So Alejandro Pena had been a pretty good starting pitcher in 1983 and '84 despite pitching exclusively in relief for the Los Angeles Dodgers the two previous years. But just when it appeared he'd found his calling as a starting pitcher, Pena slumped.
So by 1987, he was still an occasional starter (Seven times) but went eleven for eleven in save opportunities. This would make it appear that Alejandro had really found his calling, as a closer!
Not quite. He'd led the league in earned run average in 1984 while going 12-6 for Los Angeles. But by 1988, there was really no need for him to start anymore. Fernando Valenzuela wasn't the pitcher he once was, but look who LA had! Orel Hershiser, Tim Belcher and Tim Leary. The Big Three.
Okay. And they had closer Jay Howell, who was 5-3 with 21 saves. Pena was right there in terms of importance. Alejandro posted an earned run average of just 1.91, topping all Dodgers relievers except Brian Holton, who was 7-3 with an ERA of just 1.70.
Pena had a dozen saves of his own, and got a hold in nine other games. How about blowing just two save opportunities for a save percentage of nearly 86 percent? Howell's WHIP was exactly 1.000, but again, Pena was close, 1.081. Alejandro also fanned 83 batters for a 7.9 K/9. While Howell topped the team in saves, Pena had a then-career high of twelve to go along with nine holds.
Howell was only a 2.0 Wins Above Replacement, although he'd up it to 3.4 in 1989. Pena had a 1.7 WAR in 1988. His best had been a 5.0 in 1984, when he was still a starter.
Pena's success with the Los Angeles Dodgers did not end after the regular. In the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, Los Angeles dropped a tough opener, 3-2. They were poised to win game two at Dodger Stadium, but needed some help from Pena. LA led 6-2 going into the top of the ninth, but then New York scored a run of Tim Belcher. Jesse Orosco came in and surrendered a single to Darryl Strawberry. So, there were two on and the Dodgers were up by three. Pena came in, and actually loaded the bases when he walked Howard Johnson after retiring Kevin McReynolds. Gary Carter ended the game by lining out to right.
Alejandro took the loss in game three, as New York won 8-4 at Shea Stadium. Rather than be demoralized, Pena was back on the hill in the big game four.
Still, the Dodgers were at home and trailing 4-2 after eight frames. Would you believe it, the Mets didn't record an out before the home team tied it via a Mike Scoscia home run! LA got two more runners on but couldn't get the go-ahead run home. Alejandro Pena came in and pitcher a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth, but Randy Myers matched that in the top of the tenth. Pena allowed just one runner in the bottom of the frame to keep the game going.
It was still 4-4 in the last of the eleventh when Pena got the dangerous Darryl Strawberry out on a pop fly. But then a walk, to Kevin McReynolds followed. Lenny Dykstra was up. When Lenny flied out, Alejandro appeared to be in control of the situation. But then with a 2-2 count on Wally Backman, McReynolds swiped second. That forced Pena to pitch carefully to Backman. One ball out of the infield could end this. Pena was too careful. Ball four. Alejandro Pena escaped by getting Howard Johnson to pop out to third.
The Dodgers needed a run, too, of course. They got just that in the of the twelfth via a Kirk Gibson home run. New York nearly came back in the bottom of the inning. Tim Leary had taken over on the mound, but the Mets' Mackey Sasser greeted him with a single. Lee Mazilli followed suite. Greg Jefferies flied out. The next batter was Keith Hernandez, a left-hander. Tommy Lasorda, the Dodgers' manager, brought in southpaw Jesse Orosco to face him. Orosco didn't retire him. Hernandez walked. Bases loaded. One away. Darryl Strawberry was up next but Orosco got him to pop out to second. Orel Hershiser then retired Keven McReynolds next to end it. Orel didn't get much rest.
Tim Belcher and David Cone exchanged wins in games five and six, so Hershiser would be needed in game seven. He was excellent. The 6-0 win sent the Dodgers to the World Series.
The powerful Oakland Athletics led 4-3 in the opener, but Pena shut 'em out in the eighth and ninth inning, giving the home team a chance in the ninth. Kirk Gibson belted a dramatic two-run home run to win it for LA! Hershiser won game two, 6-0.
On to Oakland for game three, Pena kept his team in it, keeping the A's off the scoreboard in the sixth, seventh and eighth inning. But Mark McGwire matched Kirk Gibson's heroic with a walk-off when Jay Howell was looking impressive. But Jay got the save in a close 4-3 win in the fourth contest. And when Orel Hershiser beat the A's 5-2 in the fifth game, Pena had his second ring with Los Angeles.
Pena continued on. In 1989, still on the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was 4-3 with a 2.13 earned run average. But Alejandro only saved five games, blowing four other opportunities. In 1990, he was on the very team he'd helped beat in the 1988 NLCS, the Mets. After a so-so 1990 with them, he charged out of the gate strong with New York in '91. By August 28th, Pena was 6-1 with four saves. Traded to Atlanta on that day, he was 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA and eleven saves. Overall for the year, Alejandro was 8-1, recorded 15 saves, and posted an earned run average of just 2.71.
Alas, for Atlanta and Pena, the ending memory of that season was in game seven of the Fall Classic vs. Minnesota. In the National League Championship Series vs. Pittsburgh, Alejandro Pena made four appearances in the first six games, saving three. His ERA was 0.00. John Smoltz won game seven, 4-0, putting the Braves in the World Series.
Pena wasn't quite as effective. In game three, which Atlanta needed, he blew the save. The Braves, playing at home, won that contest. They won games four and five, too. So, having lost the first two contests, Atlanta headed back to Minnesota for games six, needed just one more win.
Pena did his job in game six. The score was 3-3 after 8 1/2. Pena had to hold the fort. He fanned Mike Pagliarulo and Ken Hrbek. Brian Harper grounded out. On to the top of the tenth. But Atlanta failed to score and Minny could force a game seven with a run in the bottom of the frame.
Greg Gagne popped out. Dan Gladden and Chuck Knoblauch grounded out. On to the eleventh. Sid Bream singled, and that was a great start. However, Keith Mitchell came in to run for Bream, and promptly got nailed for trying to pilfer second. Brian Hunter fouled out. Greg Olson popped out.
