Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1983 to 1990, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 500 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERAp

  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   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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    1 John Franco          152    595.2 1984 1990 23-29  448   0   0   0 334  47  33  .588 181  526  196  165  231  423   2.49  31  2483  43   5   8  22 CIN-NYM      .240  .312  .318  .630   78  43  15  65   6  53   28  30   7 
    2 Tom Henke            149    501.1 1983 1990 25-32  373   0   0   0 311  28  26  .519 154  390  166  154  157  587   2.76  40  2030  20   7   3  18 TEX-TOR      .214  .276  .329  .605   64  20  23  73   8  19   35  11   2 
    3 Tim Burke            148    554.1 1985 1990 26-31  388   2   0   0 212  40  22  .645  96  476  176  153  175  370   2.48  38  2287  59  16   2  18 MON          .233  .296  .332  .628   79  37  20  75   6  46   61  17   3 
    4 Dan Quisenberry      144    676   1983 1990 30-37  455   0   0   0 361  31  26  .544 153  708  234  211  101  263   2.81  36  2773  40   5   5   1 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG  .270  .296  .367  .663   82  23  22 110  18  79   49  12   1 
    5 Dave Smith           143    521   1983 1990 28-35  415   0   0   0 314  36  35  .507 170  433  174  142  174  364   2.45  21  2132  42   6  15  18 HOU          .227  .292  .306  .598   75  31  12  55  17  37   50  18   0 
    6 Lee Smith            140    713.1 1983 1990 25-32  520   0   0   0 446  48  51  .485 247  604  250  226  281  757   2.85  47  2967  62   3   2  26 CHC-BOS-TOT  .229  .303  .330  .633   75  33  18 100  12  50   87  30   0 
    7 Mark Eichhorn        138    504.1 1986 1990 25-29  300   0   0   0 135  31  25  .554  28  462  183  168  166  408   3.00  33  2114  39  26   9  10 TOR-ATL-CAL  .247  .314  .352  .666   82  33  15  82   8  33   66  17   3 
    8 Jesse Orosco         136    629.2 1983 1990 26-33  471   0   0   0 292  53  44  .546 116  495  219  188  266  554   2.69  47  2621  46  12   3  12 NYM-LAD-CLE  .216  .298  .319  .617   77  31  23  80   7  44   56  18  13 
    9 Larry Andersen       134    635   1983 1990 30-37  431   0   0   0 157  29  26  .527  28  584  226  192  198  498   2.72  26  2651  48   9   6  13 PHI-TOT-HOU  .246  .303  .329  .632   82  37  28  86  17  42   78  23   6 
   10 Willie Hernandez     130    599   1983 1989 28-34  432   1   0   0 310  45  35  .563 128  513  222  202  170  477   3.04  61  2459  34  16   5  15 TOT-DET      .230  .288  .361  .649   79  30  17  87  10  38   25  16   1 
   11 Dave Righetti        129    831   1983 1990 24-31  471  31   7   2 376  55  46  .545 223  759  328  285  317  675   3.09  51  3518  33  10  10  23 NYY          .243  .313  .338  .651   80  43  23 111  17  78   48  16   4 
   12 Kent Tekulve         127    609.2 1983 1989 36-42  479   0   0   0 276  34  43  .442  57  576  234  202  198  319   2.98  28  2555  76   5   2   7 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN  .251  .310  .341  .651   84  40  19  89  16  70   74  19   0 
   13 Steve Farr           123    627   1984 1990 27-33  320  28   1   1 170  37  35  .514  50  575  254  232  249  512   3.33  51  2641  39  21   5  19 CLE-KCR      .246  .322  .368  .690   89  17  17 101  15  58   44  36   3 
   14 Craig Lefferts       123    762.1 1983 1990 25-32  528   5   0   0 227  39  44  .470  77  668  283  250  227  482   2.95  72  3113  44   9   7  22 CHC-SDP-TOT-SFG  .238  .295  .368  .663   90  48  22 122  14  57   57  29   6 
   15 Jay Howell           120    592   1983 1990 27-34  368  13   2   0 258  40  38  .513 133  537  219  205  207  499   3.12  35  2483  22  13   5  25 NYY-OAK-LAD  .242  .307  .337  .644   83  21  20  86  10  40   50  14   6 
   16 Greg Harris          119    815   1983 1990 27-34  367  51   1   0 172  43  43  .500  36  725  358  308  356  622   3.40  68  3467  45  27   7  39 CIN-TOT-TEX-PHI-BOS  .240  .323  .364  .687   90  34  28 138  16  69   74  32  11 
   17 Roger McDowell       117    611.1 1985 1990 24-29  396   2   0   0 290  42  40  .512 125  561  240  207  211  299   3.05  26  2562  41  14   9  22 NYM-TOT-PHI  .246  .311  .323  .634   84  37  20  75  11  77   47  15   4 
   18 Lance McCullers      116    521.1 1985 1990 21-26  301   9   0   0 154  27  31  .466  39  426  215  187  244  439   3.23  47  2198  42  10   7  21 SDP-NYY-TOT  .225  .314  .355  .669   90  31  16  91   8  25   51  26   9 
   19 Jeff Reardon         113    633.1 1983 1990 27-34  497   0   0   0 423  43  52  .453 245  553  252  240  207  509   3.41  64  2633  35  15   4  11 MON-MIN-BOS  .234  .298  .362  .660   85  30  15  98   7  28   61  12   1 
