Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2007, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest Hp9
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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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Hoyt Wilhelm 7.01 2254.1 1952 1972 29-49 1070 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 146 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 2 Don McMahon 7.24 1310.2 1957 1974 27-44 874 2 0 0 506 90 68 .570 153 1054 482 431 579 1003 2.96 119 105 5503 84 34 5 75 MLN-TOT-HOU-CLE-SFG 3 Jesse Orosco 7.33 1295 1979 2003 22-46 1252 4 0 0 501 87 80 .521 144 1055 512 455 581 1179 3.16 125 113 5460 86 34 11 40 NYM-LAD-CLE-MIL-BAL-STL-TOT 4 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 5 Rich Gossage 7.45 1809.1 1972 1994 20-42 1002 37 16 0 681 124 107 .537 310 1497 670 605 732 1502 3.01 126 119 7506 90 47 5 63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA 6 John Hiller 7.54 1242 1965 1980 22-37 545 43 13 6 363 87 76 .534 125 1040 438 391 535 1036 2.83 134 110 5206 71 12 1 39 DET 7 Bruce Sutter 7.59 1042.1 1976 1988 23-35 661 0 0 0 512 68 71 .489 300 879 370 328 309 861 2.83 136 77 4251 83 13 8 37 CHC-STL-ATL 8 Juan Berenguer 7.72 1205.1 1978 1992 23-37 490 95 5 2 157 67 62 .519 32 1034 576 522 604 975 3.90 103 116 5169 42 31 19 43 NYM-TOT-DET-SFG-MIN-ATL 9 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 10 Jim Brewer 7.77 1040.2 1960 1976 22-38 584 35 1 1 351 69 65 .515 132 898 401 355 360 810 3.07 111 92 4298 77 10 3 41 CHC-LAD-TOT-CAL 11 Rollie Fingers 7.80 1701.1 1968 1985 21-38 944 37 4 2 709 114 118 .491 341 1474 615 549 492 1299 2.90 119 123 6942 109 39 7 40 OAK-SDP-MIL 12 Tug McGraw 7.83 1514.2 1965 1984 20-39 824 39 5 1 541 96 92 .511 180 1318 597 528 582 1109 3.14 116 108 6313 128 22 4 63 NYM-PHI 13 Dave LaRoche 7.88 1049.1 1970 1983 22-35 647 15 1 0 381 65 58 .528 126 919 448 411 459 819 3.53 105 94 4459 81 29 7 18 CAL-MIN-CHC-CLE-TOT-CAL-NYY 14 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 15 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 16 Ted Abernathy 7.92 1147.2 1955 1972 22-39 681 34 7 2 416 63 69 .477 148 1010 513 441 592 765 3.46 106 70 4963 80 45 3 35 WSH-CLE-CHC-TOT-CIN-CHC-KCR 17 Jeff Reardon 7.95 1132.1 1979 1994 23-38 880 0 0 0 695 73 77 .487 367 1000 426 397 358 877 3.16 121 109 4720 65 27 4 20 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY 18 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 19 Stu Miller 8.09 1694 1952 1968 24-40 704 93 24 5 405 105 103 .505 154 1522 697 610 600 1164 3.24 115 140 7083 114 39 3 25 STL-TOT-NYG-SFG-BAL-ATL 20 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 21 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 22 Al Worthington 8.16 1246.2 1953 1969 24-40 602 69 11 3 314 75 82 .478 110 1130 546 469 527 834 3.39 110 105 5331 61 27 2 44 NYG-SFG-TOT-CIN-MIN 23 Kent Tekulve 8.18 1436.1 1974 1989 27-42 1050 0 0 0 638 94 90 .511 184 1305 526 455 491 779 2.85 132 63 6001 179 17 3 23 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN 24 Eddie Fisher 8.18 1538.2 1959 1973 22-36 690 63 7 2 344 85 70 .548 81 1398 659 583 438 812 3.41 101 149 6340 38 27 1 53 SFG-CHW-TOT-BAL-CLE-CAL-TOT 25 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Willie