Good morning!
It was on this date in 1949 one Ed Farmer was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Before being a White Sox radio guy Farmer, of course, had a nice 11-year career as a reliever. 1980 was one of his finest seasons: his only All-Star selection, and he saved 30 games for the White Sox, the most by a Sox reliever to that point. (As an aside, look at the pitchers for that All-Star game: every pitcher for the American League played for the Sox at some point, plus Jerry Reuss for the National League)
In honor of Farmio's birthday, you'll be tasked with identifying the saves leaders in franchise history. 30 saves doesn't quite make a good cutoff point, so I've backed it off to 20 saves in a season. In all, there are 39 entries with 20 saves or more in a season: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the number of saves, and ordered seasons chronologically.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average ERA on this list is 2.97.
- The highest ERA on this list is 4.75 and happened twice: 2012 and 1992.
- The lowest ERA on this list is 1.81, in 1965.
All data from baseballreference.com
