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											American League
						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer Inning Statistics										Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			RA	GF	W	L	Svs	B Svs	Sv%			Innings	Hits	HR	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/WH	ERA		WS	WS/G
1901	2	Bill Hoffer	CLE	30	2.06	35.9%			6	6	0	1	3					19.33	22	0	15	10	7	4	.138	4.66		1.9	.317
1902						0.0%
1903	2	Al Orth	WAS	30	2.56	18.5%			4	4	0	1	2					14.67	17	0	9	7	3	5	.250	4.29		2.4	.600
1904						0.0%
1905						0.0%
1906						0.0%
1907	3	Bill Dinneen	STL	31	3.98	18.3%			15	14	0	1	7					45.67	41	0	18	11	11	14	.269	2.17		6.3	.420
1908	3	Rube Waddell	STL	31	2.52	18.9%			7	6	1	1	3					17.33	14	0	6	4	5	14	.737	2.08		2.6	.371
1909	2	Jack Powell	STL	34	2.40	34.5%			7	6	2	0	3					21.00	19	0	7	5	4	7	.304	2.14		2.6	.371
1910						0.0%
1911	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	30	5.51	27.4%			19	19	7	5	4					51.33	46	1	17	13	10	36	.643	2.28		5.6	.295
1912	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	31	11.06	27.3%			21	18	4	2	10					62.00	52	1	20	15	15	40	.597	2.18		9.7	.462
1913	9	Long Tom Hughes	WAS	34	0.76	11.8%			23	18	2	3	7					48.33	48	2	30	22	23	22	.310	4.10		1.4	.061
1914	5	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	30	4.63	15.4%			35	18	2	1	6					96.67	86	1	35	26	34	41	.342	2.42		8.4	.240
1915	10	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	31	3.59	10.8%			22	14	0	2	6					55.33	53	1	25	19	16	28	.406	3.09		5.6	.255
1916	2	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	32	7.34	16.3%			40	23	5	3	9					86.33	66	0	28	20	35	40	.396	2.08		10.3	.258
1917	4	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	33	6.52	10.8%			24	15	6	2	7					61.33	46	0	17	14	17	24	.381	2.05		8.0	.333
1918	3	Walter Johnson	WAS	30	5.06	10.2%			10	10	3	4	3					28.00	21	0	6	4	6	14	.519	1.29		4.2	.420
1919						0.0%
1920	7	Walter Johnson	WAS	32	0.99	8.7%			6	6	1	2	3					22.00	25	2	20	11	5	6	.200	4.50		1.2	.200
1921	3	Jim Bagby	CLE	31	8.67	41.8%			102	76	13	16	21					264.67	306	7	156	133	92	91	.229	4.52		20.4	.200
1922	1	Hooks Dauss	DET	32	12.74	21.5%			34	30	10	2	11					91.33	84	0	31	25	22	38	.358	2.46		14.0	.412
1923	4	Urban Shocker	STL	32	8.17	10.0%			31	25	3	3	14					57.00	72	2	32	28	17	17	.191	4.42		8.9	.287
1924	2	Dave Danforth	STL	34	10.10	31.0%			111	66	21	9	29					243.33	271	6	132	111	112	80	.209	4.11		25.5	.230
1925	8	Stan Baumgartner	PHI	30	4.52	8.0%			25	9	2	1	3					48.33	61	2	25	19	17	7	.090	3.54		4.8	.192
1926	1	Joe Pate	PHI	34	13.95	21.7%			61	44	11	1	12					144.67	140	3	51	48	63	39	.192	2.99		18.5	.303
1927	1	Wilcy Moore	NY	30	20.17	22.1%			51	42	15	5	17					153.00	117	3	45	37	49	72	.434	2.18		21.5	.422
1928	2	Eddie Rommell	PHI	30	11.75	42.1%			59	39	14	5	9					175.00	167	8	68	60	53	52	.236	3.09		18.5	.314
1929	3	Eddie Rommell	PHI	31	7.38	53.3%			124	85	21	13	34					240.67	254	14	123	98	90	85	.247	3.66		26.5	.214
1930	1	Lefty Grove	PHI	30	13.87	34.3%			63	52	12	8	24					139.33	131	7	62	52	41	88	.512	3.36		17.2	.273
1931	1	Wilcy Moore	BOS	34	18.85	37.4%			82	66	14	5	29					184.33	172	8	79	72	59	88	.381	3.52		27.5	.335
