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| Rivera reading the newly unveiled George Steinbrenner monument (Star-Ledger) |
Mariano Rivera has seemed so superhuman in his career
moving his cutter all around the plate that fans are shocked when he blows a save like he did Sunday against the Orioles. That was the first time in Mo's career that he's blown two saves in September or later (and his fourth blown save this season). Rivera has surprisingly struggled against the Orioles in his career with a 7-8 record and 3.12 ERA in 121.1 innings. Rivera has pitched against all 29 other Major League teams but only has an ERA of 3.00 or worse against 6 of them. The Orioles are one team but can you name the other 5?
Bonus Question: Most people know that Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith are 1-2-3 on the career saves list. But can you name the other 7 pitchers to make up the top 10 (extra bonus points for order)?
Put your answers in the comments below. We'll review the correct answers later today. Good luck!
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Boston, Chi Sox, Angels, Phillies, Tigers
ReplyDeleteBoston (2.79), White Sox (1.24), Phillies (1.69) and Tigers (0.83) are all incorrect but the Angels (3.43) are on the list. 4 more!
ReplyDelete4.Franco
ReplyDeleteDon't know the rest of the order but I'll take a stab at the players:
Gossage
Sutter
Eckersley
Fingers
Quisenberry
Wagner
Mets, Toronto, Rays
ReplyDelete4. John Franco 424 L
ReplyDelete5. Billy Wagner 420 L
6. Dennis Eckersley390 R
10. Rollie Fingers 341 R
Those are the one you got right, but Quisenberry is 31st on the all-time list, Sutter 21st and Gossage is 18th
Toronto (1.93) and Tampa (1.63) don't make the list but those pesky Mets make it at 3.18.
ReplyDelete3 more!
Rags and the original fireman--- Mike Marshal?
ReplyDeleteTeams I will go with The Dbacks gotta be on the list. How about the Twins, and my last guess is the A's.
Raghetti (29th) and Mike Marshall (46th) are a bit off, but nice guesses :)
ReplyDeleteD-Backs (0.00), Twins (1.42) and A's (2.17) all are not on the list.
You guys have actually guessed the 4 AL teams that Mo is best against: the Tigers, White Sox, Twins and Rays.
Hint for the question: the remaining teams are in the National League
Hint for the bonus: two of the pitchers left faced the Yankees in the playoffs and the other finished his career with them in 1994
No more guesses?
ReplyDeleteJohn Wetteland
ReplyDeleteJose Mesa
Mo:
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
In case those are wrong let's go with Randy Myers and Jeff Reardon
ReplyDeleteYou should have guessed the other way around...haha. Wetteland (11th) and Mesa (13th) are not correct for the bonus, but Jeff Reardon (7th) and Randy Myers (9th) are correct. One more to go here!
ReplyDeleteThe Atlanta Braves (3.27) are correct for the original question but the Marlins (1.23) are not. Two more here (hint, one NL East and one NL Central).
Expos/Nationals
ReplyDeleteMilwaukee
There we go. Nice work, Ben. The Expos/Nats (3.00) and Brewers (3.45) are the last two. I realized that the Angels number is slightly skewed higher because his first appearance against them was a bomb of a start. Here is a link to the entire list: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=riverma01&year=Career&t=p#oppon_extra::5
ReplyDeleteFor the bonus, a hint for the last player: he last pitched in 2009, started his Major League career out setting up Lee Smith, and actually was drafted as a catcher
didn't know we were still short a pitcher...Percival
ReplyDeleteThere you go. Percival is 8th all-time. Here is the complete list: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SV_career.shtml
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