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Who is the greatest Closer of All time

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Who is the greatest closer in MLB History 26 members have voted

  1. 1. Who is the greatest closer in MLB History

    • Lee Smith (478 svs; 3.03 ERA)
      3%
      1
    • Trevor Hoffman (352 svs; 2.78 ERA)
      7%
      2
    • Mariano Rivera (283 svs; 2.49 ERA)
      15%
      4
    • Dennis Eckersley (390 svs; 3.50 ERA; 360 starts)
      50%
      13
    • Hoyt Wilhelm (227 svs; 2.52 ERA)
      0%
      0
    • Other
      23%
      6

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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.

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    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?

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    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.

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    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.

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    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?

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