1549 Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Gagne went a full season last year without a blown save. That is easily the best season ever for a closer. Easily. I don't know how I forgot to include that. Slipped my mine. However, Eck's '90 season and Gagne's 2003 season are too similar to declare one the easy winner. Gagne 2003: 55 svs; 1.20 ERA; 82.1 IP; .69 WHIP; 137. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I don't know how I forgot to include that. Slipped my mine. However, Eck's '90 season and Gagne's 2003 season are too similar to declare one the easy winner. Gagne 2003: 55 svs; 1.20 ERA; 82.1 IP; .69 WHIP; 137. What was Eck's save percentage during his 1990 season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 What was Eck's save percentage during his 1990 season? I have been searching for it. So far all the stat sites have turned up empty. Including baseball reference, which is usually pretty solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 48/50 for Eckersley. Obviously Gagne is better in that regaurd, but I still can not be convinced that 2 blown saves makes Gagne's season that much better than Eck's. A fascinating aspect of Eck's season was that he allowed fewer runners to reach base than the number of saves he recorded. But Gagne had a sick K/9 IP ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 48/50 for Eckersley. Obviously Gagne is better in that regaurd, but I still can not be convinced that 2 blown saves makes Gagne's season that much better than Eck's. A fascinating aspect of Eck's season was that he allowed fewer runners to reach base than the number of saves he recorded. But Gagne had a sick K/9 IP ratio. 96% save percentage? That is phenomenal. I figured that it would have been between 90% and 93%. And that 0.61 ERA....wow. What about consecutive scoreless innings? If Eck went like two months straight without giving up a run, then I might have to reconsider. How about OBP allowed? Batting average against? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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