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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						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903	1	Cy Young	BOS	36	2.88	24.7%			5	5	2	1	2					20.00	17	0	7	5	2	10	.526	2.25		2.8	.560
1904						0.0%
1905	2	Clark Griffith	NY	35	4.86	42.5%			18	17	6	3	3					51.33	41	1	15	10	8	23	.469	1.75		5.2	.289
1906						0.0%
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910						0.0%
1911	4	Eddie Plank	PHI	35	3.92	13.8%			10	8	3	1	4					25.33	23	0	8	6	8	15	.484	2.13		3.6	.360
1912						0.0%
1913	7	Eddie Plank	PHI	37	3.43	14.0%			26	21	4	1	7					58.67	52	0	25	19	18	29	.414	2.91		5.6	.215
1914	10	Eddie Plank	PHI	38	3.94	4.6%			11	9	4	1	3					28.33	27	0	10	9	6	17	.515	2.86		3.4	.309
1915						0.0%
1916	9	Eddie Plank	STL	40	3.49	4.6%			11	8	3	3	3					25.00	22	0	8	6	7	9	.310	2.16		3.2	.291
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920	4	Jack Quinn	NY	36	2.58	7.6%			9	9	1	0	3					13.33	18	0	6	4	3	8	.381	2.70		2.6	.289
1921						0.0%
1922						0.0%
1923	3	Jack Quinn	BOS	39	9.11	7.3%			22	19	3	4	11					42.67	45	2	19	15	16	17	.279	3.16		9.1	.414
1924	8	Jack Quinn	BOS	40	5.39	5.5%			19	12	3	0	7					43.67	48	1	17	16	10	6	.103	3.30		5.1	.268
1925						0.0%
1926	4	Hooks Dauss	DET	36	10.51	19.5%			49	37	15	6	13					139.00	135	6	54	52	53	49	.261	3.37		15.1	.308
1927	8	Bob Shawkey	NY	36	3.36	15.9%			49	30	2	5	10					91.33	100	4	47	38	34	34	.254	3.74		5.7	.116
1928						0.0%
1929						0.0%
1930	2	Jack Quinn	PHI	46	9.28	15.4%			29	17	8	2	6					61.67	65	2	23	20	14	23	.291	2.92		7.8	.269
1931						0.0%
1932	7	Wilcy Moore	BOS/NY	35	5.11	27.1%			81	56	7	14	13					179.00	187	3	92	66	74	51	.195	3.32		11.3	.140
1933	4	Red Faber	CHI	44	6.30	36.9%			139	96	18	18	25					301.33	372	14	184	157	112	89	.184	4.69		15.6	.112
1934						0.0%
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937	5	Joe Heving	CLE	36	3.51	15.5%			40	20	8	4	5					72.67	92	6	53	39	30	35	.287	4.83		4.6	.115
1938						0.0%
1939	1	Clint Brown	CHI	35	18.07	40.7%			138	109	25	19	33					277.00	290	19	146	113	91	110	.289	3.67		31.3	.227
1940	3	Clint Brown	CHI	36	7.03	22.7%			62	52	8	6	15					123.67	129	13	69	63	44	44	.254	4.58		10.0	.161
1941	4	Joe Heving	CLE	40	6.35	49.7%			102	66	12	7	16					228.00	241	13	105	87	88	83	.252	3.43		20.2	.198
1942						0.0%
1943	5	George Caster	STL	35	7.79	21.9%			64	50	7	9	17					143.67	121	5	43	38	69	77	.405	2.38		13.3	.208
1944	1	Joe Berry	PHI	39	20.92	58.0%			192	147	28	20	41					347.67	312	14	130	84	115	145	.340	2.17		41.9	.218
1945	1	Joe Berry	PHI	40	15.79	56.0%			98	81	12	14	19					207.00	181	10	76	65	77	82	.318	2.83		20.9	.213
						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
1946	1	Earl Caldwell	CHI	41	17.41	73.5%			119	100	22	9	29					228.00	183	8	90	77	95	94	.338	3.04		25.6	.215
1947	7	Al Benton	DET	36	4.69	20.7%			90	59	3	5	20					137.67	145	10	66	59	77	43	.194	3.86		11.0	.122
1948						0.0%
1949	2	Al Benton	CLE	38	15.40	32.1%			55	37	7	3	15					108.67	73	2	17	15	35	30	.278	1.24		19.8	.360
1950	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	35	13.36	31.6%			71	47	12	10	20					129.00	112	9	56	47	47	46	.289	3.28		19.1	.269
1951	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	36	19.98	41.2%			115	85	17	6	31					228.00	190	13	87	74	95	145	.509	2.92		32.2	.280
