Biggest ERA difference ever?

by jonk on Sep 24, 2009 4:48 PM EDT

I have to imagine that Lidge has set the largest gap in ERA for any reliever with over like 50 innings, in the history of baseball between last year and this year.

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Seems likely

How many relievers have so much as pitched this many innings in a single season with an ERA that high? Usually guys that bad get demoted or “injured” long before they reach this point.

This is just incredible.

by SethC on Sep 25, 2009 8:47 AM EDT reply actions

And

Lidge had the HIGHEST WXRL in MLB last season, perhaps one of the highest of all time. His WXRL is the worst of all time right now.

by smitty99 on Sep 25, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Lidge is currently at +5.53.

However, there was a starting pitcher back in 2000 whose ERA jumped from 3.92 the prior year all the way to 10.64 (a margin of +6.72). His name? Click here for the answer.

I suppose the starter/reliever distinction is important because a starter would only have to get knocked around three or four times in maybe ten games or so to have an ERA that high over 50 innings. For a reliever, you’d have to keep running him out there for 40 or 50 games, which seems unlikely.

by taco pal on Sep 25, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions