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Originally Posted by Aordolin
I dont think I need to go research MLB save totals. I think its save to say that their closers dont get 66% of a teams saves. Ive researched it in the past trust me it was 90% plus ATLEAST!! I wasnt even counting the number of SAVE OPPORTUNITIES! Would have been way to time consuming to do that, but I think its safe to assume from the ERAs of some of the scrubs who ended up with an abnormal number of saves that they blew enough to make a pretty large effect on their teams win/loss record that season. I conservatively guess as many 8-10 wins. Teams that had really good bullpens were more likely to suffer with poor bullpen usage, but it was not always the case. You would think that SU1 who got 10-15 saves on average a season would be as good as or maybe better than the closer, but sadly even this wasnt the case in every situation. It was in a couple though I must admit that.
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Here's the data on the National League, 2000-2004, on the total number of saves in the league compared the the number of saves earned by the closers for each team. 90%? Not quite.
League Saves Closer Saves
2000 627 443 70.65%
2001 621 466 75.04%
2002 666 572 85.89%
2003 661 469 70.95%
2004 687 539 78.46%
Total 3262 2489 76.30%
I'll grant the game is off by 10%. Not a deal breaker for me. If it kills the game for some folks then I'm sorry it falls short of their expectations.
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