Best of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Relief Pitching Seasons (UPDATED)
By Phil Watson
8. Robb Nen, 2002
| Year ▾ | Age | W | L | ERA | G | GF | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA+ | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2.20 | 68 | 66 | 43 | 73.2 | 64 | 18 | 20 | 81 | 177 | 1.140 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/13/2014.
In what turned out to be Nen’s final season because of shoulder problems that he pitched through while the wild-card Giants made a run to the seventh game of the World Series, he earned his third All-Star berth.
He converted 43 of 51 save opportunities while permitting eight of 26 inherited runners to score, posting an average leverage index of 2.241, the highest of his career.
He was fifth in the NL with 43 saves.
Among relievers, he was ninth with a 2.20 ERA and tied for 10th with a 177 ERA-plus.
In the postseason, Nen saved two of the three victories over Atlanta in the NLDS, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings in four appearances, then saved three of the Giants’ four wins over the Cardinals in the NLCS, allowing one earned run in 3.1 innings over three appearances. In the World Series against Anaheim, Nen pitched three times, saving two games and now allowing a run in three innings of work.