Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1980 to 2007, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest Hp9

  Cnt Player             **H/9**    IP   From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%  SV   H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA  ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams         BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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    1 Jesse Orosco         7.30   1260   1981 2003 24-46 1234   2   0   0 495  86  78  .524 144 1022  492  436  559 1157   3.11  127 109  5306  86  32  11  40 NYM-LAD-CLE-MIL-BAL-STL-TOT  .222  .307  .334  .641   78  53  54 168  11  80  127  36  24 
    2 Mike Jackson         7.44   1188.1 1986 2004 21-39 1005   7   0   0 422  62  67  .481 142  983  492  451  464 1006   3.42  125 127  4966  80  56  27  39 PHI-SEA-SFG-CIN-CLE-HOU-MIN-CHW  .226  .306  .359  .665   78  54  41 173  13  86   89  29   5 
    3 Juan Berenguer       7.66   1161.2 1980 1992 25-37  480  87   5   2 156  66  59  .528  32  989  551  500  581  942   3.87  104 113  4978  42  29  17  43 NYM-TOT-DET-SFG-MIN-ATL  .230  .323  .365  .688   90  31  40 187  27  66  115  47   8 
    4 Steve Bedrosian      7.75   1191   1981 1995 23-37  732  46   0   0 439  76  79  .490 184 1026  496  447  518  921   3.38  114 114  5044  75  27   4  33 ATL-PHI-TOT-SFG-MIN-ATL  .232  .314  .354  .668   87  44  39 165  15  86  170  33   3 
    5 Eric Plunk           7.89   1151   1986 1999 22-35  714  41   0   0 234  72  58  .554  35 1009  537  488  647 1081   3.82  111 122  5030  45  32  24  75 OAK-TOT-NYY-CLE-MIL  .236  .339  .374  .713   93  46  37 168  27  87  156  51  16 
    6 Lee Smith            7.91   1289.1 1980 1997 22-39 1022   6   0   0 802  71  92  .436 478 1133  475  434  486 1251   3.03  131  89  5387 100  10   4  47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-TOT-MON  .236  .306  .341  .647   79  63  38 178  28  78  170  63   1 
    7 Arthur Rhodes        7.98   1011   1991 2006 21-36  653  61   5   3 126  75  60  .556  30  896  504  484  451  993   4.31  103 111  4291  40  14   3  39 BAL-SEA-OAK-CLE-PHI  .238  .319  .382  .701   85  29  28 168  21  78   68  29  10 
    8 Jeff Reardon         8.00   1111.2 1980 1994 24-38  862   0   0   0 685  72  75  .490 365  988  419  393  349  867   3.18  121 107  4639  62  27   4  18 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY  .237  .298  .367  .665   86  56  33 187  18  44   94  25   1 
    9 Greg Harris          8.15   1467   1981 1995 25-39  703  98   4   0 266  74  90  .451  54 1329  689  601  652 1141   3.69  112 129  6293  86  54  13  72 NYM-CIN-TOT-TEX-PHI-TOT-BOS-MON  .243  .327  .370  .697   91  72  51 242  32 132  103  54  18 
   10 Alejandro Pena       8.16   1057.2 1981 1996 22-37  503  72  12   7 232  56  52  .519  74  959  427  365  331  839   3.11  118  75  4398  62  13  10  16 LAD-NYM-TOT-ATL-PIT-TOT-FLA  .241  .299  .340  .639   83  36  29 143  15  63  110  43   6 
   11 Dan Plesac           8.20   1072   1986 2003 24-41 1064  14   0   0 422  65  71  .478 158  977  478  433  402 1041   3.64  117 105  4539  54  17  10  41 MIL-CHC-PIT-TOR-TOT-ARI-PHI  .242  .311  .373  .684   84  47  42 172  20  67   82  31  10 
   12 Dave Righetti        8.29   1386.1 1981 1995 22-36  715  86  13   2 474  82  78  .513 252 1277  595  533  581 1099   3.46  113  93  5921  48  21  19  40 NYY-SFG-TOT-CHW  .245  .321  .347  .668   86  65  40 197  28 122   93  38  10 