1932	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	33	11.73	36.6%			105	73	7	6	30					248.33	265	11	109	100	82	102	.294	3.62		30.4	.290
1933	2	Joe Heving	CHI	32	16.36	19.3%			68	46	15	7	16					165.00	150	5	55	41	47	70	.355	2.24		23.5	.346
1934	8	Joe Heving	CHI	33	-	18.0%			31	21	1	5	4					82.00	126	12	76	63	41	39	.234	6.91		-	.000
1935	1	Lloyd Brown	CLE	30	7.83	41.3%			74	49	11	9	9					160.00	171	4	70	60	76	65	.263	3.38		14.4	.195
1936	1	Pat Malone	NY	33	13.52	51.0%			62	54	12	3	14					147.33	148	5	58	54	60	59	.284	3.30		17.2	.277
1937	1	Clint Brown	CHI	33	16.88	49.6%			130	101	12	19	32					228.67	256	13	132	108	85	103	.302	4.25		21.2	.163
1938	3	Pete Appleton	WAS	34	5.87	16.2%			33	23	3	4	5					93.67	99	8	60	48	33	42	.318	4.61		6.1	.185
1939	3	Fritz Ostermueller	BOS	31	9.18	14.7%			52	43	6	7	23					96.67	83	2	47	41	38	50	.413	3.82		12.8	.246
1940	1	Johnny Murphy	NY	31	9.51	41.7%			112	82	20	15	23					229.33	238	15	118	101	107	83	.241	3.96		19.8	.177
1941	1	Johnny Murphy	NY	32	14.50	32.0%			67	55	14	5	26					145.00	119	5	48	42	71	61	.321	2.61		22.7	.339
1942	2	George Caster	STL	34	8.84	50.4%			119	85	22	17	26					228.67	212	9	96	78	104	88	.278	3.07		23.0	.193
1943	1	Gordon Maltzberger	CHI	30	15.40	62.9%			187	159	35	20	48					408.33	344	12	138	123	160	182	.361	2.71		47.6	.255
1944	2	Gordon Maltzberger	CHI	31	14.15	26.5%			82	67	17	11	20					168.00	156	6	68	60	56	86	.406	3.21		18.2	.222
1945	5	Allie Reynolds	CLE	30	2.00	25.3%			43	28	5	1	8					95.33	114	2	52	45	50	51	.311	4.25		4.6	.107
1946	3	Tom Ferrick	CLE/STL	31	4.01	17.6%			33	22	4	0	6					48.00	47	3	20	16	7	20	.370	3.00		4.8	.145
						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer Inning Statistics										Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			RA	GF	W	L	Svs	B Svs	Sv%			Innings	Hits	HR	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/WH	ERA		WS	WS/G
1947	5	Tom Ferrick	WAS	32	7.49	16.7%			64	46	2	11	14					123.67	118	5	50	45	45	45	.276	3.27		11.7	.183
1948	4	Russ Christopher	CLE	30	7.03	37.7%			136	92	12	15	43					234.67	236	13	113	100	130	121	.331	3.84		20.7	.152
1949	1	Joe Page	NY	31	19.74	67.9%			110	77	19	12	33					239.67	205	17	95	84	116	133	.414	3.15		27.0	.245
1950	5	Mickey Harris	WAS	33	7.97	38.7%			90	76	8	16	28					153.33	159	18	90	83	77	74	.314	4.87		11.6	.129
1951	8	Joe Ostrowski	NY	34	3.39	11.9%			31	18	4	4	5					69.33	75	3	34	28	15	24	.267	3.63		4.5	.145
1952	1	Harry Dorish	CHI	30	13.27	64.6%			228	145	26	20	44					436.67	377	21	170	147	201	180	.311	3.03		40.0	.175
1953	3	Harry Dorish	CHI	31	12.41	45.1%			197	133	28	14	39					382.33	359	21	173	152	159	153	.295	3.58		36.0	.183
1954	5	Hal Newhouser	CLE	33	7.53	30.3%			107	62	13	8	23					188.67	155	17	73	69	64	96	.438	3.29		21.9	.205
1955	4	Tom Gorman	KC	30	11.49	33.7%			184	105	23	17	37					346.33	317	25	131	115	120	147	.336	2.99		36.7	.201
1956	3	George Zuverink	BAL	31	8.25	38.3%			105	66	8	12	25					185.33	196	15	98	89	71	97	.363	4.32		14.8	.141
1957	1	George Zuverink	BAL	32	13.20	26.8%			91	58	11	10	16	12	.571			153.00	140	14	53	46	58	55	.278	2.71		15.4	.169
1958	5	Murray Wall	BOS	31	9.02	38.3%			127	68	15	14	26	12	.684			236.33	227	21	105	90	81	133	.432	3.43		21.4	.169
1959	3	Ryne Duren	NY	30	11.69	11.6%			41	29	3	6	14	7	.667			76.67	49	6	18	16	43	96	1.043	1.88		10.1	.246
