100 Sim Results - Setup Relievers

These are the results of 100 baseline resims (ended up being 95 seasons due to a silly mistake on my part, though I will continue to call it the 100 sim baseline). Each season was run in neutral parks. Injuries were turned on, each team had a strict 5 man rotation, and the schedule was set for 154 games. To date, we've completed the reviews for all of the batters, here is the link to the review section of the blog and another for the full detail for each position.

There are several elite pitchers in the position of “Setup Men”. In fact, as mentioned yesterday, many of the 100 sim setup men are in fact closers in previous ATB seasons. Eight pitchers attained a sub-3.00 ERA and each of them has spent time as a closer in our league.

The best of them appears to be the relative newcomer, 1890 Joe Neale. Neale is one of just two pitchers in the entire set of simulations to record an average WHIP under 1.00. His final line: 6-2, 2.67 ERA, 153 IP, 106 H, 45 B, 99 K, 0.99 WHIP.

His best season was a doozy: 156 IP, 1.62 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, 108 K

2000 Gabe White, 2006 Cla Meredith, and 1999 Jeff Zimmerman had ERA’s around 2.75 with WHIPS in the 1-teens. 2007 Rafael Betancourt, , 1995 Troy Percival, and 2003 Rafael Soriano struck out more batters per inning, but traded great k-rates for a quarter point in ERA.

Overall, this group was superb. 45 pitchers combined for a 3.49 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. The moral of the story is that there are many very good relievers available, and we haven’t even looked at the closers yet.

01) 153 IP, 2.67 ERA, 0.99 WHIP-Joe Neale-1890
03) 83 IP,, 2.73 ERA, 1.19 WHIP-Gabe White-2000
02) 127 IP, 2.97 ERA, 1.20 WHIP-Rafael Betancourt-2007
04) 63 IP,, 2.90 ERA, 1.24 WHIP-Troy Percival-1995
05) 69 IP,, 3.03 ERA, 1.30 WHIP-Rafael Soriano-2003
06) 78 IP,, 2.73 ERA, 1.17 WHIP-Cla Meredith-2006
07) 97 IP,, 2.78 ERA, 1.16 WHIP-Jeff Zimmerman-1999
08) 100 IP, 2.99 ERA, 1.26 WHIP-Steve Reed-1995
09) 82 IP,, 3.10 ERA, 1.22 WHIP-Al Grabowski-1929
10) 65 IP,, 3.33 ERA, 1.28 WHIP-Tom Henke-1991
11) 157 IP, 3.09 ERA, 1.16 WHIP-Dick Hall-1964
12) 91 IP,, 3.23 ERA, 1.14 WHIP-Jeff Gray-1991
13) 102 IP, 3.65 ERA, 1.30 WHIP-Keith Foulke-1999
14) 49 IP,, 3.53 ERA, 1.28 WHIP-Derek Lilliquist-1992
15) 116 IP, 3.62 ERA, 1.35 WHIP-Octavio Dotel-2002
16) 85 IP,, 3.22 ERA, 1.34 WHIP-Taylor Buchholz-2008
17) 98 IP,, 3.20 ERA, 1.36 WHIP-Steve Mingori-1971
18) 69 IP,, 3.37 ERA, 1.36 WHIP-Jim Poole-1993
19) 105 IP, 3.35 ERA, 1.31 WHIP-Rafael Perez-2007
20) 71 IP,, 3.28 ERA, 1.31 WHIP-Buddy Groom-2002
21) 106 IP, 3.38 ERA, 1.27 WHIP-Bill Henry-1964
22) 83 IP,, 3.40 ERA, 1.38 WHIP-Tom Gordon-2004
23) 108 IP, 3.24 ERA, 1.40 WHIP-Rob Murphy-1986
24) 94 IP,, 3.23 ERA, 1.37 WHIP-Dale Murray-1974
25) 126 IP, 3.64 ERA, 1.40 WHIP-Mark Eichhorn-1986
26) 49 IP,, 3.53 ERA, 1.46 WHIP-Grant Balfour-2008
27) 74 IP,, 3.72 ERA, 1.41 WHIP-Arthur Rhodes-2001
28) 92 IP,, 3.29 ERA, 1.47 WHIP-Chris Hammond-2002
29) 107 IP, 3.97 ERA, 1.32 WHIP-Elias Sosa-1977
30) 114 IP, 3.39 ERA, 1.39 WHIP-Rheal Cormier-2003
31) 130 IP, 3.62 ERA, 1.45 WHIP-Ted Abernathy-1967
32) 57 IP,, 3.91 ERA, 1.45 WHIP-Roberto Hernandez-1992
33) 103 IP, 3.75 ERA, 1.50 WHIP-Rob Dibble-1990
34) 62 IP,, 3.68 ERA, 1.48 WHIP-Dennys Reyes-2006
35) 81 IP,, 3.69 ERA, 1.59 WHIP-Damaso Marte-2003
36) 78 IP,, 3.75 ERA, 1.36 WHIP-Ray Narleski-1956
37) 128 IP, 3.98 ERA, 1.43 WHIP-Nick Maddox-1907
38) 82 IP,, 3.84 ERA, 1.62 WHIP-Francisco Rodriguez-2004
39) 105 IP, 3.75 ERA, 1.54 WHIP-Brendan Donnelly-2003
40) 66 IP,, 3.94 ERA, 1.55 WHIP-Joey Eischen-2002
41) 138 IP, 4.26 ERA, 1.46 WHIP-Ferdie Schupp-1916
42) 90 IP,, 4.21 ERA, 1.68 WHIP-Carlos Marmol-2007
43) 127 IP, 4.33 ERA, 1.48 WHIP-Calvin Schiraldi-1986
44) 69 IP,, 4.57 ERA, 1.50 WHIP-Terry Fox-1961
45) 96 IP,, 4.27 ERA, 1.67 WHIP-Brad Ziegler-2008

Best by Position
LR - 44 IP,, 3.79 ERA, 1.36 WHIP-Fergie Jenkins-1970
SU - 153 IP, 2.67 ERA, 0.99 WHIP-Joe Neale-1890