   20 Greg Minton          113    680   1983 1990 31-38  436   1   0   0 241  35  41  .461  76  663  288  248  309  293   3.28  34  2935  88   9   1  25 SFG-TOT-CAL  .260  .339  .344  .683   96  42  24  87  13  97   69  22   2 
   21 Bob Stanley          113    755.2 1983 1989 28-34  369  21   4   1 249  44  53  .454  90  833  382  320  210  373   3.81  59  3234  55  16   1  16 BOS          .284  .332  .399  .731   95  44  30 135  12 102   25  21   2 
   22 Doug Sisk            113    500.1 1983 1990 25-32  310   0   0   0 155  20  18  .526  32  501  223  181  255  186   3.26  13  2191  29  19   3  15 NYM-BAL-ATL  .267  .358  .334  .692   99  29  10  68  10  86   28  18   0 
   23 Tom Niedenfuer       111    557.1 1983 1990 23-30  412   0   0   0 244  30  41  .423  86  505  218  207  195  402   3.34  56  2331  57  10   1  13 LAD-TOT-BAL-SEA-STL  .243  .308  .378  .686   95  26  23  85  13  29   48  27   5 
   24 Steve Bedrosian      111    828   1983 1990 25-32  473  42   0   0 354  56  62  .475 167  724  349  315  367  647   3.42  80  3516  53  14   3  25 ATL-PHI-TOT-SFG  .235  .316  .357  .673   91  24  24 110  14  61  128  22   2 
   25 Juan Berenguer       110    912.2 1983 1990 28-35  356  70   4   2 103  60  37  .619  14  771  405  373  455  780   3.68  86  3895  29  19  14  37 DET-SFG-MIN  .229  .322  .356  .678   86  25  28 139  16  53   97  41   6 
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  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   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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   26 Cecilio Guante       110    568   1983 1990 23-30  353   1   0   0 163  29  34  .460  35  484  240  220  231  477   3.49  60  2402  38  25   5  14 PIT-NYY-TOT-TEX-CLE  .230  .311  .374  .685   92  21  21  95  14  29   54  21   2 
   27 Andy McGaffigan      110    810.1 1983 1990 26-33  353  62   3   1 109  37  33  .529  24  749  342  307  288  601   3.41  54  3405  38  15  15  30 SFG-TOT-CIN-MON  .246  .312  .354  .666   89  38  19 127  20  57  109  27   0 
   28 Gene Nelson          108    757   1983 1990 22-29  339  40   4   0 110  40  43  .482  23  700  340  317  266  487   3.77  76  3200  19  25   8  36 SEA-CHW-OAK  .245  .313  .391  .704   92  29  23 132  29  59   38  23   0 
   29 Jim Acker            108    785.1 1983 1990 24-31  396  28   0   0 145  30  44  .405  29  796  375  330  281  427   3.78  62  3346  34  30   2  23 TOR-TOT-ATL-TOR  .267  .334  .386  .720   98  35  24 140  14  94   66  40   5 
   30 Dennis Lamp          107    737.1 1983 1990 30-37  369  18   1   0 133  43  37  .538  30  787  372  319  215  382   3.89  49  3135  43  11   9  21 CHW-TOR-OAK-BOS  .276  .327  .380  .707   91  37  23 110  20  99   87  18   5 
   31 Dave Schmidt         104    753   1983 1990 26-33  322  54   5   3 156  50  47  .515  43  797  366  327  196  393   3.91  76  3189  39  12   2  22 TEX-CHW-BAL-MON  .272  .318  .409  .727  100  32  21 125  24  72   76  22   2 
   32 Dan Schatzeder       102    649.2 1983 1990 28-35  341  35   2   1  96  32  28  .533   9  650  308  260  217  408   3.60  61  2757  37  13   2  30 MON-TOT-HOU  .263  .323  .397  .720  105  31  23 119  15  61   59  14   3 
   33 Keith Atherton       101    566.1 1983 1989 24-30  342   0   0   0 158  33  41  .446  26  546  268  251  215  349   3.99  75  2431  36  10   1  10 OAK-TOT-MIN-CLE  .253  .320  .424  .744  104  23  27 109  17  25   42  20   0 
   34 Ricky Horton         100    673.1 1984 1990 24-30  325  53   3   1  81  32  27  .542  15  696  301  281  222  319   3.76  55  2858  47  15  16  13 STL-TOT      .273  .331  .406  .737  108  42  26 136  20  70   25  24  17 
   35 Frank DiPino          99    642.2 1983 1990 26-33  486   0   0   0 206  32  35  .478  56  611  298  265  246  474   3.71  50  2730  56   8   4  28 HOU-TOT-CHC-STL  .254  .321  .372  .693   99  35  33 107  14  54   44  22   5 
   36 Bob McClure           98    588   1983 1990 31-38  310  42   5   0  96  37  29  .561  21  596  291  260  229  340   3.98  48  2533  14  14  17  14 MIL-TOT-MON-CAL  .266  .335  .398  .733  105  25  25 115  18  55   30  16   3 
   37 Mark Davis            98    877   1983 1990 22-29  458  64   4   2 227  41  68  .376  91  776  398  359  363  793   3.68  89  3714  53  24   9  54 SFG-TOT-SDP-KCR  .239  .317  .370  .687   98  49  29 126  17  72   68  41  11 
   38 Jeff Robinson         96    766.1 1984 1990 23-29  366  57   2   1 127  42  51  .452  35  748  370  320  280  526   3.76  61  3262  42  14   6  51 SFG-TOT-PIT-NYY  .257  .322  .376  .698  103  30  30 127  18  67   80  34   7 
   39 Calvin Schiraldi      92    548.2 1984 1990 22-28  232  47   2   1 116  32  38  .457  21  517  279  257  262  470   4.22  59  2384  22   9   8  21 NYM-BOS-CHC-TOT-SDP  .248  .333  .392  .725  104  18  12  91  16  27   62  28   6 

Seasons/Careers found: 39.

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