Best reliever voting

sharknut · 06-20-2021, 08:36 AM

My closer, Mike McCormick has had the following things happen in the best reliever voting the last 2 years.

1961-
5-2-37 saves 2.56 ERA 0.84 WHIP. 36 for 37 in saves, 31 in a row.
Joey Jay
13-11-21 saves 2.66 ERA 1.19 WHIP 9 blown saves

Jay won reliever of the year with 19 of 20 1st place votes

1960
4-0-28 saves 1.33 ERA 0.83 WHIP 4 blown saves
Jim Brewer
13-8-4 saves 2.42 ERA 1.09 WHIP 6 blown saves

Brewer won reliever of the year with 19 of 20 1st place votes

.......how?

Brad K · 06-20-2021, 08:46 AM

Voters using traditional stats.

Popularity.

sharknut · 06-20-2021, 08:56 AM

He is "Nationally extremely popular" and my team has won the WS both years too.....I've built a nice team, just pulled off a 3-peat playing Henry Aaron's career starting with Milwaukee.

Managed to trade for Clemente, who isn't as good as RL Clemente, but a .300 hitter. Aaron hasn't turned into historically great Aaron, but he's the best 2nd basemen in the game by a mile. Eddie Mathews is the guy who is turning into the all-time great. At age 29 he has 410 HR's already with an average WAR of 9.

Brad K · 06-20-2021, 11:46 AM

I've had a couple of games where Clemente wasn't as good as real life. Although he's good in my current game, better than real life Gus Bell and Bob Skinner kept him in the minors two years.

Reed · 06-20-2021, 04:18 PM

ERA means nothing.
Game places a high value on wins.
Which pitcher had the most innings pitched.

Say reliever #1 comes in with no one on, 2 outs, and allows a hit and then gets an out for a save.
Reliever #2 comes in with a runner on 3rd, 2 outs and allows a hit and then gets an out, he gets a blown save even though his pitching was identical.
Or what if someone committed an error for.reliever #2???

06-20-2021, 08:56 AM	#3
sharknut All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 997	He is "Nationally extremely popular" and my team has won the WS both years too.....I've built a nice team, just pulled off a 3-peat playing Henry Aaron's career starting with Milwaukee. Managed to trade for Clemente, who isn't as good as RL Clemente, but a .300 hitter. Aaron hasn't turned into historically great Aaron, but he's the best 2nd basemen in the game by a mile. Eddie Mathews is the guy who is turning into the all-time great. At age 29 he has 410 HR's already with an average WAR of 9. __________________

06-20-2021, 08:36 AM	#1
sharknut All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 997	Best reliever voting My closer, Mike McCormick has had the following things happen in the best reliever voting the last 2 years. 1961- 5-2-37 saves 2.56 ERA 0.84 WHIP. 36 for 37 in saves, 31 in a row. Joey Jay 13-11-21 saves 2.66 ERA 1.19 WHIP 9 blown saves Jay won reliever of the year with 19 of 20 1st place votes 1960 4-0-28 saves 1.33 ERA 0.83 WHIP 4 blown saves Jim Brewer 13-8-4 saves 2.42 ERA 1.09 WHIP 6 blown saves Brewer won reliever of the year with 19 of 20 1st place votes .......how? __________________

06-20-2021, 08:46 AM	#2
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,656 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	Voters using traditional stats. Popularity.

06-20-2021, 11:46 AM	#4
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,656 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	I've had a couple of games where Clemente wasn't as good as real life. Although he's good in my current game, better than real life Gus Bell and Bob Skinner kept him in the minors two years.

06-20-2021, 04:18 PM	#5
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,339	ERA means nothing. Game places a high value on wins. Which pitcher had the most innings pitched. Say reliever #1 comes in with no one on, 2 outs, and allows a hit and then gets an out for a save. Reliever #2 comes in with a runner on 3rd, 2 outs and allows a hit and then gets an out, he gets a blown save even though his pitching was identical. Or what if someone committed an error for.reliever #2???