Betts playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opening contest, helped his team to an 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Sure, Clayton Kershaw went six strong, allowed just one run on two hits, and fanned eight...But he needed some offence, right? Just to be on the safe side? Or all bets are off?
Mookie, you see, had played in a Fall Classic two years prior versus the Dodgers. In 2018, Betts was on the Boston Red Sox team that overcame Los Angeles in just five games. But Mookie didn't contribute much, hitting just .217 in the World Series of '18.
Well, all bets were probably on Los Angeles in this game. Kershaw survived an early scare in the top of the first at Globe Life Field, with LA as the "home" team. Betts lead off for the Dodgers in the bottom of the frame, but just grounded out. In the bottom of the third, Tyler Glasnow fanned him. This was hardly shaping up to be a historic night for Mookie.
By the bottom of the fifth, his team was up, but just 2-1. Mookie drew a walk. He stole second, and another bases on balls put two on with nobody out. Glasnow fanned Justin Turner, but Betts swiped third! A fielder's choice and a single would score both baserunners. A nice 4-1 cushion for the "home" team. And they'd add two more runs before the inning was over. The Dodgers were up 6-1 and in the driver's seat.
Betts led off the bottom of the sixth. And if you're keeping track of Mookie, he'd led off an inning three times at this point. He put an exclamation point on a great night with a solo home run. That made it 7-1. First pitching swinging, too.
LA added another run, before Tampa sort of recovered. They got two runs of their own the very next frame to make it 8-3. Kershaw had departed after six.
But in the eight inning, LA was looking for more. Mookie got his second hit of a game, a single. But Corey Seager hit into a double play. A walk and another single put two more on, but nothing came of it.
It didn't matter at this point. The Los Angeles Dodgers were on their way to an impressive win. Tampa was not discouraged, and stole game two (Taking an early 5-0 lead and hanging on for a 6-4 win). Game three is tonight as we speak.
References
Cotillo, Chris. “Mookie Betts Homers, Makes World Series History for Dodgers in Game 1 vs. Rays.” Mass Live , Mass Live Media, 21 Oct. 2020, www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/10/mookie-betts-homers-makes-world-series-history-for-dodgers-in-game-1-vs-rays.html. Web. 23 Oct. 2020.
Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. https://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 23 Oct. 2020.
Randy Arozarena is sort of the first designated hitter to bat in a National League home game.
But the reason I worded it that way is, Kurt Bevacqua is still the last DH to hit in a National League ballpark in the Fall Classic. Way back in 1984, with the San Diego Padres. Bevacqua's team was up against one awesome Detroit Tigers ballclub.
And having lost game one to the Bengals right there at Jack Murphy Stadium, the Padres came right back with a 5-3 win in the second contest. And Kurt had something to do with that. He went 3-4 at the dish. After grounding out his first time up, Bevacqua singled, went yard, and then singled again. The Padres won 5-3, sending the series to the Motor City all tied. Alas, despite a home run by Kurt Bevacqua in the fifth contest, the 1984 World Series did not return to San Diego as Detroit won the next three contests at Tiger Stadium.
Now flash-forward 36 years. Due to the Covid-19 crises, the Fall Classic is being played exclusively at the home of the Texas Rangers, Globe Lite Field. Now, that's an American League ballpark. The Los Angeles Dodgers (For the third time in four years) and Tampa Bay Rays, battled through the gauntlet that was the postseason to claim the AL and NL Flags.
So, Los Angeles was designated as the home team in game one, and the designated hitter will be used throughout the World Series. The universal DH had been put into effect for the first time in baseball all across the big leagues. Whether or not it will be this way in 2021 is yet unclear, although a recent article in the Star Tribute suggest the designated hitter will return to just the American League next year, possible returning throughout all of Major League Baseball in '22.
In any event, Tampa Bay batted in the top of the first, of course, in the opening contest of the 2020 World Series. With one on, and one out, Randy Arozarena stepped in to face the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw. Arozarena managed to coax a bases on balls from the lefty. Hunter Renfroe batted next, but Kershaw fanned him. Manuel Margot was then retired as the Rays failed to score.
And from there, Clayton Kershaw settled down. He allowed just one hit in the next five innings. After getting the Rays 1-2-3 in innings two and three, back came up the DH, Arozarena, in the fourth. Kershaw fanned him. When the inning was over, Clayton had six strikeouts. When he left the hill after six, he'd whiffed eight batters.
However, Kevin Kiermaier did get to Kershaw in the fifth, belting a solo home run. The game was close at the time of the home run, as it cut the Dodgers' lead to just 2-1. That was as close as it got for Tampa, alas. Los Angeles pushed across four runs in the bottom of the frame to put this game out of reach.
Ironically, the last batter that Kershaw would face in this contest was Randy Arozarena. In a 1-2-3 sixth, the Dodger lefty failed to K a batter, but needed just nine pitches to retire the side. Randy grounded out to second.
Arozarena batted one last time. Facing LA's Pedro Baez, Randy flied out to centre. Baez needed just eleven pitches himself to get the side 1-2-3.
Joe Kelly, the last Los Angeles pitcher of the night, then retired Tampa Bay in order in the ninth, as the Dodgers won the tilt, 8-3. The Rays, however, came back strong in the second contest, holding on for a 6-4 win, having been up 5-0 at one point. In that game, their DH's (Austin Meadows and Yandy Diaz) each collected a hit, albeit just singles. Game three is tonight and Tampa will be designated the home team, in Texas.
The year was 1955. The Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. But they still hadn't won a World Series. In the classic "0 for..." phrase, Brooklyn was 0-7 in the Fall Classic. But in 1955, Johhny Podres pitched them all the way, winning game seven right there in Yankee Stadium. The 2-0 win over their great rivals, the New York Yankees, proved to be the Dodgers' only championship in Brooklyn.
