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Cnt Player **ERA** SV Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Brad Lidge 7.51 31 2009 32 PHI NL 64 0 0 0 52 0 8 .000 56.1 71 51 47 34 60 57 11 274 231 12 3 3 4 4 1 4 11 1 0 0 4 .307 .404 .528 .932 0 1111 669 .... ....
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.... .... 134 Ugueth Urbina 3.78 27 1997 23 MON NL 63 0 0 0 50 5 8 .385 64.1 52 29 27 29 84 110 9 276 242 8 2 2 1 3 0 2 8 0 1 0 2 .215 .301 .376 .677 82 135 Mitch Williams 3.78 29 1992 27 PHI NL 66 0 0 0 56 5 8 .385 81 69 39 34 64 74 93 4 368 287 16 3 2 6 8 3 3 9 6 3 3 5 .240 .386 .359 .745 117 136 Trevor Hoffman 3.77 30 2008 40 SDP NL 48 0 0 0 42 3 6 .333 45.1 38 19 19 9 46 101 8 180 170 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .224 .263 .394 .657 83 637 448 137 Armando Benitez 3.77 43 2001 28 NYM NL 73 0 0 0 64 6 4 .600 76.1 59 32 32 40 93 111 12 320 276 8 0 6 1 2 1 6 11 1 0 0 5 .214 .314 .373 .687 85 1316 854 138 Aurelio Lopez 3.77 21 1980 31 DET AL 67 1 0 0 59 13 6 .684 124 125 56 52 45 97 109 15 534 476 21 3 5 3 7 3 7 11 5 0 1 6 .263 .328 .414 .742 100 139 Steve Karsay 3.76 20 2000 28 CLE AL 72 0 0 0 46 5 9 .357 76.2 79 33 32 25 66 131 5 329 297 9 4 4 3 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 .266 .327 .374 .701 77 1200 753 140 Bobby Thigpen 3.76 34 1989 25 CHW AL 61 0 0 0 56 2 6 .250 79 62 34 33 40 47 101 10 336 285 11 1 3 1 5 5 4 5 0 0 1 2 .218 .311 .368 .679 93 141 Joe Borowski 3.75 36 2006 35 FLA NL 72 0 0 0 60 3 3 .500 69.2 63 31 29 33 64 115 7 304 268 13 2 7 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 .235 .323 .377 .700 89 1222 740 142 Steve Bedrosian 3.75 28 1988 30 PHI NL 57 0 0 0 49 6 6 .500 74.1 75 34 31 27 61 95 6 322 292 13 3 5 0 0 3 4 10 0 1 0 0 .257 .317 .384 .701 107 143 Jose Mesa 3.73 39 1996 30 CLE AL 69 0 0 0 60 2 7 .222 72.1 69 32 30 28 64 131 6 304 269 7 0 4 3 2 2 8 5 3 0 0 4 .257 .331 .349 .680 73 144 Bob Wickman 3.72 25 1998 29 MIL NL 72 0 0 0 51 6 9 .400 82.1 79 38 34 39 71 115 5 357 301 10 0 2 4 10 3 14 8 1 0 0 1 .262 .352 .346 .698 87 145 Bobby Jenks 3.71 29 2009 28 CHW AL 52 0 0 0 46 3 4 .429 53.1 52 24 22 16 49 126 9 228 208 8 0 1 2 0 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 .250 .307 .418 .725 0 834 550 146 Francisco Cordero 3.70 22 2006 31 TOT ML 77 0 0 0 47 10 5 .667 75.1 69 32 31 32 84 124 7 322 279 12 2 2 3 3 5 7 4 2 0 0 4 .247 .326 .380 .706 83 1305 829 147 Neil Allen 3.70 22 1980 22 NYM NL 59 0 0 0 47 7 10 .412 97.1 87 43 40 40 79 96 7 407 357 10 5 9 0 6 4 8 6 9 0 1 2 .244 .317 .359 .676 96 148 Octavio Dotel 3.69 36 2004 30 TOT ML 77 0 0 0 70 6 6 .500 85.1 68 38 35 33 122 121 13 356 313 14 4 7 4 4 2 2 3 2 0 1 4 .217 .298 .412 .710 84 1469 981 149 Ugueth Urbina 3.69 41 1999 25 MON NL 71 0 0 0 62 6 6 .500 75.2 59 35 31 36 100 121 6 323 284 