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One Stanley relief appearance holds a special place in Red Sox lore. Here’s the trajectory from 19081 up until last year — when, for the first time, more plate appearances ended with strikeouts than with base hits. Holtzman disagreed, saying it was baseball managers who were responsible for not bringing in their top reliever when the game was on the line, in the seventh or eighth inning, which had been the practice in the past. .dLQAwR{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:8px;min-height:48px;margin-bottom:8px;padding-right:8px;}/*!sc*/ .hfAxOd header.mlb-header .header__subnav__content,.hfAxOd header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams{padding:8px;}/*!sc*/ But over the course of the 60-game season, Washington had the 8th worst bullpen in baseball by ERA (4.68). 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[41] "If I came up today as a closer and played 20 years, would I have made it [into the Hall of Fame]? .blLcNM .content{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;grid-column:1 / span 12;}/*!sc*/ Formulating relief pitcher rankings can be a pain in the butt. ... Mike Timlin got many big outs for the championship-winning teams of 2004 and '07. data-styled.g9[id="Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0"]{content:"dMKvOx,"}/*!sc*/ Sceroler, a nephew of former Orioles pitcher Ben McDonald, was a Rule 5 Draft pick by the Orioles from the Reds over the winter. ... Hall of Famer Lee Smith stopped through Boston and saved 58 games from 1988-90. Fingers was the only pitcher who pitched at least three innings in more than 10 percent of his saves. 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Eight closers have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera, Lee Smith, Bruce Sutter and Hoyt Wilhelm. [6][9] While relievers such as Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage were already being used mostly in save situations, Franks's use of Sutter represented an incremental change. Relief Pitcher - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.78 (3 votes) His out pitches were a sinker to righties and a palmball to lefties. button,select{text-transform:none;}/*!sc*/ .hfAxOd .p-search-item__image-selector--active{background-color:#4c8cee;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g46[id="Styles__StickyHeadline-sc-1wye7kw-2"]{content:"cHcHkC,"}/*!sc*/ 3) Bob Stanley, 1977-89Key fact: His 552 relief appearances stand as a club record. ... 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