There was also a new face on the team: In '55, a 19-year-old left-handed pitcher (Not Podres) made his debut. And like Podres, he'd pitch the Dodgers to a 2-0 road win in game seven. That was exactly a decade later (1965). For now though, the rookie was just 2-2 with a 3.02 earned run average. However, the two wins themselves had something in common: They were both shutouts!
His name? Sandy Koufax. And although added to the postseason roster (He'd made his MLB debut June 24th of 1955), Sandy did not appear. Nonetheless, it was fitting that he arrived and a championship followed the same year. And Koufax would win three more World Series.
References
Nemec, D. (2008). The Baseball Chronicle: Year-by-year history of major league baseball. Publications International. Print.
Neft, D. S., & Cohen, R. M. (1990). The World Series: Complete play-by-play of every game, 1903-1989. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. Print.
Major League Baseball. "1955 World Series Highlights Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees." YouTube, uploaded by Pizza Pizzichetti, 27 Aug. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNQQJ_tWVCM. Web.
So the Canadian Kid from Moncton, New Brunswick only had one save in 2003, and he shouldn't be on my list?
But that doesn't begin to show you how effective Rheal Cormier was for the Philadelphia Phillies that year. If you want saves, the City of Brotherly Love turned the ball over to Jose Mesa. Mesa got 24. But Cormier got him into some of those opportunities.
For one, Rheal didn't lose a game all season. For another, his earned run average was just 1.70. It had sort of been the first time Cormier had put together such effectiveness.
As a starter for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1992, Cormier had been a win one, lose one pitcher, but with a respectable ERA, 3.68. As a reliever in the 2000s, though, it seemed like he was good, but not great. In 1999 with the Boston Red Sox, Cormier's earned run average was 3.69, but that was his best until this great year of '03.
So Mesa got his 24 saves. It was Cormier with thirteen holds for Philly that year. Plus he fanned 67 batters (7.1 per 9) that season. Jose Mesa's WHIP? 1.759. Cormier's? 0.933! Looks like we have got a good argument that the Canadian was the best reliever on the Phillies that season.
And as if that wasn't enough: Mesa was a -1.9 wins above replacement, compared to Cormier's 2.6. And let's look further at the Phillies entire pitching staff of 2003. Cormier actually was not only tops among relievers (Terry Adams the second best at 1.4), but even better than that of the starter with the highest WAR (Vicente Padilla, 2.4).
So, getting away from those kind of stats, how about Rheal's 2003 earned run average? Try 1.70. Now, he wasn't the most overpowering / intimidating pitcher, but the Canadian kid averaged 7.1 K/9 (71 strikeouts in 84 2/3 innings pitched).
Cormier's effectiveness continued in the ensuing years, however, he would never reach his 2003 level again. In 2003, he'd appeared in 65 contests and logged 84 2/3 innings. In 2004, Cormier appeared in 84 games but ran up a total of just 81 innings. So he was now just a one-inning guy 90 percent of the time.
Rheal's earned run average climbed to 3.56 in '04, which is still good, but more than double his previous season. Although 4-2 for Philadelphia in 2005, Cormier's ERA climbed over five (5.89) and was now under an innings pitched per appearance (57 GP, 47 1/3 IP).
Cormier bounced back in 2006. In fact, he looked better for Philly that season than he had three years earlier. Through fifteen appearances and 12 1/3 innings, Rheal's earned run average was 0.00. Sure, he finally gave up some runs, but not many. Through July 25th (43 appearances), his record might have been just 2-2 and no saves, however Cormier had fourteen holds and an earned run average of just 1.59.
But he was traded to the Reds.
For Cincinnati, Cormier's 2006 season ended on a downer: 21 games pitched, 0-1, 4.50 ERA. While with Philadelphia, the batters couldn't touch him: 34 innings pitched, 27 hits allowed. With Cincy, it just just 14 innings pitched and 21 hits allowed!
The slump continued into 2007. 6 appearances, 3 innings pitched, 3 runs allowed. On May 7th, he was released by the Reds. The Atlanta Braves picked Rheal up, and he assigned to their "AAA" team, Richmond. It was just a two-week contract, but the kid from up North still had it.
Cormier pitched well for them. In 5 appearances, (7 2/3 IP) the batters couldn't touch him. His ERA was just 1.17. But then his elbow flared up with tendonitis. Cormier called it a career by June.
That was not the end for Rheal. Returning to his native New Brunswick, he pitched for the Moncton Mets, a senior amateur team. And...He wasn't about to go back to the Olympics, was he?
It had all started for Cormier back in 1988 when Rheal Cormier had pitched for Team Canada in the Olympics in Seoul, Korea. The sports was only played as a demonstration that year. And Canada came back empty, but not before beating Team USA. It was significant, as it was United States only loss of the competition.
So twenty years later, Cormier was back, past forty years old, to pitch on the National Team in the 2008 Olympics. Needless to say, Rheal was the oldest competitor on the diamond. Four years later, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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
Coumbe
1917
5
2
0.714
1
2.14
30
2.0
1.146
1.1
Dubuc
1919
3
?
?
?
2.66
32
2.2
1.182
0.6
Luque
1919
3
0
1.000
?
2.63
26
3.4
1.179
1.1
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
Hall
1964
9
2
0.818
2
1.85
52
5.3
0.844
3.0
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
Monge
1979
19
7
0.731
5
2.4
108
7.4
1.221
3.0
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
Cormier
2003
1
3
0.250
13
1.70
67
7.1
0.933
2.6
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
0.000
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 and Coumbe appeared as a starter ten times.
Danforth, Malone, Stewart, Sherry and Luque 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.