   13 Mark Davis           8.39   1145   1980 1997 19-36  624  85   4   2 265  51  84  .378  96 1068  582  530  534 1007   4.17   89 129  4955  63  28  12  63 PHI-SFG-TOT-SDP-KCR-TOT-MIL  .249  .333  .391  .724  107  60  44 177  22  91  102  53  15 
   14 Roberto Hernandez    8.42   1071.1 1991 2007 26-42 1010   3   0   0 667  67  71  .486 326 1002  475  411  462  945   3.45  131  96  4632  53  35   1  50 CHW-TOT-TBD-KCR-ATL-PHI-NYM  .247  .328  .365  .693   82  56  21 155  17  83   94  33   1 
   15 John Franco          8.42   1245.2 1984 2005 23-44 1119   0   0   0 774  90  87  .508 424 1166  466  400  495  975   2.89  137  81  5312  78  22   9  54 CIN-NYM-HOU  .249  .322  .343  .665   84  82  31 161  17 116   67  43  17 
   16 Dennis Cook          8.45   1011.2 1988 2002 25-39  665  71   6   3 116  64  46  .582   9  950  486  440  390  739   3.91  106 130  4298  49  31  16  23 SFG-TOT-LAD-CLE-CHW-TEX-FLA-NYM-TOT-ANA  .250  .322  .416  .738  101  37  38 189  26  64   64  47  24 
   17 Ron Villone          8.55   1069.1 1995 2007 25-37  580  93   2   0 150  55  57  .491   6 1016  613  565  571  842   4.76   96 126  4736  33  64   2  45 TOT-MIL-CLE-CIN-TOT-PIT-HOU-SEA-TOT-NYY  .253  .352  .406  .758   97  48  37 196  21  92   38  31  28 
   18 Rick Aguilera        8.59   1291.1 1985 2000 23-38  732  89  10   0 557  86  81  .515 318 1233  568  512  351 1030   3.57  117 138  5391  42  36  10  53 NYM-TOT-MIN-CHC  .251  .303  .394  .697   88  52  33 233  29  94  109  27   1 
   19 Mike Timlin          8.63   1155   1991 2007 25-41 1011   4   0   0 441  71  69  .507 140 1108  501  455  357  840   3.55  128 109  4855  68  46   3  30 TOR-TOT-SEA-BAL-STL-BOS  .254  .315  .376  .691   80  54  29 177  16 119   63  23   2 
   20 Jim Gott             8.69   1120   1982 1995 22-35  554  96  10   3 261  56  74  .431  91 1081  546  481  466  837   3.87  101  85  4828  63  23  15  52 TOR-SFG-TOT-PIT-LAD  .254  .329  .368  .697   94  57  30 173  27  84   78  45   1 
   21 Craig Lefferts       8.70   1145.2 1983 1994 25-36  696  45   1   0 286  58  72  .446 101 1108  490  436  322  719   3.43  108 120  4754  55  11  10  31 CHC-SDP-TOT-SFG-TEX-CAL  .257  .308  .395  .703   99  78  39 187  23  88   90  48   8 
   22 Jeff Russell         8.72   1099.2 1983 1996 21-34  589  79  11   2 340  56  73  .434 186 1065  525  458  415  693   3.75  112 100  4694  43  28  12  46 CIN-TEX-TOT-BOS  .255  .324  .376  .700   91  32  41 180  13 112  100  34   5 
   23 Mike Stanton         8.77   1114   1989 2007 22-40 1178   1   0   0 363  68  63  .519  84 1086  523  485  420  895   3.92  112  93  4762  76  33   9  35 ATL-TOT-NYY-NYM-CIN  .257  .327  .377  .704   87  53  36 193  17  88   55  34  35 
   24 Gene Nelson          8.84   1080   1981 1993 20-32  493  68   6   1 153  53  64  .453  28 1061  537  496  418  655   4.13   99 117  4652  32  33  10  46 NYY-SEA-CHW-OAK-TOT  .258  .328  .410  .738  102  43  40 193  41  91   72  32   4 
   25 Todd Jones           8.93   1030.1 1993 2007 25-39  937   1   0   0 582  54  62  .466 301 1022  488  450  425  854   3.93  112  88  4457  59  34   1  39 HOU-DET-TOT-COL-FLA  .261  .336  .382  .718   90  47  36 164  22 111   60  21   0 
