He picked up 54 points on our scorecard that year by, among other stats, going 21-7 for a 76-86 team and for posting a 2.05 earned-run average that was more than two full runs per game lower than the American League average (among pitchers with at least 150 innings).

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Without much fanfare, the Mets added Shaun Marcum, an underrated right-hander with a career earned-run average of 3.76.

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Since 2003, the teams with 1, 000-inning rotations posted a 3.76 bullpen earned-run average, compared with a 4.05 ERA for everybody else.

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