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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%    50.0  50.0   -     8.3  25.0         75.0   85.4   -     58.2   38.8   27.2   15.5 .138   4.66       7.4 .317
1902         0.0%                    
1903    2 Al Orth WAS 30     2.56 18.5%    50.0  50.0   -    12.5  25.0         75.0   86.9   -     46.0   35.8   15.3   25.6 .250   4.29      12.3 .600
1904         0.0%                    
1905         0.0%                    
1906         0.0%                    
1907    3 Bill Dinneen STL 31     3.98 18.3%    50.0  46.7   -     3.3  23.3         75.0   67.3   -     29.6   18.1   18.1   23.0 .269   2.17      10.3 .420
1908    3 Rube Waddell STL 31     2.52 18.9%    50.0  42.9   7.1   7.1  21.4         75.0   60.6   -     26.0   17.3   21.6   60.6 .737   2.08      11.3 .371
1909    2 Jack Powell STL 34     2.40 34.5%    50.0  42.9  14.3   -    21.4         75.0   67.9   -     25.0   17.9   14.3   25.0 .304   2.14       9.3 .371
                                 
1910         0.0%                    
1911    1 Ed Walsh CHI 30     5.51 27.4%    50.0  50.0  18.4  13.2  10.5         75.0   67.2   1.5   24.8   19.0   14.6   52.6 .643   2.28       8.2 .295
1912    1 Ed Walsh CHI 31    11.06 27.3%    50.0  42.9   9.5   4.8  23.8         75.0   62.9   1.2   24.2   18.1   18.1   48.4 .597   2.18      11.7 .462
1913    9 Long Tom Hughes WAS 34     0.76 11.8%    50.0  39.1   4.3   6.5  15.2         75.0   74.5   3.1   46.6   34.1   35.7   34.1 .310   4.10       2.2 .061
1914    5 Eddie Cicotte CHI 30     4.63 15.4%    50.0  25.7   2.9   1.4   8.6         75.0   66.7   0.8   27.2   20.2   26.4   31.8 .342   2.42       6.5 .240
1915   10 Eddie Cicotte CHI 31     3.59 10.8%    50.0  31.8   -     4.5  13.6         75.0   71.8   1.4   33.9   25.8   21.7   38.0 .406   3.09       7.6 .255
1916    2 Eddie Cicotte CHI 32     7.34 16.3%    50.0  28.8   6.3   3.8  11.3         75.0   57.3   -     24.3   17.4   30.4   34.7 .396   2.08       8.9 .258
1917    4 Eddie Cicotte CHI 33     6.52 10.8%    50.0  31.3  12.5   4.2  14.6         75.0   56.2   -     20.8   17.1   20.8   29.3 .381   2.05       9.8 .333
1918    3 Walter Johnson WAS 30     5.06 10.2%    50.0  50.0  15.0  20.0  15.0         75.0   56.3   -     16.1   10.7   16.1   37.5 .519   1.29      11.3 .420
1919         0.0%                    
                                 