Alejandro was out of the game, but Charlie Leibrandt wasn't up to the task. Kirby Puckett belted a walk-off home run in the last of the eleventh, and it was going a seventh and deciding game.
The seventh game was a classic. It was close all the way. It was also scoreless until the tenth inning, as both Jack Morris and John Smoltz were awesome starters. Smoltz had to leave after 7 1/3 but the shutout continued. Mike Stanton came in. There were runners on the corners and the dangerous Puckett was back up. Bobby Cox, the Braves' manager, had Stanton walk him. Ken Hrbek hit into a double play!
Stanton couldn't keep it up. The first two batters singled in the last of the ninth. Would the scoreless deadlock be broken? Well, Alejandro was there again to put out the fire. Shane Mack hit into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Pagliarulo was put on. The World Series-winning run was 90 feet away at third. But Paul Sorrento lost his chance to be the hero when Pena fanned him on an 0-2 pitch.
Morris got Atlanta out 1-2-3 in the top of the tenth, meaning he'd retired seven batters in a row. But Dan Gladden hit a leadoff single to start the bottom of the frame, and now a single would end the Fall Classic. Chuck Knoblauch bunted. 6-3. One away. But now the winning-run was at third, and less than two outs. Now, a sac fly would end it.
Guess who the batter was? Puckett. No way. Pena walked him intentionally. Hrbek? Same.
Gene Larkin was next. Funny, a ball to the outfield and it's over. A grounder? And it's potentially an inning-ending DP. Larkin settled it quickly. He singled on the first pitch, and a Fall Classic that was just that, a classic!
Atlanta was undaunted. But Pena? He might have been a little shook up. Not helping was tendinitis. Although he appeared in 41 games the following season on another Atlanta-pennant winning team, he struggled. Alejandro ended the season with an earned run average of 4.07. But he did pick up another fifteen saves, matching his career-best from the previous year. However Atlanta felt that by getting closer Jeff Reardon, they had no room for Pena. The World Series pitching roster consisted of starting pitchers Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Steve Avery, plus relievers Stanton, Mark Wohlers, Pete Smith, Reardon and David Nied.
It had come down to Nied or Pena. Ken Mercker , another Atlanta pitcher (Who'd ironically, pitched in a combined no-hitter in 1991 with Stanton and Pena), had damaged his ribs in the on-field celebrations after beating the Bucs. Manager Bobby Cox went with Nied, of course. But oddly, they would only have eight available pitchers. By comparison, their American League coutnerparts, the Toronto Blue Jays, went with ten. Four of them: Duane Ward, Tom Henke and Mark Eichhorn, had amazing seasons and fount their way on my list below. The Blue Jays won the series in six games.
The tendinitis also forced Pena to miss the entire 1993 season. But he wasn't done. In 1994 Alejandro pitched for very team Atlanta had beat in the 1991 and 1992 NLCS, the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, the Bucs weren't the same. After 1992, Barry Bonds had bolted via free agency to San Francisco, and the club would struggle for the next twenty seasons, finishing below .500 each year. Pena managed to go 3-2 in '94, but the season ended in August with the strike. Pena got into 22 games but his earned run average was over five.
Alejandro had three stops the next season: Boston , Florida and back to Atlanta. His season was mixed: 7.40 ERA with the Red Sox, 1.40 ERA with Florida and a 2-0 record. With the Braves, Pena got into fourteen games and posted an earned run average of 4.15.
So Alejandro was just 3-1 with a 4.72 ERA in 1995. He'd recorded his last seven career saves with the Pirates in 1994, but still had something left. The Braves were going to the postseason again in 1995, and Alejandro Pena was on the playoff roster, this time!
In the second-ever National League Division Series (It had been used during the strike-shortended 1981 season, but Alejandro did not pitch vs. Houston in that format in '81) vs. Colorado, Pena went 2-0 in three appearances as Atlanta advanced three games to one. Vs. Cincinnati in the National League Championship Series, he made another three appearances. He failed to win a game, but continued his 0.00 postseason ERA as Atlanta swept. Now, only Cleveland stood in the way.
Pena pitched the second contest vs. the Indians. The Braves, at home, led 4-2 in the top of the seventh. But the Tribe put two men on with two away when Alejandro came in. A familiar story: A dangerous batter! This time, Albert Belle. Pena got him to pop up to the catcher.
Alejandro Pena got another dangerous hitter, Eddie Murray, out on a fly to centre to start the top of the eighth. But Manny Ramirez singled. Jim Thome was up, and he too was dangerous. But before Thome could do something, Remirez was picked off second with the count 3-2. It was a crucial play as Jim Thome took ball four. Ironically the next batter was someone Alejandro Pena had faced four years earlier in the Fall Classic, Paul Sorrento. But it would be Mark Wohlers who faced him and ended the threat. Atlanta went on to win the game and go up 2-0. Pena had a hold.
But in game three in Cleveland, Alejandro was in that familiar spot for Atlanta: Extra innings, bottom of an inning, score tied! It was 6-6 and Atlanta was looking to go up 3-0 and really put a stranglehold on this one.
Carlos Baerga greeted him with a double. Albert Belle was up. Pena wisely walked him. But Eddie Murphy sent the crowd at Jacobs Field home happy with a single to centre. Baerga scored. Heartbreak for our boy, again.
The good news is Atlanta won game four to go up 3-1. Cleveland dug deep and took the fifth contest, 5-4. An excellent 1-hitter by Tom Glavine gave the Braves a 1-0 series-clinching win back home in game six! Alejandro had his third ring!
The Braves granted him free agency, and Pena signed with the Florida Marlins again. But this time, he was his last season. Alejandro took the loss on April 2nd, although all three runs against him were unearned. Pena gave up a run in each of his next two outings. Then, Alejandro pitched for the last time in the bigs on April 13th. It was a scoreless outing.
Pena was granted free agency after the 1996, but he never pitched again. As of 2013, he's back with his old team, the Los Angeles Dodgers,
Notes
Baumgartner and Bernhard appeared as a starter twelve times
Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.
Craig appeared as a starter ten times.
