SPIP??? Top 50 RP of all time

Ok so after my last post i went to thinking... How can i expand on stats when it is almost impossible to find the stat (BS) for some reason MLB and other sites do not carry that stat. So i decided i can expand on the idea of BS%, for now at least i decided to go in a different direction. SPIP (Saves Per Innings Pitched) here is a list of that, unquestionably the best out of the top 50 Closers (as far as number of saves) is 1997 Randy Myers, here look for yourself.

Year	Player	TEAM	SV	IP	SPIP
1997	R Myers	BAL	45	59.2	0.760
2002	M Williams*	PIT	46	61.1	0.753
1998	T Hoffman*	SD	53	73	0.726
2005	B Wickman*	CLE	45	62	0.726
1995	J Mesa*	CLE	46	64	0.719
1993	R Myers	CHC	53	75.1	0.706
2003	J Smoltz*	ATL	45	64.1	0.702
2004	F Cordero*	TEX	49	71.2	0.688
2002	J Smoltz*	ATL	55	80.1	0.687
2001	K Sasaki	SEA	45	66.2	0.680
2004	A Benitez*	FLA	47	69.2	0.679
2004	M Rivera*	NYY	53	78.2	0.678
1996	T Worrell	LAD	44	65.1	0.676
2005	F Rodriguez*	LAA	45	67.1	0.671
2003	E Gagne*	LAD	55	82.1	0.670
2002	E Guardado*	MIN	45	67.2	0.670
1990	D Eckersley	OAK	48	73.1	0.657
1993	B Harvey	FLA	45	69	0.652
1999	M Rivera*	NYY	45	69	0.652
1990	B Thigpen	CWS	57	88.2	0.646
1991	L Smith	STL	47	73	0.644
2000	A Alfonseca*	FLA	45	70	0.643
1992	D Eckersley	OAK	51	80	0.638
1998	R Beck*	CHC	51	80.1	0.637
2005	C Cordero*	WSH	47	74.1	0.634
2002	E Gagne*	LAD	52	82.1	0.633
1993	D Ward	TOR	45	71.2	0.632
2004	J Isringhausen*	STL	47	75.1	0.626
2001	M Rivera*	NYY	50	80.2	0.623
1988	D Eckersley	OAK	45	72.2	0.623
1996	J Brantley	CIN	44	71	0.620
2004	J Nathan*	MIN	44	72.1	0.610
1993	R Beck*	SF	48	79.1	0.607
2002	J Mesa*	PHI	45	75.2	0.598
1991	B Harvey	CAL	46	78.2	0.588
2001	R Nen	SF	45	77.2	0.583
1998	T Gordon*	BOS	46	79.1	0.582
1991	D Eckersley	OAK	43	76	0.566
2001	A Benitez*	NYM	43	76.1	0.565
1998	J Shaw	LAD	48	85	0.565
2004	E Gagne*	LAD	45	82.1	0.548
2004	J Smoltz*	ATL	44	81.2	0.542
1993	J Montgomery	KC	45	87.1	0.517
2003	B Wagner*	HOU	44	86	0.512
1989	M Davis	SD	44	92.2	0.477
2002	B Koch	OAK	44	93.2	0.472
1986	D Righetti	NYY	46	106.2	0.433
1984	B Sutter	STL	45	122.2	0.368
1984	D Quisenberry	KC	44	129.1	0.341
1983	D Quisenberry	KC	45	139	0.324

Also you will notice the last column as SV-SVO-IP, I didn’t fully follow through with this because of the lack of data. the numbers that are there I didn’t delete because I am not finished with them, looking at that column a second time, makes me see something...can you figure out what it is??? Well I'm sure you can’t because I’m not even sure my numbers make any sense. Ok ill be back later to expand on this last column.

What I get out of SPIP is the efficiency of the Closer, for every inning pitched Myers had .76 saves. Which is/was a great way of evaluating a closer worth, and durability. Obviously if you have your Closer consistently pitching 1+ innings his SPIP will inherently go down, but along with that his ERA will go up and his Stamina will most likely go down.

The average of the SPIP score is .611 and the average IP is 78.99. Now remember these Closers are the top 50 in saves ever, so this is some top quality guys, I think may next step in SPIP to use this on YR to YR stats to see if this can stat can be used to measure a Closers efficiency.

In other news

DAVID ORTIZ WINS THE TWIB PLAYER AWARD!!!!

BIG PAPI!