1920    7 Walter Johnson WAS 32     0.99 8.7%    50.0  50.0   8.3  16.7  25.0         75.0   85.2   6.8   68.2   37.5   17.0   20.5 .200   4.50       4.1 .200
1921    3 Jim Bagby CLE 31     8.67 41.8%    50.0  37.3   6.4   7.8  10.3         75.0   86.7   2.0   44.2   37.7   26.1   25.8 .229   4.52       5.8 .200
1922    1 Hooks Dauss DET 32    12.74 21.5%    50.0  44.1  14.7   2.9  16.2         75.0   69.0   -     25.5   20.5   18.1   31.2 .358   2.46      11.5 .412
1923    4 Urban Shocker STL 32     8.17 10.0%    50.0  40.3   4.8   4.8  22.6         75.0   94.7   2.6   42.1   36.8   22.4   22.4 .191   4.42      11.7 .287
1924    2 Dave Danforth STL 34    10.10 31.0%    50.0  29.7   9.5   4.1  13.1         75.0   83.5   1.8   40.7   34.2   34.5   24.7 .209   4.11       7.9 .230
1925    8 Stan Baumgartner PHI 30     4.52 8.0%    50.0  18.0   4.0   2.0   6.0         75.0   94.7   3.1   38.8   29.5   26.4   10.9 .090   3.54       7.4 .192
1926    1 Joe Pate PHI 34    13.95 21.7%    50.0  36.1   9.0   0.8   9.8         75.0   72.6   1.6   26.4   24.9   32.7   20.2 .192   2.99       9.6 .303
1927    1 Wilcy Moore NY 30    20.17 22.1%    50.0  41.2  14.7   4.9  16.7         75.0   57.4   1.5   22.1   18.1   24.0   35.3 .434   2.18      10.5 .422
1928    2 Eddie Rommell PHI 30    11.75 42.1%    50.0  33.1  11.9   4.2   7.6         75.0   71.6   3.4   29.1   25.7   22.7   22.3 .236   3.09       7.9 .314
1929    3 Eddie Rommell PHI 31     7.38 53.3%    50.0  34.3   8.5   5.2  13.7         75.0   79.2   4.4   38.3   30.5   28.0   26.5 .247   3.66       8.3 .214
                                 
1930    1 Lefty Grove PHI 30    13.87 34.3%    50.0  41.3   9.5   6.3  19.0         75.0   70.5   3.8   33.4   28.0   22.1   47.4 .512   3.36       9.2 .273
1931    1 Wilcy Moore BOS 34    18.85 37.4%    50.0  40.2   8.5   3.0  17.7         75.0   70.0   3.3   32.1   29.3   24.0   35.8 .381   3.52      11.2 .335
1932    1 Firpo Marberry WAS 33    11.73 36.6%    50.0  34.8   3.3   2.9  14.3         75.0   80.0   3.3   32.9   30.2   24.8   30.8 .294   3.62       9.2 .290
1933    2 Joe Heving CHI 32    16.36 19.3%    50.0  33.8  11.0   5.1  11.8         75.0   68.2   2.3   25.0   18.6   21.4   31.8 .355   2.24      10.7 .346
1934    8 Joe Heving CHI 33      -   18.0%    50.0  33.9   1.6   8.1   6.5         75.0  115.2  11.0   69.5   57.6   37.5   35.7 .234   6.91       -   .000
1935    1 Lloyd Brown CLE 30     7.83 41.3%    50.0  33.1   7.4   6.1   6.1         75.0   80.2   1.9   32.8   28.1   35.6   30.5 .263   3.38       6.8 .195
1936    1 Pat Malone NY 33    13.52 51.0%    50.0  43.5   9.7   2.4  11.3         75.0   75.3   2.5   29.5   27.5   30.5   30.0 .284   3.30       8.8 .277
1937    1 Clint Brown CHI 33    16.88 49.6%    50.0  38.8   4.6   7.3  12.3         75.0   84.0   4.3   43.3   35.4   27.9   33.8 .302   4.25       7.0 .163
1938    3 Pete Appleton WAS 34     5.87 16.2%    50.0  34.8   4.5   6.1   7.6         75.0   79.3   6.4   48.0   38.4   26.4   33.6 .318   4.61       4.9 .185
1939    3 Fritz Ostermueller BOS 31     9.18 14.7%    50.0  41.3   5.8   6.7  22.1         75.0   64.4   1.6   36.5   31.8   29.5   38.8 .413   3.82       9.9 .246
                                 
