We’re fast approaching Hall of Fame season. By far the strongest candidate who will be debuting on the 2019 ballot is Mariano Rivera. Rivera is expected to be elected immediately, and I would anticipate that he’ll be named on greater than 90% of the ballots.
One of the characterizations of Rivera’s career that you hear occasionally is that he was a "failed" starter who became a dominant reliever, but I don’t think that’s a completely accurate assessment. In his rookie season (1995), he started 10 games and relieved in another 9. His 10 starts were a mixed bag, with about half of them decent outings, and the other half rather poor. Regardless, it’s a pretty small sample size, as he only accumulated about 50 innings as a starting pitcher before converting to the bullpen for the rest of his career, first as an outstanding setup reliever to John Wetteland in 1996 (a season in which Rivera finished 3rd in the Cy Young balloting), and then embarking on his remarkable 17-year run as a closer the following year after Wetteland left as a free agent. I’m not sure there’s enough evidence there to conclude that he "failed" as a starter, but, regardless, it was definitely a successful conversion. Regardless of how his time as a starter is characterized, there’s no doubt he enjoyed much greater success as a reliever.
So, Mariano Rivera is the inspiration for this article. I was interested in identifying pitchers who began their Major League careers as starting pitchers, but ultimately achieved much greater success after converting full-time to relief.
Approach
First, a few words about who I’m not looking for.
Even though Mariano Rivera is the inspiration for this article, he’s not exactly what I’m looking for. Rivera only accumulated 50 innings as a starting pitcher over 10 starts. I’m looking for pitchers who were given more of a chance than that to try and establish themselves as a starting pitcher before ultimately switching to relief.
Dennis Eckersley had more success as a reliever than a starting pitcher, as he rode to the Hall of Fame primarily on his record as a dominating closer. However, it would be wrong to consider him to be a "failed" starter. Eck was a very good starting pitcher, accumulating nearly 2,500 innings in that role, had a 149-130 record, a 3.71 ERA, made a couple of All-Star games, and finished in the top-10 twice in Cy Young award voting. He wasn’t a Hall of Fame quality type of starter, but he had considerable success in that role before switching to his second life as a star reliever. So, he’s not what I’m looking for either.
Goose Gossage emerged as a star reliever with the White Sox in 1975, but then the team attempted to convert him into a starter the next year, and, frankly, it bombed. He was then traded to the Pirates, where he was switched back to the bullpen, and remained there for the rest of his career. He’s not really what I’m looking for either.
John Franco was primarily a starting pitcher in the minor leagues, with 55 of his 82 appearances coming as a starter, and he generally struggled at that level. However, he never made a single start in the Majors. I guess you could consider that a "failed" starter, but for the purposes of this article, I’m strictly dealing with pitchers’ Major League records. If a pitcher was primarily a starter in the minors but did not get a trial as a starter at the Major League level, I’m not including him in the analysis. So, Franco and others like him are not what I’m looking for either.
OK, so who am I looking for? In general, I’m looking for pitchers who:
- Were used first in the Major Leagues as a starting pitcher (perhaps not exclusively, but primarily)
- Were given a "decent" amount of time to try and establish themselves in that role (more on what constitutes "decent" later)
- Were relatively unsuccessful as a starter
- Were then converted to a reliever
- Enjoyed much greater success as a reliever than as a starter
- Largely remained in that role for the balance of their careers
Towards that end, I used the baseball-reference.com Play Index to help me identify pitchers who had significant splits between their roles. The guidelines I used for identifying candidates were:
a) Pitchers who had accumulated at least 150 innings pitched in each role, and
b) Pitchers who had an ERA as a reliever at least 2.00 below the ERA he had as a starting pitcher.
Review
After gathering the data, I identified what I considered to be 10 of the more striking examples of pitchers that fit the pattern listed above (note that some of these are active pitchers, so their splits might not sustain by the time their careers end).
For each pitcher, I’ll display his stat split by role (starter vs. reliever) so that you can see how different their performances were in each role.