9 0 6 0 1 2 3 20 1 0 0 6 .208 .295 .303 .598 58 150 Braden Looper 3.68 28 2003 28 FLA NL 74 0 0 0 64 6 4 .600 80.2 82 34 33 29 56 114 4 347 311 11 4 1 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 0 2 .264 .326 .363 .689 86 1351 852 ----+-----------------+----------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA** SV Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 151 John Wetteland 3.68 43 1999 32 TEX AL 62 0 0 0 59 4 4 .500 66 67 30 27 19 60 139 9 281 256 14 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 .262 .307 .438 .745 84 152 Ugueth Urbina 3.65 24 2001 27 TOT ML 64 0 0 0 53 2 2 .500 66.2 58 29 27 24 89 123 9 278 251 10 1 1 0 2 1 2 10 2 1 1 2 .231 .297 .386 .683 79 1136 737 153 Troy Percival 3.65 42 1998 28 ANA AL 67 0 0 0 60 2 7 .222 66.2 45 31 27 37 87 130 5 287 242 14 1 4 3 3 2 0 16 2 0 0 3 .186 .299 .314 .613 59 154 Ricky Bottalico 3.65 34 1997 27 PHI NL 69 0 0 0 61 2 5 .286 74 68 31 30 42 89 116 7 324 277 15 0 4 2 1 2 3 7 3 0 0 3 .245 .347 .375 .722 95 155 Mike Timlin 3.65 31 1996 30 TOR AL 59 0 0 0 56 1 6 .143 56.2 47 25 23 18 52 137 4 230 205 9 1 4 2 2 3 7 3 0 0 0 3 .229 .294 .341 .635 61 156 Lee Smith 3.65 33 1984 26 CHC NL 69 0 0 0 59 9 7 .563 101 98 42 41 35 86 106 6 428 384 14 4 7 0 4 5 8 16 2 0 0 6 .255 .314 .359 .673 89 157 Chad Qualls 3.63 24 2009 30 ARI NL 51 0 0 0 44 2 2 .500 52 53 23 21 7 45 124 5 217 207 12 1 2 2 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 2 .256 .287 .396 .683 0 756 520 158 Rick Aguilera 3.63 23 1994 32 MIN AL 44 0 0 0 40 1 4 .200 44.2 57 23 18 10 46 135 7 201 186 5 0 3 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 .306 .340 .446 .786 99 159 Jeff Shaw 3.62 43 2001 34 LAD NL 77 0 0 0 66 3 5 .375 74.2 63 32 30 18 58 110 10 303 278 14 2 8 2 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 .227 .277 .399 .676 83 1121 763 160 John Franco 3.62 38 1998 37 NYM NL 61 0 0 0 54 0 8 .000 64.2 66 28 26 29 59 116 4 289 247 8 2 7 4 4 5 6 2 1 2 0 2 .267 .347 .364 .711 93 161 Terry Forster 3.62 24 1974 22 CHW AL 59 1 0 0 49 7 8 .467 134.1 120 57 54 48 105 104 6 560 491 15 3 3 8 9 6 16 9 2 1 0 9 .244 .318 .324 .642 82 162 Dave Weathers 3.59 33 2007 37 CIN NL 70 0 0 0 60 2 6 .250 77.2 67 33 31 27 48 130 4 328 287 15 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 1 0 0 1 .233 .307 .362 .669 73 1202 746 163 Bobby Howry 3.59 28 1999 25 CHW AL 69 0 0 0 54 5 3 .625 67.2 58 34 27 38 80 137 8 298 253 8 1 3 3 3 1 6 2 2 0 1 3 .229 .336 .364 .700 78 164 John Wyatt 3.59 20 1964 29 KCA AL 81 0 0 0 57 9 8 .529 128 111 53 51 52 74 107 23 539 468 16 3 5 1 12 6 6 10 3 0 0 4 .237 .311 .432 .743 106 165 Bob Wickman 3.58 20 2007 38 TOT NL 57 0 0 0 40 3 4 .429 50.1 54 24 20 21 37 121 4 232 205 11 3 4 3 2 1 2 8 0 0 1 3 .263 .339 .405 .744 98 868 542 166 Billy Taylor 3.58 33 1998 36 OAK AL 70 0 0 0 