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Tug McGraw Award

Edgy MD
Oct 17 2011 02:19 PM

Please vote for your top five Mets relief pitchers of 2011. They will be awarded five points for each first-place vote, four for each second-place vote, etc. He with most points after a week is awarded the Crane Pool Forum Tug McGraw Award for Outstanding Mets Relief Pitcher.

By my understanding, such as it is, 21 Mets and ex-Mets potentially qualify for this award: Manny Acosta, Miguel Batista, Pedro Beato, Blaine Boyer, Taylor Buchholz, Tim Byrdak, Chris Capuano, D.J. Carrasco, R.A. Dickey, Dillon Gee, Danny Herrera, Ryota Igarashi, Jason Isringhausen, Pat Misch, Jonathon Niese, Mike O'Connor, Bobby Parnell, Mike Pelfrey, Francisco Rodriguez, Josh Stinson, and Dale Thayer.

Please vote so we may honor the most esteemed of the Mets' relievers. Tweeters, please send the word out to Crane Pool Nation.

*Please also forgive the table below for leaving in categories that reliever can't really qualify for, such as starts, complete games (although I believe Neil Allen once was credited with a "complete game" in relief while pitching for the Yankees), and shutouts. I was in a hurry.

Reliever W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK BF WHIP SO/9 SO/BB sOPS+
Manny Acosta 4 1 .800 3.45 44 0 15 0 0 4 47 50 21 18 6 15 0 46 2 0 204 1.383 8.8 3.07 106
Miguel Batista 0 0 .000 3.86 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 19 1.286 5.8 1.50 117
Pedro Beato 2 1 .667 4.30 60 0 7 0 0 0 67 59 41 32 5 27 3 39 4 0 283 1.284 5.2 1.44 137
Blaine Boyer 0 2 .000 10.80 5 0 3 0 0 1 6.2 13 8 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 33 2.100 1.4 1.00 87
Taylor Buchholz 1 1 .500 3.12 23 0 8 0 0 0 26 22 10 9 5 7 0 26 1 0 107 1.115 9.0 3.71 98
Tim Byrdak 2 1 .667 3.82 72 0 10 0 0 1 37.2 34 20 16 3 19 4 47 1 0 168 1.407 11.2 2.47 108
Chris Capuano 0 0 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 0.0 0.00 463
D.J. Carrasco 1 2 .333 5.91 41 0 15 0 0 0 45.2 63 32 30 4 13 4 25 5 1 207 1.664 4.9 1.92 185
R.A. Dickey 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 --- 44
Dillon Gee 0 0 .000 8.31 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 4 4 1 3 1 4 1 0 20 1.385 8.3 1.33 374
Danny Herrera 0 1 .000 1.13 16 0 2 0 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 33 1.125 5.6 2.50 61
Ryota Igarashi 4 1 .800 4.66 45 0 9 0 0 0 38.2 43 20 20 2 28 2 42 4 0 190 1.836 9.8 1.50 151
Jason Isringhausen 3 3 .500 4.05 53 0 15 0 0 7 46.2 36 23 21 6 24 2 44 1 0 200 1.286 8.5 1.83 130
Pat Misch 1 0 1.000 10.29 6 0 2 0 0 0 7 11 8 8 1 4 0 5 1 0 37 2.143 6.4 1.25 76
Jonathon Niese 0 0 .000 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 0.0 --- 211
Mike O'Connor 0 1 .000 2.70 9 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 5 2 2 0 3 0 8 1 0 29 1.200 10.8 2.67 88
Bobby Parnell 4 6 .400 3.64 60 0 23 0 0 6 59.1 60 29 24 4 27 4 64 2 1 268 1.466 9.7 2.37 109
Mike Pelfrey 0 0 .000 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 0.0 --- 96
Francisco Rodriguez 2 2 .500 3.16 42 0 34 0 0 23 42.2 44 15 15 3 16 4 46 2 0 187 1.406 9.7 2.88 100
Josh Stinson 0 2 .000 6.92 14 0 3 0 0 1 13 14 10 10 1 7 0 8 0 0 57 1.615 5.5 1.14 242
Dale Thayer 0 3 .000 3.48 11 0 7 0 0 0 10.1 12 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 42 1.161 4.4 --- 109