Wade Davis
Wade Davis
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W
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L
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ERA
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G
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GS
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SV
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IP
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H
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ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
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as Starter
|
31
|
32
|
4.57
|
88
|
88
|
-
|
513.2
|
554
|
261
|
192
|
361
|
1.452
|
6.3
|
1.9
|
3.4
|
9.7
|
as Reliever
|
31
|
13
|
2.07
|
374
|
-
|
122
|
387.0
|
237
|
89
|
146
|
485
|
.990
|
11.3
|
3.3
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3.4
|
5.5
|
From 2009-2013, Davis was tried primarily a starting pitcher for Tampa Bay and Kansas City in every season except for 2012, when he was deployed as a reliever in all of his 54 appearances that year. As a sign of what was to come, Davis yielded a 2.43 ERA that year, his best season up to that point.
After being returned to a starter’s role for 24 starts in his first season in Kansas City in 2013, the team switched him permanently to a reliever role in September of that year. He relieved in 7 games down the stretch, yielding only 3 hits and 1 run in 10 innings. A star reliever was born, and in the 5 seasons since then, he has a sparkling 2.03 ERA, giving up only 5.5 hits per 9 innings. He has also been a prominent postseason performer, highlighted by his years with the Royals, yielding only 1 earned run over 25 postseason innings with them.
Joe Nathan
Joe Nathan
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W
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L
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ERA
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G
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GS
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SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
12
|
5
|
4.60
|
29
|
29
|
-
|
162.1
|
150
|
83
|
96
|
95
|
1.515
|
5.3
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1.0
|
5.3
|
8.3
|
as Reliever
|
52
|
29
|
2.50
|
758
|
-
|
377
|
761.0
|
540
|
211
|
248
|
881
|
1.035
|
10.4
|
3.6
|
2.9
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6.4
|
Nathan started 29 games over 2 seasons (1999-2000) with the Giants, and had a 12-5 record as a starter with a little below league-average ERA. He then experienced a combination of injuries and ineffectiveness, spending most of the 2001-2002 seasons in the minors. In 2003, he had a strong season for the Giants as a setup man, going 12-4 with a 2.96 ERA over 79 innings, but that was just the beginning.
After the 2003 season, he was sent to the Twins in a pretty big trade that saw Nathan, Boof Bonser (who represented the most famous reference to "Boof" until Brett Kavanaugh came along), and Francisco Liriano join Minnesota, with the Giants receiving catcher A.J. Pierzynski in return.
Quick sidebar on "Boof". There was a lot of discussion during the Kavanaugh hearings and post-hearings as to what that word means. In Bonser’s case, it was simply a nickname his mom gave him as a baby (he was born in 1981) In a 2006 New York Times article, Bonser was quoted as saying said he never asked his mom what it meant and he did not care to find out, so apparently he never did, even though he ended up legally changing his name to that.
Nathan became an instant stud closer, saving nearly 400 games over the next decade for Minnesota, Texas, and Detroit. You don’t often hear his name mentioned when the all-time great closers are mentioned, but he had a very successful run, and he ranks 8th all-time in saves.
Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller
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W
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L
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ERA
|
G
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GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
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as Starter
|
20
|
27
|
5.70
|
66
|
66
|
-
|
325.0
|
381
|
206
|
182
|
255
|
1.732
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7.1
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1.4
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5.0
|
10.6
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as Reliever
|
29
|
21
|
2.56
|
418
|
-
|
53
|
400.1
|
256
|
114
|
153
|
598
|
1.022
|
13.4
|
3.9
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3.4
|
5.8
|
Miller has one of the more significant splits that I found, as his ERA as a reliever is more than 3 runs less than that as a starter.
As you probably know, Miller was a very highly regarded prospect, selected with the 6th overall pick in the 2006 by the Tigers. He had one brief season in relief for the Tigers, and then they gave him a 13-start trial in 2007 in which he went 5-5, 5.63. He was then one of the key components in a 6-for-2 trade between the Tigers and Marlins. Among others, Cameron Maybin and Miller were sent to the Marlins in exchange for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. The trade is considered to be one of the more lopsided exchanges in history.
Miller continued his struggles over the next 4 seasons, the first 3 with the Marlins, and then one year with the Red Sox, pitching in a starting capacity in about 70% of his appearances, posting a 5.81 ERA over this time frame. He turned the corner in 2012 at age 27, as the Red Sox used him exclusively as a reliever and he turned in a solid season. Continuing in that role as he bounced around to various franchises (Boston, Baltimore, New York, and Cleveland) over 5 seasons, Miller posted a stellar 1.82 ERA and accumulated 51 saves. He has also excelled in the postseason appearing in 4 consecutive postseasons from 2014-2017, posting a miniscule 1.09 ERA over 33 innings, including a streak of not giving up a run covering his first 23 1/3 postseason innings.