Danforth, Malone, Stewart and Sherry appeared as a starter nine times.
Phillipe and Walsh appeared as a starter eight times.
Morton and Griffith appeared as a starter seven times.
Paige, Mays, Chappelle, Rommell and Yarbrough appeared as a starter six times.
Marberry, Mossi, Lee, Ellis and Dubuc appeared as a starter five times.
Leever, Aceves and Beene appeared as a starter four times.
Russell, Stanley, Adams and Keefe appeared as a starter three times.
Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall, Brosnan, Lindsey, Karl, Wilks, Martinez and Clark appeared as a starter two times.
Beggs, Quinn, Narleski, McGraw, Aloma, Robles, Ferguson, and Vincente Romo appeared once as a starter.
Maltzberger, Hyde, Konstanty, Duren, Brosnan, Tekulve and Henke all wore glasses.
Morrow's stats are through July 1, 2018.
Trivino's stats are through July 18, 2018.
Treinen's stats are through July 25, 2018.
Jeffress' stats are through August 13, 2018.
Yarbrough stats are through Sept 19, 2018.
Hader's stats are through September 24, 2018.
Workman's stats are through August 01, 2019.
Robles' stats are through September 05, 2019.
Walden's stats are through September 12, 2019
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So by 1987, he was still an occasional starter (Seven times) but went eleven for eleven in save opportunities. This would make it appear that Alejandro had really found his calling, as a closer!
Not quite. He'd led the league in earned run average in 1984 while going 12-6 for Los Angeles. But by 1988, there was really no need for him to start anymore. Fernando Valenzuela wasn't the pitcher he once was, but look who LA had! Orel Hershiser, Tim Belcher and Tim Leary. The Big Three.
Okay. And they had closer Jay Howell, who was 5-3 with 21 saves. Pena was right there in terms of importance. Alejandro posted an earned run average of just 1.91, topping all Dodgers relievers except Brian Holton, who was 7-3 with an ERA of just 1.70.
Pena had a dozen saves of his own, and got a hold in nine other games. How about blowing just two save opportunities for a save percentage of nearly 86 percent? Howell's WHIP was exactly 1.000, but again, Pena was close, 1.081. Alejandro also fanned 83 batters for a 7.9 K/9. While Howell topped the team in saves, Pena had a then-career high of twelve to go along with nine holds.
Howell was only a 2.0 Wins Above Replacement, although he'd up it to 3.4 in 1989. Pena had a 1.7 WAR in 1988. His best had been a 5.0 in 1984, when he was still a starter.
Pena's success with the Los Angeles Dodgers did not end after the regular. In the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, Los Angeles dropped a tough opener, 3-2. They were poised to win game two at Dodger Stadium, but needed some help from Pena. LA led 6-2 going into the top of the ninth, but then New York scored a run of Tim Belcher. Jesse Orosco came in and surrendered a single to Darryl Strawberry. So, there were two on and the Dodgers were up by three. Pena came in, and actually loaded the bases when he walked Howard Johnson after retiring Kevin McReynolds. Gary Carter ended the game by lining out to right.
Alejandro took the loss in game three, as New York won 8-4 at Shea Stadium. Rather than be demoralized, Pena was back on the hill in the big game four.
Still, the Dodgers were at home and trailing 4-2 after eight frames. Would you believe it, the Mets didn't record an out before the home team tied it via a Mike Scoscia home run! LA got two more runners on but couldn't get the go-ahead run home. Alejandro Pena came in and pitcher a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth, but Randy Myers matched that in the top of the tenth. Pena allowed just one runner in the bottom of the frame to keep the game going.
It was still 4-4 in the last of the eleventh when Pena got the dangerous Darryl Strawberry out on a pop fly. But then a walk, to Kevin McReynolds followed. Lenny Dykstra was up. When Lenny flied out, Alejandro appeared to be in control of the situation. But then with a 2-2 count on Wally Backman, McReynolds swiped second. That forced Pena to pitch carefully to Backman. One ball out of the infield could end this. Pena was too careful. Ball four. Alejandro Pena escaped by getting Howard Johnson to pop out to third.
The Dodgers needed a run, too, of course. They got just that in the of the twelfth via a Kirk Gibson home run. New York nearly came back in the bottom of the inning. Tim Leary had taken over on the mound, but the Mets' Mackey Sasser greeted him with a single. Lee Mazilli followed suite. Greg Jefferies flied out. The next batter was Keith Hernandez, a left-hander. Tommy Lasorda, the Dodgers' manager, brought in southpaw Jesse Orosco to face him. Orosco didn't retire him. Hernandez walked. Bases loaded. One away. Darryl Strawberry was up next but Orosco got him to pop out to second. Orel Hershiser then retired Keven McReynolds next to end it. Orel didn't get much rest.
Tim Belcher and David Cone exchanged wins in games five and six, so Hershiser would be needed in game seven. He was excellent. The 6-0 win sent the Dodgers to the World Series.
The powerful Oakland Athletics led 4-3 in the opener, but Pena shut 'em out in the eighth and ninth inning, giving the home team a chance in the ninth. Kirk Gibson belted a dramatic two-run home run to win it for LA! Hershiser won game two, 6-0.
On to Oakland for game three, Pena kept his team in it, keeping the A's off the scoreboard in the sixth, seventh and eighth inning. But Mark McGwire matched Kirk Gibson's heroic with a walk-off when Jay Howell was looking impressive. But Jay got the save in a close 4-3 win in the fourth contest. And when Orel Hershiser beat the A's 5-2 in the fifth game, Pena had his second ring with Los Angeles.
Pena continued on. In 1989, still on the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was 4-3 with a 2.13 earned run average. But Alejandro only saved five games, blowing four other opportunities. In 1990, he was on the very team he'd helped beat in the 1988 NLCS, the Mets. After a so-so 1990 with them, he charged out of the gate strong with New York in '91. By August 28th, Pena was 6-1 with four saves. Traded to Atlanta on that day, he was 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA and eleven saves. Overall for the year, Alejandro was 8-1, recorded 15 saves, and posted an earned run average of just 2.71.