1940    1 Johnny Murphy NY 31     9.51 41.7%    50.0  36.6   8.9   6.7  10.3         75.0   77.8   4.9   38.6   33.0   35.0   27.1 .241   3.96       6.5 .177
1941    1 Johnny Murphy NY 32    14.50 32.0%    50.0  41.0  10.4   3.7  19.4         75.0   61.6   2.6   24.8   21.7   36.7   31.6 .321   2.61      11.7 .339
1942    2 George Caster STL 34     8.84 50.4%    50.0  35.7   9.2   7.1  10.9         75.0   69.5   3.0   31.5   25.6   34.1   28.9 .278   3.07       7.5 .193
1943    1 Gordon Maltzberger CHI 30    15.40 62.9%    50.0  42.5   9.4   5.3  12.8         75.0   63.2   2.2   25.3   22.6   29.4   33.4 .361   2.71       8.7 .255
1944    2 Gordon Maltzberger CHI 31    14.15 26.5%    50.0  40.9  10.4   6.7  12.2         75.0   69.6   2.7   30.4   26.8   25.0   38.4 .406   3.21       8.1 .222
1945    5 Allie Reynolds CLE 30     2.00 25.3%    50.0  32.6   5.8   1.2   9.3         75.0   89.7   1.6   40.9   35.4   39.3   40.1 .311   4.25       3.6 .107
1946    3 Tom Ferrick CLE/STL 31     4.01 17.6%    50.0  33.3   6.1   -     9.1         75.0   73.4   4.7   31.3   25.0   10.9   31.3 .370   3.00       7.5 .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%    50.0  35.9   1.6   8.6  10.9         75.0   71.6   3.0   30.3   27.3   27.3   27.3 .276   3.27       7.1 .183
1948    4 Russ Christopher CLE 30     7.03 37.7%    50.0  33.8   4.4   5.5  15.8         75.0   75.4   4.2   36.1   32.0   41.5   38.7 .331   3.84       6.6 .152
1949    1 Joe Page NY 31    19.74 67.9%    50.0  35.0   8.6   5.5  15.0         75.0   64.2   5.3   29.7   26.3   36.3   41.6 .414   3.15       8.4 .245
                                 
1950    5 Mickey Harris WAS 33     7.97 38.7%    50.0  42.2   4.4   8.9  15.6         75.0   77.8   8.8   44.0   40.6   37.7   36.2 .314   4.87       5.7 .129
1951    8 Joe Ostrowski NY 34     3.39 11.9%    50.0  29.0   6.5   6.5   8.1         75.0   81.1   3.2   36.8   30.3   16.2   26.0 .267   3.63       4.9 .145
1952    1 Harry Dorish CHI 30    13.27 64.6%    50.0  31.8   5.7   4.4   9.6         75.0   64.8   3.6   29.2   25.2   34.5   30.9 .311   3.03       6.9 .175
1953    3 Harry Dorish CHI 31    12.41 45.1%    50.0  33.8   7.1   3.6   9.9         75.0   70.4   4.1   33.9   29.8   31.2   30.0 .295   3.58       7.1 .183
1954    5 Hal Newhouser CLE 33     7.53 30.3%    50.0  29.0   6.1   3.7  10.7         75.0   61.6   6.8   29.0   27.4   25.4   38.2 .438   3.29       8.7 .205
1955    4 Tom Gorman KC 30    11.49 33.7%    50.0  28.5   6.3   4.6  10.1         75.0   68.6   5.4   28.4   24.9   26.0   31.8 .336   2.99       8.0 .201
1956    3 George Zuverink BAL 31     8.25 38.3%    50.0  31.4   3.8   5.7  11.9         75.0   79.3   6.1   39.7   36.0   28.7   39.3 .363   4.32       6.0 .141
1957    1 George Zuverink BAL 32    13.20 26.8%    50.0  31.9   6.0   5.5   8.8  6.6 .571         75.0   68.6   6.9   26.0   22.5   28.4   27.0 .278   2.71       7.5 .169
1958    5 Murray Wall BOS 31     9.02 38.3%    50.0  26.8   5.9   5.5  10.2  4.7 .684         75.0   72.0   6.7   33.3   28.6   25.7   42.2 .432   3.43       6.8 .169
1959    3 Ryne Duren NY 30    11.69 11.6%    50.0  35.4   3.7   7.3  17.1  8.5 .667         75.0   47.9   5.9   17.6   15.7   42.1   93.9 1.043   1.88       9.9 .246
                                 
