Brewers not interested in Gagne

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:13:00 +0000

Former All-Star closer Eric Gagne told reporters in his native Canada last week that he wants to return to organized baseball, but it won't be with the Brewers.

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Spelling Closer With a K (or 100)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:33:22 +0000

Willie Hernandez was at the center of it all for the 1984 Tigers. A happy 55th birthday today to Willie Hernandez, the closer for the Tigers when I was growing up, and the last lefthanded pitcher to win MVP honors in either league, when he also won the Cy Young for the 1984 Tigers. That year, Hernandez had 32 saves as he went 9-3 with a 1.92 ERA, while pitching 140.1 innings. Only eight closers since the creation of the save rule in 1969 have had 30 or more saves in a season, struck out 100 or more hitters and posted an ERA below 2.00. And here they are, courtesy of the always-useful, and recently revamped Baseball-Reference Play Index … Eric Gagne, 2003 Dodgers - 55 SV, 137 K, 1.20 ERA Bruce Sutter, 1977 Cubs - 31 SV, 129 K, 1.34 ERA Billy Wagner, 1999 Astros - 39 SV, 124 K, 1.57 ERA John Hiller, 1973 Tigers - 38 SV, 124 K, 1.44 ERA Eric Gagne, 2002 Dodgers - 52 SV, 114 K, 1.97 ERA John Wetteland, 1993 Expos - 43 SV, 113 K, 1.37 ERA Willie Hernandez, 1984 Tigers - 32 SV, 112 ...

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