most games as a pirates relief pitcher in 2009

Jesse Chavez threw in the most games by a Pirates relief pitcher in 2009, with 73 games in his rookie season.

NAMEGSEASONTMWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Jesse Chavez
J. Chavez
73
2009
1
4
.200
0
4.01
47
0
0
0
67.1
69
30
33
11
22
1
24
3
286
5
6.28
2.94
2.14
1.47
16.4
7.7
1.35
.283
4.41
9.22
2Matt Capps
M. Capps
57
2009
4
8
.333
0
5.80
46
0
0
27
54.1
73
35
36
10
17
3
50
3
251
0
7.62
2.82
2.71
1.66
18.3
6.8
1.66
.360
5.96
12.09
3John Grabow
J. Grabow
45
2009
3
0
1.000
0
3.42
41
0
0
0
47.1
43
18
19
4
28
2
4
2
209
0
7.80
5.32
1.46
0.76
19.6
13.4
1.50
.291
3.61
8.18
4Evan Meek
E. Meek
41
2009
1
1
.500
0
3.45
42
0
0
0
47.0
34
18
18
2
29
0
14
2
195
5
8.04
5.55
1.45
0.38
21.5
14.9
1.34
.262
3.45
6.51
5Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
40
2009
2
3
.400
0
3.14
21
0
0
0
43.0
38
15
20
2
22
0
10
3
186
3
4.40
4.60
0.95
0.42
11.3
11.8
1.40
.255
4.19
7.95
6Sean Burnett
S. Burnett
38
2009
1
2
.333
0
3.06
23
0
0
1
32.1
22
11
12
3
15
3
7
4
133
2
6.40
4.18
1.53
0.84
17.3
11.3
1.14
.213
3.34
6.12
7Joel Hanrahan
J. Hanrahan
33
2009
0
1
.000
0
1.72
37
0
0
0
31.1
23
6
12
0
20
1
7
1
134
5
10.63
5.74
1.85
0.00
27.6
14.9
1.37
.303
3.45
6.61
8Jeff Karstens
J. Karstens
26
2009
1
2
.333
0
5.83
24
0
0
0
41.2
44
27
27
4
23
0
8
5
189
1
5.18
4.97
1.04
0.86
12.7
12.2
1.61
.290
5.83
9.50
9Donnie Veal
D. Veal
19
2009
1
0
1.000
0
7.16
16
0
0
0
16.1
18
13
13
2
20
2
10
0
87
2
8.82
11.02
0.80
1.10
18.4
23.0
2.33
.340
7.16
9.92
10Phil Dumatrait
P. Dumatrait
15
2009
0
2
.000
0
6.92
7
0
0
0
13.0
13
10
11
4
11
0
2
0
64
0
4.85
7.62
0.64
2.77
10.9
17.2
1.85
.214
7.62
9.00
11Tyler Yates
T. Yates
15
2009
0
2
.000
0
7.50
9
0
0
0
12.0
14
10
12
2
7
1
2
1
56
0
6.75
5.25
1.29
1.50
16.1
12.5
1.75
.324
9.00
10.50
12Denny Bautista
D. Bautista
14
2009
1
1
.500
0
5.27
15
0
0
0
13.2
15
8
8
1
7
1
4
0
61
3
9.88
4.61
2.14
0.66
24.6
11.5
1.61
.378
5.27
9.88
13Chris Bootcheck
C. Bootcheck
13
2009
0
0
0
11.05
13
0
0
0
14.2
16
18
18
1
9
1
3
0
70
0
7.98
5.52
1.44
0.61
18.6
12.9
1.70
.326
11.05
9.82
14Tom Gorzelanny
T. Gorzelanny
9
2009
3
1
.750
0
5.19
7
0
0
0
8.2
6
5
5
0
4
0
2
0
36
0
7.27
4.15
1.75
0.00
19.4
11.1
1.15
.240
5.19
6.23
15Virgil Vasquez
V. Vasquez
7
2009
0
0
0
5.06
8
0
0
0
10.2
12
6
7
2
3
1
4
0
47
0
6.75
2.53
2.67
1.69
17.0
6.4
1.41
.303
5.91
10.13
16Craig Hansen
C. Hansen
5
2009
0
0
0
5.68
5
0
0
0
6.1
6
4
4
1
4
1
1
0
30
0
7.11
5.68
1.25
1.42
16.7
13.3
1.58
.263
5.68
8.53
17Eric Hacker
E. Hacker
3
2009
0
0
0
6.00
1
0
0
0
3.0
4
2
2
0
2
0
2
0
14
0
3.00
6.00
0.50
0.00
7.1
14.3
2.00
.364
6.00
12.00
18Jose Ascanio
J. Ascanio
2
2009
0
1
.000
0
6.75
2
0
0
0
2.2
4
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
13
0
6.75
0.00
0.00
15.4
0.0
1.50
.400
6.75
13.50
19Anthony Claggett
A. Claggett
1
2009
0
0
0
9.00
0
0
0
0
1.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
5
0
0.00
0.00
9.00
0.0
0.0
2.00
.250
9.00
18.00
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