Pete Abe had an interesting bit yesterday about Mariano Rivera’s numbers in save situations and non-save situations.

Last night, I got a note from my pal Rich Lederer…

“I noticed where Mo lost his third game of the year despite putting together an ERA less than 1.00. How unusual is that combination? Well, here is a list of all the pitchers who have lost more than one game while posting an ERA under 1.00.”

LOSSES            YEAR   L    ERA
1  Tim Keefe        1880    6   0.86
2  Ferdie Schupp      1916    3   0.90
T3  Chris Hammond      2002    2   0.95
T3  Jonathan Papelbon    2006    2   0.92
T3  Dennis Eckersley     1990    2   0.61