Billy Wagner: Hall of Fame? 903 Innings, way fewer than Babe Ruth? Playoff ERA 10? Mariano Rivera?

Billy Wagner was just elected to the Hall of Fame. He was a relief pitcher.

Fewest Innings by Hall of Fame pitchers:

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For combined seasons, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, At least 80% games in relief, a member of the Hall of Fame, in the regular season, requiring Innings Pitched >= 500 and Innings Pitched <= 3000 and ERA+ >= 0, sorted by ascending Innings Pitched.

Rk	Player	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	HR	BB	SO	FIP	SO9	SO/BB
1	Billy Wagner	903.0	187	1995	2010	23-38	47	40	.540	2.31	853	0	0	0	422	82	300	1196	2.73	11.9	3.99
2	Bruce Sutter	1042.0	136	1976	1988	23-35	68	71	.489	2.83	661	0	0	0	300	77	309	861	2.94	7.4	2.79
3	Trevor Hoffman	1089.1	141	1993	2010	25-42	61	75	.449	2.87	1035	0	0	0	601	100	307	1133	3.08	9.4	3.69
4	Mariano Rivera	1283.2	205	1995	2013	25-43	82	60	.577	2.21	1115	10	0	0	652	71	286	1173	2.76	8.2	4.10
5	Lee Smith	1289.1	132	1980	1997	22-39	71	92	.436	3.03	1022	6	0	0	478	89	486	1251	2.93	8.7	2.57
6	Rollie Fingers	1701.1	120	1968	1985	21-38	114	118	.491	2.90	944	37	4	2	341	123	492	1299	2.96	6.9	2.64
7	Rich Gossage	1809.1	126	1972	1994	20-42	124	107	.537	3.01	1002	37	16	0	310	119	732	1502	3.18	7.5	2.05
8	Hoyt Wilhelm	2254.1	147	1952	1972	29-49	143	122	.540	2.52	1070	52	20	5	228	150	778	1610	3.06	6.4	2.07

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Babe Ruth pitching in the regular season:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HR	BB	SO	BF	ERA+	SO9
1914	19	BOS	AL	-0.3	2	1	.667	3.91	4	3	1	0	0	23.0	1	7	3	96	70	1.2
1915	20	BOS	AL	2.4	18	8	.692	2.44	32	28	16	1	0	217.2	3	85	112	874	114	4.6
1916	21	BOS	AL	8.8	23	12	.657	1.75	44	40	23	9	1	323.2	0	118	170	1272	158	4.7
1917	22	BOS	AL	6.6	24	13	.649	2.01	41	38	35	6	2	326.1	2	108	128	1277	128	3.5
1918	23	BOS	AL	2.3	13	7	.650	2.22	20	19	18	1	0	166.1	1	49	40	660	122	2.2
1919	24	BOS	AL	0.8	9	5	.643	2.97	17	15	12	0	1	133.1	2	58	30	570	102	2.0
1920	25	NYY	AL	-0.1	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	2	0	17	94	0.0
1921	26	NYY	AL	-0.3	2	0	1.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	9.0	1	9	2	49	49	2.0
1930	35	NYY	AL	0.2	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	0	2	3	39	150	3.0
1933	38	NYY	AL	0.0	1	0	1.000	5.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	0	3	0	42	81	0.0
10 Y	10 Y	10 Y	10 Y	20.4	94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	107	17	4	1221.1	10	441	488	4896	122	3.6
162	162	162	162	4.5	21	10	.671	2.28	36	32	23	4	1	268	2	97	107	1074	122	3.6
BOS	BOS	BOS	BOS	20.6	89	46	.659	2.19	158	143	105	17	4	1190.1	9	425	483	4749	125	3.7
NYY	NYY	NYY	NYY	-0.2	5	0	1.000	5.52	5	4	2	0	0	31.0	1	16	5	147	78	1.5

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Generated 1/22/2025.

1,221 Innings

Babe Ruth World Series pitching:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
1916	21	BOS	WS	1	0	1.000	0.64	1	1	0	1	0	14.0	6	1	1	1	3	4
1918	23	BOS	WS	2	0	1.000	1.06	2	2	0	1	1	17.0	13	2	2	0	7	4
2 Yr	2 Yr	2 Yr	2 Yr	3	0	1.000	0.87	3	3	0	2	1	31.0	19	3	3	1	10	8
162	162	162	162	34	0	1.000	0.87	34	34	0	23	11	351	215	34	34	11	113	91

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Babe Ruth World Series game log pitching:

Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit
1	1916	WS g2	Oct 9	BOS		BRO	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(1-0)	5	14.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0.64	3.32	48	145
1918	1918	Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit
2	1918	WS g1	Sep 5	BOS	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0.00	2.01	35	131
3	1918	WS g4	Sep 9	BOS		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	3	8.0	7	2	2	6	0	0	1.06	3.17	33	119
											31.0	19	3	3	10	8	1	0.87		116

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Record 29 consecutive scoreless innings, broken in 1961 by Whitey Ford.

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Mariano Rivera playoffs:

141 Innings, 0.70 ERA

Billy Wagner playoffs:

11 Innings, 10.3 ERA

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