As I did with my pitcher rankings, I grouped the closers into tiers. There are only three with a fourth category of "other" which bleeds into my middle reliever rankings. This category captures the Cleveland nd Florida situation. I had to double-check Keith Foulke's WHIP and IP they were much better than I had realized and helps explain why the Injun's gave him $5MM for 2007.
Tier 1 | Team | G | IP | W | SV | K | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nathan Joe | MIN | 64 | 68.33 | 7 | 36 | 95 | 1.58 | 0.79 |
Ryan B.J. | TOR | 65 | 72.33 | 2 | 38 | 86 | 1.37 | 0.857 |
Rivera Mariano | NYY | 63 | 75 | 5 | 34 | 55 | 1.8 | 0.96 |
Hoffman Trevor | SD | 65 | 63 | 0 | 46 | 50 | 2.14 | 0.968 |
Rodriguez Francisco | LAA | 69 | 73 | 2 | 47 | 98 | 1.73 | 1.096 |
Wagner Billy | NYM | 70 | 72.33 | 3 | 40 | 94 | 2.24 | 1.106 |
Tier 2 | Team | G | IP | W | SV | K | ERA | WHIP |
Saito Takashi | LAD | 72 | 78.33 | 6 | 24 | 107 | 2.07 | 0.906 |
Putz J.J. | SEA | 72 | 78.33 | 4 | 36 | 104 | 2.3 | 0.919 |
Street Huston | OAK | 69 | 70.67 | 4 | 37 | 67 | 3.31 | 1.09 |
Ray Chris | BAL | 61 | 66 | 4 | 33 | 51 | 2.73 | 1.091 |
Cordero Chad | WSH | 68 | 73.33 | 7 | 29 | 69 | 3.19 | 1.105 |
Fuentes Brian | COL | 66 | 65.33 | 3 | 30 | 73 | 3.44 | 1.163 |
Gagne Eric | TEX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 |
Gordon Tom | PHI | 59 | 59.33 | 3 | 34 | 68 | 3.34 | 1.264 |
Cordero Francisco | MIL | 28 | 26.67 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 1.69 | 1.35 |
Jenks Bobby | CHW | 67 | 69.67 | 3 | 41 | 80 | 4 | 1.392 |
Lidge Brad | HOU | 78 | 75 | 1 | 32 | 104 | 5.28 | 1.4 |
Tier 3 | Team | G | IP | W | SV | K | ERA | WHIP |
Wickman Bob | ATL | 57 | 54 | 1 | 33 | 42 | 2.67 | 1.222 |
Jones Todd | DET | 62 | 64 | 2 | 37 | 28 | 3.94 | 1.266 |
Weathers David | CIN | 67 | 73.67 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 3.54 | 1.29 |
Stanton Mike | CIN | 82 | 67.67 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 3.99 | 1.43 |
Torres Salomon | PIT | 94 | 93.33 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 3.28 | 1.457 |
Isringhausen Jason | STL | 59 | 58.33 | 4 | 33 | 52 | 3.55 | 1.457 |
Valverde Jose | AZ | 44 | 49.33 | 2 | 18 | 69 | 5.84 | 1.459 |
Dotel Octavio | KC | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.8 | 2.9 |
Dempster Ryan | CHC | 74 | 75 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 4.8 | 1.507 |
Benitez Armando | SF | 41 | 38.33 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 3.52 | 1.565 |
Pineiro Joel | BOS | 40 | 165.67 | 8 | 1 | 87 | 6.356 | 1.648 |
McClung Seth | TB | 39 | 103 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 6.29 | 1.825 |
Others | Team | G | IP | W | SV | K | ERA | WHIP |
Foulke Keith | CLE | 44 | 49.67 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4.35 | 1.188 |
Borowski Joe | CLE | 72 | 69.67 | 3 | 36 | 64 | 3.75 | 1.378 |
Gregg Kevin | FLA | 32 | 78.33 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 4.14 | 1.391 |
Nolasco Ricky | FLA | 35 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 99 | 4.82 | 1.414 |
Owens Henry | FLA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Wainwright Adam | STL | 61 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 3.12 | 1.147 |
Papelbon Jonathan | BOS | 59 | 68.33 | 4 | 35 | 75 | 0.92 | 0.776 |