.1
1.40
.313
4.71
9.55
12 Ray Collins
R. Collins
0.05
24
1911
BSA BSA
9
11
.450
24
79
14
0
0
177.2
163
71
1
40
3
0
713
4
4.00
2.03
1.98
0.05
11.1
5.6
1.14
.275
3.60
8.26
13 Joe Wood
J. Wood
0.07
33
1911
BSA BSA
17
15
.531
33
205
25
5
0
252.2
207
106
2
67
11
0
1,028
7
7.30
2.39
3.06
0.07
19.9
6.5
1.08
.276
3.78
7.37
14 Cy Young
C. Young
0.07
18
1911
TOT
7
9
.438
18
57
12
2
0
125.2
137
75
6
27
4
0
532
6
4.08
1.93
2.11
0.43
10.7
5.1
1.31
.299
5.37
9.81
15 Ralph Works
R. Works
0.07
17
1912
TOT
5
10
.333
17
52
10
1
0
125.1
145
76
1
56
5
0
565
5
3.73
4.02
0.93
0.07
9.2
9.9
1.60
.319
5.46
10.41
16 George Kahler
G. Kahler
0.08
17
1911
CLE CLE
8
8
.500
17
79
10
0
0
120.0
114
61
1
53
8
0
508
5
5.93
3.98
1.49
0.08
15.6
10.4
1.39
.308
4.57
8.55
17 Jean Dubuc
J. Dubuc
0.08
26
1912
DET DET
16
9
.640
26
88
23
2
0
220.1
198
97
2
90
7
0
946
10
3.59
3.68
0.98
0.08
9.3
9.5
1.31
.258
3.96
8.09
18 Joe Lake
J. Lake
0.10
25
1911
SLA SLA
9
14
.391
25
61
14
2
0
188.1
215
98
2
32
3
0
797
5
2.92
1.53
1.91
0.10
7.7
4.0
1.31
.305
4.68
10.27
19 George McConnell
G. McConnell
0.11
20
1912
NYH NYH
8
12
.400
20
88
19
0
0
169.0
166
85
3
43
3
0
715
4
4.69
2.29
2.05
0.16
12.3
6.0
1.24
.282
4.53
8.84
20 Mack Allison
M. Allison
0.13
20
1912
SLA SLA
6
14
.300
20
33
11
1
0
140.2
139
74
4
39
7
0
594
5
2.11
2.50
0.85
0.26
5.6
6.6
1.27
.264
4.73
8.89
21 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
0.15
26
1912
WSH WSH
10
9
.526
26
98
11
1
0
179.0
187
89
8
74
7
0
780
4
4.93
3.72
1.32
0.40
12.6
9.5
1.46
.302
4.47
9.40
22 Jack Warhop
J. Warhop
0.15
22
1912
NYH NYH
6
16
.273
22
68
16
0
0
176.2
199
92
3
45
15
0
769
2
3.46
2.29
1.51
0.15
8.8
5.9
1.38
.307
4.69
10.14
23 Jack Powell
J. Powell
0.17
27
1912
SLA SLA
9
17
.346
27
60
19
0
0
214.0
224
103
4
45
3
0
897
4
2.52
1.89
1.33
0.17
6.7
5.0
1.26
.280
4.33
9.42
24 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
0.17
37
1912
WSH WSH
27
10
.730
37
271
34
7
0
318.0
228
80
2
66
14
0
1,238
9
7.67
1.87
4.11
0.06
21.9
5.3
0.92
.255
2.26
6.45
25 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
0.18
32
1912
PHA PHA
18
10
.643
32
114
23
1
0
243.1
217
113
4
84
10
0
1,011
1
4.22
3.11
1.36
0.15
11.3
8.3
1.24
.267
4.18
8.03
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