1960	5	Johnny Klippstein	CLE	32	8.63	41.1%			183	90	17	16	47	7	.870			273.33	203	26	119	105	144	192	.553	3.46		27.7	.151
1961	1	Luis Arroyo	NY	34	28.78	26.2%			169	108	27	11	47	19	.712			266.00	201	17	87	73	104	158	.518	2.47		41.4	.245
1962	5	Marshall Bridges	NY	31	9.56	26.2%			139	77	15	14	35	14	.714			193.33	149	11	86	76	115	158	.598	3.54		19.6	.141
1963	5	Dick Hall	BAL	32	13.42	26.3%			193	133	18	20	55	15	.786			316.33	277	20	107	92	93	202	.546	2.62		38.6	.200
1964	5	Don McMahon	CLE	34	13.55	18.6%			184	118	18	17	41	13	.759			255.00	214	16	100	83	119	189	.568	2.93		28.7	.156
1965	5	Ron Kline	WAS	33	13.07	25.1%			252	182	25	25	78	19	.804			374.00	348	30	140	123	123	269	.571	2.96		42.3	.168
1966	4	Ron Kline	WAS	34	13.48	24.3%			230	162	20	24	66	13	.835			349.00	310	36	148	128	113	251	.593	3.30		34.5	.150
1967	4	Moe Drabowsky	BAL	31	14.87	18.8%			144	94	23	16	44	12	.786			260.67	194	19	71	61	82	223	.808	2.11		34.9	.242
1968	3	Lindy McDaniel	NY	32	14.33	39.5%			313	188	30	21	65	18	.783			461.67	371	26	157	132	147	323	.624	2.57		50.8	.162
1969	2	Ron Perranoski	MIN	33	23.69	33.6%			352	214	38	43	83	34	.709			565.00	463	54	218	188	228	381	.551	2.99		63.9	.181
1970	1	Lindy McDaniel	NY	34	24.85	50.0%			569	353	56	39	168	41	.804			895.33	785	61	313	267	298	585	.540	2.68		113.3	.199
1971	12	Eddie Watt	BAL	30	7.01	15.7%			173	91	20	12	25	20	.556			237.67	221	13	90	77	87	142	.461	2.92		23.0	.133
1972	5	Darold Knowles	OAK	30	9.33	33.6%			323	205	22	24	66	20	.767			458.67	401	25	148	131	160	232	.414	2.57		41.4	.128
1973	1	John Hiller	DET	30	43.65	28.2%			279	218	34	27	97	24	.802			462.33	382	35	156	135	158	294	.544	2.63		66.6	.239
1974	1	John Hiller	DET	31	26.24	20.0%			151	106	24	24	31	20	.608			284.33	238	19	99	86	112	224	.640	2.72		34.5	.228
1975	2	John Hiller	DET	32	14.80	22.8%			169	142	14	20	46	18	.719			300.00	281	17	107	95	123	232	.574	2.85		35.3	.209
1976	4	John Hiller	DET	33	17.80	34.7%			372	233	40	38	76	41	.650			653.00	580	36	251	209	261	365	.434	2.88		64.6	.174
1977	2	Sparky Lyle	NY	32	24.35	19.1%			219	135	30	22	45	28	.616			363.67	384	34	160	137	121	200	.396	3.39		36.0	.164
1978	5	Dave LaRoche	CAL	30	15.87	26.3%			314	221	45	40	70	34	.673			556.00	493	45	230	206	211	287	.408	3.33		56.6	.204
1979	1	Jim Kern	TEX	30	32.82	36.8%			442	309	62	51	109	47	.699			801.00	726	74	336	306	298	547	.534	3.44		87.4	.198
1980	7	Ed Farmer	CHI	30	14.36	15.1%			183	140	24	18	61	17	.782			300.00	281	22	117	110	132	217	.525	3.30		36.1	.197
1981	1	Rollie Fingers	MIL	34	23.61	23.5%			126	90	12	9	49	14	.778			189.67	156	12	63	55	79	153	.651	2.61		25.8	.205
1982	3	Dan Spillner	CLE	30	24.72	22.5%			253	174	32	30	78	33	.703			432.67	376	23	154	135	142	330	.637	2.81		62.0	.245
1983	1	Dan Quisenberry	KC	30	40.81	45.1%			532	404	69	50	163	61	.728			919.00	862	74	368	342	306	567	.485	3.35		109.1	.205
1984	1	Dan Quisenberry	KC	31	32.32	25.6%			336	249	35	38	99	42	.702			513.67	495	50	222	198	181	320	.473	3.47		58.6	.174
1985	2	Dan Quisenberry	KC	32	28.01	28.7%			380	317	45	45	132	43	.754			641.67	584	57	236	200	181	391	.511	2.81		92.8	.244
1986	6	Don Aase	BAL	31	15.79	40.3%			684	521	55	60	208	65	.762			898.67	887	79	365	324	302	640	.538	3.24		111.6	.163