Hernandez 8.20 1044.2 1977 1989 22-34 744 11 0 0 419 70 63 .526 147 952 431 392 349 788 3.38 118 97 4366 79 25 10 37 CHC-TOT-DET 27 Dick Hall 8.23 1259.2 1955 1971 24-40 495 74 20 3 237 93 75 .554 68 1152 512 464 236 741 3.32 111 130 5085 70 18 0 1 PIT-KCA-BAL-PHI 28 Dave Righetti 8.25 1403.2 1979 1995 20-36 718 89 13 2 474 82 79 .509 252 1287 602 540 591 1112 3.46 113 95 5988 48 21 19 40 NYY-SFG-TOT-CHW 29 Darold Knowles 8.29 1092 1965 1980 23-38 765 8 1 1 417 66 74 .471 143 1006 437 378 480 681 3.12 112 65 4658 85 38 11 30 BAL-PHI-WSA-TOT-OAK-CHC-TEX-MON-STL 30 Mike Marshall 8.31 1386.2 1967 1981 24-38 723 24 3 1 549 97 112 .464 188 1281 548 484 514 880 3.14 118 79 5842 52 31 7 72 DET-SEP-TOT-MON-LAD-TOT-MIN-NYM 31 Gary Lavelle 8.33 1085 1974 1987 25-38 745 3 0 0 399 80 77 .510 136 1004 413 353 440 769 2.93 125 51 4604 126 13 18 19 SFG-TOR-TOT 32 Bill Campbell 8.34 1229.1 1973 1987 24-38 700 9 2 1 455 83 68 .550 126 1139 550 484 495 864 3.54 111 82 5239 100 20 6 47 MIN-BOS-CHC-PHI-STL-DET-MON 33 Sparky Lyle 8.36 1390.1 1967 1982 22-37 899 0 0 0 634 99 76 .566 238 1292 519 445 481 873 2.88 127 84 5794 81 14 10 66 BOS-NYY-TEX-TOT-PHI 34 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 35 Ron Perranoski 8.40 1174.2 1961 1973 25-37 737 1 0 0 458 79 74 .516 179 1097 442 364 468 687 2.79 123 50 5023 121 24 4 28 LAD-MIN-TOT-CAL 36 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 37 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 38 Terry Forster 8.42 1105.2 1971 1986 19-34 614 39 5 0 318 54 65 .454 127 1034 454 397 457 791 3.23 115 51 4699 63 24 4 46 CHW-PIT-LAD-ATL-CAL 39 Grant Jackson 8.43 1358.2 1965 1982 22-39 692 83 16 5 291 86 75 .534 79 1272 589 523 511 889 3.46 105 109 5749 71 21 9 44 PHI-BAL-TOT-PIT 40 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 41 Johnny Murphy 8.48 1045 1932 1947 23-38 415 40 17 0 293 93 53 .637 107 985 464 406 444 378 3.50 117 52 4471 5 0 15 NYY-BOS 42 Turk Lown 8.53 1032 1951 1962 27-38 504 49 10 1 255 55 61 .474 73 978 525 472 590 574 4.12 96 105 4574 40 10 1 33 CHC-TOT-CHW 43 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 44 Paul Lindblad 8.58 1213.2 1965 1978 23-36 655 32 1 1 258 68 63 .519 64 1157 510 443 384 671 3.29 104 112 5091 88 26 0 29 KCA-OAK-TOT-TEX 45 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 46 Greg Minton 8.61 1130.2 1975 1990 23-38 710 7 0 0 415 59 65 .476 150 1082 452 389 483 479 3.10 118 43 4810 131 16 9 56 SFG-TOT-CAL 47 Clay Carroll 8.62 1353.1 1964 1978 23-37 731 28 1 0 373 96 73 .568 143 1296 506 442 442 681 2.94 121 67 5673 112 37 5 41 MLN-ATL-TOT-CIN-CHW-TOT-PIT 48 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 49 Bob Miller 8.63 1551.1 1957 1974 18-35 694 99 7 0 290 69 81 .460 51 1487 679 581 608 895 3.37 106 101 6623 111 32 3 62 STL-NYM-LAD-MIN-TOT-PIT 50 Dave Giusti 8.67 1716.2 1962 1977 22-37 668 133 35 9 380 100 93 .518 145 1654 764 687 570 1103 3.60 95 126 7251 109 15 7 87 HOU-STL-PIT-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 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 52 Clem Labine 8.69 1079.2 1950 1962 23-35 513 38 7 2 288 77 56 .579 96 1043 492 435 396 551 3.63 112 81 4577 54 11 0 27 BRO-LAD-TOT-PIT-NYM 53 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 54 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 