Drew Smyly and 4-Inning Saves

Drew Smyly was masterful in the Tigers' home opener, going 4 perfect innings in relief of Doug Fister to finish it and record a save.  Going multiple innings to record a save is a rare feat in this day and age when closers are usually restricted to one inning.  Using Baseball Reference's Play Index, I was surprised to find out that it's actually happened 51 times (including Smyly's performance) since 2000.  Below are the most recent 10 (which doesn't include Smyly's performance yet):

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str
1	Derek Lowe	2012-08-13	NYY	TEX	W 8-2	6-9f ,S	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	44	33
2	Jerome Williams	2012-07-30	LAA	TEX	W 15-8	6-9f ,S	4.0	8	5	5	1	1	2	83	49
3	Jason Hammel	2011-09-11	COL	CIN	W 4-1	6-9f ,S	4.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	45	33
4	Zach Duke	2011-07-24	ARI	COL	W 7-0	6-9f ,S	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	41	25
5	Kenshin Kawakami	2009-09-21	ATL	NYM	W 11-3	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	49	33
6	Alfredo Aceves	2009-07-05	NYY	TOR	W 10-8	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	43	33
7	Ramon Troncoso	2009-04-25	LAD	COL	W 6-5	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	45	29
8	Brian Stokes	2008-08-13	NYM	WSN	W 12-0	6-9f ,S	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	52	37
9	Lance Cormier	2008-06-28	BAL	WSN	W 9-1	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	49	31
10	Brian Bass	2008-04-09	MIN	CHW	W 12-5	6-9f ,S	4.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	38	26

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Generated 4/5/2013.

Derek Lowe was the most recent 4-inning save pitcher and Jerome Williams also did it last year.  However, none of these pitchers are from a Tiger and none of them did it in perfect fashion (12 up and 12 down).  Below are the most recent 10  Tigers to accomplish this feat:

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str
1	Esteban Yan	2004-05-14	DET	TEX	W 7-1	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	38	28
2	Esteban Yan	2004-04-23	DET	CLE	W 17-3	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	35	19
3	Nate Robertson	2004-04-06	DET	TOR	W 7-3	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	60	35
4	Frank Castillo	1998-09-22	DET	KCR	W 14-4	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	65	44
5	A.J. Sager	1997-06-20	DET	BOS	W 12-6	6-9f ,S	4.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	53	34
6	A.J. Sager	1997-05-25	DET	TEX	W 13-5	6-9f ,S	4.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	51	34
7	Mike Christopher	1995-09-05	DET	MIN	W 6-4	6-9f ,S	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	55	32
8	Kurt Knudsen	1992-06-08	DET	CLE	W 9-2	6-9f ,S	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	75	51
9	Ed Nunez	1990-09-09	DET	MIL	W 5-0	6-9f ,S	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	51	36
10	Jerry Don Gleaton	1990-07-03	DET	CHW	W 13-7	6-9f ,S	4.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	45	29

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Generated 4/5/2013.

Esteban Yan was the last Tiger to record a 4-inning save.  In fact, he did it twice.  And good old Nate Robertson is on the list.  Frank Castillo was just like Smyly, 12 up, 12 down and also had 5 strikeouts.  Here all the pitchers (since 1916) to also be perfect and record at least 5 strikeouts, like Smyly:

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str
7	Frank Castillo	1998-09-22	DET	KCR	W 14-4	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	65	44
9	Arthur Rhodes	1997-06-24	BAL	MIL	W 6-2	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	41	27
16	Bill Krueger	1989-08-18	MIL	BOS	W 5-2	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	54	35
18	Odell Jones	1988-05-02	MIL	MIN	W 4-3	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	45	31
30	Woodie Fryman	1980-05-14	MON	HOU	W 1-0	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0
33	Skip Lockwood	1975-09-28	NYM	PHI	W 5-4	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	6	0
35	Tom Hall	1971-05-19	MIN	CAL	W 12-6	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	6	0
39	Moe Drabowsky	1966-07-20	BAL	DET	W 10-7	6-9f ,S	4.0	0	0	0	0	8	0
41	Chi-Chi Olivo	1966-06-10	ATL	PIT	W 8-2		4.0	0	0	0	0	5	0

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Generated 4/5/2013.

Since as far back as Baseball Reference will allow you to go (1916), what Smyly has done has only happened 9 other times.  That's some pretty rare company.