worst era by a relief pitcher all-time no minimum

Joe Cleary has the highest career ERA by a relief pitcher, with an ERA of 189.00.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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
1	Joe Cleary J. Cleary	189.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	5	7	7	0	3	0	0		9	1	27.00	81.00	0.33	0.00	11.1	33.3	24.00	1.000	189.00	135.00
2	Wade Taylor W. Taylor	162.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	5	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0.00	27.00	0.00	27.00	0.0	14.3	18.00	.800	162.00	135.00
3	Phil Huffman P. Huffman	108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0.00	81.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	50.0	15.00	.667	108.00	54.00
4	Fritz Fisher F. Fisher	108.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	27.00	54.00	0.50	0.00	20.0	40.0	12.00	1.000	108.00	54.00
5	Trent Harris T. Harris	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	.750	81.00	81.00
6	Carlos Duran C. Duran	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	81.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	60.0	12.00	.500	81.00	27.00
7	Matt Mervis M. Mervis	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	10.50	.778	81.00	94.50
8	Edwar Colina E. Colina	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	7	0	0.00	54.00	0.00	27.00	0.0	28.6	18.00	.750	81.00	108.00
9	Roel Ramirez R. Ramirez	81.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	7	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	12	1	9.00	27.00	0.33	36.00	8.3	25.0	10.00	.750	81.00	63.00
10	Carlos Gomez C. Gomez	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	108.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	80.0	12.00	.000	81.00	0.00
11	Ricky Pickett R. Pickett	81.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	9	1	27.00	54.00	0.50	0.00	22.2	44.4	10.50	1.000	81.00	40.50
12	Terry Wilshusen T. Wilshusen	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0.00	54.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	50.0	6.00	.000	81.00	0.00
13	Austin Nola A. Nola	72.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	8	8	2	0	0	1	0	11	0	0.00	0.00		18.00	0.0	0.0	8.00	.667	72.00	72.00
14	Josh White J. White	67.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	8	0	13.50	54.00	0.25	13.50	12.5	50.0	7.50	.000	67.50	13.50
15	Brailyn Marquez B. Marquez	67.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	7	2	13.50	40.50	0.33	0.00	14.3	42.9	7.50	.667	67.50	27.00
16	Jay Sborz J. Sborz	67.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	14.3	0.0	4.50	.750	67.50	40.50
17	Manny Alexander M. Alexander	67.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	5	5	1	4	0	1	0	7	0	0.00	54.00	0.00	13.50	0.0	57.1	7.50	.000	67.50	13.50
18	Larry Harlow L. Harlow	67.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	8	1	13.50	54.00	0.25	13.50	12.5	50.0	9.00	.500	67.50	27.00
19	Lino Urdaneta L. Urdaneta	63.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	0.0	9.1	8.00	.667	63.00	63.00
20	John Mabry J. Mabry	63.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	7	7	0	4	0	1	0	13	0	0.00	36.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	30.8	10.00	.667	63.00	54.00
21	José Caballero J. Caballero	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	2	1	0	1	0	9	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	18.00	0.0	11.1	6.00	.500	54.00	45.00
22	Jose Reyes J. Reyes	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	2	2	1	1	0	11	0	0.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.0	18.2	7.00	.500	54.00	45.00
23	Jeremy Bleich J. Bleich	54.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	6.00	1.000	54.00	54.00
24	Dennis Konuszewski D. Konuszewski	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	12.00	.750	54.00	81.00
25	Alex Sanchez A. Sanchez	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	9.00	.667	54.00	54.00

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Mon 8/10	BAL	@	MIN	7:40 PM
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