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Originally Posted by le receveur
most dominant relief year I have been aware in my lifetime has to be Mark Eichorn 1986. 7.4 rWAR, all in relief... pitched 157 innings. with an ERA+ of 246
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True enough. I guess I should have called it the most dominant modern closer year since the discussion was a comparison between closers and starters for Cy Young. Certainly guys from the 70s would have higher WARs under the same principle.
Your statement illustrates the same point though. Eichhorn pitched twice as many innings and his WAR is twice as high (roughly). In actuality, he would have been a better Cy Young candidate than Eckersley, who actually won one.