lowest era- in first three seasons of a career minimum 50 starts

Ed Reulbach had the best ERA- by a pitcher when starting 50+ games in his first 3 seasons, with an ERA- of 58.

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	NAME	ERA-	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	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	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	58	75	94	54	22	.711	1.56	342	64	15	4	701.2	484	122	170	4	229	40	19		2,715	10	4.39	2.94	1.49	0.05	12.6	8.4	1.02	.229	2.18	2.63	95	6.21	12
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	61	87	87	31	24	.564	2.62	586	1	0	0	495.0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	2.72	66	6.84	78.1
3	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	63	76	76	33	19	.635	2.61	488	1	0	0	448.2	310	130	140	41	123	11	0	1	1,760	9	9.79	2.47	3.97	0.82	27.7	7.0	0.97	.245	2.81	3.03	71	6.22	59.4
4	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	63	53	63	39	14	.736	2.39	151	39	10	2	452.0	400	120	133	27	68	2	6		1,776	1	3.01	1.35	2.22	0.54	8.5	3.8	1.04	.244	2.65	3.15	85	7.96	27.1
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	65	99	99	58	19	.753	2.28	744	35	13	0	744.2	556	189	215	37	222	8	0	9	2,964	13	8.99	2.68	3.35	0.45	25.1	7.5	1.04	.266	2.60	2.31	64	6.72	106.2
6	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	65	103	110	77	29	.726	2.22	414	102	8	0	952.1	814	235	394	7	158		7		3,870	49	3.91	1.49	2.62	0.07	10.7	4.1	1.02	.247	3.72	2.82	85	7.69	56.6
7	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	65	86	87	64	21	.753	1.98	413	82	10	0	765.0	640	168	350	31	124		1		3,092	24	4.86	1.46	3.33	0.36	13.4	4.0	1.00		4.12	2.87	87	7.53	45.5
8	Russ Ford R. Ford	65	66	74	48	17	.738	1.99	369	55	9	1	584.0	449	129	192	7	150	15	8		2,270	10	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.11	16.3	6.6	1.03	.256	2.96	2.28	75	6.92	49.8
9	Herb Score H. Score	65	70	73	38	20	.655	2.63	547	30	8	0	512.2	338	150	176	36	309	4	1	5	2,150	28	9.60	5.42	1.77	0.63	25.4	14.4	1.26	.241	3.09	2.98	76	5.93	55.2
10	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	66	78	79	54	23	.701	2.15	479	76	8	1	683.1	515	163	283	13	129		1		2,721	30	6.31	1.70	3.71	0.17	17.6	4.7	0.94		3.73	2.46	75	6.78	61.7
11	Silver King S. King	67	113	117	78	35	.690	2.58	409	112	8	1	1013.2	879	291	469	11	194	47	3		4,143	50	3.63	1.72	2.11	0.10	9.9	4.7	1.06	.249	4.16	2.92	81	7.80	82.9
12	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	67	74	110	48	29	.623	1.90	436	41	12	4	667.1	514	141	199	6	221	26	26		2,605	10	5.88	2.98	1.97	0.08	16.7	8.5	1.10	.265	2.68	2.40	83	6.93	34.6
13	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	67	75	84	43	17	.717	2.92	460	3	1	0	502.0	457	163	182	45	115	16	4	6	2,045	4	8.25	2.06	4.00	0.81	22.5	5.6	1.14	.292	3.26	3.11	72	8.19	67.4
14	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	67	129	129	65	60	.520	1.89	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0		4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
15	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	67	54	89	30	11	.732	2.33	312	17	9	3	437.1	346	113	143	18	124	10	15	13	1,761	14	6.42	2.55	2.52	0.37	17.7	7.0	1.07	.253	2.94	2.74	78	7.12	37.7
16	Dave Foutz D. Foutz	68	128	131	89	36	.712	2.31	525	120	15	1	1118.1	936	287	516	20	272		3		4,583	51	4.23	2.19	1.93	0.16	11.5	5.9	1.08	.246	4.15	3.18	96	7.53	27
17	Ewell Blackwell E. Blackwell	68	58	68	31	21	.596	2.49	294	33	11	0	470.1	390	130	157	11	177	8	6		1,905	8	5.63	3.39	1.66	0.21	15.4	9.3	1.21	.268	3.00	2.68	73	7.46	52.9
18	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	68	89	90	40	17	.702	2.90	676	6	3	0	598.2	472	193	211	33	217	14	0	8	2,451	38	10.16	3.26	3.12	0.50	27.6	8.9	1.15	.291	3.17	2.75	65	7.10	99.7
19	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	68	94	115	63	33	.656	2.22	475	71	9	5	801.2	672	198	269	8	300	33	21		3,190	26	5.33	3.37	1.58	0.09	14.9	9.4	1.21	.280	3.02	2.91	91	7.54	28.4
20	Barry Zito B. Zito	68	84	84	47	17	.734	3.04	465	5	3	0	536.1	430	181	201	48	203	24	0	4	2,217	10	7.80	3.41	2.29	0.81	21.0	9.2	1.18	.259	3.37	3.72	83	7.22	44.1
21	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	69	74	80	48	22	.686	2.03	385	67	6	1	638.2	502	144	276	9	70		6		2,535	38	5.43	0.99	5.50	0.13	15.2	2.8	0.90		3.89	2.58	88	7.07	17.9
22	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	69	63	102	46	14	.767	2.77	274	41	11	5	588.1	495	181	203	43	194	18	15		2,405	8	4.19	2.97	1.41	0.66	11.4	8.1	1.17	.241	3.11	3.62	88	7.57	30.5
23	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	69	65	65	25	18	.581	2.53	449	1	1	0	427.0	333	120	127	30	94	12	0	3	1,690	9	9.46	1.98	4.78	0.63	26.6	5.6	1.00	.274	2.68	2.64	69	7.02	56.4
24	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	70	75	95	40	33	.548	1.71	238	53	14	4	648.1	486	123	178	6	156	8	18		2,460	9	3.30	2.17	1.53	0.08	9.7	6.3	0.99	.234	2.47	2.30	90	6.75	17.6
25	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	70	53	68	29	15	.659	2.63	197	31	7	4	431.0	377	126	148	21	131	2	11		1,767	9	4.11	2.74	1.50	0.44	11.1	7.4	1.18	.251	3.09	3.10	82	7.87	33.7

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