
	Where results make sense

Topic: List of relief pitchers with most consecutive saves over two seasons

Related Topics

Blown save

Wild pitch

Strikeouts per nine innings

Triple crown (baseball)

Baseball statistics

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Roy Face - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the principal pioneers of modern relief pitching, he was the outstanding reliever in the National League during the late 1950s and 1960s, setting numerous records.
		He was the first major leaguer to save 20 games more than once, leading the league three times and finishing second three times; in 1959 he set the still-standing major league record for winning percentage (.947) with 18 wins against only 1 loss.
		His most spectacular season came in 1959, when he posted his remarkable 18-1 record, including 17 victories in a row to begin the year after ending 1958 with 5 in a row; he did not surrender a run in the entire month from June 11 to July 12.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roy_Face (1196 words)

	2002 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Twins are the 5th team to do it on the flip side; the Indians tie their team record for biggest loss, tying the mark set in a 21-0 loss to the Tigers on September 15, 1901.
		Tejada is only the third shortstop in history with at least three seasons with 30 or more home runs and with 30 HR in three consecutive seasons.
		This is his fourth consecutive season and sixth overall with at least 100 free passes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_in_baseball (3896 words)

	ESPN.com: Rod Beck Career Notes
		His 41 straight saves are believed to be a M.L. record, surpassing Oakland's Dennis Eckersley who recorded 40 consecutive in 1991-92 (Elias Statistical Bureau does not keep records for the most consecutive saves over multiple seasons).
		The 48 saves were also the second-highest single-season total in NL history and fourth highest in major league history...
		Ranked among the best in the NL in relief ERA (2nd-1.76), relief innings pitched (6th-92), games finished (tied for 8th-42), saves (9th-17), save opportunities (9th-23), inherited runners stranded (7th, 32-of-41), runners allowed per nine innings in relief (1st-7.7), batting average allowed with men on base (3rd-.182), batting average allowed to left-handed batters (2nd-.178)...
	espn.go.com /mlb/profiles/notes/4641.html (939 words)

	This Date in Astros History
		Pitcher Jeff Juden is born in Salem, MA.
		The popular lefty goes 3-3 with three saves in his one season with the Astros (1998) and is unable to catch on after a second signing in 2002.
		Miller was 5-2 with a pair of saves over two seasons as an Astro.
	www.astrosdaily.com /history/thisdate (15736 words)

	2004 Hall of Fame Inductee Dennis Eckersley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With Howell traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers the next season, the closer role was Eckersley's for good, and thus began a period of unparalleled success for both the A's and their new relief pitcher.
		After two seasons with the Cardinals, where he saved a total of 66 games, he returned to the Red Sox for his final season after signing as a free agent on December 9, 1997.
		Historically, he became only the second pitcher to save 50 games in a season, the first pitcher to save 40 games four times, holds the AL records for most games pitched with 869, most saves with 324, and most consecutive errorless games by a pitcher with 470.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hof_weekend/2004/inductees_eckersley.htm (1671 words)

	Reward For Texas Rookie Reliever
		Zimmerman, one of only four pitchers in the game's 67-year history to be invited to the Midsummer Classic despite having no starts and fewer than five saves, has had a phenomenal first half.
		Two years ago, he wrote letters to all 30 teams asking for a tryout.
		He tied an NL record on May 27 for consecutive strikeouts in a game by a relief pitcher when he whiffed six Dodgers in a row.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/07/09/SP908.DTL&type=printable (942 words)

	ESPN.com - Brown tops list of statistical rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The biggest aberration was at relief pitcher in the American League.
		In the outfield, Cleveland's Manny Ramirez was among the top three for the fourth consecutive time, while Williams made it for the third straight year and Belle for the first time since 1996.
		Astros teammate Craig Biggio was the top second baseman for the sixth straight season, and Cincinnati's Barry Larkin led NL shortstops for the ninth time in 10 years.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=147931&type=news (628 words)