Alas, for Atlanta and Pena, the ending memory of that season was in game seven of the Fall Classic vs. Minnesota. In the National League Championship Series vs. Pittsburgh, Alejandro Pena made four appearances in the first six games, saving three. His ERA was 0.00. John Smoltz won game seven, 4-0, putting the Braves in the World Series.
Pena wasn't quite as effective. In game three, which Atlanta needed, he blew the save. The Braves, playing at home, won that contest. They won games four and five, too. So, having lost the first two contests, Atlanta headed back to Minnesota for games six, needed just one more win.
Pena did his job in game six. The score was 3-3 after 8 1/2. Pena had to hold the fort. He fanned Mike Pagliarulo and Ken Hrbek. Brian Harper grounded out. On to the top of the tenth. But Atlanta failed to score and Minny could force a game seven with a run in the bottom of the frame.
Greg Gagne popped out. Dan Gladden and Chuck Knoblauch grounded out. On to the eleventh. Sid Bream singled, and that was a great start. However, Keith Mitchell came in to run for Bream, and promptly got nailed for trying to pilfer second. Brian Hunter fouled out. Greg Olson popped out.
Alejandro was out of the game, but Charlie Leibrandt wasn't up to the task. Kirby Puckett belted a walk-off home run in the last of the eleventh, and it was going a seventh and deciding game.
The seventh game was a classic. It was close all the way. It was also scoreless until the tenth inning, as both Jack Morris and John Smoltz were awesome starters. Smoltz had to leave after 7 1/3 but the shutout continued. Mike Stanton came in. There were runners on the corners and the dangerous Puckett was back up. Bobby Cox, the Braves' manager, had Stanton walk him. Ken Hrbek hit into a double play!
Stanton couldn't keep it up. The first two batters singled in the last of the ninth. Would the scoreless deadlock be broken? Well, Alejandro was there again to put out the fire. Shane Mack hit into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Pagliarulo was put on. The World Series-winning run was 90 feet away at third. But Paul Sorrento lost his chance to be the hero when Pena fanned him on an 0-2 pitch.
Morris got Atlanta out 1-2-3 in the top of the tenth, meaning he'd retired seven batters in a row. But Dan Gladden hit a leadoff single to start the bottom of the frame, and now a single would end the Fall Classic. Chuck Knoblauch bunted. 6-3. One away. But now the winning-run was at third, and less than two outs. Now, a sac fly would end it.
Guess who the batter was? Puckett. No way. Pena walked him intentionally. Hrbek? Same.
Gene Larkin was next. Funny, a ball to the outfield and it's over. A grounder? And it's potentially an inning-ending DP. Larkin settled it quickly. He singled on the first pitch, and a Fall Classic that was just that, a classic!
Atlanta was undaunted. But Pena? He might have been a little shook up. Not helping was tendinitis. Although he appeared in 41 games the following season on another Atlanta-pennant winning team, he struggled. Alejandro ended the season with an earned run average of 4.07. But he did pick up another fifteen saves, matching his career-best from the previous year. However Atlanta felt that by getting closer Jeff Reardon, they had no room for Pena. The World Series pitching roster consisted of starting pitchers Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Steve Avery, plus relievers Stanton, Mark Wohlers, Pete Smith, Reardon and David Nied.
It had come down to Nied or Pena. Ken Mercker , another Atlanta pitcher (Who'd ironically, pitched in a combined no-hitter in 1991 with Stanton and Pena), had damaged his ribs in the on-field celebrations after beating the Bucs. Manager Bobby Cox went with Nied, of course. But oddly, they would only have eight available pitchers. By comparison, their American League coutnerparts, the Toronto Blue Jays, went with ten. Four of them: Duane Ward, Tom Henke and Mark Eichhorn, had amazing seasons and fount their way on my list below. The Blue Jays won the series in six games.
The tendinitis also forced Pena to miss the entire 1993 season. But he wasn't done. In 1994 Alejandro pitched for very team Atlanta had beat in the 1991 and 1992 NLCS, the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, the Bucs weren't the same. After 1992, Barry Bonds had bolted via free agency to San Francisco, and the club would struggle for the next twenty seasons, finishing below .500 each year. Pena managed to go 3-2 in '94, but the season ended in August with the strike. Pena got into 22 games but his earned run average was over five.
Alejandro had three stops the next season: Boston , Florida and back to Atlanta. His season was mixed: 7.40 ERA with the Red Sox, 1.40 ERA with Florida and a 2-0 record. With the Braves, Pena got into fourteen games and posted an earned run average of 4.15.
So Alejandro was just 3-1 with a 4.72 ERA in 1995. He'd recorded his last seven career saves with the Pirates in 1994, but still had something left. The Braves were going to the postseason again in 1995, and Alejandro Pena was on the playoff roster, this time!
In the second-ever National League Division Series (It had been used during the strike-shortended 1981 season, but Alejandro did not pitch vs. Houston in that format in '81) vs. Colorado, Pena went 2-0 in three appearances as Atlanta advanced three games to one. Vs. Cincinnati in the National League Championship Series, he made another three appearances. He failed to win a game, but continued his 0.00 postseason ERA as Atlanta swept. Now, only Cleveland stood in the way.
Pena pitched the second contest vs. the Indians. The Braves, at home, led 4-2 in the top of the seventh. But the Tribe put two men on with two away when Alejandro came in. A familiar story: A dangerous batter! This time, Albert Belle. Pena got him to pop up to the catcher.
Alejandro Pena got another dangerous hitter, Eddie Murray, out on a fly to centre to start the top of the eighth. But Manny Ramirez singled. Jim Thome was up, and he too was dangerous. But before Thome could do something, Remirez was picked off second with the count 3-2. It was a crucial play as Jim Thome took ball four. Ironically the next batter was someone Alejandro Pena had faced four years earlier in the Fall Classic, Paul Sorrento. But it would be Mark Wohlers who faced him and ended the threat. Atlanta went on to win the game and go up 2-0. Pena had a hold.
But in game three in Cleveland, Alejandro was in that familiar spot for Atlanta: Extra innings, bottom of an inning, score tied! It was 6-6 and Atlanta was looking to go up 3-0 and really put a stranglehold on this one.