1987	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	32	24.13	26.5%			366	271	37	34	103	41	.715			517.33	501	55	224	199	138	405	.634	3.46		64.2	.175
1988	1	Doug Jones	CLE	31	24.16	40.6%			527	401	37	40	219	56	.796			701.33	612	51	256	225	220	588	.707	2.89		100.7	.191
1989	3	Doug Jones	CLE	32	19.07	31.0%			509	422	40	36	212	50	.809			625.67	565	45	234	209	175	556	.751	3.01		91.6	.180
1990	3	Doug Jones	CLE	33	18.06	25.7%			384	271	16	23	157	35	.818			446.67	390	43	171	158	153	345	.635	3.18		61.9	.161
						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer Inning Statistics										Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			RA	GF	W	L	Svs	B Svs	Sv%			Innings	Hits	HR	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/WH	ERA		WS	WS/G
1991	6	Steve Farr	NY	34	14.55	17.0%			209	148	11	21	70	19	.787			248.66	249	25	110	105	90	189	.558	3.80		29.3	.140
1992	2	Jeff Montgomery	KC	30	19.35	20.5%			305	272	12	23	168	30	.848			348.67	291	26	120	101	111	273	.679	2.61		58.7	.192
1993	1	Jeff Montgomery	KC	31	31.50	21.8%			282	251	18	18	154	24	.865			312.67	255	21	103	91	100	276	.777	2.62		63.9	.227
1994	7	Jeff Montgomery	KC	32	8.24	23.3%			158	137	5	16	75	22	.773			164.67	191	22	96	81	58	151	.606	4.43		19.7	.125
1995	2	Norm Charlton	SEA	32	20.47	39.8%			357	299	12	23	182	41	.816			397.67	356	37	145	130	144	359	.718	2.94		68.8	.193
1996	1	Roberto Hernandez	CHI	31	20.33	67.9%			620	508	35	53	294	66	.817			658.33	594	57	287	265	293	635	.716	3.62		106.3	.171
1997	2	John Wetteland	TEX	30	19.47	43.0%			619	409	33	42	206	49	.808			670.00	624	51	288	255	299	565	.612	3.43		92.2	.149
1998	1	Tom Gordon	BOS	30	20.45	42.7%			506	385	23	24	218	37	.855			535.00	440	44	221	211	190	476	.756	3.55		86.0	.170
1999	5	Roberto Hernandez	TB	34	15.06	45.1%			597	492	27	47	273	52	.840			632.67	629	84	317	296	284	559	.612	4.21		82.0	.137
2000	2	Mariano Rivera	NY	30	20.50	54.5%			787	500	64	59	254	86	.747			845.00	785	104	399	358	351	719	.633	3.81		115.8	.147
2001	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	31	24.62	37.0%			471	325	31	22	197	35	.849			488.00	420	47	193	173	135	466	.840	3.19		82.6	.175
2002	2	Eddie Guardado	MIN	31	15.11	47.8%			574	390	31	37	240	47	.836			613.33	545	56	250	218	200	511	.686	3.20		92.4	.161
2003	1	Keith Foulke	OAK	30	30.69	25.1%			317	269	19	17	173	20	.896			345.00	263	32	92	85	85	291	.836	2.22		75.2	.237
2004	2	Keith Foulke	BOS	31	23.25	32.8%			468	375	30	36	203	44	.822			505.33	433	65	215	203	178	458	.750	3.62		77.8	.166
2005	2	Joe Nathan	MIN	30	21.25	35.8%			407	344	26	30	212	41	.838			415.67	369	44	174	155	154	389	.744	3.36		70.4	.173
2006	1	Joe Nathan	MIN	31	26.75	34.7%			429	274	26	26	145	28	.838			449.33	389	41	178	168	137	452	.859	3.36		75.2	.175
2007	1	J.J. Putz	SEA	30	26.24	17.4%			214	188	16	6	104	13	.889			218.33	164	16	59	58	64	239	1.048	2.39		46.6	.218
2008	3	Joe Nathan	MIN	33	18.14	31.1%			340	240	17	28	143	35	.803			332.00	260	32	129	122	159	348	.831	3.31		51.5	.151
2009	2	Joe Nathan	MIN	34	20.93	34.2%			417	332	16	22	192	29	.869			400.00	336	39	150	146	157	397	.805	3.28		64.1	.154
2010	3	Rafael Soriano	TB	30	17.21	38.7%			474	305	26	25	183	33	.847			464.67	367	32	167	157	194	454	.809	3.04		75.3	.159
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