lowest era through a pitcher's first 50 starts

Paul Skenes has the best ERA in his first 50 games, with an ERA of 2.02.

	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	H/9
1	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.02	50	50	19	12	.613	351	1	0	0	294.0	208	66	71	19	69	12	0	0	1,143	4	10.74	2.11	5.09	0.58	30.7	6.0	0.94	.273	2.17	6.37
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.27	50	50	29	12	.707	418	14	6	0	364.2	267	92	102	15	114	3	0	4	1,446	5	10.32	2.81	3.67	0.37	28.9	7.9	1.04	.281	2.52	6.59
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.47	50	50	23	10	.697	363	0	0	0	305.2	219	84	94	19	93	8	0	7	1,220	9	10.69	2.74	3.90	0.56	29.8	7.6	1.02	.271	2.77	6.45
4	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	2.51	50	50	25	23	.521	275	48	5	0	445.1	437	124	185	13	80	8	0			12	5.56	1.62	3.44	0.26		4.4	1.16	.294	3.74	8.83
5	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2.62	50	50	26	11	.703	207	12	6	0	378.0	322	110	116	28	79	4	0	2	1,492	10	4.93	1.88	2.62	0.67	13.9	5.3	1.06	.250	2.76	7.67
6	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	2.65	50	50	24	9	.727	303	0	0	0	302.1	219	89	99	28	89	31	0	0	1,224	4	9.02	2.65	3.40	0.83	24.8	7.3	1.02	.247	2.95	6.52
7	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.86	50	50	20	10	.667	307	0	0	0	271.0	198	86	93	24	79	5	0	0	1,080	8	10.20	2.62	3.89	0.80	28.4	7.3	1.02	.262	3.09	6.58
8	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	2.86	50	50	26	7	.788	279	2	0	0	311.0	231	99	109	11	135	5	0	2	1,277	25	8.07	3.91	2.07	0.32	21.8	10.6	1.18	.260	3.15	6.68
9	George Winter G. Winter	2.92	50	50	28	22	.560	114	44	1	0	422.1	406	137	215	6	121	11	0			6	2.43	2.58	0.94	0.13		7.6	1.25	.298	4.58	8.65
10	Tom Phoebus T. Phoebus	2.94	50	50	22	16	.579	274	14	7	0	327.2	263	107	116	20	167	1	0	4	1,386	20	7.53	4.59	1.64	0.55	19.8	12.0	1.31	.263	3.19	7.22
11	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.96	50	50	22	14	.611	341	0	0	0	282.2	234	93	107	23	75	5	0	2	1,146	9	10.86	2.39	4.55	0.73	29.8	6.5	1.09	.301	3.41	7.45
12	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	3.01	50	50	24	9	.727	271	0	0	0	296.1	241	99	110	50	51	4	0	0	1,170	4	8.23	1.55	5.31	1.52	23.2	4.4	0.99	.241	3.34	7.32
13	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	3.01	50	50	22	16	.579	186	15	4	0	334.1	302	112	130	20	124	5	0	10	1,406	10	5.01	3.34	1.50	0.54	13.2	8.8	1.27	.263	3.50	8.13
14	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	3.03	50	50	23	16	.590	398	6	4	0	339.0	252	114	133	32	127	6	0	5	1,390	26	10.57	3.37	3.13	0.85	28.6	9.1	1.12	.266	3.53	6.69
15	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	3.04	50	50	18	13	.581	331	1	0	0	289.2	246	98	105	22	113	12	0	4	1,208	20	10.28	3.51	2.93	0.68	27.4	9.4	1.24	.307	3.26	7.64
16	Dave Rozema D. Rozema	3.14	50	50	21	16	.568	140	23	2	0	378.2	386	132	150	37	66	8	0	5	1,546	5	3.33	1.57	2.12	0.88	9.1	4.3	1.19	.269	3.57	9.17
17	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	3.14	50	50	26	13	.667	311	4	1	0	326.2	277	114	126	44	57	6	0	0	1,296	9	8.57	1.57	5.46	1.21	24.0	4.4	1.02	.265	3.47	7.63
18	Greg Hibbard G. Hibbard	3.15	50	50	17	15	.531	128	4	0	0	308.1	309	108	122	15	83	7	0	1	1,293	5	3.74	2.42	1.54	0.44	9.9	6.4	1.27	.277	3.56	9.02
19	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	3.17	50	50	25	13	.658	252	2	1	0	306.2	299	108	114	22	72	2	0	6	1,262	6	7.40	2.11	3.50	0.65	20.0	5.7	1.21	.303	3.35	8.78
20	Bobby Jones B. Jones	3.20	50	50	20	17	.541	193	3	1	0	343.1	341	122	165	24	103	11	0	14	1,459	3	5.06	2.70	1.87	0.63	13.2	7.1	1.29	.281	4.33	8.94
21	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	3.21	50	50	20	10	.667	291	0	0	0	280.0	241	100	105	29	78	10	0	0	1,147	9	9.35	2.51	3.73	0.93	25.4	6.8	1.14	.287	3.38	7.75
22	Barry Zito B. Zito	3.22	50	50	25	12	.676	288	4	3	0	312.2	255	112	123	24	127	15	0	2	1,303	8	8.29	3.66	2.27	0.69	22.1	9.7	1.22	.272	3.54	7.34
23	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	3.25	50	50	19	17	.528	291	0	0	0	305.0	251	110	120	28	66	6	0	1	1,223	14	8.59	1.95	4.41	0.83	23.8	5.4	1.04	.268	3.54	7.41
24	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	3.27	50	50	21	17	.553	205	9	7	0	322.1	294	117	131	22	107	7	0	9	1,343	9	5.72	2.99	1.92	0.61	15.3	8.0	1.24	.271	3.66	8.21
25	Bryan Woo B. Woo	3.27	50	50	16	10	.615	254	0	0	0	272.2	223	99	104	32	52	12	0	1	1,092	1	8.38	1.72	4.88	1.06	23.3	4.8	1.01	.257	3.43	7.36

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	91	56	.619
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Pirates	74	74	.500	17.5
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Sat 9/12	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 9/13	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 9/16	MIL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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228

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WHIP Leaders

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0.88

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0.91

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12.66

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K/BB Leaders

6.34

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Braves	86	61	.585
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Marlins	72	75	.490	14.0
Mets	68	78	.466	17.5
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	91	56	.619
Cubs	82	66	.554	9.5
Pirates	74	74	.500	17.5
Cardinals	72	75	.490	19.0
Reds	69	77	.473	21.5
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Royals	65	82	.442	10.5
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Astros	75	72	.510
Rangers	72	75	.490	3.0
Mariners	69	78	.469	6.0
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