Carlos Baerga greeted him with a double. Albert Belle was up. Pena wisely walked him. But Eddie Murphy sent the crowd at Jacobs Field home happy with a single to centre. Baerga scored. Heartbreak for our boy, again.
The good news is Atlanta won game four to go up 3-1. Cleveland dug deep and took the fifth contest, 5-4. An excellent 1-hitter by Tom Glavine gave the Braves a 1-0 series-clinching win back home in game six! Alejandro had his third ring!
The Braves granted him free agency, and Pena signed with the Florida Marlins again. But this time, he was his last season. Alejandro took the loss on April 2nd, although all three runs against him were unearned. Pena gave up a run in each of his next two outings. Then, Alejandro pitched for the last time in the bigs on April 13th. It was a scoreless outing.
Pena was granted free agency after the 1996, but he never pitched again. As of 2013, he's back with his old team, the Los Angeles Dodgers,
Greatest Relief Seasons of All-Time Stat Set 2
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Bernhard | 1899 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 2.65 | 23 | 1.6 | 1.179 | 2.0 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Walsh | 1904 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2.60 | 57 | 4.6 | 1.102 | 0.1 |
| Griffith | 1905 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 1.68 | 46 | 4.1 | 0.954 | 3.3 |
| Ferguson | 1906 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | 2.58 | 32 | 5.5 | 1.280 | 0.2 |
| Keefe | 1907 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 2.50 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.387 | 2.0 |
| Chappelle | 1908 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 1.79 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.095 | 0.3 |
| Leever | 1909 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 2.83 | 23 | 3.0 | 1.257 | -0.1 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Phillipe | 1910 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | 2.29 | 30 | 2.2 | 0.986 | 2.0 |
| Benz | 1911 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 2.26 | 28 | 4.5 | 1.168 | 0.7 |
| Baskette | 1912 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 3.18 | 51 | 4.0 | 1.336 | 2.2 |
| Crandall | 1913 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | 2.86 | 42 | 3.9 | 1.290 | 0.5 |
| Wolfgang | 1914 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 1.89 | 50 | 3.8 | 1.073 | 1.8 |
| Bressler | 1914 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 1.77 | 96 | 5.9 | 1.138 | 3.5 |
| Mays | 1915 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | 2.60 | 65 | 4.4 | 1.063 | 1.0 |
| Danforth | 1917 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | 2.65 | 79 | 4.1 | 1.324 | 3.2 |
| Bender | 1917 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 1.67 | 43 | 3.4 | 0.973 | 3.7 |
| Dubuc | 1919 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 2.66 | 32 | 2.2 | 1.182 | 0.6 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Morton | 1921 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2.76 | 45 | 3.8 | 1.207 | 2.3 |
| Baumgartner | 1925 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 3.57 | 18 | 1.4 | 1.368 | 2.5 |
| Marberry | 1926 | 22 | ? | ? | ? | 3.00 | 43 | 2.8 | 1.348 | 3.1 |
| Clark | 1927 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 2.32 | 32 | 2.3 | 1.262 | 2.8 |
| Haid | 1928 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | 2.30 | 21 | 4.0 | 1.064 | 0.4 |
| Rommel | 1929 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1 | 2.85 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.484 | 1.6 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Lindsey | 1931 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 | ? | 2.77 | 32 | 3.9 | 1.634 | 1.1 |
| Quinn | 1932 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | 2.66 | 24 | 3.5 | 1.383 | 1.1 |
| Russell | 1933 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | 2.69 | 28 | 2.0 | 1.218 | 3.1 |
| Malone | 1936 | 9 | 1 | 0.900 | 0 | 3.81 | 72 | 4.8 | 1.515 | 2.9 |
| Brown | 1938 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | 3.80 | 55 | 3.7 | 1.500 | 0.4 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Beggs | 1940 | 7 | 4 | 0.636 | 0 | 2.00 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.161 | 2.2 |
| Murphy | 1941 | 15 | 7 | 0.682 | 0 | 1.98 | 29 | 3.4 | 1.397 | 2.2 |
| Adams | 1943 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 | 0 | 2.82 | 46 | 3.0 | 1.254 | 3.0 |
| Heving | 1944 | 10 | ? | ? | 0 | 1.96 | 46 | 3.5 | 1.228 | 1.9 |
| Maltzberger | 1944 | 12 | ? | ? | 0 | 2.96 | 49 | 4.8 | 1.095 | 1.8 |
