BULLPENS OF CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAMS

How do they do compare to the rest of the Majors? I started the list in 2094.

YEAR: 2004

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 2.4

RANK: 16

ERA: 3.92

RANK: 20

YEAR: 2005

TEAM: Chicago White Sox

fWAR: 4.6

RANK: 2

ERA: 3.23

RANK: 3

YEAR: 2006

TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals

fWAR: 1.2

RANK: 22

ERA: 4.06

RANK: 14

YEAR: 2007

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 3.7

RANK: 12

ERA: 3.10

RANK: 2

YEAR: 2008

TEAM: Philadelphia Phillies

fWAR: 4.7

RANK: 5

ERA: 3.22

RANK: 2

YEAR: 2009

TEAM: New York Yankees

fWAR: 4.7

RANK: 5

ERA: 3.91

RANK: 13

YEAR: 2010

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 5.3

RANK: 4

ERA: 2.99

RANK: 2

YEAR: 2011

TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals

fWAR: 0.7

RANK: 26

ERA: 3.73

RANK: 16

YEAR: 2012

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 0.9

RANK: 26

ERA: 3.56

RANK: 15

YEAR: 2013

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 3.9

RANK: 12

ERA: 3.70

RANK: 21

YEAR: 2014

TEAM: San Francisco Giants

fWAR: 0.8

RANK: 24

ERA: 3.01

RANK: 5

YEAR: 2015

TEAM: Kansas City Royals

fWAR: 5.1

RANK: 3

ERA: 2.72

RANK: 2

YEAR: 2016

TEAM: Chicago Cubs

fWAR: 2.7

RANK: 21

ERA: 3.56

RANK: 8

YEAR: 2017

TEAM: Houston Astros

fWAR: 5.1

RANK: 8

ERA: 4.27

RANK: 17

YEAR: 2018

TEAM: Boston Red Sox

fWAR: 3.9

RANK: 12

ERA: 3.72

RANK: 8

Average fWAR: 3.3

Average Rank: 13

Average ERA: 3.51

Average Rank: 10

What is the conclusion here? Well, it seems that championship teams have middle of the pack bullpens, which is not what I expected at all.

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