58 4 9 .308 73 71 37 29 22 58 126 7 311 278 12 2 4 3 3 5 7 7 0 0 1 0 .255 .312 .388 .700 84 167 Danys Baez 3.57 30 2004 26 TBD AL 62 0 0 0 59 4 4 .500 68 60 31 27 29 52 127 6 295 253 11 1 4 7 5 1 6 3 0 1 1 3 .237 .331 .360 .691 82 1177 742 168 Mike Timlin 3.57 27 1999 33 BAL AL 62 0 0 0 52 3 9 .250 63 51 30 25 23 50 131 9 261 231 10 0 3 5 1 1 8 3 1 0 0 1 .221 .304 .381 .685 77 169 Dave Righetti 3.57 36 1990 31 NYY AL 53 0 0 0 47 1 1 .500 53 48 24 21 26 43 112 8 235 205 6 2 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 .325 .400 .725 102 170 Lee Smith 3.57 25 1989 31 BOS AL 64 0 0 0 50 6 1 .857 70.2 53 30 28 33 96 116 6 290 253 6 0 6 0 2 2 6 9 3 0 0 1 .209 .299 .304 .603 66 171 Jose Jimenez 3.56 41 2002 28 COL NL 74 0 0 0 69 2 10 .167 73.1 76 34 29 11 47 134 7 307 287 12 2 4 3 4 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 .265 .297 .394 .691 73 1067 716 172 Jason Isringhause 3.55 33 2006 33 STL NL 59 0 0 0 51 4 8 .333 58.1 47 25 23 38 52 125 10 257 212 7 0 3 3 1 3 5 5 1 0 0 3 .222 .344 .396 .740 96 1051 639 173 Mark Leiter 3.55 23 1998 35 PHI NL 69 0 0 0 50 7 5 .583 88.2 67 36 35 47 84 123 8 378 310 16 1 5 8 9 4 6 2 2 0 0 5 .216 .331 .352 .683 82 174 Willie Hernandez 3.55 24 1986 31 DET AL 64 0 0 0 53 8 7 .533 88.2 87 35 35 21 77 117 13 376 346 17 0 1 5 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 .251 .301 .413 .714 93 175 Kevin Gregg 3.54 32 2007 29 FLA NL 74 0 0 0 55 0 5 .000 84 63 34 33 40 87 122 7 355 306 11 1 1 6 3 0 4 3 0 1 0 6 .206 .310 .317 .627 69 1502 933 ----+-----------------+----------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA** SV Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 176 Bob Stanley 3.54 22 1984 29 BOS AL 57 0 0 0 47 9 10 .474 106.2 113 57 42 23 52 118 9 455 423 16 3 9 2 6 1 12 2 1 1 0 1 .267 .307 .383 .690 85 177 Greg Minton 3.54 22 1983 31 SFG NL 73 0 0 0 52 7 11 .389 106.2 117 51 42 47 38 101 6 476 414 16 2 13 0 10 5 16 15 3 0 0 5 .283 .352 .374 .726 109 178 Salome Barojas 3.54 21 1982 25 CHW AL 61 0 0 0 42 6 6 .500 106.2 96 43 42 46 56 114 9 446 394 12 2 6 1 2 3 13 7 4 0 5 4 .244 .322 .353 .675 85 179 Derek Lowe 3.53 24 2001 28 BOS AL 67 3 0 0 50 5 10 .333 91.2 103 39 36 29 82 128 7 404 364 16 1 9 5 5 1 10 17 2 0 0 4 .283 .343 .390 .733 91 1481 950 180 Randy Myers 3.53 31 1996 33 BAL AL 62 0 0 0 50 4 4 .500 58.2 60 24 23 29 74 140 7 262 226 8 1 4 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 .265 .347 .403 .750 89 181 Todd Jones 3.52 42 2000 32 DET AL 67 0 0 0 60 2 4 .333 64 67 28 25 25 67 133 6 271 243 4 2 1 1 1 1 12 1 2 0 0 2 .276 .344 .383 .727 89 1038 687 182 Joe Grahe 3.52 21 1992 24 CAL AL 46 7 0 0 31 5 6 .455 94.2 85 37 37 39 39 113 5 399 346 12 0 2 6 4 4 12 7 5 0 0 3 .246 .329 .324 .653 83 183 Dave Righetti 3.52 25 1988 29 NYY AL 60 0 0 0 41 5 4 .556 87 86 35 34 37 70 