55 Gene Garber 8.73 1510 1969 1988 21-40 931 9 4 0 609 96 113 .459 218 1464 654 560 445 940 3.34 116 123 6327 155 37 10 30 PIT-KCR-TOT-PHI-ATL-TOT 56 Bob McClure 8.74 1158.2 1975 1993 23-41 698 73 12 1 233 68 57 .544 52 1125 551 490 497 701 3.81 102 104 5005 39 34 30 29 KCR-MIL-TOT-MON-CAL-TOT-STL-FLA 57 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 58 Don Aase 8.80 1109.1 1977 1990 22-35 448 91 22 5 234 66 60 .524 82 1085 503 468 457 641 3.80 103 89 4730 45 7 3 21 BOS-CAL-BAL-NYM-LAD 59 Tom Burgmeier 8.80 1258.2 1968 1984 24-40 745 3 0 0 370 79 55 .590 102 1231 521 452 384 584 3.23 118 94 5272 55 32 7 23 CAL-KCR-MIN-BOS-OAK 60 Roy Face 8.82 1375 1953 1969 25-41 848 27 6 0 574 104 95 .523 193 1347 591 531 362 877 3.48 109 141 5691 106 14 2 32 PIT-TOT-MON 61 Lindy McDaniel 8.83 2139.1 1955 1975 19-39 987 74 18 2 577 141 119 .542 172 2099 934 821 623 1361 3.45 109 172 8971 136 15 5 112 STL-CHC-SFG-TOT-NYY-KCR 62 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 63 Al McBean 8.88 1072.1 1961 1970 23-32 409 76 22 5 186 67 50 .573 63 1058 430 373 365 575 3.13 110 63 4518 56 30 6 35 PIT-TOT 64 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 65 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 66 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 67 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 68 Mike Fornieles 9.06 1156.2 1952 1963 20-31 432 76 20 4 195 63 64 .496 55 1165 567 509 421 576 3.96 100 98 4983 32 32 2 34 WSH-CHW-TOT-BOS 69 Phil Regan 9.13 1372.2 1960 1972 23-35 551 105 20 1 289 96 81 .542 92 1392 649 585 447 743 3.84 97 150 5863 79 26 3 31 DET-LAD-TOT-CHC 70 Tom Morgan 9.15 1023.1 1951 1963 21-33 443 61 18 7 204 67 47 .588 64 1040 467 410 300 364 3.61 106 95 4293 34 40 3 12 NYY-KCA-DET-TOT-LAA 71 Tom Hume 9.17 1086 1977 1987 24-34 543 55 5 0 267 57 71 .445 92 1106 521 465 384 536 3.85 97 88 4645 87 24 2 26 CIN-PHI-TOT 72 Dan Quisenberry 9.18 1043.1 1979 1990 26-37 674 0 0 0 553 56 46 .549 244 1064 356 320 162 379 2.76 146 59 4247 70 7 5 4 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG 73 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 74 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 75 Clyde Shoun 9.27 1287 1935 1949 23-37 454 85 34 3 207 73 59 .553 29 1325 631 559 404 483 3.91 96 81 5466 10 2 15 CHC-STL-TOT-CIN-BSN-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 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 77 Mace Brown 9.42 1075.1 1935 1946 26-37 387 55 18 2 206 76 57 .571 48 1125 502 414 388 435 3.46 110 44 4636 7 2 26 PIT-TOT-BOS 78 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 79 Pedro Borbon 9.63 1026.2 1969 1980 22-33 593 4 0 0 278 69 39 .639 80 1098 436 401 251 409 3.52 101 63 4326 83 28 7 24 CAL-CIN-TOT-STL 80 Bob Stanley 9.80 1707 1977 1989 22-34 637 85 21 7 376 115 97 .542 132 1858 797 690 471 693 3.64 118 113 7238 87 41 2 22 BOS 81 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 82 Joe Heving 9.84 1038.2 1930 1945 29-44 430 40 17 3 232 76 48 .613 63 1136 559 450 380 429 3.90 108 64 4579 24 3 14 NYG-CHW-CLE-TOT-BOS-CLE-BSN 83 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 84 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 Seasons/Careers found: 84.
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