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  Cnt Player             **H/9**    IP   From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%  SV   H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA  ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams         BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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   26 Bob Wickman          8.93   1059   1992 2007 23-38  835  28   1   1 511  63  61  .508 267 1051  469  420  432  785   3.57  125  80  4586  45  38   2  32 NYY-TOT-MIL-CLE  .260  .335  .373  .708   87  42  28 179  19 131  121  22   2 
   27 Roger McDowell       8.96   1050   1985 1996 24-35  723   2   0   0 430  70  70  .500 159 1045  454  385  410  524   3.30  114  50  4517  98  28  11  37 NYM-TOT-PHI-LAD-TEX-BAL  .263  .334  .347  .681   93  75  33 140  22 132   81  33   9 
   28 Ted Power            8.99   1160   1981 1993 26-38  564  85   5   3 233  68  69  .496  70 1159  568  515  452  701   4.00   97  97  4982  73  17  10  32 LAD-CIN-TOT-STL-PIT-CLE-TOT  .264  .331  .391  .722  102  66  57 214  27  91  106  47   0 
   29 Dan Quisenberry      9.17   1003.1 1980 1990 27-37  642   0   0   0 532  53  44  .546 239 1022  340  306  155  366   2.74  146  54  4084  65   7   5   3 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG  .266  .293  .361  .654   80  46  38 153  24 121   65  24   8 
   30 Rheal Cormier        9.19   1221.2 1991 2007 24-40  683 108   7   1 105  71  64  .526   2 1248  604  547  317  760   4.03  104 121  5157  37  51   4  39 STL-BOS-MON-PHI-TOT-CIN  .266  .317  .408  .725   95  57  32 250  28 134   50  29  14 
   31 Doug Jones           9.21   1128.1 1982 2000 25-43  846   4   0   0 640  69  79  .466 303 1155  465  414  247  909   3.30  129  86  4754  53  39   6  18 MIL-CLE-HOU-PHI-BAL-TOT-MIL-OAK  .264  .307  .375  .682   83  56  38 193  18  87   30  16   1 
   32 Dave Weathers        9.42   1245   1991 2007 21-37  824  69   0   0 276  65  76  .461  74 1303  655  598  546  893   4.32  101 117  5493  68  52   5  39 TOR-FLA-TOT-MIL-NYM-TOT-CIN  .273  .352  .408  .760  101  87  36 220  36 127   93  39   4 
   33 Jose Mesa            9.47   1548.2 1987 2007 21-41 1022  95   6   2 633  80 109  .423 321 1629  811  750  651 1038   4.36  100 151  6804  57  55   5  75 BAL-TOT-CLE-SEA-PHI-PIT-COL  .273  .346  .400  .746   99  64  62 269  19 150   77  50   3 
   34 Bob Stanley          9.69   1197.2 1980 1989 25-34  504  39   9   2 321  76  76  .500 118 1290  563  486  350  555   3.65  117  84  5095  73  33   1  20 BOS          .280  .332  .388  .720   93  61  43 195  26 177   50  37   4 
   35 Dennis Lamp          9.73   1376.2 1980 1992 27-39  553  92   9   3 166  78  69  .531  35 1488  702  618  439  686   4.04  100  89  5915  65  24  11  41 CHC-CHW-TOR-OAK-BOS-PIT  .278  .334  .381  .715   96  75  31 208  38 169  155  54   8 
   36 Julian Tavarez       9.81   1314.2 1993 2007 20-34  734 108   2   0 160  84  70  .545  22 1433  739  646  508  759   4.42  102 107  5786  66  91  10  39 CLE-SFG-COL-CHC-FLA-PIT-STL-BOS  .282  .355  .416  .771  101  61  44 312  24 187   63  30   4 
   37 LaTroy Hawkins      10.17   1072   1995 2007 22-34  631  98   2   0 210  56  76  .424  75 1211  602  558  359  700   4.68  101 132  4680  21  16   7  57 MIN-CHC-TOT-BAL-COL  .286  .341  .443  .784  101  31  36 225  23 107   60  30   6 
   38 Paul Quantrill      10.34   1255.2 1992 2005 23-36  841  64   1   1 228  68  78  .466  21 1442  601  534  336  725   3.83  117 112  5428  68  45   8   5 BOS-TOT-PHI-TOR-LAD-NYY  .292  .339  .427  .766  101  56  49 275  29 138   95  36   9 

Seasons/Careers found: 38.

 Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.