Phillies Star Pitcher Has Lowest ERA in MLB Playoffs History

The Philadelphia Phillies have two aces in Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola in their rotation, but it's their star lefty who has made MLB history during his postseason starts.

When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Zack Wheeler to a five-year, $118 million contract in 2020, their goal was to create an elite rotation pairing him with their ace Aaron Nola.

It's worked wonders for the Phillies as they've been able to make deep postseason runs in 2022 and 2023.

Wheeler and Nola have been instrumental parts for the franchise during their turnaround into becoming legitimate championship contenders.

What perhaps nobody expected was that their 2012 international signing would become the most prolific pitcher in MLB Playoffs history through five career starts.

That's what Ranger Suarez as become.

He has a ridiculous postseason ERA of 0.94, edging out legend Sandy Koufax (0.95 ERA) for the lowest ever in a minimum of five starts.

Suarez's cool demeanor on the mound seems tailormade for the playoffs when everything is amped up and every pitch means more.

When told about this historic feat, the lefty said, "I’m really happy about that, but I just want to put the team in a position to win when I’m on the mound. When the team wins, that’s when I feel the best. I don’t pay too much attention to stuff like that."

Putting things into further perspective, Koufax put up his ERA figure in 57 innings while Suarez has thrown 28 2/3.

Still, anytime a pitcher can be mentioned in the same sentence as Koufax they're doing something right.

Nobody would confuse Suarez for an ace level pitcher. He doesn't have overwhelming stuff and he doesn't necessarily go deep into games.

But with him in the mix, Philadelphia has a three-headed monster during the postseason that many other teams cannot match up with.