Jeff Nelson has the best career ERA- with at most 40 saves, when pitching at least 700 innings and starting 5 or fewer games, with an ERA- of 76.
| NAME | ERA- | IP | SV | GS | G | W | L | W% | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | FIP | FIP- | H/9 | PRAA | ||
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| 1 |  | J. Nelson | 76 | 784.2 | 33 | 0 | 798 | 48 | 45 | .516 | 3.41 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 633 | 297 | 329 | 55 | 428 | 64 | 237 | 59 | 3,402 | 36 | 9.51 | 4.91 | 1.94 | 0.63 | 24.4 | 12.6 | 1.35 | .285 | 3.77 | 3.72 | 84 | 7.26 | 67.2 |
| 2 | | S. Reed | 77 | 870.2 | 18 | 0 | 833 | 49 | 44 | .527 | 3.63 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 811 | 351 | 384 | 107 | 285 | 61 | 197 | 46 | 3,662 | 11 | 6.51 | 2.95 | 2.21 | 1.11 | 17.2 | 7.8 | 1.26 | .273 | 3.97 | 4.41 | 97 | 8.38 | 12.6 |
| 3 | | J. Smith | 77 | 762.1 | 30 | 0 | 866 | 55 | 34 | .618 | 3.14 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 653 | 266 | 289 | 66 | 254 | 40 | 176 | 31 | 3,150 | 19 | 7.86 | 3.00 | 2.62 | 0.78 | 21.1 | 8.1 | 1.19 | .276 | 3.41 | 3.65 | 89 | 7.71 | 39 |
| 4 | | S. Sullivan | 90 | 737.1 | 9 | 0 | 558 | 40 | 28 | .588 | 3.98 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 671 | 326 | 353 | 89 | 281 | 60 | 128 | 57 | 3,146 | 32 | 7.59 | 3.43 | 2.21 | 1.09 | 19.8 | 8.9 | 1.29 | .278 | 4.31 | 4.35 | 96 | 8.19 | 15.4 |
| 5 | | B. Shaw | 93 | 764.1 | 19 | 2 | 796 | 43 | 46 | .483 | 3.96 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 723 | 336 | 377 | 82 | 299 | 32 | 172 | 21 | 3,270 | 41 | 8.02 | 3.52 | 2.28 | 0.97 | 20.8 | 9.1 | 1.34 | .295 | 4.44 | 4.05 | 97 | 8.51 | 9.3 |
| 6 | | G. Mota | 96 | 856.2 | 10 | 0 | 743 | 39 | 45 | .464 | 3.94 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 762 | 375 | 396 | 90 | 331 | 24 | 212 | 50 | 3,604 | 32 | 7.31 | 3.48 | 2.10 | 0.95 | 19.3 | 9.2 | 1.28 | .273 | 4.16 | 4.05 | 96 | 8.01 | 17.4 |
| 7 | | A. Embree | 104 | 774.0 | 25 | 4 | 882 | 39 | 45 | .464 | 4.59 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 744 | 395 | 429 | 95 | 293 | 20 | 217 | 35 | 3,318 | 24 | 8.03 | 3.41 | 2.36 | 1.10 | 20.8 | 8.8 | 1.34 | .292 | 4.99 | 4.11 | 94 | 8.65 | 22.3 |
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