lowest world series era of all-time minimum 36 innings pitched

Madison Bumgarner has the best career ERA in the World Series when pitching at least 36 innings, with an ERA of 0.25.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	IP	SERIES	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	0.25	36.0	World Series	5	4	0	1.000	4	31	1	1	1	14	1	1	1	5	2	1	0	124	0	7.75	1.25	6.20	0.25	25.0	4.0	0.53	.153	0.25	3.50
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	0.95	57.0	World Series	8	4	3	.571	7	61	4	2	0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	213	0	9.63	1.74	5.55	0.32	28.6	5.2	0.82	.245	1.58	5.68
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	0.97	101.2	World Series	11	5	5	.500	11	48	10	4	0	75	11	22	1	10	1	0	3	391	1	4.25	0.89	4.80	0.09	12.3	2.6	0.84	.224	1.95	6.64
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	0.99	36.1	World Series	24	2	1	.667	0	32	0	0	11	27	4	5	1	8	2	19	1	144	0	7.93	1.98	4.00	0.25	22.2	5.6	0.96	.257	1.24	6.69
5	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.32	54.2	World Series	7	2	5	.286	6	32	6	0	0	37	8	11	0	11	4	1	1	215	1	5.27	1.81	2.91	0.00	14.9	5.1	0.88	.220	1.81	6.09
6	Bill Hallahan B. Hallahan	1.36	39.2	World Series	7	3	1	.750	5	27	3	2	1	29	6	6	0	23	1	1	1	172	1	6.13	5.22	1.17	0.00	15.7	13.4	1.31	.240	1.36	6.58
7	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.58	51.1	World Series	8	3	1	.750	5	35	3	1	0	37	9	11	0	15	1	2	0	203	2	6.14	2.63	2.33	0.00	17.2	7.4	1.01	.243	1.93	6.49
8	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1.58	62.2	World Series	8	4	3	.571	8	56	5	1	0	39	11	14	2	17	0	0	1	245	1	8.04	2.44	3.29	0.29	22.9	6.9	0.89	.218	2.01	5.60
9	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	1.74	41.1	World Series	5	3	2	.600	5	11	4	1	0	31	8	9	2	7	0	0	0	162	0	2.40	1.52	1.57	0.44	6.8	4.3	0.92	.204	1.96	6.75
10	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1.75	51.1	World Series	8	4	2	.667	5	36	4	0	2	46	10	12	0	6	0	3	0	205	0	6.31	1.05	6.00	0.00	17.6	2.9	1.01	.282	2.10	8.06
11	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.79	50.1	World Series	6	4	2	.667	6	32	4	0	0	40	10	18	3	12	1	0	2	204	1	5.72	2.15	2.67	0.54	15.7	5.9	1.03	.237	3.22	7.15
12	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1.83	83.2	World Series	12	6	4	.600	11	49	6	1	0	81	17	28	2	22	1	1	0	345	0	5.27	2.37	2.23	0.22	14.2	6.4	1.23	.292	3.01	8.71
13	George Mullin G. Mullin	1.86	58.0	World Series	7	3	3	.500	6	36	6	1	0	45	12	22	1	16	3	1	0	236	0	5.59	2.48	2.25	0.16	15.3	6.8	1.05	.244	3.41	6.98
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.89	81.0	World Series	9	7	2	.778	9	92	8	2	0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	5.41	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11
15	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	1.95	55.1	World Series	10	5	0	1.000	5	24	4	0	3	39	12	12	3	8	0	5	0	210	0	3.90	1.30	3.00	0.49	11.4	3.8	0.85	.206	1.95	6.34
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2.06	48.0	World Series	7	4	1	.800	7	43	1	1	0	33	11	13	4	10	2	0	0	184	1	8.06	1.88	4.30	0.75	23.4	5.4	0.90	.232	2.44	6.19
17	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.09	38.2	World Series	5	2	3	.400	5	18	1	0	0	28	9	13	1	7	1	0	1	148	0	4.19	1.63	2.57	0.23	12.2	4.7	0.91	.223	3.03	6.52
18	Johnny Podres J. Podres	2.11	38.1	World Series	6	4	1	.800	6	18	2	1	0	29	9	14	3	13	2	0	0	157	0	4.23	3.05	1.38	0.70	11.5	8.3	1.10	.215	3.29	6.81
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2.16	58.1	World Series	8	4	3	.571	8	38	3	0	0	33	14	18	8	20	0	0	0	223	1	5.86	3.09	1.90	1.23	17.0	9.0	0.91	.159	2.78	5.09
20	Art Nehf A. Nehf	2.16	79.0	World Series	12	4	4	.500	9	28	6	2	0	50	19	23	2	32	1	1	2	310	2	3.19	3.65	0.88	0.23	9.0	10.3	1.04	.194	2.62	5.70
21	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.22	44.2	World Series	6	2	3	.400	5	20	4	0	0	42	11	14	0	7	1	0	1	182	0	4.03	1.41	2.86	0.00	11.0	3.8	1.10	.273	2.82	8.46
22	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	2.24	60.1	World Series	11	5	3	.625	8	43	3	1	0	52	15	21	5	25	1	0	1	254	0	6.41	3.73	1.72	0.75	16.9	9.8	1.28	.261	3.13	7.76
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.34	50.0	World Series	9	4	2	.667	7	35	4	1	0	36	13	17	5	19	1	2	1	205	3	6.30	3.42	1.84	0.90	17.1	9.3	1.10	.214	3.06	6.48
24	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.35	57.1	World Series	8	3	4	.429	7	17	5	1	1	47	15	16	0	8	3	1	1	221	0	2.67	1.26	2.13	0.00	7.7	3.6	0.96	.244	2.51	7.38
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.37	49.1	World Series	8	3	0	1.000	8	49	0	0	0	37	13	14	2	12	2	0	0	197	1	8.94	2.19	4.08	0.36	24.9	6.1	0.99	.265	2.55	6.75

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