1952	2	Satchel Paige	STL	45	12.94	20.9%			70	58	12	11	22					147.00	126	5	48	44	58	91	.495	2.69		19.7	.281
1953	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	38	28.62	37.0%			169	127	23	16	60					302.33	265	16	92	82	111	131	.348	2.44		48.6	.288
1954	2	Johnny Sain	NY	36	10.76	40.2%			137	106	19	17	49					257.67	226	22	101	93	81	134	.436	3.25		30.2	.220
1955	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	40	14.79	21.6%			123	93	20	10	38					214.00	195	11	77	64	64	75	.290	2.69		30.8	.250
1956						0.0%
1957	5	Dixie Howell	CHI	37	7.76	23.7%			78	42	14	8	13	8	.619			138.33	131	13	50	49	66	73	.371	3.19		13.7	.176
1958	7	Gerry Staley	CHI	37	5.38	14.4%			50	28	4	5	8	3	.727			85.33	81	10	36	30	24	27	.257	3.16		6.9	.138
1959	1	Gerry Staley	CHI	38	17.55	33.6%			127	74	17	7	29	7	.806			209.67	184	17	71	59	67	117	.466	2.53		28.4	.224
1960	2	Gerry Staley	CHI	39	15.23	24.9%			94	69	21	12	17	17	.500			190.67	143	13	69	52	49	107	.557	2.45		23.2	.247
1961	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	37	22.81	38.5%			247	175	28	25	62	17	.785			393.67	336	44	147	129	141	289	.606	2.95		50.6	.205
1962	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	38	15.46	25.0%			128	95	16	16	31	13	.705			191.33	152	18	83	72	81	169	.725	3.39		20.3	.159
1963	3	Stu Miller	BAL	35	15.06	25.4%			180	129	15	18	58	13	.817			315.00	254	18	103	88	99	263	.745	2.51		38.3	.213
1964	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHI	40	24.65	28.9%			263	178	32	28	81	17	.827			430.33	323	31	132	109	122	367	.825	2.28		61.5	.234
1965	1	Stu Miller	BAL	37	27.88	39.1%			372	218	49	31	89	23	.795			614.67	478	54	204	172	216	460	.663	2.52		73.5	.198
1966	2	Stu Miller	BAL	38	16.97	28.2%			255	160	35	19	57	24	.704			421.00	313	33	134	119	118	327	.759	2.54		53.2	.209
1967	3	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHI	43	16.03	19.2%			150	105	19	22	36	15	.706			262.33	198	13	85	65	108	216	.706	2.23		29.9	.199
1968	4	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHI	44	12.02	15.2%			126	73	8	9	30	7	.811			170.00	136	5	46	41	56	129	.672	2.17		21.5	.171
1969	9	Hoyt Wilhelm	CAL	45	10.06	6.7%			78	56	8	12	21	5	.808			102.67	70	6	38	34	36	91	.858	2.98		15.2	.195
1970	12	Ted Abernathy	KC	37	9.01	3.1%			36	31	9	3	12	3	.800			55.67	41	3	23	16	38	49	.620	2.59		8.1	.225
1971	8	Ted Abernathy	KC	38	10.79	14.0%			154	103	10	21	34	18	.654			211.33	218	19	117	99	105	123	.381	4.22		12.4	.081
1972	9	Ted Abernathy	KC	39	6.79	4.5%			45	25	3	4	5	5	.500			58.33	44	2	15	11	19	28	.444	1.70		6.7	.149
1973	2	Lindy McDaniel	NY	37	18.30	9.3%			76	56	14	7	21	8	.724			174.67	161	11	58	54	55	101	.468	2.78		19.6	.258
1974	12	Diego Segui	BOS	36	5.94	7.6%			58	46	6	8	10	6	.625			108.00	106	9	54	48	49	76	.490	4.00		7.5	.129
1975						0.0%
1976	8	Clay Carroll	CHI	35	9.93	6.2%			70	39	4	8	14	7	.667			112.33	108	4	48	42	43	53	.351	3.37		8.2	.117
1977						0.0%
1978	2	John Hiller	DET	35	18.14	8.9%			105	97	19	16	36	13	.735			191.33	144	9	58	51	72	130	.602	2.40		29.2	.278
1979	2	Mike Marshall	MIN	36	29.15	10.5%			132	114	14	21	41	17	.707			220.00	214	21	93	87	102	125	.396	3.56		27.7	.210
1980	4	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	36	19.86	9.1%			111	71	8	6	32	6	.842			179.67	184	12	77	64	48	97	.418	3.21		20.6	.186
1981						0.0%