| Berry | 1944 | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 0 | 1.94 | 44 | 3.6 | 0.907 | 3.7 |
| Karl | 1945 | 15 | 1 | 0.938 | 1 | 2.99 | 51 | 2.5 | 1.245 | 3.6 |
| Christopher | 1947 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 0 | 2.90 | 33 | 3.7 | 1.277 | 1.4 |
| Wilks | 1948 | 13 | 1 | 0.929 | 1 | 2.62 | 72 | 4.9 | 1.163 | 4.8 |
| Page | 1949 | 27 | 11 | 0.711 | 0 | 2.59 | 99 | 6.6 | 1.315 | 4.2 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Konstanty | 1950 | 22 | 4 | 0.846 | 0 | 2.66 | 56 | 3.3 | 1.039 | 4.7 |
| Aloma | 1951 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 0 | 1.82 | 25 | 3.2 | 1.096 | 3.2 |
| Wilhelm | 1952 | 11 | 1 | 0.917 | 1 | 2.43 | 108 | 6.1 | 1.155 | 2.7 |
| Paige | 1952 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 1 | 3.07 | 91 | 5.9 | 1.254 | 3.4 |
| Kinder | 1953 | 27 | 8 | 0.771 | 4 | 1.85 | 39 | 3.3 | 1.140 | 4.5 |
| Mossi | 1954 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1.94 | 55 | 5.3 | 1.022 | 3.3 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Narleski | 1955 | 19 | 2 | 0.905 | 6 | 3.71 | 94 | 7.6 | 1.281 | 2.5 |
| Craig | 1955 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 2.78 | 48 | 4.8 | 1.368 | 1.8 |
| Freeman | 1956 | 18 | 3 | 0.857 | 2 | 3.40 | 50 | 4.1 | 1.344 | 2.6 |
| Farrell | 1957 | 10 | 3 | 0.769 | 0 | 2.38 | 54 | 5.8 | 1.320 | 2.4 |
| Zuverink | 1957 | 9 | 8 | 0.529 | 0 | 2.48 | 36 | 2.9 | 1.278 | 2.7 |
| Hyde | 1958 | 18 | 5 | 0.783 | 0 | 1.75 | 49 | 4.3 | 1.136 | 4.9 |
| Duren | 1959 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.88 | 96 | 11.3 | 1.200 | 3.8 |
| Staley | 1959 | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 2 | 2.24 | 54 | 4.2 | 1.169 | 2.5 |
| Face | 1959 | 10 | 9 | 0.526 | 1 | 2.70 | 69 | 6.7 | 1.243 | 3.2 |
| Sherry | 1959 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 0 | 2.19 | 23 | 6.9 | 1.251 | 3.6 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| McDaniel | 1960 | 26 | 6 | 0.813 | 1 | 1.29 | 95 | 8.2 | 0.863 | 6.0 |
| Brosnan | 1960 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 2 | 2.36 | 62 | 5.6 | 1.020 | 2.7 |
| Arroyo | 1961 | 29 | 10 | 0.744 | 1 | 2.19 | 87 | 6.6 | 1.109 | 3.3 |
| Fox | 1961 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 3 | 1.41 | 32 | 5.0 | 1.012 | 2.6 |
| Radatz | 1963 | 25 | 3 | 0.893 | 0 | 1.97 | 162 | 11.0 | 1.096 | 5.7 |
| Perranoski | 1963 | 21 | 8 | 0.724 | 0 | 1.67 | 75 | 5.2 | 1.202 | 4.5 |
| Baldschun | 1963 | 16 | 5 | 0.762 | 1 | 2.30 | 89 | 7.0 | 1.240 | 2.0 |
| Lee | 1964 | 19 | 8 | 0.704 | 1 | 1.51 | 111 | 7.3 | 1.058 | 4.3 |
| Ellis | 1964 | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 1 | 2.57 | 125 | 9.2 | 1.054 | 3.1 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Miller | 1965 | 24 | 1 | 0.960 | 1 | 1.89 | 104 | 7.8 | 0.997 | 4.3 |
| Regan | 1966 | 21 | 7 | 0.750 | 1 | 1.62 | 88 | 6.8 | 0.934 | 5.0 |
| Hoerner | 1966 | 13 | 3 | 0.813 | 4 | 1.54 | 63 | 7.5 | 1.026 | 3.0 |
| Drabowsky | 1967 | 12 | 5 | 0.706 | 3 | 1.60 | 96 | 9.1 | 0.955 | 3.2 |
| Abernathy | 1967 | 28 | 6 | 0.824 | 1 | 1.27 | 88 | 7.4 | 0.978 | 6.2 |
| Wyatt | 1967 | 20 | 4 | 0.833 | 2 | 2.60 | 68 | 6.6 | 1.179 | 2.2 |
| Wood | 1968 | 16 | 5 | 0.762 | 7 | 1.87 | 74 | 4.2 | 1.006 | 5.4 |
| V. Romo | 1968 | 12 | 3 | 0.800 | 1 | 1.60 | 54 | 5.8 | 0.901 | 2.8 |
| Tatum | 1969 | 22 | 1 | 0.957 | 2 | 1.36 | 65 | 6.8 | 1.042 | 4.3 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Williams | 1970 | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 7 | 1.99 | 76 | 6.0 | 1.032 | 2.8 |
| McMahon | 1970 | 19 | 5 | 0.792 | 0 | 2.96 | 74 | 7.1 | 1.219 | 3.0 |
| Sanders | 1971 | 31 | 4 | 0.886 | 0 | 1.91 | 80 | 5.3 | 1.064 | 4.1 |
| Giusti | 1972 | 22 | 5 | 0.815 | 0 | 1.93 | 54 | 6.5 | 1.058 | 2.3 |
| Knowles | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 5 | 1.37 | 36 | 4.9 | 1.310 | 2.5 |
| Brewer | 1972 | 17 | 7 | 0.708 | 0 | 1.26 | 69 | 7.9 | 0.843 | 3.5 |
| Hiller | 1973 | 38 | 4 | 0.905 | 0 | 1.44 | 124 | 8.9 | 1.021 | 8.1 |
| Borbon | 1973 | 14 | 5 | 0.737 | 6 | 2.16 | 60 | 4.5 | 1.421 | 2.5 |
| Beene | 1973 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1.68 | 49 | 4.8 | 1.033 | 3.0 |
| Marshall | 1974 | 21 | 12 | 0.636 | 9 | 2.42 | 143 | 6.2 | 1.186 | 3.1 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Gossage | 1975 | 26 | 5 | 0.839 | 1 | 1.84 | 130 | 8.3 | 1.193 | 8.2 |
| Eastwick | 1976 | 26 | 9 | 0.743 | 1 | 2.09 | 70 | 5.9 | 1.115 | 2.8 |
| Lyle | 1977 | 26 | 8 | 0.765 | 1 | 2.17 | 68 | 4.5 | 1.197 | 3.7 |
| Sutter | 1977 | 31 | 9 | 0.775 | 0 | 1.34 | 129 | 10.8 | 0.857 | 6.5 |
| Johnson | 1977 | 15 | 7 | 0.682 | 1 | 3.13 | 87 | 5.3 | 1.806 | 2.5 |