1960    5 Johnny Klippstein CLE 32     8.63 41.1%    50.0  24.6   4.6   4.4  12.8  1.9 .870         75.0   55.7   7.1   32.7   28.8   39.5   52.7 .553   3.46       7.6 .151
1961    1 Luis Arroyo NY 34    28.78 26.2%    50.0  32.0   8.0   3.3  13.9  5.6 .712         75.0   56.7   4.8   24.5   20.6   29.3   44.5 .518   2.47      11.7 .245
1962    5 Marshall Bridges NY 31     9.56 26.2%    50.0  27.7   5.4   5.0  12.6  5.0 .714         75.0   57.8   4.3   33.4   29.5   44.6   61.3 .598   3.54       7.6 .141
1963    5 Dick Hall BAL 32    13.42 26.3%    50.0  34.5   4.7   5.2  14.2  3.9 .786         75.0   65.7   4.7   25.4   21.8   22.0   47.9 .546   2.62       9.2 .200
1964    5 Don McMahon CLE 34    13.55 18.6%    50.0  32.1   4.9   4.6  11.1  3.5 .759         75.0   62.9   4.7   29.4   24.4   35.0   55.6 .568   2.93       8.4 .156
1965    5 Ron Kline WAS 33    13.07 25.1%    50.0  36.1   5.0   5.0  15.5  3.8 .804         75.0   69.8   6.0   28.1   24.7   24.7   53.9 .571   2.96       8.5 .168
1966    4 Ron Kline WAS 34    13.48 24.3%    50.0  35.2   4.3   5.2  14.3  2.8 .835         75.0   66.6   7.7   31.8   27.5   24.3   53.9 .593   3.30       7.4 .150
1967    4 Moe Drabowsky BAL 31    14.87 18.8%    50.0  32.6   8.0   5.6  15.3  4.2 .786         75.0   55.8   5.5   20.4   17.6   23.6   64.2 .808   2.11      10.0 .242
1968    3 Lindy McDaniel NY 32    14.33 39.5%    50.0  30.0   4.8   3.4  10.4  2.9 .783         75.0   60.3   4.2   25.5   21.4   23.9   52.5 .624   2.57       8.3 .162
1969    2 Ron Perranoski MIN 33    23.69 33.6%    50.0  30.4   5.4   6.1  11.8  4.8 .709         75.0   61.5   7.2   28.9   25.0   30.3   50.6 .551   2.99       8.5 .181
                                 
1970    1 Lindy McDaniel NY 34    24.85 50.0%    50.0  31.0   4.9   3.4  14.8  3.6 .804         75.0   65.8   5.1   26.2   22.4   25.0   49.0 .540   2.68       9.5 .199
1971   12 Eddie Watt BAL 30     7.01 15.7%    50.0  26.3   5.8   3.5   7.2  5.8 .556         75.0   69.7   4.1   28.4   24.3   27.5   44.8 .461   2.92       7.3 .133
1972    5 Darold Knowles OAK 30     9.33 33.6%    50.0  31.7   3.4   3.7  10.2  3.1 .767         75.0   65.6   4.1   24.2   21.4   26.2   37.9 .414   2.57       6.8 .128
1973    1 John Hiller DET 30    43.65 28.2%    50.0  39.1   6.1   4.8  17.4  4.3 .802         75.0   62.0   5.7   25.3   21.9   25.6   47.7 .544   2.63      10.8 .239
1974    1 John Hiller DET 31    26.24 20.0%    50.0  35.1   7.9   7.9  10.3  6.6 .608         75.0   62.8   5.0   26.1   22.7   29.5   59.1 .640   2.72       9.1 .228
1975    2 John Hiller DET 32    14.80 22.8%    50.0  42.0   4.1   5.9  13.6  5.3 .719         75.0   70.3   4.3   26.8   23.8   30.8   58.0 .574   2.85       8.8 .209
1976    4 John Hiller DET 33    17.80 34.7%    50.0  31.3   5.4   5.1  10.2  5.5 .650         75.0   66.6   4.1   28.8   24.0   30.0   41.9 .434   2.88       7.4 .174
1977    2 Sparky Lyle NY 32    24.35 19.1%    50.0  30.8   6.8   5.0  10.3  6.4 .616         75.0   79.2   7.0   33.0   28.3   25.0   41.2 .396   3.39       7.4 .164
1978    5 Dave LaRoche CAL 30    15.87 26.3%    50.0  35.2   7.2   6.4  11.1  5.4 .673         75.0   66.5   6.1   31.0   27.8   28.5   38.7 .408   3.33       8.8 .204
1979    1 Jim Kern TEX 30    32.82 36.8%    50.0  35.0   7.0   5.8  12.3  5.3 .699         75.0   68.0   6.9   31.5   28.7   27.9   51.2 .534   3.44       8.2 .198
                                 