1982	7	Rollie Fingers	MIL	35	13.17	4.3%			50	45	5	6	29	6	.829			79.67	63	5	23	23	20	71	.855	2.60		12.4	.248
1983						0.0%
1984	7	Aurelio Lopez	DET	35	13.68	12.3%			155	109	11	9	49	10	.831			256.67	214	28	93	80	79	191	.652	2.81		30.0	.194
1985	18	Gary Lavelle	TOR	36	5.95	10.6%			165	76	9	16	29	24	.547			198.00	183	22	111	98	92	121	.440	4.45		13.6	.082
1986						0.0%
1987	12	Greg Minton	CAL	35	9.52	3.4%			41	27	5	4	10	2	.833			76.00	71	4	28	26	29	35	.350	3.08		8.6	.210
1988	18	Greg Minton	CAL	36	6.58	3.9%			44	26	4	5	7	10	.412			79.00	67	1	37	25	34	46	.455	2.85		7.0	.159
1989	10	Greg Minton	CAL	37	12.39	7.9%			126	48	6	5	20	7	.741			166.67	132	9	48	42	63	94	.482	2.27		22.0	.175
1990	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	35	26.71	8.2%			126	74	6	4	55	5	.917			136.67	87	4	32	24	26	111	.982	1.58		26.9	.213
						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	7	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	36	14.24	9.7%			124	110	6	8	83	17	.830			135.33	114	20	47	45	25	131	.942	2.99		23.7	.191
1992	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	37	22.48	20.7%			297	184	18	16	118	28	.808			368.33	311	25	116	102	125	280	.642	2.49		55.0	.185
1993	5	Tom Henke	TEX	35	15.51	28.0%			361	224	20	27	130	41	.760			402.67	365	34	187	171	162	395	.750	3.82		48.7	.135
1994	2	Steve Howe	NY	36	12.22	23.5%			163	134	12	14	82	22	.788			160.67	144	19	66	59	43	146	.781	3.31		28.0	.172
1995	9	Lee Smith	CAL	37	8.21	16.2%			156	146	4	15	88	16	.846			146.33	150	14	78	72	52	125	.619	4.43		17.9	.115
1996						0.0%
1997	1	Doug Jones	MIL	40	24.25	18.2%			263	212	15	18	99	19	.839			281.00	250	25	105	101	85	264	.788	3.23		46.9	.178
1998	5	Randy Myers	TOR	35	15.58	19.7%			235	213	13	27	135	25	.844			245.67	248	27	128	116	78	201	.617	4.25		41.0	.174
1999	4	Billy Taylor	OAK	37	16.60	13.0%			162	109	7	14	48	20	.706			198.33	226	20	106	99	59	128	.449	4.49		24.1	.149
2000	7	Roberto Hernandez	TB	35	12.06	4.7%			68	58	4	7	32	8	.800			73.33	76	9	33	26	23	61	.616	3.19		11.7	.172
2001	9	Roberto Hernandez	KC	36	9.02	10.3%			133	90	6	10	39	8	.830			133.67	133	11	62	57	35	100	.595	3.84		16.9	.127
2002	17	Roberto Hernandez	KC	37	6.19	4.3%			53	42	1	3	26	7	.788			52.00	62	6	29	25	12	39	.527	4.33		6.9	.130
2003	7	Tom Gordon	CHI	35	11.18	12.8%			171	88	12	10	30	15	.667			162.67	139	10	71	64	70	188	.900	3.54		20.5	.120
2004	6	Shingo Takatsu	CHI	35	18.72	11.8%			169	81	15	10	36	8	.818			181.67	129	15	54	52	54	172	.940	2.58		33.6	.199
2005	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	35	23.48	23.2%			263	193	19	17	118	21	.849			270.00	237	25	88	79	76	227	.725	2.63		47.6	.181
2006	6	Mariano Rivera	NY	36	19.36	17.9%			222	166	14	21	95	20	.826			231.00	238	15	95	87	49	130	.453	3.39		34.7	.156
2007	8	Mariano Rivera	NY	37	11.51	32.3%			409	277	14	21	163	32	.836			388.33	382	40	183	176	109	327	.666	4.08		51.1	.125
2008	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	38	27.08	14.7%			159	135	12	7	85	8	.914			158.00	120	18	67	57	51	129	.754	3.25		29.1	.183
2009	3	Mariano Rivera	NY	39	18.44	5.5%			66	55	3	3	44	2	.957			66.33	48	7	14	13	12	72	1.200	1.76		15.5	.235
2010	2	Mariano Rivera	NY	40	17.81	8.6%			104	77	4	5	46	7	.868			104.00	76	7	29	26	16	100	1.087	2.25		25.4	.244
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