All of those above seasons, and many I listerd, are basically a wash. When a closer is basically perfect, it is hard to necessarily rank them. If you are talking over a season though, I would emphasize IP, save percentage, and include post season if it applies.
If Ryan's era last year was 1.71 or 1.91, or 2.21 or 2.41, I would say he had an awesome season and was damn near unhittable. Same with whip of .8 or .9 or 1.0. The difference among era/whip is more telling when comparing sp's pitching close to 200ip rather than closers pitching 60-75.
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