Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1980 to 1983, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 150 Games), sorted by greatest ERAp

  Cnt Player            **ERA **   G  From  To   Ages  GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%  SV   IP     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 Rich Gossage         189    209 1980 1983 28-31   0   0   0 178  26  14  .650 105  326    241   85   74  104  343   2.04  17  1297  14   3   0   6 NYY          .208  .272  .297  .569   58  19  13  38   7  25   20  13   1 
    2 Tom Burgmeier        168    183 1980 1983 36-39   0   0   0  99  22  16  .579  36  357    335  116   97   91  172   2.45  16  1468  22   8   3   4 BOS-OAK      .251  .302  .338  .640   74  29   7  56   6  49   13   6   1 
    3 Dan Quisenberry      166    256 1980 1983 27-30   0   0   0 233  27  21  .563 131  466.1  432  141  125   65  151   2.41  24  1847  27   2   0   2 KCR          .250  .274  .338  .612   68  29  20  61  10  61   19  13   8 
    4 Steve Howe           161    212 1980 1983 22-25   0   0   0 135  23  24  .489  56  306.2  276   92   74   69  172   2.17   8  1253  35   3   0   5 LAD          .242  .284  .290  .574   66  27  13  29   1  30    6   2   2 
    5 Rollie Fingers       160    163 1980 1982 33-35   0   0   0 132  22  18  .550  80  260.2  219   67   64   65  201   2.21  11  1043  23   2   1  10 SDP-MIL      .231  .278  .304  .582   69  14  13  30   3  20   19   6   2 
    6 Lee Smith            148    196 1980 1983 22-25   6   0   0 112  11  21  .344  47  308.2  253  101   87  123  257   2.54  12  1270  32   5   4  18 CHC          .228  .306  .294  .600   70  24  10  35   1  21   31  24   1 
    7 Jeff Reardon         144    245 1980 1983 24-27   0   0   0 174  25  20  .556  61  381.2  318  115  105  148  314   2.48  28  1601  32   5   0   7 NYM-TOT-MON  .226  .299  .344  .643   85  27  12  66   8   8   30  15   0 
    8 Kent Tekulve         142    284 1980 1983 33-36   0   0   0 204  32  30  .516  62  385.2  348  132  112  139  199   2.61  15  1614  56   5   0   3 PIT          .244  .310  .333  .643   82  29  12  55  14  48   46  15   1 
    9 Al Holland           139    227 1980 1983 27-30  10   0   0 117  27  15  .643  44  404.1  336  134  114  148  340   2.54  26  1697  37   4   4  10 SFG-PHI      .223  .291  .325  .616   78  21  13  54  11  12   51   8   4 
   10 Doug Corbett         139    181 1980 1983 27-30   0   0   0 138  12  22  .353  51  320.1  281  115  107  115  219   3.01  24  1322  29   2   2   9 MIN-TOT-CAL  .237  .304  .344  .648   76  14   7  42   6  34   17   8   0 
   11 Tug McGraw           138    159 1980 1983 35-38   1   0   0 113  12  12  .500  35  231.2  205   72   69   68  156   2.68  12   950  22   3   0   5 PHI          .239  .295  .344  .639   81  13   9  32  11  17   20   5   1 
   12 Tippy Martinez       136    231 1980 1983 30-33   0   0   0 145  24  18  .571  58  338    274  120  109  140  277   2.90  25  1372  19   2   0  19 BAL          .229  .307  .338  .645   79  19  17  42   6  42   13  18   7 
   13 Greg Minton          134    274 1980 1983 28-31   0   0   0 200  25  26  .490  92  405.1  390  136  119  159  167   2.64  11  1708  44   2   3  21 SFG          .260  .329  .320  .649   88  30  12  47   5  50   49  16   3 
   14 Bob Stanley          130    199 1980 1983 25-28  18   5   1 125  40  33  .548  61  587.1  602  237  212  178  247   3.25  32  2463  30  20   0   8 BOS          .271  .329  .365  .694   86  28  17  83  14  96   32  17   3 
   15 Rick Camp            124    216 1980 1983 27-30  37   4   0 101  36  29  .554  44  501.2  505  191  169  131  209   3.03  42  2095  21  10   3  12 ATL          .266  .314  .374  .688   93  37  17  70   5  73   59  10   2 
   16 Mike Proly           122    201 1980 1983 29-32   6   0   0  54  13  19  .406  12  374.2  358  153  131  137  130   3.15  23  1562  32   7   4   5 CHW-PHI-CHC  .260  .326  .368  .694   94  22  20  52  14  48   37  18   4 