1980    7 Ed Farmer CHI 30    14.36 15.1%    50.0  38.3   6.6   4.9  16.7  4.6 .782         75.0   70.2   5.5   29.2   27.5   33.0   54.2 .525   3.30       9.0 .197
1981    1 Rollie Fingers MIL 34    23.61 23.5%    50.0  35.7   4.8   3.6  19.4  5.6 .778         75.0   61.7   4.7   24.9   21.7   31.2   60.5 .651   2.61      10.2 .205
1982    3 Dan Spillner CLE 30    24.72 22.5%    50.0  34.4   6.3   5.9  15.4  6.5 .703         75.0   65.2   4.0   26.7   23.4   24.6   57.2 .637   2.81      10.7 .245
1983    1 Dan Quisenberry KC 30    40.81 45.1%    50.0  38.0   6.5   4.7  15.3  5.7 .728         75.0   70.3   6.0   30.0   27.9   25.0   46.3 .485   3.35       8.9 .205
1984    1 Dan Quisenberry KC 31    32.32 25.6%    50.0  37.1   5.2   5.7  14.7  6.3 .702         75.0   72.3   7.3   32.4   28.9   26.4   46.7 .473   3.47       8.6 .174
1985    2 Dan Quisenberry KC 32    28.01 28.7%    50.0  41.7   5.9   5.9  17.4  5.7 .754         75.0   68.3   6.7   27.6   23.4   21.2   45.7 .511   2.81      10.8 .244
1986    6 Don Aase BAL 31    15.79 40.3%    50.0  38.1   4.0   4.4  15.2  4.8 .762         75.0   74.0   6.6   30.5   27.0   25.2   53.4 .538   3.24       9.3 .163
1987    1 Dennis Eckersley OAK 32    24.13 26.5%    50.0  37.0   5.1   4.6  14.1  5.6 .715         75.0   72.6   8.0   32.5   28.9   20.0   58.7 .634   3.46       9.3 .175
1988    1 Doug Jones CLE 31    24.16 40.6%    50.0  38.0   3.5   3.8  20.8  5.3 .796         75.0   65.4   5.5   27.4   24.1   23.5   62.9 .707   2.89      10.8 .191
1989    3 Doug Jones CLE 32    19.07 31.0%    50.0  41.5   3.9   3.5  20.8  4.9 .809         75.0   67.7   5.4   28.0   25.1   21.0   66.6 .751   3.01      11.0 .180
                                 
