DOES DOMINANT STARTING PITCHING REALLY WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS

I’m looking at the WildCard era.

YEAR: 1995

TEAM: Atlanta Braves

fWAR: 21.0

RANK: 1

ERA: 3.25

RANK: 1

YEAR: 1996

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 14.3

RANK: 10

ERA: 4.96

RANK: 19

YEAR: 1997

TEAM: Florida Marlins

fWAR: 13.9

RANK: 8

ERA: 3.76

RANK: 4

YEAR: 1998

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 18.4

RANK: 2

ERA: 3.85

RANK: 6

YEAR: 1999

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 15.9

RANK: 5

ERA: 4.33

RANK: 5

YEAR: 2000

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 12.8

RANK: 12

ERA: 4.87

RANK: 14

YEAR: 2001

TEAM: Arizona Diamondbacks

fWAR: 19.6

RANK: 1

ERA: 3.88

RANK: 4

YEAR: 2002

TEAM: Anaheim Angels

fWAR: 12.3

RANK: 12

ERA: 4.00

RANK: 8

YEAR: 2003

TEAM: Florida Marlins

fWAR: 19.0

RANK: 5

ERA: 3.91

RANK: 6

YEAR: 2004

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 18.2

RANK: 2

ERA: 4.31

RANK: 12

YEAR: 2005

TEAM: Chicago White Sox

fWAR: 18.4

RANK: 3

ERA: 3.75

RANK: 5

YEAR: 2006

TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals

fWAR: 6.6

RANK: 28

ERA: 4.79

RANK: 20

YEAR: 2007

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 14.7

RANK: 4

ERA: 4.21

RANK: 4

YEAR: 2008

TEAM: Philadelphia Phillies

fWAR: 10.2

RANK: 20

ERA: 4.23

RANK: 13

YEAR: 2009

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 14.4

RANK: 9

ERA: 4.48

RANK: 13

YEAR: 2010

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 13.1

RANK: 13

ERA:

RANK:

YEAR: 2011

TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals

fWAR: 11.4

RANK: 16

ERA: 3.81

RANK: 12

YEAR: 2012

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 9.9

RANK: 18

ERA: 3.73

RANK: 6

YEAR: 2013

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 11.8

RANK: 14

ERA: 3.84

RANK: 11

YEAR: 2014

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 8.5

RANK: 25

ERA: 3.74

RANK: 16

YEAR: 2015

TEAM: Kansas City Royals

fWAR: 8.6

RANK: 20

ERA: 4.34

RANK: 22

YEAR: 2016

TEAM: Chicago Cubs

fWAR: 16.2

RANK: 2

ERA: 2.96

RANK: 1

YEAR: 2017

TEAM: Houston Astros

fWAR: 14.0

RANK: 7

ERA: 4.03

RANK: 6

YEAR: 2018

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 14.2

RANK: 10

ERA: 3.77

RANK: 8

TOTAL:

YEARS: 24

fWAR: 13.5

RANK: 10

ERA: 4.47

RANK: 9

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