   17 Andy Hassler         121    185 1980 1983 28-31   0   0   0  86  11  10  .524  23  278    248  106   99  131  181   3.21  25  1176  29   5   1  13 TOT-CAL      .245  .332  .377  .709   97  19   7  45   7  34   18  13   4 
   18 George Frazier       120    162 1980 1983 25-28   0   0   0  77   9  13  .409  15  277.2  247  112   99  102  175   3.21  15  1158  14   8   0   7 STL-NYY      .243  .312  .345  .657   83  15  16  43   8  43   24  10   1 
   19 Bruce Sutter         120    238 1980 1983 27-30   0   0   0 183  26  31  .456 110  376.1  332  142  129  122  258   3.09  26  1559  43   6   7   9 CHC-STL      .240  .303  .355  .658   85  38  10  52  14  38   42  13   0 
   20 Woodie Fryman        120    162 1980 1983 40-43   0   0   0  91  21  14  .600  36  195.2  173   82   65   71  131   2.99   6   811  14   4   1   3 MON          .242  .311  .302  .613   76  13   8  21   2  17    9   9   1 
   21 Dave Smith           119    190 1980 1983 25-28   1   0   0 110  20  13  .606  35  313.2  285  112   97  122  206   2.78   9  1336  19   6   6  10 HOU          .243  .315  .333  .648   92  24  11  53  13  18   29  10   1 
   22 Ron Davis            119    225 1980 1983 24-27   0   0   0 165  21  25  .457  65  399    363  159  150  137  321   3.38  37  1670  21   9   4  15 NYY-MIN      .245  .309  .375  .684   87  22  17  54  14  25   43  15   4 
   23 Gary Lucas           118    230 1980 1983 25-28  18   0   0 134  18  33  .353  49  428.1  390  165  138  142  262   2.90  23  1781  47   5   3   9 SDP          .247  .308  .340  .648   90  36  21  55  11  41   31  11   0 
   24 Bill Caudill         118    235 1980 1983 23-26  12   0   0 149  19  28  .404  53  367    322  151  140  163  341   3.43  38  1556  24   6   6  11 CHC-SEA      .239  .320  .378  .698   92  21  18  56   9  21   53  16   0 
   25 Gene Garber          117    215 1980 1983 32-35   0   0   0 133  21  26  .447  48  321    316  142  114   99  198   3.20  20  1367  37   4   2   4 ATL          .257  .311  .345  .656   85  21  12  37   6  33   50  10   0 
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  Cnt Player            **ERA **   G  From  To   Ages  GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%  SV   IP     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 Gary Lavelle         115    220 1980 1983 31-34   3   0   0 111  25  25  .500  41  357.1  334  144  122  107  255   3.07  17  1484  35   3   8   7 SFG          .250  .305  .339  .644   86  28  10  45  11  26   37  20  13 
   27 Rod Scurry           114    184 1980 1983 24-27   7   0   0  77  12  21  .364  28  283.1  239  116  102  174  254   3.24  17  1247  19  13   3  24 PIT          .229  .344  .350  .694   98  11   9  57   9  21   26   9   1 
   28 Roy Lee Jackson      114    160 1980 1983 26-29  10   1   0  68  18  20  .474  21  321.2  312  145  130  117  204   3.64  22  1361  17   6   1  10 NYM-TOR      .259  .324  .361  .685   87  16  16  41   8  31   36  10   1 
   29 Sammy Stewart        113    158 1980 1983 25-28  19   3   1  75  30  28  .517  19  514.1  470  212  198  246  299   3.46  33  2201  19   8   3  18 BAL          .246  .332  .341  .673   88  19  15  65   9  44   21  22   9 
   30 Tom Hume             111    223 1980 1983 27-30   0   0   0 172  23  25  .479  64  334.1  307  135  122  131  151   3.28  23  1399  42   8   0   3 CIN          .249  .323  .358  .681   94  19  10  57   4  32   29  12   1 
   31 Ron Reed             111    212 1980 1983 37-40   2   0   0 112  26  14  .650  39  346.1  316  143  128  105  224   3.33  19  1442  37   6   0  12 PHI          .244  .301  .352  .653   85  23  12  59  12  26   33   7   0 
   32 Aurelio Lopez        110    172 1980 1983 31-34   4   0   0 133  30  17  .638  45  362    323  153  145  144  266   3.60  43  1521  18   6   3  17 DET          .241  .314  .393  .707   94  14  14  64   6  19   27  16   0 