1990    3 Doug Jones CLE 33    18.06 25.7%    50.0  35.3   2.1   3.0  20.4  4.6 .818         75.0   65.5   7.2   28.7   26.5   25.7   57.9 .635   3.18      10.4 .161
1991    6 Steve Farr NY 34    14.55 17.0%    50.0  35.4   2.6   5.0  16.7  4.5 .787         75.0   75.1   7.5   33.2   31.7   27.1   57.0 .558   3.80       8.8 .140
1992    2 Jeff Montgomery KC 30    19.35 20.5%    50.0  44.6   2.0   3.8  27.5  4.9 .848         75.0   62.6   5.6   25.8   21.7   23.9   58.7 .679   2.61      12.6 .192
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
1993    1 Jeff Montgomery KC 31    31.50 21.8%    50.0  44.5   3.2   3.2  27.3  4.3 .865         75.0   61.2   5.0   24.7   21.8   24.0   66.2 .777   2.62      15.3 .227
1994    7 Jeff Montgomery KC 32     8.24 23.3%    50.0  43.4   1.6   5.1  23.7  7.0 .773         75.0   87.0  10.0   43.7   36.9   26.4   68.8 .606   4.43       9.0 .125
1995    2 Norm Charlton SEA 32    20.47 39.8%    50.0  41.9   1.7   3.2  25.5  5.7 .816         75.0   67.1   7.0   27.3   24.5   27.2   67.7 .718   2.94      13.0 .193
1996    1 Roberto Hernandez CHI 31    20.33 67.9%    50.0  41.0   2.8   4.3  23.7  5.3 .817         75.0   67.7   6.5   32.7   30.2   33.4   72.3 .716   3.62      12.1 .171
1997    2 John Wetteland TEX 30    19.47 43.0%    50.0  33.0   2.7   3.4  16.6  4.0 .808         75.0   69.9   5.7   32.2   28.5   33.5   63.2 .612   3.43      10.3 .149
1998    1 Tom Gordon BOS 30    20.45 42.7%    50.0  38.0   2.3   2.4  21.5  3.7 .855         75.0   61.7   6.2   31.0   29.6   26.6   66.7 .756   3.55      12.1 .170
1999    5 Roberto Hernandez TB 34    15.06 45.1%    50.0  41.2   2.3   3.9  22.9  4.4 .840         75.0   74.6  10.0   37.6   35.1   33.7   66.3 .612   4.21       9.7 .137
                                 
2000    2 Mariano Rivera NY 30    20.50 54.5%    50.0  31.8   4.1   3.7  16.1  5.5 .747         75.0   69.7   9.2   35.4   31.8   31.2   63.8 .633   3.81      10.3 .147
2001    1 Mariano Rivera NY 31    24.62 37.0%    50.0  34.5   3.3   2.3  20.9  3.7 .849         75.0   64.5   7.2   29.7   26.6   20.7   71.6 .840   3.19      12.7 .175
2002    2 Eddie Guardado MIN 31    15.11 47.8%    50.0  34.0   2.7   3.2  20.9  4.1 .836         75.0   66.6   6.8   30.6   26.7   24.5   62.5 .686   3.20      11.3 .161
2003    1 Keith Foulke OAK 30    30.69 25.1%    50.0  42.4   3.0   2.7  27.3  3.2 .896         75.0   57.2   7.0   20.0   18.5   18.5   63.3 .836   2.22      16.3 .237
2004    2 Keith Foulke BOS 31    23.25 32.8%    50.0  40.1   3.2   3.8  21.7  4.7 .822         75.0   64.3   9.6   31.9   30.1   26.4   68.0 .750   3.62      11.5 .166
2005    2 Joe Nathan MIN 30    21.25 35.8%    50.0  42.3   3.2   3.7  26.0  5.0 .838         75.0   66.6   7.9   31.4   28.0   27.8   70.2 .744   3.36      12.7 .173
2006    1 Joe Nathan MIN 31    26.75 34.7%    50.0  31.9   3.0   3.0  16.9  3.3 .838         75.0   64.9   6.8   29.7   28.0   22.9   75.4 .859   3.36      12.6 .175
2007    1 J.J. Putz SEA 30    26.24 17.4%    50.0  43.9   3.7   1.4  24.3  3.0 .889         75.0   56.3   5.5   20.3   19.9   22.0   82.1 1.048   2.39      16.0 .218
2008    3 Joe Nathan MIN 33    18.14 31.1%    50.0  35.3   2.5   4.1  21.0  5.1 .803         75.0   58.7   7.2   29.1   27.6   35.9   78.6 .831   3.31      11.6 .151
2009    2 Joe Nathan MIN 34    20.93 34.2%    50.0  39.8   1.9   2.6  23.0  3.5 .869         75.0   63.0   7.3   28.1   27.4   29.4   74.4 .805   3.28      12.0 .154
                                 
2010    3 Rafael Soriano TB 30    17.21 38.7%    50.0  32.2   2.7   2.6  19.3  3.5 .847         75.0   59.2   5.2   27.0   25.3   31.3   73.3 .809   3.04      12.2 .159
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
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