relief pitchers with the lowest era all-time minimum 30 innings pitched

19 pitchers are tied for the lowest career ERA by a relief pitcher when pitching at least 30 innings, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Jim Baskette, Jack Killilay and Judge Nagle.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Jim Baskette J. Baskette	0.00	56.2	21	2	2	.500	0	23	0	0	1	49	20	1	19	1	21	232	3	3.65	3.02	1.21	0.16	9.9	8.2	1.20	.255	3.18	7.78
2	Jack Killilay J. Killilay	0.00	30.0	7	2	0	1.000	0	12	0	0	0	24	9	0	16	4	5	118	1	3.60	4.80	0.75	0.00	10.2	13.6	1.33	.279	2.70	7.20
3	Judge Nagle J. Nagle	0.00	32.0	9	4	0	1.000	0	17	0	0	1	31	12	2	7	0	7	126	1	4.78	1.97	2.43	0.56	13.5	5.6	1.19	.290	3.38	8.72
4	Tex Covington T. Covington	0.00	49.0	16	2	0	1.000	0	21	0	0	0	53	27	1	21	6	7	210	3	3.86	3.86	1.00	0.18	10.0	10.0	1.51	.323	4.96	9.73
5	Fred Sherry F. Sherry	0.00	35.1	7	0	1	.000	0	16	0	0	0	36	21	1	9	0	6	144	0	4.08	2.29	1.78	0.25	11.1	6.3	1.27	.297	5.35	9.17
6	Lefty Russell L. Russell	0.00	31.2	8	0	2	.000	0	9	0	0	0	37	35	2	20	4	4	149	2	2.56	5.68	0.45	0.57	6.0	13.4	1.80	.307	9.95	10.52
7	Spec Harkness S. Harkness	0.00	45.1	16	5	0	1.000	0	25	0	0	1	36	20	1	14	0	12	170	0	4.96	2.78	1.79	0.20	14.7	8.2	1.10	.269	3.97	7.15
8	Jiggs Parson J. Parson	0.00	40.0	13	0	2	.000	0	10	0	0	0	52	42	3	30	5	13	189	0	2.25	6.75	0.33	0.68	5.3	15.9	2.05	.348	9.45	11.70
9	Dixie Walker D. Walker	0.00	32.2	12	2	2	.500	0	13	0	0	0	30	16	0	21	0	10	135	1	3.58	5.79	0.62	0.00	9.6	15.6	1.56	.297	4.41	8.27
10	Joe Hovlik J. Hovlik	0.00	41.1	13	1	0	1.000	0	17	0	0	0	54	34	1	17	2	6	190	0	3.70	3.70	1.00	0.22	8.9	8.9	1.72	.346	7.40	11.76
11	Kirby White K. White	0.00	39.2	14	2	1	.667	0	10	0	0	2	26	14	1	17	0	11	153	2	2.27	3.86	0.59	0.23	6.5	11.1	1.08	.200	3.18	5.90
12	Fred Olmstead F. Olmstead	0.00	83.1	29	5	1	.833	0	33	0	0	2	86	39	1	22	4	19	336	3	3.56	2.38	1.50	0.11	9.8	6.5	1.30	.308	4.21	9.29
13	Jack Ryan J. Ryan	0.00	47.2	14	1	1	.500	0	14	0	0	1	40	24	3	11	3	12	181	0	2.64	2.08	1.27	0.57	7.7	6.1	1.07	.247	4.53	7.55
14	Bill Foxen B. Foxen	0.00	72.1	28	2	4	.333	0	40	0	0	0	66	43	0	39	5	21	302	8	4.98	4.85	1.03	0.00	13.2	12.9	1.45	.303	5.35	8.21
15	Bill Otey B. Otey	0.00	71.0	19	1	2	.333	0	22	0	0	0	87	50	4	15	4	13	302	5	2.79	1.90	1.47	0.51	7.3	5.0	1.44	.323	6.34	11.03
16	Ed Karger E. Karger	0.00	173.0	42	4	9	.308	0	64	0	0	3	162	91	3	51	8	37	707	6	3.33	2.65	1.25	0.16	9.1	7.2	1.23	.274	4.73	8.43
17	Bugs Raymond B. Raymond	0.00	131.2	40	9	7	.563	0	64	0	0	1	120	79	0	56	9	29		5	4.37	3.83	1.14	0.00		10.9	1.34	.310	5.40	8.20
18	Doc Scanlan D. Scanlan	0.00	112.1	32	4	5	.444	0	72	0	0	5	100	52	3	69	7	28	473	4	5.77	5.53	1.04	0.24	15.2	14.6	1.50	.301	4.17	8.01
19	Chappie McFarland C. McFarland	0.00	42.0	10	0	4	.000	0	11	0	0	2	49	29	0	8	1	10		2	2.36	1.71	1.38	0.00		4.7	1.36	.325	6.21	10.50
20	Sam Leever S. Leever	0.08	226.0	74	16	5	.762	0	79	0	0	10	215	86	1	50	10	61		4	3.15	1.99	1.58	0.04		5.8	1.17	.299	3.42	8.56
21	Vic Willis V. Willis	0.09	104.2	33	10	2	.833	0	40	0	0	9	102	46	1	31	5	33		0	3.44	2.67	1.29	0.09		8.3	1.27	.340	3.96	8.77
22	George Bell G. Bell	0.09	100.0	36	3	6	.333	0	42	0	0	4	96	51	2	35	5	33	417	2	3.78	3.15	1.20	0.18	10.1	8.4	1.31	.282	4.59	8.64
23	Lew Brockett L. Brockett	0.11	85.2	20	3	1	.750	0	38	0	0	1	76	51	1	42	10	16		4	3.99	4.41	0.90	0.11		15.4	1.38	.412	5.36	7.98
24	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	0.12	234.0	75	21	3	.875	0	97	0	0	10	200	87	2	35	5	62		6	3.73	1.35	2.77	0.08		4.2	1.00	.281	3.35	7.69
25	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	0.13	72.0	20	6	2	.750	0	19	0	0	3	63	23	0	18	2	20		3	2.38	2.25	1.06	0.00		9.2	1.13	.401	2.88	7.88

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