Tug McGraw Award

[Edgy MD]

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]

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

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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]

Acosta
Beato
Isringhausen
Byrdak
Parnell

[TransMonk]

Acosta
Parnell
Byrdak
Rodriguez
Isringhausen

[Gwreck]

Rodriguez
Acosta
Isringhausen
Parnell
Byrdak

[dgwphotography]

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

[seawolf17]

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Isringhausen
Acosta
Parnell

[Guest themetfairy]

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]

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

[G-Fafif]

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]

Rodriguez
Isringhausen
Acosta
Bucholtz
Byrdak

[seawolf17]

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

[ashie62]

They all sucked.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

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]

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]

Acosta
Byrdak
Rodriguez
Izzy
Parnell

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Parnell
Acosta
Buchholz (nothing for him?)

[Vic Sage]

F-Rod
Acosta
Beato
Izzy
Parnell

Edited October 17, 2011 by Guest

[MFS62]

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.]

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]

frankie
izzie
manny
petey
&
bobby

by petey, i mean pedro beato, of course.

[Ceetar]

Rodriguez
Byrdak
Parnell
Acosta
Izzy

[Frayed Knot]

Rodriguez
Acosta
Beato
Isringhausen
Parnell

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Vic Sage]

thank you.
thank you very much.