Zach Britton
Zach Britton
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W
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L
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ERA
|
G
|
GS
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SV
|
IP
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H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
18
|
17
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4.86
|
46
|
46
|
-
|
250.0
|
270
|
135
|
111
|
165
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1.524
|
5.9
|
1.5
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4.0
|
9.7
|
as Reliever
|
13
|
5
|
1.79
|
285
|
-
|
142
|
291.2
|
208
|
58
|
94
|
281
|
1.035
|
8.7
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3.0
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2.9
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6.4
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Similar to Miller, Britton’s split features a reliever ERA that is more than 3 runs lower than his ERA as a starting pitcher. Britton started 46 games for the Orioles from 2011-2013 before being converted to a full-time reliever in 2014. He was an instant smash in that role, saving 37 games with a 1.65 ERA in 2014. Over a 3-year period from 2014-2016, he saved 120 games with a 1.38 ERA, surely one of the more successful 3-year closer runs that you’ll find.
Darren Oliver
Darren Oliver
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W
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L
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ERA
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G
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GS
|
SV
|
IP
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H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
82
|
77
|
5.13
|
229
|
229
|
-
|
1,303.1
|
1,488
|
743
|
518
|
747
|
1.539
|
5.2
|
1.4
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3.6
|
10.3
|
as Reliever
|
36
|
21
|
3.19
|
537
|
-
|
7
|
612.1
|
549
|
217
|
202
|
512
|
1.226
|
7.5
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
8.1
|
I "cheated" just a bit on Oliver as he didn’t quite make the 2.00 ERA gap that I was looking for, but he was right on the borderline (1.94 difference), and he was such an intriguing case that I decided to include him.
Oliver has, by far, the most starting experience of any of the players featured here. Although Oliver did spend most of his first couple of seasons as a reliever, from 1996-2002 (his age 25-32 seasons) he was the starting pitcher in 211 of his 217 appearances. He had a winning record at 76-74, but with a bulky 5.13 ERA .
He turned the corner in 2006, finding renewed life as a solid reliever. Over the final 8 seasons of his career, he only made 1 more start, and posted a strong 2.95 ERA over that span. And, if it seems to you like you saw him a lot during those years, you’re not imagining anything, as he was a bit of a postseason fixture. From 2006-2011, he appeared in the postseason every year – 1 with the Mets, 3 with the Angels, and 2 with the Rangers (both times going to the World Series).
Arthur Rhodes
Arthur Rhodes
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W
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L
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ERA
|
G
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GS
|
SV
|
IP
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H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
18
|
22
|
5.81
|
61
|
61
|
-
|
322.0
|
336
|
208
|
173
|
253
|
1.581
|
7.1
|
1.5
|
4.8
|
9.4
|
as Reliever
|
69
|
48
|
3.43
|
839
|
-
|
33
|
865.2
|
697
|
330
|
343
|
899
|
1.201
|
9.3
|
2.6
|
3.6
|
7.3
|
Rhodes was essentially a contemporary of Oliver’s, although Rhodes spent much less time as a starting pitcher and much more time as a reliever than Oliver did. Rhodes pitched from 1991-2011, Oliver from 1993-2013.
Rhodes served primarily as a starting pitcher over his first 5 seasons with the Orioles, and then essentially converted to a full-time reliever by 1996 (his age 26 season). He was on some notable teams, including the 2001 Seattle Mariners squad that won 116 regular season games, as well as the 2011 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
Eric Gagne
Eric Gagne
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
10
|
13
|
4.68
|
48
|
48
|
-
|
265.1
|
254
|
138
|
113
|
226
|
1.383
|
7.7
|
2.0
|
3.8
|
8.6
|
as Reliever
|
23
|
13
|
2.62
|
354
|
-
|
187
|
378.1
|
264
|
110
|
113
|
492
|
.996
|
11.7
|
4.4
|
2.7
|
6.3
|
Earlier, I mentioned Zach Britton’s great 3-year run. Gagne’s run from 2002-2004 has to rate right up there as well, as he posted a 1.79 ERA and saved an amazing 152 games over that span, including taking home a Cy Young award. Of course, we later learned that he was identified as an HGH user, casting a bit of a cloud over his success. Nevertheless, he remains one of the more notable starter-to-reliever conversions, even though his success was brief.
