I'm not sure if it has a fancy acronym yet and I'm not entirely sure it exists in any formal way, but I'd always thought it would be nice to see the % of inherited runners a reliever allowed to score... IRSP (inherited runners scored percentage?) Relievers, especially closers, often have very misleading ERAs since runners they allow to score are charged back to the previous pitcher. I suppose some of that might be gleaned from WHIP, but a high WHIP doesn't necessarily mean those runners scored.
And ultimately runs win (or lose) the game. When I think of truly effective relievers I think of the guy who comes in to the game in a jam and gets his team out of it. Of course, I guess there's something to be said for guys that come in to a clean inning because they are essentially shortening the game and thereby providing their team a better chance to win.
Last edited by dgo71; 01-09-2019 at 03:49 PM.
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