   33 Joey McLaughlin      109    189 1980 1983 23-26  10   0   0 118  22  24  .478  31  330.1  331  163  144  141  204   3.92  36  1424  23   5   0   9 TOR          .266  .340  .400  .740   98  21  11  46   7  44   18   7   0 
   34 Dick Tidrow          104    250 1980 1983 33-36   1   0   0 120  19  22  .463  28  386    362  184  160  146  264   3.73  35  1661  49  10   0   4 CHC-CHW      .248  .318  .372  .690   92  31  10  61   8  22   39  11   1 
   35 Willie Hernandez     104    214 1980 1983 25-28   8   0   0  77  14  19  .424  20  312.1  312  138  126  109  235   3.63  20  1325  25   4   1  13 CHC-TOT      .264  .326  .373  .699   97  23   8  57   6  24   16  20   3 
   36 Mark Clear           100    195 1980 1983 24-27   0   0   0 138  37  28  .569  36  384    344  197  176  245  377   4.12  34  1722  22  17   1  13 CAL-BOS      .241  .356  .370  .726   98  20  14  71   5  23   88  10   1 
   37 Neil Allen           100    198 1980 1983 22-25  22   5   3 136  29  36  .446  61  404.1  395  175  161  180  294   3.58  28  1734  31   2   2  17 NYM-TOT      .261  .338  .358  .696  101  28  10  39  12  39   33  23   0 
   38 Sid Monge            100    206 1980 1983 29-32   0   0   0 106  23  14  .622  27  304.2  293  139  128  120  184   3.78  37  1304  18   6   2  10 CLE-PHI-TOT  .255  .326  .397  .723  103  17  11  43   5  15   19  13   4 
   39 Tim Stoddard         100    192 1980 1983 27-30   0   0   0 144  16  12  .571  54  237    228  108  104  114  188   3.95  22  1024  11   5   1   9 BAL          .257  .342  .371  .713   98   9   9  35   0  30   23   5   1 
   40 Dan Spillner          99    191 1980 1983 28-31  35   8   1 117  34  34  .500  36  517.2  545  261  237  196  297   4.12  42  2250  21   5   1  22 CLE          .272  .334  .393  .727   99  16  26  89  14  31   29  26   2 
   41 Doug Bair             98    212 1980 1983 30-33   1   0   0 110  20  15  .571  20  316.2  290  141  131  126  220   3.72  31  1338  34   3   0  11 CIN-TOT-STL  .245  .316  .385  .701   99  13   9  46  14  21   37   8   3 
   42 Enrique Romo          96    152 1980 1982 32-34   0   0   0  66  15  11  .577  21  252    245  123  108   82  163   3.86  26  1066  17   2   3   2 PIT          .256  .314  .399  .713  101  16   9  34  12  11   22  14   2 
   43 Elias Sosa            96    178 1980 1983 30-33   1   0   0  96  14  15  .483  17  266.1  286  121  113   75  145   3.82  26  1138  11   7   1   7 MON-DET-SDP  .279  .329  .412  .741  109  20  11  46   6  24   26   6   1 
   44 Jim Kaat              95    180 1980 1983 41-44  17   6   1  62  19  17  .528  10  297.1  335  150  128   87   99   3.87  19  1285  33   2   1   8 TOT-STL      .290  .336  .419  .755  113  23  19  69  11  41   22   4   3 
   45 Bill Campbell         94    197 1980 1983 31-34   0   0   0 119  14  15  .483  23  312    306  158  141  131  222   4.07  16  1339  35   1   2  14 BOS-CHC      .262  .333  .372  .705   97  22  17  66   7  19   41  16   0 
   46 Mike Stanton          94    181 1980 1983 27-30   1   0   0  83   8  13  .381  21  265.1  276  142  130  111  204   4.41  17  1146  13   4   3   5 CLE-SEA      .276  .348  .381  .729   99  22   8  44   5  29   25  13   1 
   47 Ed Farmer             88    170 1980 1983 30-33   8   0   0  98  12  24  .333  46  265.1  261  140  127  160  177   4.31  16  1196  31   3   0  16 CHW-PHI-TOT  .257  .358  .360  .718  103  10   7  45   6  23   37   3   0 
   48 Sparky Lyle           85    152 1980 1982 35-37   0   0   0  73  15  11  .577  15  218.1  254  119  107   86   96   4.41  16   961  19   1   4   7 TOT-PHI      .301  .362  .424  .786  120  19  11  44   6  21   15   9   5 
   49 Frank LaCorte         85    184 1980 1983 28-31   0   0   0 114  17  16  .515  26  254.2  208  123  111  138  205   3.92  18  1091  16   2   1  17 HOU          .226  .323  .331  .654   95  14  15  37   3  17   31   3   0 

Seasons/Careers found: 49.

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