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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						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903						0.0%
1904						0.0%
1905	4	Jim Buchanan	STL	28	0.97	16.5%			7	7	0	1	2					20.00	21	0	11	8	4	8	.320	3.60		1.3	.186
1906						0.0%
1907	6	Bob Keefe	NY	25	3.18	18.0%			16	14	3	2	3					43.00	45	1	13	12	15	15	.250	2.51		3.8	.238
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910	3	Frank Browning	DET	27	2.47	14.1%			5	5	0	1	3					12.00	12	0	4	3	2	4	.286	2.25		2.2	.440
1911						0.0%
1912	6	George Mogridge	CHI	23	2.49	11.9%			10	5	1	1	3					25.67	27	1	13	12	6	12	.364	4.21		2.8	.280
1913	2	Reb Russell	CHI	24	6.50	45.9%			79	55	13	4	14					202.67	182	2	102	76	75	89	.346	3.37		15.0	.190
1914	2	Red Faber	CHI	25	5.55	40.3%			94	62	8	9	18					250.33	215	5	98	72	96	125	.402	2.59		21.2	.226
1915	2	Carl Mays	BOS	23	7.18	43.5%			86	61	9	6	15					226.33	204	1	104	77	67	83	.306	3.06		17.1	.199
1916	5	Jim Bagby	CLE	26	5.09	23.5%			55	45	8	10	14					128.00	121	3	56	43	39	52	.325	3.02		13.1	.238
1917	11	Allen Sothoron	STL	24	2.34	6.9%			16	14	2	3	4					38.67	36	0	19	12	13	12	.245	2.79		2.8	.175
1918	6	Bob Geary	PHI	27	2.75	8.8%			9	8	0	0	4					23.33	25	0	10	7	8	6	.182	2.70		2.7	.300
1919						0.0%
1920	2	Bill Burwell	STL	25	6.68	41.0%			31	18	6	3	4					98.67	114	4	46	39	38	27	.178	3.56		7.4	.239
1921	10	Jim Middleton	DET	32	1.33	19.7%			52	36	5	11	11					118.33	144	7	87	78	56	32	.160	5.93		2.2	.042
1922	5	Hub Pruett	STL	21	6.00	27.6%			53	36	6	6	10					103.33	81	4	51	36	47	58	.453	3.14		10.1	.191
1923	2	Sloppy Thurston	STL/CHI	24	15.02	19.8%			48	39	5	4	7					132.67	137	8	51	46	35	48	.279	3.12		16.2	.338
1924	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	25	13.62	29.6%			100	79	12	13	28					240.67	231	4	120	90	105	92	.274	3.37		24.7	.247
1925	11	Jess Doyle	DET	27	1.23	15.0%			42	34	4	5	8					99.00	124	5	67	67	46	28	.165	6.09		2.4	.057
1926	1	Joe Pate	PHI	34	13.95	16.3%			45	33	9	0	7					109.67	103	3	35	33	48	24	.159	2.71		13.4	.298
1927	1	Wilcy Moore	NY	30	20.17	17.0%			38	30	13	3	13					119.67	89	1	33	26	42	48	.366	1.96		16.0	.421
1928	7	Ed (W) Morris	BOS	28	2.39	8.5%			18	15	3	2	5					26.00	25	1	12	12	10	15	.429	4.15		3.2	.178
1929	1	Bill Shores	PHI	25	12.70	23.0%			44	31	11	4	12					118.00	103	7	48	38	53	40	.256	2.90		17.5	.398
1930	9	Charlie Sullivan	DET	27	-	18.9%			37	18	1	2	5					73.67	93	8	64	59	44	33	.241	7.21		-	.000
1931	9	Vic Frasier	CHI	26	2.05	8.9%			17	8	2	1	4					47.67	48	1	32	27	27	13	.173	5.10		2.7	.159
1932	10	Johnny Allen	NY	26	2.25	5.2%			12	6	4	0	2					39.33	33	2	20	20	23	30	.536	4.58		2.4	.200
1933						0.0%
1934	2	Johnny Murphy	NY	25	8.83	18.6%			35	22	6	7	9					80.33	70	3	28	25	40	30	.273	2.80		11.0	.314
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937	4	Eddie Smith	PHI	23	6.48	6.0%			15	11	0	1	5					29.00	10	1	6	5	14	20	.833	1.55		5.0	.333
1938	4	John Humphries	CLE	23	5.26	25.8%			65	45	9	8	11					130.33	122	8	68	55	71	62	.321	3.80		7.9	.122
1939						0.0%
1940						0.0%
1941	3	Tom Ferrick	PHI	26	9.70	18.3%			32	25	7	8	7					92.33	89	5	37	31	26	22	.191	3.02		9.2	.288
1942						0.0%