Ted Abernathy
Ted Abernathy
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
6
|
21
|
6.10
|
34
|
34
|
-
|
175.2
|
208
|
119
|
108
|
106
|
1.799
|
5.4
|
1.0
|
5.5
|
10.7
|
as Reliever
|
57
|
48
|
2.98
|
647
|
-
|
149
|
970.2
|
802
|
321
|
484
|
659
|
1.325
|
6.1
|
1.4
|
4.5
|
7.4
|
A fascinating pitcher, Abernathy changed his pitching style roughly 35 times in his career. OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. Abernathy started as a traditional overhand thrower in high school, but subsequent injuries forced him to change to a three quarter motion, then sidearm, and finally into a submarine style pitcher.
Abernathy was not used exclusively in one role or the other early in his career. In his first 3 seasons (1955-1957) he made 71 appearances, 34 as a starter and the other 37 as a reliever, and he was pretty bad in both roles (6.10 ERA as a starter, 5.80 as a reliever). He also has a big gap in his Major League service time, as he only appeared in 2 games in the Majors from 1958-1962. By the time 1963 rolled around, Abernathy was a 30 year old with a career record of 8-22 and a 6.22 ERA.
From that point forward, however, Abernathy found his groove, going 55-47, a 2.77 ERA, and 149 saves over the balance of his career. He struggled with control during his entire career (4.6 BB/9) but he proved difficult for opposing batters to hit. He led the league 3 times in games pitched during the 1960’s, and led the league twice in saves, including his outstanding 1967 season with the Reds when he saved 28 and posted a stellar 1.27 ERA over 106 1/3 innings
Scott Downs
Scott Downs
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
12
|
14
|
5.35
|
50
|
50
|
-
|
247.1
|
306
|
147
|
97
|
175
|
1.629
|
6.4
|
1.8
|
3.5
|
11.1
|
as Reliever
|
26
|
26
|
2.68
|
569
|
-
|
27
|
504.0
|
423
|
150
|
182
|
400
|
1.200
|
7.1
|
2.2
|
3.3
|
7.6
|
Over his first several seasons, Downs was used primarily as a starting pitcher, and was pretty ineffective in that role. The turning point was in 2006 with Toronto in his age 30 season, where he made 5 starts with a 9.39 ERA, but made 54 relief appearances with a 2.77 ERA. He never started another game in his career.
From 2007-2014, he made 502 relief appearances with a solid 2.57 ERA. Similar to a couple of the other lefty pitchers mentioned earlier (Oliver and Rhodes), Downs was never a star and generally was not used in a lot of save situations, but he was an effective pitcher in his role (primarily with the Blue Jays and the Angels) .
Octavio Dotel
Octavio Dotel
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
9
|
9
|
5.61
|
34
|
34
|
-
|
191.0
|
189
|
119
|
99
|
188
|
1.508
|
8.9
|
1.9
|
4.7
|
8.9
|
as Reliever
|
50
|
41
|
3.32
|
724
|
-
|
109
|
760.0
|
576
|
280
|
313
|
955
|
1.170
|
11.3
|
3.1
|
3.7
|
6.8
|
Dotel began his Major League career in 1999 with the Mets, who shipped him and Roger Cedeno in the offseason to the Astros in exchange for a couple of pretty big names at the time, Derek Bell and Mike Hampton. Dotel made 30 starts over his first 2 seasons, but his 2000 season was split between starting and relieving. He switched to the bullpen midway through 2000, serving as the primary closer after Billy Wagner went down with an injury. He wasn’t spectacular in relief that year (4.24 ERA) but he did save 16 games in Wagner’s absence.
From that point on, he only made 4 more starts, his final one coming in 2001 at age 27. Dotel was one of baseball’s great vagabonds, ultimately pitching for 13 different franchises. He spent 5 years with the Astros, but never more than 2 seasons for any other franchise, and he was generally a pretty effective pitcher, difficult to hit (6.8 H/9 innings as a reliever), and struck out more than 11 batters per 9 innings in a relief role.