| Stanley | 1978 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 1 | 2.60 | 38 | 2.2 | 1.242 | 4.1 |
| Blair | 1978 | 28 | 5 | 0.848 | 2 | 1.97 | 91 | 8.2 | 1.246 | 4.1 |
| Tekulve | 1979 | 31 | 6 | 0.838 | 8 | 2.79 | 75 | 5.0 | 1.176 | 3.2 |
| Lopez | 1979 | 21 | 5 | 0.808 | 1 | 2.41 | 106 | 7.5 | 1.150 | 5.3 |
| Davis | 1979 | 9 | 10 | 0.474 | 2 | 2.85 | 43 | 4.5 | 1.313 | 2.2 |
| E.Romo | 1979 | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 12 | 2.99 | 106 | 7.4 | 1.276 | 1.8 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| McGraw | 1980 | 20 | 5 | 0.800 | 0 | 1.46 | 75 | 7.3 | 0.921 | 4.7 |
| Garvin | 1980 | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 5 | 2.29 | 52 | 5.7 | 1.173 | 3.4 |
| Fingers | 1981 | 28 | 6 | 0.824 | 0 | 1.04 | 61 | 7.0 | 0.872 | 4.2 |
| Caudill | 1982 | 26 | 6 | 0.813 | 0 | 2.35 | 111 | 10.4 | 1.045 | 4.4 |
| Reardon | 1982 | 26 | 8 | 0.765 | 2 | 2.06 | 86 | 7.1 | 1.128 | 3.5 |
| L.Smith | 1983 | 29 | 4 | 0.879 | 1 | 1.65 | 91 | 7.9 | 1.074 | 4.8 |
| Stewart | 1983 | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 5 | 2.60 | 78 | 5.2 | 1.237 | 3.1 |
| Quisenberry | 1983 | 45 | 8 | 0.849 | 0 | 1.94 | 48 | 3.1 | 0.928 | 5.5 |
| Orosco | 1983 | 17 | 5 | 0.773 | 1 | 1.47 | 84 | 6.9 | 1.036 | 3.8 |
| Hernandez | 1984 | 32 | 1 | 0.970 | 0 | 1.92 | 112 | 7.2 | 0.941 | 4.8 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Lamp | 1985 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 8 | 3.32 | 68 | 5.8 | 1.164 | 1.3 |
| B.Smith | 1985 | 27 | 6 | 0.818 | 1 | 2.27 | 40 | 4.5 | 1.084 | 1.6 |
| Lahti | 1985 | 19 | 1 | 0.950 | 6 | 1.84 | 41 | 5,4 | 1.302 | 2.3 |
| D. Moore | 1985 | 31 | 8 | 0.795 | 0 | 1.92 | 72 | 6.3 | 1.087 | 3.6 |
| Eichhorn | 1986 | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 7 | 1.72 | 166 | 9.5 | 0.955 | 7.4 |
| Righetti | 1986 | 46 | 10 | 0.821 | 0 | 2.45 | 83 | 7.0 | 1.153 | 3.8 |
| Todd Worrell | 1986 | 36 | 10 | 0.783 | 0 | 2.08 | 73 | 6.3 | 1.225 | 2.5 |
| Henke | 1987 | 34 | 8 | 0.810 | 1 | 2.49 | 128 | 12.3 | 0.926 | 3.3 |
| Burke | 1987 | 18 | 4 | 0.818 | 5 | 1.19 | 58 | 5.7 | 0.890 | 4.3 |
| Dayley | 1987 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 6 | 2.66 | 63 | 9.3 | 1.393 | 1.5 |
| Henneman | 1988 | 22 | 7 | 0.759 | 2 | 1.87 | 58 | 5.7 | 1.051 | 3.3 |
| Parrett | 1988 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 2 | 2.65 | 62 | 6.1 | 1.211 | 1.6 |
| Pena | 1988 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 9 | 1.91 | 83 | 7.9 | 1.081 | 1.7 |
| Lancaster | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 0.727 | 7 | 1.36 | 56 | 6.9 | 1.032 | 3.9 |
| Russell | 1989 | 38 | 6 | 0.864 | 0 | 1.98 | 77 | 9.5 | 0.950 | 2.5 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Eckersley | 1990 | 48 | 2 | 0.960 | 0 | 0.61 | 73 | 9.0 | 0.614 | 3.3 |
| Thigpen | 1990 | 57 | 8 | 0.877 | 0 | 1.83 | 70 | 7.1 | 1.038 | 3.4 |
| Nelson | 1990 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 18 | 1.57 | 38 | 4.6 | 0.964 | 2.3 |
| Dibble | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 0.647 | 17 | 1.74 | 136 | 12.5 | 0.980 | 4.0 |
| Henry | 1991 | 15 | 1 | 0.938 | 3 | 1.00 | 28 | 7.0 | 0.833 | 2.2 |
| Aguilera | 1991 | 42 | 9 | 0.824 | 0 | 2.35 | 61 | 8.0 | 1.072 | 2.4 |
| Ward | 1992 | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 24 | 1.95 | 103 | 9.1 | 1.135 | 3.1 |
| Rojas | 1992 | 10 | 1 | 0.909 | 13 | 1.43 | 70 | 6.3 | 1.043 | 3.9 |
| Olin | 1992 | 29 | 7 | 0.806 | 0 | 2.34 | 47 | 4.8 | 1.211 | 2.7 |
| Wetteland | 1993 | 43 | 1 | 0.977 | 0 | 1.37 | 113 | 12.0 | 1.008 | 4.2 |
| Harvey | 1993 | 45 | 4 | 0.918 | 0 | 1.70 | 73 | 9.5 | 0.841 | 4.0 |
| Beck | 1993 | 48 | 4 | 0.923 | 0 | 2.16 | 86 | 9.8 | 0.882 | 2.4 |
| Martinez | 1993 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 14 | 2.61 | 119 | 10.0 | 1.243 | 3.0 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Hoffman | 1998 | 53 | 1 | 0.981 | 0 | 1.48 | 86 | 10.6 | 0.849 | 4.1 |
| Urbina | 1998 | 34 | 4 | 0.895 | 0 | 1.30 | 94 | 12.2 | 1.010 | 3.2 |
| Williamson | 1999 | 19 | 7 | 0.731 | 5 | 2.41 | 107 | 10.3 | 1.039 | 2.8 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Rhodes | 2001 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 31 | 1.72 | 83 | 11.0 | 0.853 | 2.5 |
| Smoltz | 2003 | 45 | 4 | 0.918 | 0 | 1.12 | 73 | 10.2 | 0.870 | 3.3 |
| Tim Worrell | 2003 | 38 | 7 | 0.844 | 1 | 2.87 | 65 | 7.5 | 1.302 | 0.8 |
| Timlin | 2005 | 13 | 7 | 0.650 | 24 | 2.24 | 59 | 6.6 | 1.320 | 2.9 |
| Nathan | 2006 | 36 | 2 | 0.947 | 0 | 1.58 | 95 | 12.5 | 0.790 | 3.3 |
| Ryan | 2006 | 38 | 4 | 0.905 | 1 | 1.37 | 86 | 10.7 | 0.857 | 3.6 |