Reliever G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO SO/BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB BAbip tOPS+
Manny Acosta 44 204 186 21 50 10 1 6 5 3 15 46 3.07 .269 .328 .430 .759 80 3 2 0 1 0 .326 100
Miguel Batista 5 19 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.50 .250 .333 .313 .646 5 1 0 1 0 1 .308 90
Pedro Beato 60 283 246 41 59 18 3 5 6 3 27 39 1.44 .240 .320 .398 .719 98 6 4 2 4 3 .262 100
Blaine Boyer 5 33 30 8 13 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1.00 .433 .469 .733 1.202 22 1 1 1 0 0 .407 100
Taylor Buchholz 23 107 94 10 22 2 0 5 4 1 7 26 3.71 .234 .286 .415 .701 39 0 1 2 3 0 .258 100
Tim Byrdak 72 168 142 20 34 8 0 3 1 1 19 47 2.47 .239 .329 .359 .688 51 1 1 4 2 4 .330 100
Chris Capuano 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .500 .571 .500 1.071 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 186
D.J. Carrasco 41 207 185 32 63 11 1 4 6 1 13 25 1.92 .341 .399 .476 .875 88 9 5 4 0 4 .378 93
R.A. Dickey 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 --- .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 47
Dillon Gee 3 20 16 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 1.33 .188 .350 .375 .725 6 0 1 0 0 1 .182 97
Danny Herrera 16 33 28 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 2.50 .250 .290 .321 .612 9 1 0 2 1 0 .292 37
Ryota Igarashi 45 190 156 20 43 11 1 2 3 1 28 42 1.50 .276 .399 .397 .796 62 2 4 2 0 2 .366 100
Jason Isringhausen 53 200 171 23 36 3 1 6 10 2 24 44 1.83 .211 .308 .345 .653 59 1 1 2 2 2 .244 100
Pat Misch 6 37 32 8 11 4 0 1 0 0 4 5 1.25 .344 .432 .563 .995 18 0 1 0 0 0 .385 100
Jonathon Niese 1 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0 .667 338
Mike O'Connor 9 29 25 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 8 2.67 .200 .310 .240 .550 6 0 1 0 0 0 .294 100
Bobby Parnell 60 268 233 29 60 7 0 4 9 0 27 64 2.37 .258 .340 .339 .679 79 3 2 6 0 4 .339 100
Mike Pelfrey 1 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 --- .667 .667 1.333 2.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 .667 401
Francisco Rodriguez 42 187 166 15 44 8 2 3 5 1 16 46 2.88 .265 .335 .392 .727 65 1 2 2 1 4 .347 119
Josh Stinson 14 57 49 10 14 3 1 1 1 0 7 8 1.14 .286 .375 .449 .824 22 3 0 1 0 0 .325 100
Dale Thayer 11 42 39 4 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 --- .308 .293 .436 .729 17 0 0 1 2 0 .333 100

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 17 2011 02:30 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Byrdak
Rodriguez
Acosta
Isringhausen
Parnell

Once again, I'm posting Schaefer's votes, although I don't know whether or not they'll be counted.
Schaefer wrote:

Beato
Isringhausen
Rodriguez
Acosta
Parnell

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 17 2011 02:33 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Acosta
Rodriguez
Byrdak
Parnell
Isringhausen

I'd like to give a bone to Herrera but he didn't have the innings and if he did, I might not want to.

Edit, Oh hell, forgot about Isringhausen already.

TheOldMole
Oct 17 2011 03:36 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Acosta
Beato
Isringhausen
Byrdak
Parnell

TransMonk
Oct 17 2011 03:56 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Acosta
Parnell
Byrdak
Rodriguez
Isringhausen

Gwreck
Oct 17 2011 04:51 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Acosta
Isringhausen
Parnell
Byrdak

dgwphotography
Oct 17 2011 04:52 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Can we name it something else? I really think that any award named for Tug should go to Met Fairy..

seawolf17
Oct 17 2011 04:53 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Isringhausen
Acosta
Parnell

themetfairy
Oct 17 2011 04:54 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

dgwphotography wrote:
Can we name it something else? I really think that any award named for Tug should go to Met Fairy..

LOL - thanks dgw :)

G-Fafif
Oct 17 2011 05:12 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

1. Rodriguez
2. Isringhausen
3. Acosta
4. Byrdak
5. Beato

G-Fafif
Oct 17 2011 05:26 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Gotta be the first time in decades that the five most-used starters all pitched in relief at least once.

EDIT: A cursory search indicates it is, in fact, the first time in 29 years -- since 1982 -- that the top five starters in terms of starts all took at least one turn in relief.

RealityChuck
Oct 17 2011 05:59 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Isringhausen
Acosta
Bucholtz
Byrdak

seawolf17
Oct 17 2011 06:10 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

This should be the John Franco award, or maybe the Jesse O Award?

Ashie62
Oct 17 2011 06:37 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

They all sucked.

metsguyinmichigan
Oct 17 2011 06:41 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

You forgot the all-important "number of game balls thrown to member of the Crane Pool Forum" category, which weighs heavily in my voting.

Hence:

1) Acosta
2) Byrdak
3) Frankie
4) Isringhausen
5) Parnell

Edgy MD
Oct 17 2011 06:43 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

seawolf17 wrote:
This should be the John Franco award, or maybe the Jesse O Award?

Tried to name it after all three last year. It fell flat.

Fman99
Oct 17 2011 07:24 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Acosta
Byrdak
Rodriguez
Izzy
Parnell

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 17 2011 08:38 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Parnell
Acosta
Buchholz (nothing for him?)

Vic Sage
Oct 17 2011 09:30 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 07 2011 12:16 PM

F-Rod
Acosta
Beato
Izzy
Parnell

MFS62
Oct 18 2011 08:00 AM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Acosta
Izzy
Beato
Byrdak.

I had to resist the temptation to put Pedro Feliciano on the list, out of force of habit.
Hey, maybe the award should be named after HIM.

Later

m.e.t.b.o.t.
Oct 18 2011 08:11 AM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

m.e.t.b.o.t. has determined, via the use of a questionable methodology which has not been subjected to a rigorous peer review, but is presented in brief in the tom seaver award thread, that the metropolitan relief pitchers who offered the greatest total performance are as follows:

isringhausen
rodriguez
acosta
beato
igarashi

metsmarathon
Oct 18 2011 08:15 AM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

frankie
izzie
manny
petey
&
bobby

by petey, i mean pedro beato, of course.

Ceetar
Oct 19 2011 02:09 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Parnell
Acosta
Izzy

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2011 03:34 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Rodriguez
Acosta
Beato
Isringhausen
Parnell

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 07 2011 09:42 AM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

Vic Sage
Nov 07 2011 12:17 PM
Re: Tug McGraw Award

thank you.
thank you very much.