Here’s the same data provided before, but presented in a single table for all 10 pitchers, for easier viewing:
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|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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Wade Davis
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
31
|
32
|
4.57
|
88
|
88
|
-
|
513.2
|
554
|
261
|
192
|
361
|
1.452
|
6.3
|
1.9
|
3.4
|
9.7
|
as Reliever
|
31
|
13
|
2.07
|
374
|
-
|
122
|
387.0
|
237
|
89
|
146
|
485
|
.990
|
11.3
|
3.3
|
3.4
|
5.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Nathan
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
12
|
5
|
4.60
|
29
|
29
|
-
|
162.1
|
150
|
83
|
96
|
95
|
1.515
|
5.3
|
1.0
|
5.3
|
8.3
|
as Reliever
|
52
|
29
|
2.50
|
758
|
-
|
377
|
761.0
|
540
|
211
|
248
|
881
|
1.035
|
10.4
|
3.6
|
2.9
|
6.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Miller
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
20
|
27
|
5.70
|
66
|
66
|
-
|
325.0
|
381
|
206
|
182
|
255
|
1.732
|
7.1
|
1.4
|
5.0
|
10.6
|
as Reliever
|
29
|
21
|
2.56
|
418
|
-
|
53
|
400.1
|
256
|
114
|
153
|
598
|
1.022
|
13.4
|
3.9
|
3.4
|
5.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zach Britton
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
18
|
17
|
4.86
|
46
|
46
|
-
|
250.0
|
270
|
135
|
111
|
165
|
1.524
|
5.9
|
1.5
|
4.0
|
9.7
|
as Reliever
|
13
|
5
|
1.79
|
285
|
-
|
142
|
291.2
|
208
|
58
|
94
|
281
|
1.035
|
8.7
|
3.0
|
2.9
|
6.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Darren Oliver
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
82
|
77
|
5.13
|
229
|
229
|
-
|
1,303.1
|
1,488
|
743
|
518
|
747
|
1.539
|
5.2
|
1.4
|
3.6
|
10.3
|
as Reliever
|
36
|
21
|
3.19
|
537
|
-
|
7
|
612.1
|
549
|
217
|
202
|
512
|
1.226
|
7.5
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
8.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Rhodes
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
18
|
22
|
5.81
|
61
|
61
|
-
|
322.0
|
336
|
208
|
173
|
253
|
1.581
|
7.1
|
1.5
|
4.8
|
9.4
|
as Reliever
|
69
|
48
|
3.43
|
839
|
-
|
33
|
865.2
|
697
|
330
|
343
|
899
|
1.201
|
9.3
|
2.6
|
3.6
|
7.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eric Gagne
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
10
|
13
|
4.68
|
48
|
48
|
-
|
265.1
|
254
|
138
|
113
|
226
|
1.383
|
7.7
|
2.0
|
3.8
|
8.6
|
as Reliever
|
23
|
13
|
2.62
|
354
|
-
|
187
|
378.1
|
264
|
110
|
113
|
492
|
.996
|
11.7
|
4.4
|
2.7
|
6.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ted Abernathy
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
6
|
21
|
6.10
|
34
|
34
|
-
|
175.2
|
208
|
119
|
108
|
106
|
1.799
|
5.4
|
1.0
|
5.5
|
10.7
|
as Reliever
|
57
|
48
|
2.98
|
647
|
-
|
149
|
970.2
|
802
|
321
|
484
|
659
|
1.325
|
6.1
|
1.4
|
4.5
|
7.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott Downs
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
12
|
14
|
5.35
|
50
|
50
|
-
|
247.1
|
306
|
147
|
97
|
175
|
1.629
|
6.4
|
1.8
|
3.5
|
11.1
|
as Reliever
|
26
|
26
|
2.68
|
569
|
-
|
27
|
504.0
|
423
|
150
|
182
|
400
|
1.200
|
7.1
|
2.2
|
3.3
|
7.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Octavio Dotel
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
SO9
|
SO/W
|
BB/9
|
H/9
|
as Starter
|
9
|
9
|
5.61
|
34
|
34
|
-
|
191.0
|
189
|
119
|
99
|
188
|
1.508
|
8.9
|
1.9
|
4.7
|
8.9
|
as Reliever
|
50
|
41
|
3.32
|
724
|
-
|
109
|
760.0
|
576
|
280
|
313
|
955
|
1.170
|
11.3
|
3.1
|
3.7
|
6.8
|
Thanks for reading,
Dan