The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

AL-Only Relief Pitchers

March 05, 2007

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	HLD	SO	ERA	H	BB	WHIP	BAA	Overall 5X5 Value

Joe Nathan	78	82.3	5	1	47	0	106	2.07	50	22	0.88	0.170	1234.98
Mariano Rivera	84	93.6	4	2	48	0	76	1.86	73	18	0.97	0.209	1225.52
B.J. Ryan	78	85.6	5	1	42	2	105	1.97	57	28	0.99	0.183	1158.96
Huston Street	82	88.3	3	3	39	2	85	2.62	66	20	0.97	0.202	1016.55
J.J. Putz	84	90.0	2	4	38	0	97	2.70	71	21	1.02	0.212	980.68
Bobby Jenks	82	88.6	1	3	41	1	107	3.19	70	34	1.17	0.212	955.42
Eric Gagne	64	69.6	2	0	30	0	98	2.81	45	20	0.94	0.181	831.77
Chris Ray	74	79.0	3	4	33	0	70	2.65	55	31	1.10	0.192	825.89
Octavio Dotel	86	82.6	2	5	29	0	97	3.99	67	43	1.33	0.216	644.50
Joel Zumaya	82	103.6	9	2	5	32	118	2.05	72	54	1.21	0.190	643.86
Todd Jones	76	75.6	1	4	28	11	43	3.71	78	16	1.24	0.258	558.55
Justin Duchscherer	78	94.0	7	3	4	21	86	2.85	82	20	1.08	0.227	484.74
Fernando Cabrera	76	78.3	6	3	8	20	91	3.47	57	31	1.13	0.199	461.52
Pat Neshek	66	77.0	4	1	0	24	99	2.85	62	19	1.05	0.215	397.53
Akinori Otsuka	71	71.0	3	1	8	36	64	2.91	62	23	1.21	0.230	384.42
Joe Borowski	68	68.0	1	3	20	7	54	4.51	63	30	1.37	0.239	379.47
Joel Pineiro	67	71.3	1	4	27	4	44	5.38	80	22	1.44	0.276	379.08
Seth McClung	74	68.6	2	2	18	1	48	4.48	64	32	1.40	0.240	341.43
Fernando Rodney	78	79.3	5	2	3	20	75	3.55	61	35	1.22	0.208	322.53
Mike MacDougal	72	71.0	3	2	3	23	69	3.27	58	20	1.10	0.217	317.63
Jesse Crain	82	88.0	3	2	1	24	68	3.06	78	24	1.16	0.231	317.60
Dennys Reyes	73	78.3	6	3	0	25	68	2.84	70	31	1.29	0.233	301.00
Kiko Calero	74	67.6	5	3	0	30	75	3.29	55	25	1.19	0.217	284.78
Kyle Farnsworth	78	74.3	7	3	0	28	88	3.76	64	31	1.28	0.225	282.12
Juan Rincon	76	79.0	3	2	0	23	77	3.02	73	27	1.28	0.240	279.11
Brandon League	71	79.0	3	3	1	23	62	3.35	65	23	1.11	0.219	273.66
Rafael Betancourt	60	68.0	3	1	2	21	66	3.48	61	15	1.11	0.232	273.39
Danys Baez	67	70.0	6	2	4	22	49	3.79	66	22	1.26	0.242	251.33
Wes Littleton	72	73.0	3	1	1	6	60	3.49	50	33	1.14	0.188	248.21
Chris Britton	62	64.3	6	2	0	11	52	3.47	53	20	1.13	0.218	242.96
Joaquin Benoit	64	87.6	3	3	0	7	92	4.16	68	38	1.21	0.209	233.31
Mike Timlin	69	63.6	4	2	7	20	37	3.70	73	16	1.40	0.279	223.61
Jason Davis	64	92.6	5	3	0	13	65	3.78	89	31	1.30	0.247	219.40
