Requirements: 40+ IP, 80% or more in relief
Factors considered: end-of-season award voting, WAR, WPA, pitching runs, pitching wins, IS%, K/9, WHIP, ERA+, K/BB, HR/9
1) Ted Abernathy, 1967. Easily the all-time Reds relief leader in: WAR, pitching runs, pitching wins, and WPA. He also led the league in saves.
2) Jeff Shaw, 1997. Best strikeout-to-walk ratio on the list. Led the league in saves and ranks high in most categories considered - including fourth in WHIP, pitching wins and WPA.
3) Rob Dibble, 1990. Ranks second on the list in pitching runs and pitching wins, and high in a number of other categories.
4) Clay Carroll, 1972. Received votes for the Cy and MVP, with good reason. Second on the list in WPA. Led the league in saves.
5) John Franco, 1988. Received votes for MVP. Ranks in the top ten of numerous categories. Led the league in saves and games finished.
The best of the rest:
6) Scott Williamson, 1999. Rookie of the Year. Best categories: pitching runs, pitching wins.
7) Rawly Eastwick, 1976. Received votes for Cy and MVP.
8) Doug Blair, 1978. Second in WAR with 3.8
9) Sammy Ellis, 1964.
10) Danny Graves, 2000.
Others worth mentioning:
Rob Dibble, 1989
Rob Murphy, 1986
Jeff Shaw, 1996
Scott Sullivan, 1999
Randy Myers, 1990
Billy McCool, 1966
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