Remaining relievers with a 0.00 ERA
Posted by Andy on May 12, 2010
Here are the remaining 6 players with a 0.00 ERA this season (through yesterday's games) with a minimum of 10 games:
| Rk | Player | G | Age | Tm | GS | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Bailey | 0.00 | 12 | 26 | OAK | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Mariano Rivera | 0.00 | 10 | 40 | NYY | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Will Ohman | 0.00 | 16 | 32 | BAL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Darren O'Day | 0.00 | 14 | 27 | TEX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 11.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Randy Flores | 0.00 | 15 | 34 | COL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Ron Mahay | 0.00 | 10 | 39 | MIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 7 | Tim Stauffer | 0.39 | 10 | 28 | SDP | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 23.1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 970 |
| 8 | Carlos Villanueva | 0.51 | 15 | 26 | MIL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 804 | |
| 9 | Carlos Marmol | 0.61 | 14 | 27 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 14.2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 746 |
| 10 | Jose Valverde | 0.61 | 16 | 32 | DET | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 14.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 719 |
| 11 | Leo Nunez | 0.68 | 13 | 26 | FLA | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 13.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 642 |
| 12 | Arthur Rhodes | 0.69 | 14 | 40 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 13.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 632 |
| 13 | Sergio Santos | 0.73 | 13 | 26 | CHW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 613 | |
| 14 | Tyler Clippard | 0.76 | 16 | 25 | WSN | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 23.2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 558 |
| 15 | Jose Contreras | 0.77 | 13 | 38 | PHI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 11.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 564 |
| 16 | Joe Beimel | 0.77 | 13 | 33 | COL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 607 | |
| 17 | Evan Meek | 0.86 | 15 | 27 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 21.0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 486 |
| 18 | Matt Capps | 0.98 | 17 | 26 | WSN | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13 | 18.1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 434 |
For good measure I threw in guys under 1.00.
Ron Mahay has certainly had an up-and-down career so far, especially considering that he first came to the majors as an outfielder.
Some other names that impress me are Jose Contreras, who has embraced his role with the Phillies, and Mariano Rivera, who keeps on chugging along.
Check out the same list from last year: guys appearing in at least 10 of their team's first 32 games (as relievers) as registering a 0.00 ERA:
| Rk | Player | Year | #Matching | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Francisco | 2009 | 14 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 9 | 14.2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0.75 |
| 2 | Arthur Rhodes | 2009 | 13 | Ind. Games | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.91 | |
| 3 | Octavio Dotel | 2009 | 13 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 11.1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 1.24 |
| 4 | Heath Bell | 2009 | 11 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 8 | 11.2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.60 |
Well looky there. Arthur Rhodes again. Since his return to the big leagues in 2008 he has been outstanding. A regular Jamie Moyer 🙂
May 12th, 2010 at 7:26 am
Marmol's strikeout rate has been phenomenal.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Given his lengthy career as a reliever, Arthur Rhodes only has a handful of plate appearances, 5 total in 19 seasons. Despite several years in the NL, 4 of those at-bats (and his 1 hit, a single) came as an AL pitcher. (From this game in Philly, which he also won for Baltimore.)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI199806080.shtml
Assuming Rhodes comes back next year--how many other guys played at least 20 years with only 1 hit?
May 12th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Mariano rolls along at age 40. A WHIP of 0.56. Wow.
May 12th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Bailey got lit up last night so he is off this list.
May 12th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Villanueva and Clippard can also be removed from the list.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Something I just found out that I didn't realize:
Back in 2008, Rivera passed the 1000 IP mark and thus qualified for the pitching leaderboards. He's the active leader in ERA, WHIP, SO/BB, HR/9, ERA+ (by 60 points, best all time by 50 points), PtchR, RE24, WPA, REW, RF/9, and Fld%. If/when Trevor Hoffman retires, he'll also take over the active lead in G, S, GF, and H/9.
May 12th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
"how many other guys played at least 20 years with only 1 hit?"
Looks like only one -- Dan Plesac -- but a few others have come close:
http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/TqNeu
May 13th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Thanks for jinxing Clippard. I'm a Nats fan and had him on my fantasy team 🙂
May 13th, 2010 at 9:56 am
To be fair, Raphy started it by posting about Clippard's 6-0 record 🙂