Dave Smith had the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 20+ saves in a season in 1987, with an ERA of 1.65.
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| NAME | ERA | SV | SEASON | TM | G | W | L | W% | GS | SO | CG | SHO | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | D. Smith | 1.65 | 24 | 1987 | 50 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 39 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 2 | 10.95 | 3.15 | 3.48 | 0.00 | 30.4 | 8.8 | 1.00 | .269 | 1.95 | 5.85 | |
| 2 | | T. Henke | 2.49 | 34 | 1987 | 72 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 62 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 363 | 5 | 12.26 | 2.39 | 5.12 | 0.96 | 35.3 | 6.9 | 0.93 | .260 | 2.59 | 5.94 | |
| 3 | | J. Franco | 2.52 | 32 | 1987 | 68 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 76 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 344 | 1 | 6.70 | 2.96 | 2.26 | 0.66 | 17.7 | 7.8 | 1.26 | .280 | 2.85 | 8.34 | |
| 4 | | D. Plesac | 2.61 | 23 | 1987 | 57 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 79.1 | 63 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 325 | 6 | 10.10 | 2.61 | 3.87 | 0.91 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 1.08 | .272 | 3.40 | 7.15 | |
| 5 | | T. Worrell | 2.66 | 33 | 1987 | 75 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 94.2 | 86 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 395 | 1 | 8.75 | 3.23 | 2.71 | 0.76 | 23.3 | 8.6 | 1.27 | .299 | 2.76 | 8.18 | |
| 6 | | S. Bedrosian | 2.83 | 40 | 1987 | 65 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 79 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 366 | 3 | 7.48 | 2.83 | 2.64 | 1.11 | 20.2 | 7.7 | 1.20 | .270 | 3.13 | 7.99 | |
| 7 | | L. Smith | 3.12 | 36 | 1987 | 62 | 4 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 83.2 | 84 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 360 | 4 | 10.33 | 3.44 | 3.00 | 0.43 | 26.7 | 8.9 | 1.39 | .351 | 3.23 | 9.04 | |
| 8 | | D. Righetti | 3.51 | 31 | 1987 | 60 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 95 | 37 | 45 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 419 | 1 | 7.29 | 4.17 | 1.75 | 0.85 | 18.4 | 10.5 | 1.46 | .300 | 4.26 | 9.00 | |
| 9 | | R. McDowell | 4.16 | 25 | 1987 | 56 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 88.2 | 95 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 384 | 3 | 3.25 | 2.84 | 1.14 | 0.71 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 1.39 | .279 | 4.16 | 9.64 | |
| 10 | | J. Reardon | 4.48 | 31 | 1987 | 63 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | 70 | 40 | 41 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 337 | 2 | 9.30 | 3.14 | 2.96 | 1.57 | 24.6 | 8.3 | 1.22 | .268 | 4.59 | 7.84 |
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