113 5 377 335 13 3 2 1 4 0 8 2 0 1 4 2 .257 .332 .358 .690 94 184 Dave Righetti 3.51 31 1987 28 NYY AL 60 0 0 0 54 8 6 .571 95 95 45 37 44 77 126 9 419 362 9 0 4 2 6 5 9 1 2 0 3 1 .262 .341 .362 .703 87 185 Mike Williams 3.50 24 2000 30 PIT NL 72 0 0 0 63 3 4 .429 72 56 34 28 40 71 132 8 307 257 8 1 3 4 2 4 8 13 2 0 0 1 .218 .328 .350 .678 77 1196 711 186 Mark Wohlers 3.50 33 1997 27 ATL NL 71 0 0 0 55 5 7 .417 69.1 57 29 27 38 92 119 4 300 254 8 1 0 0 4 4 2 13 0 0 0 6 .224 .321 .311 .632 69 187 Salomon Torres 3.49 28 2008 36 MIL NL 71 0 0 0 46 7 5 .583 80 75 35 31 33 51 123 6 344 296 10 0 5 4 7 4 13 1 2 0 0 2 .253 .332 .348 .680 83 1282 782 188 Bobby Thigpen 3.49 30 1991 27 CHW AL 67 0 0 0 58 7 5 .583 69.2 63 32 27 38 47 114 10 309 257 8 2 8 4 7 3 4 8 5 0 0 2 .245 .348 .409 .757 109 189 Jim Gott 3.49 34 1988 28 PIT NL 67 0 0 0 59 6 6 .500 77.1 68 30 30 22 76 97 9 314 280 9 2 5 2 7 3 4 3 3 0 6 1 .243 .300 .386 .686 103 190 Ron Davis 3.48 25 1985 29 MIN AL 57 0 0 0 50 2 6 .250 64.2 55 28 25 35 72 125 7 285 239 6 4 6 4 3 4 4 9 0 0 1 8 .230 .333 .377 .710 90 191 Troy Percival 3.47 33 2003 33 ANA AL 52 0 0 0 49 0 5 .000 49.1 33 22 19 23 48 127 7 206 179 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 .184 .286 .324 .610 63 925 579 192 Rod Beck 3.47 37 1997 28 SFG NL 73 0 0 0 66 7 4 .636 70 67 31 27 8 53 119 7 281 269 7 1 2 2 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 1 .249 .276 .361 .637 72 193 Lee Smith 3.47 37 1995 37 CAL AL 52 0 0 0 51 0 5 .000 49.1 42 19 19 25 43 135 3 209 177 10 1 4 1 3 3 1 4 5 0 0 1 .237 .330 .356 .686 79 194 Troy Percival 3.46 27 1997 27 ANA AL 55 0 0 0 46 5 5 .500 52 40 20 20 22 72 135 6 224 195 9 0 2 4 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 5 .205 .296 .344 .640 65 195 Brian Fuentes 3.44 30 2006 30 COL NL 66 0 0 0 58 3 4 .429 65.1 50 25 25 26 73 142 8 274 239 13 1 4 6 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 6 .209 .301 .372 .673 70 1062 674 196 Bryan Harvey 3.44 25 1989 26 CAL AL 51 0 0 0 42 3 3 .500 55 36 21 21 41 78 111 6 245 197 5 0 1 0 5 2 0 6 1 0 0 5 .183 .321 .299 .620 76 197 Trevor Hoffman 3.43 43 2001 33 SDP NL 62 0 0 0 55 3 4 .429 60.1 48 25 23 21 63 117 10 248 222 6 0 2 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 3 .216 .285 .378 .663 81 917 604 198 Jeff Montgomery 3.43 31 1995 33 KCR AL 54 0 0 0 46 2 3 .400 65.2 60 27 25 25 49 139 7 275 238 7 1 4 2 5 5 13 5 1 0 1 1 .252 .322 .378 .700 80 199 Kevin Gregg 3.41 29 2008 30 FLA NL 72 0 0 0 59 7 8 .467 68.2 51 30 26 37 58 125 3 296 251 8 0 4 4 3 1 4 6 2 0 0 7 .203 .314 .271 .585 60 1289 763 200 Vladimir Nunez 3.41 20 2002 27 FLA NL 77 0 0 0 43 6 5 .545 97.2 80 38 37 37 73 118 8 404 357 21 1 1 0 6 4 5 7 2 1 0 2 .224 .294 .356 .650 76 1576 985 Seasons/Careers found: 718.
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