	USATODAY.com - The bar for closers remains wherever Rivera sets it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He finished his first season as closer with 31 saves in 34 chances and 91 strikeouts and 59 hits allowed in 74 1/3 innings.
		For the season, he finished 5-3, 3.13 with 33 saves in 35 chances — not bad for a guy who didn't get his first save until May 17 and whose spring training ERA was 9.68.
		Most of his struggles came at home, where his ERA was 5.68 compared to 2.27 on the road.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/bbw/2005-12-28-relief-pitchers_x.htm (3659 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: July 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since the two sub-categories by which games are won are runs scored and runs prevented, the most valid test of most statistics is their correlation with runs scored and opposition runs.
		The record for RBI’s by two teammates in one season is 347, by Gehrig (184) and Ruth (163) in 1931.
		Over the Fourth of July weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to profile the team with the best record in baseball at the halfway point in the season.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/2004_07.html#014437 (8952 words)

	Mark McGwire \| BaseballLibrary.com
		He also exhibited a healthy perspective by sitting out the season's final two games and a chance at 50 home runs to be present at the birth of his first child.
		The total tied him with Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg for the most homers by a right-handed batter and his 110 circuit blasts in 1996 and 1997 topped Foxx's record of 106 over two years.
		While Sosa went homerless in the final two games of the year, McGwire cemented his place in history by thumping two circuit blasts in each of his last two games, hitting #70 in his final at-bat of the season off Montreal's Carl Pavano.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/McGwire_Mark.stm (6829 words)

	Eric Gagne : MLB Legends
		Eric Gagne had the most dominating performance by any relief pitcher in the history of the game, and he was rewarded for it with the NL Cy Young Award — the first one given to a reliever since 1992.
		He will start the 2004 season trying to continue a streak of 62 consecutive converted saves, which is a major league record.
		Gagne has 107 saves in two seasons, a record amount for a two-year period.
	www.mlb-legends.com /pitchers/ericGagne.php (225 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Useless information department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Before that outburst, the Devil Rays had been outscored, 24-0, in the ninth inning for the season -- and had given up 28 consecutive unanswered runs over their previous 42 games, since the last time they'd scored in the ninth, on Sept. 30, 2001.
		No pitcher in history ever won a higher percentage of his team's victories than Steve Carlton, whose 27 wins for the 1972 Phillies represented 45.8 percent of their 59 wins for the season.
		In Arias' last season in the big leagues, for the '99 Padres, he had seven homers and 20 RBI in 164 at-bats.
	espn.go.com /mlb/columns/stark_jayson/1382873.html (2901 words)

	WCSU - Hall of Fame Inductees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Scott Gentile was a hard-throwing relief pitcher for the Colonials baseball team from 1990 through 1992 before being drafted in the fourth round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Montreal Expos.
		His school record five saves in 1991 is still a benchmark for WestConn relief pitchers.
		She is currently fifth on the all-time scoring list with 1,178 points; fourth with 364 assists and second with 312 steals.
	www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu /alumni/inductees.asp (917 words)

	Blue Rocks 2004 season in review - OurSports Central
		THE CLOSER: Ryan Braun notched 24 saves during the 2004 regular season, tying him with Jeff Smith for second on the single-season saves list for the Blue Rocks.
		Reggie Jackson began his first season with the Kansas City Royals as the pitching coach with the Blue Rocks, but was fired by the Royals on June 19.
		Matt Tupman hit two of Wilmington’s eight home runs during the month and was the only Wilmington hitter with more than one in May. Trae McGill went 3-0 with a 2.21 ERA in six starts and Eric Ackerman notched three wins to lead the pitching staff.
	www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases?id=3094400&l_id=&t_id= (3540 words)

	Percival leaves camp, maybe permanently - Baseball - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 11-year major league veteran, who is 10th on the league’s career saves list with 324, left after a painful performance Sunday in a simulated game.
		After signing a two-year, $12-million contract before last season to be the Tigers’ closer, the injury limited Percival to 26 appearances.
		The Tigers were prepared not to have him for the 2006 season.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6448213/did/11583191 (529 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)