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Baseball Shenanagrams #1: Pitchers with the lowest ERA+ in the last 30 years

Posted by Andy
In 2008, Nate Robertson made no batter snore
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Here are the worst ERA+ values garnered in the last 30 years by pitchers good enough to qualify for the ERA title. As a little twist, I have substituted in anagrams for each guy's name:

Rk Player ERA+ Year Tm G IP ER BB SO ERA
1 I ole jams 63 2005 KCR 32 168.2 131 61 80 6.99
2 Dark as vim 66 1984 SFG 46 174.2 104 54 124 5.36
3 Limo cretin 66 2005 CIN 34 186.1 134 52 123 6.47
4 Pen pork ebb 66 1989 TOT 35 165.0 94 75 64 5.13
5 Jihad ices me 67 1994 MIN 25 130.1 107 54 78 7.39
6 Get at hokum 68 1982 OAK 34 209.1 133 101 75 5.72
7 Quaver jazz vie 69 1998 MON 33 172.1 116 68 139 6.06
8 Darn backbone 70 2008 HOU 31 166.2 112 77 127 6.05
9 I iron ol' jeep 70 2006 SEA 40 165.2 117 64 87 6.36
10 Hurtled normally 70 1995 SFG 29 149.0 96 38 65 5.80
11 No batter snore 71 2008 DET 32 168.2 119 62 108 6.35
12 Held nirvana zen 71 2008 TOT 31 180.0 121 43 67 6.05
13 Holler truly, damn 71 1994 NYY 24 120.2 87 37 72 6.49
14 Bow Balk 71 1993 PIT 32 187.0 118 70 80 5.68
15 A relief swirl 71 1988 CAL 34 194.2 117 80 86 5.41
16 Botch drunkard now 72 2002 PHI 30 163.0 98 69 167 5.41
17 A major ravine 72 1998 CHW 37 172.2 122 77 71 6.36
18 Am evil dick 72 2001 TOT 34 167.2 115 74 97 6.17
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 1/3/2012.

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