The criteria for being a closer was 40+ games finished in a season and at least 80% of their games had to be a game finished. All data from Baseball Reference and Stathead. The idea for this post from fellow SABR member Kerry Keene.
The link below has all the stats that I have below for pitchers with 400+ career games finished.
Career stats for all pitchers with 400+ games finished.
That lists includes all data from each guy, including when they started. I also found all the guys with 400+ games finished using Stathead's split finder that allows us to get only their stats for when the pitched in relief. But then it does not show all the stats I look at here like WAR and FIP ERA, for example.
Now all the seasonal top 10s. Some great seasons don't make these lists since I used the 80% cutoff. Rich Gossage 1975, for example, came in at 79%.
WHIP
Dennis Eckersley 0.607 1989
Dennis Eckersley 0.614 1990
Craig Kimbrel 0.654 2012
Mariano Rivera 0.665 2008
Kenley Jansen 0.67 2016
Eric Gagne 0.692 2003
J.J. Putz 0.698 2007
Takashi Saito 0.715 2007
Emmanuel Clase 0.729 2022
Liam Hendriks 0.732 2021
ERA
Zack Britton 0.54 2016
Fernando Rodney 0.6 2012
Den Eckersley 0.61 1990
Blake Treinen 0.78 2018
Jon Papelbon 0.92 2006
Craig Kimbrel 1.01 2012
Rollie Fingers 1.04 1981
John Smoltz 1.12 2003
José Mesa 1.13 1995
Kirby Yates 1.19 2019
Saves
Francisco Rodríguez 62 2008
Bobby Thigpen 57 1990
Edwin Díaz 57 2018
John Smoltz 55 2002
Eric Gagné 55 2003
Randy Myers 53 1993
Mariano Rivera 53 2004
Trevor Hoffman 53 1998
Eric Gagné 52 2002
Den Eckersley 51 1992
Jim Johnson 51 2012
Rod Beck 51 1998
Jeurys Familia 51 2016
Mark Melancon 51 2015
H/9IP
Aroldis Chapman 3.5 2014
Craig Kimbrel 3.9 2012
Eric Gagné 4 2003
Billy Wagner 4.2 1999
Craig Kimbrel 4.4 2014
Craig Kimbrel 4.5 2018
J.J. Putz 4.6 2007
Carlos Mármol 4.6 2010
Jonathan Papelbon 4.6 2007
Armando Benítez 4.6 2000
Kenley Jansen 4.6 2016
Takashi Saito 4.6 2007
Troy Percival 4.6 1996
BB/9IP
Dennis Eckersley 0.5 1990
Dennis Eckersley 0.5 1989
Dan Quisenberry 0.7 1983
Dan Quisenberry 0.8 1982
Mariano Rivera 0.8 2008
Dan Quisenberry 0.8 1984
Kenley Jansen 0.9 2017
Dennis Eckersley 0.9 1996
Liam Hendriks 0.9 2021
Doug Jones 1 1997
Jonathan Papelbon 1 2008
Rod Beck 1 1997
Doug Jones 1 1994
K/9IP
Aroldis Chapman 17.7 2014
Edwin Díaz 17.1 2022
Craig Kimbrel 16.7 2012
Carlos Mármol 16 2010
Aroldis Chapman 15.8 2013
Aroldis Chapman 15.7 2015
Edwin Díaz 15.2 2018
Eric Gagné 15 2003
Kirby Yates 15 2019
Billy Wagner 14.9 1999
Save%
Rod Beck 100 1994
José Valverde 100 2011
Zack Britton 100 2016
Gordon Maltzberger 100 1944
Mike González 100 2006
Eric Gagné 100 2003
Brad Lidge 100 2008
Al McBean 100 1964
Trevor Hoffman 98.1 1998
Tom Gordon 97.9 1998
WAR
John Hiller 7.9 1973
Ted Abernathy 6.2 1967
Dick Radatz 6.1 1964
Jim Kern 6.1 1979
Dick Radatz 5.7 1963
Doug Corbett 5.7 1980
Dan Quisenberry 5.5 1983
Dick Radatz 5.5 1962
Greg Minton 5.4 1982
Aurelio Lopez 5.3 1979
ERA+
Zack Britton 803 2016
Fernando Rodney 641 2012
Dennis Eckersley 603 1990
Blake Treinen 531 2018
Jonathan Papelbon 517 2006
José Mesa 418 1995
Craig Kimbrel 399 2012
John Smoltz 385 2003
Kirby Yates 354 2019
Greg Holland 342 2013
FIP ERA
Craig Kimbrel 0.78 2012
Eric Gagné 0.86 2003
Aroldis Chapman 0.89 2014
Edwin Díaz 0.9 2022
Kirby Yates 1.3 2019
Kenley Jansen 1.31 2017
Dennis Eckersley 1.34 1990
Greg Holland 1.36 2013
Aroldis Chapman 1.42 2016
Kenley Jansen 1.44 2016
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