BR's stat of the day (Reds related!)

[nate]

Check (http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1798) it:


Quick…which pitcher has the best cumulative ERA+ since 2004?


Bet you don’t get it right.



Here’s the list, minimum 300 IP (to weed out some guys like Papelbon who haven’t been in the league since 2004):




Cnt Player **ERA+** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ (http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/bat_glossary.shtml#opsplus) SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS Pk
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1 Joe Nathan (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nathajo01.shtml) 242 376.2 2004 2009 29-34 369 0 0 0 323 21 11 .656 215 246 81 76 104 459 1.82 22 1466 15 6 0 16 MIN .184 .245 .276 .521 48 10 6 50 4 19 22 4 0
2 Mariano Rivera (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml) 220 401.2 2004 2009 34-39 366 0 0 0 332 26 22 .542 214 312 98 90 70 385 2.02 21 1582 10 22 0 2 NYY .211 .256 .287 .543 54 5 5 36 7 33 22 9 0
3 Francisco Rodrigu (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrifr03.shtml) 209 393.2 2004 2009 22-27 377 0 0 0 300 16 16 .500 224 271 109 93 178 515 2.13 23 1622 16 5 1 36 ANA-LAA-NYM .191 .282 .290 .572 65 10 7 64 4 15 32 5 1
4 Billy Wagner (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wagnebi02.shtml) 199 313.2 2004 2008 32-36 301 0 0 0 258 13 8 .619 160 222 94 76 79 372 2.18 28 1242 8 11 1 12 PHI-NYM .195 .252 .301 .553 47 6 5 31 3 17 21 8 2
5 B.J. Ryan (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanb.01.shtml) 174 310 2004 2009 28-33 297 0 0 0 198 10 18 .357 114 232 95 88 127 382 2.55 19 1279 17 8 1 12 BAL-TOR .205 .289 .292 .581 65 8 6 31 5 20 25 7 3
6 Roger Clemens (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero02.shtml) 162 638 2004 2007 41-44 102 101 1 0 0 44 24 .647 0 508 213 190 201 573 2.68 42 2587 11 18 1 18 HOU-NYY .218 .284 .324 .608 61 24 14 94 13 47 60 20 4
7 Johan Santana (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santajo02.shtml) 155 1236 2004 2009 25-30 182 182 9 6 0 94 44 .681 0 990 427 391 288 1286 2.85 138 4931 8 24 4 36 MIN-NYM .217 .266 .360 .626 77 31 16 200 22 65 26 29 12
8 Justin Duchschere (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duchsju01.shtml) 154 395.2 2004 2008 26-30 210 22 1 1 61 29 22 .569 14 329 134 123 102 303 2.80 38 1592 14 16 1 7 OAK .227 .283 .349 .632 68 14 9 50 7 33 22 9 6
9 Francisco Cordero (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml) 153 379.2 2004 2009 29-34 381 0 0 0 316 21 20 .512 203 328 138 128 161 434 3.03 24 1615 10 12 2 12 TEX-MIL-CIN .233 .314 .334 .648 82 19 15 62 4 23 24 9 4
10 Chad Cordero (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordech01.shtml) 152 309.2 2004 2008 22-26 293 0 0 0 222 19 14 .576 127 263 111 97 114 280 2.82 38 1307 15 6 1 11 MON-WSN .225 .296 .365 .661 77 12 8 43 3 14 6 7 0


I had no idea Cordero had that kind of ERA+ over the past five years. Interesting.

[camisadelgolf]

Cordero, although overpaid, is very good. The Reds have been noticeably better ever since they acquired him, and you can't say that about a lot of relievers. He deserves to be an All-Star this year, and I really hope he doesn't get overlooked in the same way Reds fans tend to overlook him.

[redsbuckeye]

Sometimes I see these lists and think "how the hell is that guy already 33?!" (in this case B.J. Ryan) and wonder how my sense of time got all messed up.

[RichRed]

Sometimes I see these lists and think "how the hell is that guy already 33?!" (in this case B.J. Ryan) and wonder how my sense of time got all messed up.

I threw up my hands and gave up after I read that my favorite player growing up, George Foster, turned 60.