Joel Peralta	84	99.6	3	2	0	26	79	4.12	95	27	1.22	0.244	213.28
Jason Frasor	68	68.6	4	3	0	19	67	3.80	62	25	1.26	0.234	208.92
Jon Huber	71	72.6	1	3	0	3	57	3.33	56	31	1.20	0.207	208.37
David Aardsma	71	76.3	4	3	0	9	71	4.06	57	38	1.25	0.203	203.44
David Riske	76	78.6	1	2	0	21	56	3.66	65	27	1.17	0.219	193.43
Darrell Rasner	42	87.6	3	3	0	0	49	3.83	82	22	1.18	0.240	186.50
Brendan Donnelly	64	66.0	5	3	0	17	55	3.90	58	25	1.26	0.230	185.16
Keith Foulke	73	69.0	3	2	2	22	55	4.23	70	15	1.22	0.256	174.93
Luis Vizcaino	71	70.3	4	1	0	22	62	3.83	65	31	1.36	0.237	172.48
Chad Bradford	60	51.3	2	1	1	17	35	3.14	52	11	1.23	0.255	165.53
Scott Proctor	71	90.6	2	1	0	15	77	4.23	87	32	1.31	0.245	163.59
Jamie Walker	62	51.6	3	1	0	13	40	3.21	54	11	1.26	0.263	162.73
Al Reyes	54	46.6	1	0	2	7	47	3.65	41	15	1.21	0.231	160.83
Frank Francisco	67	68.3	3	2	0	2	63	3.92	62	31	1.35	0.235	159.74
Ruddy Lugo	74	88.6	2	4	0	12	51	3.77	77	38	1.30	0.228	157.81
Matt Guerrier	48	85.3	4	3	0	9	50	3.63	97	27	1.45	0.279	154.25
Todd Wellemeyer	82	86.3	1	3	0	16	73	4.10	70	48	1.37	0.216	149.70
Juan Salas	57	63.6	2	4	3	2	51	4.46	66	18	1.33	0.261	148.86
Matt Thornton	65	61.6	3	4	2	15	56	4.29	56	33	1.45	0.236	137.56
Jake Woods	51	101.0	2	4	0	3	65	4.04	100	41	1.40	0.251	135.35
Rick Bauer	62	77.0	3	3	1	0	46	3.95	81	26	1.40	0.263	129.47
Chad Orvella	67	71.1	2	2	0	0	61	4.12	65	34	1.39	0.236	127.66
Jimmy Gobble	62	63.3	3	2	1	27	60	4.51	65	22	1.36	0.257	122.54
Brian Burres	34	26.6	0	1	0	0	19	2.31	21	3	0.91	0.211	119.30
Josh Rupe	54	80.6	3	2	0	0	43	4.19	79	27	1.31	0.249	115.83
Julian Tavarez	54	62.0	2	2	4	10	37	4.19	69	25	1.52	0.274	106.54
Jeremy Accardo	72	75.6	4	4	0	22	57	4.60	81	22	1.37	0.267	105.21
Chad Gaudin	74	75.3	0	0	0	16	48	4.06	63	35	1.30	0.221	103.88
Manny Delcarmen	52	55.0	2	2	0	21	54	4.18	62	19	1.46	0.276	103.51
George Sherrill	67	41.6	1	4	0	46	49	4.41	33	21	1.31	0.213	101.19
Shawn Camp	68	69.3	1	2	5	12	48	4.94	83	17	1.45	0.289	91.96
Julio Mateo	68	88.6	1	5	0	0	51	4.08	97	29	1.42	0.270	88.31
Joe Nelson	64	64.0	3	5	1	15	58	4.84	58	36	1.47	0.235	85.62
Aaron Fultz	64	49.0	0	0	0	15	38	3.99	46	18	1.31	0.242	84.35
Matt Miller	34	37.6	2	1	0	8	30	4.07	31	18	1.30	0.217	83.62
Roberto Hernandez	54	54.6	2	3	0	19	43	4.19	54	27	1.47	0.250	80.07
Mark Lowe	31	36.6	0	0	0	0	39	4.45	25	19	1.20	0.186	79.31
Craig Hansen	74	74.6