| Putz | 2007 | 40 | 2 | 0.952 | 0 | 1.38 | 82 | 10.3 | 0.698 | 4.0 |
| Rivera | 2008 | 39 | 1 | 0.975 | 0 | 1.40 | 77 | 9.8 | 0.665 | 4.3 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Bell | 2010 | 47 | 3 | 0.940 | 0 | 1.93 | 86 | 11.1 | 1.200 | 1.9 |
| Soriano | 2010 | 45 | 3 | 0.938 | 0 | 1.73 | 57 | 8.2 | 0.802 | 2.1 |
| Aceves | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 11 | 2.61 | 80 | 6.3 | 1.105 | 2.7 |
| Axford | 2011 | 46 | 2 | 0.958 | 0 | 1.95 | 86 | 10.5 | 1.140 | 2.3 |
| Downs | 2011 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 26 | 1.34 | 35 | 5.9 | 1.006 | 2.0 |
| Cook | 2012 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 21 | 2.09 | 80 | 9.8 | 0.941 | 2.6 |
| Chapman | 2012 | 38 | 5 | 0.884 | 6 | 1.51 | 122 | 15.3 | 0.809 | 3.6 |
| Johnson | 2012 | 51 | 3 | 0.944 | 0 | 2.49 | 41 | 5.4 | 1.019 | 2.4 |
| Smyly | 2013 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 21 | 2.37 | 81 | 9.6 | 1.039 | 2.6 |
| Davis | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 33 | 1.00 | 109 | 13.6 | 0.847 | 3.7 |
| Clippard | 2014 | 1 | 6 | 0.143 | 40 | 2.18 | 82 | 10.5 | 0.995 | 1.5 |
| Rondon | 2015 | 30 | 4 | 0.882 | 8 | 1.67 | 69 | 8.6 | 1.000 | 2.2 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Britton | 2016 | 47 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.54 | 75 | 9.9 | 0.836 | 4.2 |
| Osuna | 2016 | 36 | 6 | 0.857 | 0 | 2.68 | 82 | 10.0 | 0.932 | 2.1 |
| Brach | 2016 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 24 | 2.05 | 92 | 10.5 | 1.038 | 2.5 |
| Miller | 2016 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 25 | 1.45 | 123 | 14.9 | 0.686 | 3.8 |
| Robertson | 2017 | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 8 | 1.84 | 98 | 12.9 | 0.849 | 2.9 |
| Jansen | 2017 | 41 | 1 | 0.976 | 1 | 1.32 | 109 | 14.4 | 0.746 | 2.9 |
| Albers | 2017 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 14 | 1.62 | 63 | 9.3 | 0.852 | 2.5 |
| Kimbrel | 2017 | 35 | 4 | 0.897 | 1 | 1.43 | 126 | 16.4 | 0.681 | 3.6 |
| Morrow | 2018 | 18 | 1 | 0.947 | 0 | 1.46 | 25 | 9.1 | 1.135 | 1.1 |
| Trivino | 2018 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 12 | 1.22 | 50 | 10.2 | 0.947 | 2.2 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
| Treinen | 2018 | 25 | 4 | 0.862 | 0 | 1.06 | 65 | 11.5 | 0.980 | 2.4 |
| Jeffress | 2018 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 | 17 | 1.29 | 63 | 10.2 | 1.006 | 2.4 |
| Yarbrough | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 3.88 | 123 | 7.9 | 1.280 | 0.8 |
| Hader | 2018 | 11 | 4 | 0.733 | 20 | 2.31 | 138 | 15.9 | 0.795 | 2.3 |
| Strop | 2018 | 13 | 4 | 0.765 | 9 | 2.26 | 57 | 8.6 | 0.989 | 2.1 |
| Workman | 2019 | 5 | 4 | 0.556 | 15 | 2.08 | 66 | 12.5 | 1.028 | 2.0 |
| Robles | 2019 | 19 | 3 | 0.864 | 2 | 2.60 | 62 | 9.0 | 1.091 | 2.1 |
| Walden | 2019 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 8 | 3.33 | 71 | 8.5 | 1.110 | 1.5 |
| W.Smith | 2019 | 34 | 4 | 0.895 | 0 | 2.76 | 96 | 13.2 | 1.026 | 0.4 |
| Oberg | 2019 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 8 | 2.25 | 58 | 9.3 | 1.107 | 2.4 |
| Littell | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.68 | 32 | 7.8 | 1.162 | 0.9 |
| Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Notes
Baumgartner and Bernhard appeared as a starter twelve times
Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.
Craig appeared as a starter ten times.
Danforth, Malone, Stewart and Sherry appeared as a starter nine times.
Phillipe and Walsh appeared as a starter eight times.
Morton and Griffith appeared as a starter seven times.
Paige, Mays, Chappelle, Rommell and Yarbrough appeared as a starter six times.
Marberry, Mossi, Lee, Ellis and Dubuc appeared as a starter five times.
Leever, Aceves and Beene appeared as a starter four times.
Russell, Stanley, Adams and Keefe appeared as a starter three times.
Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall, Brosnan, Lindsey, Karl, Wilks, Martinez and Clark appeared as a starter two times.
Beggs, Quinn, Narleski, McGraw, Aloma, Robles, Ferguson, and Vincente Romo appeared once as a starter.
Maltzberger, Hyde, Konstanty, Duren, Brosnan, Tekulve and Henke all wore glasses.
Morrow's stats are through July 1, 2018.
Trivino's stats are through July 18, 2018.
Treinen's stats are through July 25, 2018.
Jeffress' stats are through August 13, 2018.
Yarbrough stats are through Sept 19, 2018.
Hader's stats are through September 24, 2018.
Workman's stats are through August 01, 2019.
Robles' stats are through September 05, 2019.
Walden's stats are through September 12, 2019
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