most games as a pirates relief pitcher from 1994 to 2017

Between the 1994 and 2017 seasons, Tony Watson threw in the most games by a Pirates relief pitcher, with 450 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as a pirates relief pitcher from 1994 to 2017
NAMEGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Tony Watson
T. Watson
450
31
16
.660
0
2.68
380
0
0
30
433.0
350
129
137
41
121
24
86
12
1,748
4
7.90
2.52
3.14
0.85
21.7
6.9
1.09
.261
2.85
7.27
2John Grabow
J. Grabow
390
20
15
.571
0
4.09
326
0
0
6
363.1
360
165
178
40
167
9
72
18
1,592
13
8.08
4.14
1.95
0.99
20.5
10.5
1.45
.305
4.41
8.92
3Scott Sauerbeck
S. Sauerbeck
341
19
15
.559
0
3.56
319
0
0
5
308.2
270
122
134
23
191
9
75
25
1,345
17
9.30
5.57
1.67
0.67
23.7
14.2
1.49
.308
3.91
7.87
4Salomon Torres
S. Torres
337
21
23
.477
0
3.29
260
0
0
29
372.0
354
136
157
30
124
24
111
25
1,571
16
6.29
3.00
2.10
0.73
16.5
7.9
1.28
.286
3.80
8.56
5Jared Hughes
J. Hughes
313
15
13
.536
0
2.82
189
0
0
3
309.1
294
97
118
23
102
25
74
15
1,307
17
5.50
2.97
1.85
0.67
14.5
7.8
1.28
.280
3.43
8.55
6Mike Williams
M. Williams
305
14
23
.378
0
3.81
308
0
0
140
316.2
288
134
149
35
156
7
252
20
1,376
12
8.75
4.43
1.97
0.99
22.4
11.3
1.40
.291
4.23
8.19
7Jason Christiansen
J. Christiansen
278
14
20
.412
0
4.13
275
0
0
10
274.2
247
126
134
20
144
8
84
29
1,205
18
9.01
4.72
1.91
0.66
22.8
12.0
1.42
.299
4.39
8.09
8Matt Capps
M. Capps
271
19
19
.500
0
3.61
208
0
0
67
271.2
270
109
117
32
50
12
151
18
1,122
5
6.89
1.66
4.16
1.06
18.5
4.5
1.18
.290
3.88
8.94
9Mark Melancon
M. Melancon
267
10
10
.500
0
1.80
241
0
0
130
260.1
199
52
62
9
42
7
174
3
1,012
13
8.33
1.45
5.74
0.31
23.8
4.2
0.93
.266
2.14
6.88
10Marc Wilkins
M. Wilkins
243
18
14
.563
0
4.36
212
0
0
3
285.0
271
138
148
23
148
22
66
15
1,252
19
6.69
4.67
1.43
0.73
16.9
11.8
1.47
.293
4.67
8.56
11Joel Hanrahan
J. Hanrahan
238
10
8
.556
0
2.59
265
0
0
82
229.1
177
66
75
15
98
7
150
3
956
22
10.40
3.85
2.70
0.59
27.7
10.3
1.20
.284
2.94
6.95
12Damaso Marte
D. Marte
210
7
8
.467
0
3.52
200
0
0
5
186.2
155
73
83
16
77
10
38
11
783
5
9.64
3.71
2.60
0.77
25.5
9.8
1.24
.290
4.00
7.47
13Rich Loiselle
R. Loiselle
199
8
18
.308
0
4.52
170
0
0
49
207.0
221
104
117
20
116
12
129
23
957
10
7.39
5.04
1.47
0.87
17.8
12.1
1.63
.315
5.09
9.61
14Joe Beimel
J. Beimel
176
6
6
.500
0
4.39
120
0
0
0
174.1
187
85
89
18
84
8
37
17
773
2
6.20
4.34
1.43
0.93
15.5
10.9
1.55
.311
4.59
9.65
15Jason Grilli
J. Grilli
168
3
11
.214
0
3.01
222
0
0
47
161.2
131
54
56
17
61
8
72
10
679
4
12.36
3.40
3.64
0.95
32.7
9.0
1.19
.307
3.12
7.29
16Michael Gonzalez
M. Gonzalez
168
7
9
.438
0
2.37
183
0
0
28
155.2
116
41
42
9
74
4
76
4
653
8
10.58
4.28
2.47
0.52
28.0
11.3
1.22
.279
2.43
6.71
17Brian Meadows
B. Meadows
160
6
6
.500
0
3.92
116
0
0
2
197.2
206
86
102
18
47
1
35
15
838
11
5.28
2.14
2.47
0.82
13.8
5.6
1.28
.287
4.64
9.38
18Chris Resop
C. Resop
159
6
8
.429
0
3.88
149
0
0
2
162.1
164
70
73
15
64
5
30
15
716
6
8.26
3.55
2.33
0.83
20.8
8.9
1.40
.308
4.05
9.09
19Evan Meek
E. Meek
156
7
7
.500
0
3.34
144
0
0
4
172.2
139
64
74
12
90
6
48
8
737
13
7.51
4.69
1.60
0.63
19.5
12.2
1.33
.262
3.86
7.25
20Brian Boehringer
B. Boehringer
153
10
9
.526
0
4.36
132
0
0
1
167.1
156
81
83
18
80
6
42
12
720
1
7.10
4.30
1.65
0.97
18.3
11.1
1.41
.285
4.46
8.39
21Justin Wilson
J. Wilson
136
9
5
.643
0
2.99
127
0
0
0
138.1
109
46
48
8
61
6
26
6
577
10
8.26
3.97
2.08
0.52
22.0
10.6
1.23
.269
3.12
7.09
22Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
131
10
9
.526
0
3.86
133
0
0
14
130.2
120
56
61
7
51
1
46
13
559
5
9.16
3.51
2.61
0.48
23.8
9.1
1.31
.308
4.20
8.27
23Josias Manzanillo
J. Manzanillo
127
5
4
.556
0
3.75
123
0
0
2
151.1
130
63
66
15
63
6
41
7
636
5
7.31
3.75
1.95
0.89
19.3
9.9
1.28
.268
3.93
7.73
24Jose Mesa
J. Mesa
125
7
10
.412
0
3.93
74
0
0
70
126.0
139
55
56
13
46
4
113
6
552
3
5.29
3.29
1.61
0.93
13.4
8.3
1.47
.304
4.00
9.93
25Mike Lincoln
M. Lincoln
122
7
9
.438
0
3.50
102
0
0
5
149.0
152
58
66
15
51
5
28
8
630
5
6.16
3.08
2.00
0.91
16.2
8.1
1.36
.300
3.99
9.18
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