1943	1	Gordon Maltzberger	CHI	30	15.40	22.9%			60	50	10	5	20					161.00	135	8	48	45	47	78	.429	2.52		19.0	.317
1944	1	Joe Berry	PHI	39	20.92	37.9%			117	87	22	17	25					240.33	198	9	84	68	84	93	.330	2.55		30.8	.263
1945	7	Johnny Johnson	CHI	30	1.59	17.9%			29	19	3	0	4					69.67	85	2	39	33	35	38	.317	4.26		2.4	.083
						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						0.0%
1947	11	Pete Gebrian	CHI	23	0.88	6.1%			23	10	2	0	5					46.00	39	5	39	24	24	14	.222	4.70		1.5	.065
1948	2	Ned Garver	STL	22	11.84	30.5%			94	44	10	4	18					213.67	180	5	96	85	100	70	.250	3.58		21.6	.230
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951						0.0%
1952	8	Ike Delock	BOS	22	3.90	8.0%			32	18	2	5	5					48.67	48	4	21	20	20	24	.353	3.70		4.5	.141
1953	10	Ray Herbert	DET	23	1.22	9.2%			40	22	4	4	6					77.67	93	5	46	42	35	34	.266	4.87		2.3	.058
1954	1	Ray Narleski	CLE	25	12.76	21.7%			75	37	7	2	20					137.33	82	9	36	31	60	81	.570	2.03		19.8	.264
1955	5	Dixie Howell	CHI	35	11.02	27.3%			146	91	22	20	25					285.33	261	16	119	108	115	131	.348	3.41		26.3	.180
1956						0.0%
1957						0.0%
1958	2	Ryne Duren	NY	29	12.16	29.0%			94	62	14	12	30	7	.811			182.00	135	16	66	58	76	134	.635	2.87		21.1	.224
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961	4	Terry Fox	DET	25	12.87	19.7%			128	90	18	17	30	16	.652			199.33	163	18	78	65	81	140	.574	2.93		25.5	.199
1962	1	Dick Radatz	BOS	25	27.07	30.2%			138	99	21	12	43	15	.741			255.33	221	17	83	80	99	249	.778	2.82		36.3	.263
1963	6	Hal Reniff	NY	24	13.01	14.6%			105	60	8	8	30	7	.811			179.67	138	10	67	55	74	109	.514	2.76		20.2	.192
1964	3	Bob Lee	LA	26	22.23	12.6%			109	66	12	8	31	11	.738			196.33	148	7	53	50	86	159	.679	2.29		25.3	.232
1965						0.0%
1966	11	Minnie Rojas	CAL	27	6.95	4.9%			45	22	5	4	10	3	.769			72.67	71	8	27	26	14	32	.376	3.22		7.3	.162
1967	9	Dave Baldwin	WAS	29	9.93	21.0%			180	93	10	10	42	12	.778			263.33	210	15	85	72	112	207	.643	2.46		28.9	.161
1968	2	Vicente Romo	CLE	25	18.45	11.7%			88	58	11	3	23	11	.676			143.00	107	10	38	33	43	105	.700	2.08		20.0	.227
1969	1	Ken Tatum	CAL	25	29.45	9.4%			97	63	11	5	34	7	.829			160.67	116	7	38	37	64	104	.578	2.07		27.6	.285
1970						0.0%
1971	9	Dave LaRoche	CAL	23	9.88	10.3%			109	60	9	7	24	6	.800			162.33	124	7	48	44	62	134	.720	2.44		21.6	.198
1972	2	Terry Forster	CHI	20	23.79	13.4%			120	79	15	10	43	9	.827			197.33	152	5	57	49	75	175	.771	2.23		28.7	.239
1973	3	Cy Acosta	CHI	26	18.23	24.3%			290	203	43	31	81	30	.730			569.33	506	39	216	193	218	328	.453	3.05		66.4	.229
1974	10	Tom Buskey	NY/CLE	27	7.62	7.1%			55	42	2	7	18	7	.720			98.67	103	11	40	37	36	43	.309	3.37		8.7	.158
1975	8	Don Kirkwood	CAL	25	8.44	9.5%			72	48	12	7	15	9	.625			122.00	105	8	44	35	40	80	.552	2.58		15.3	.213
1976	9	Tippy Martinez	NY/BAL	26	9.69	8.3%			88	50	7	5	17	3	.850			158.33	129	6	50	47	78	82	.396	2.67		15.8	.180
1977	6	Enrique Romo	SEA	29	13.89	15.2%			164	96	18	23	31	16	.660			303.67	259	31	122	106	132	229	.586	3.14		28.6	.174
1978	7	Victor Cruz	TOR	20	11.97	2.5%			32	23	7	3	9	3	.750			47.33	28	0	10	9	35	51	.810	1.71		9.6	.300
1979	8	Ron Davis	NY	23	13.43	15.0%			189	127	31	18	38	27	.585			313.00	283	26	134	122	147	217	.505	3.51		32.5	.172
1980	1	Doug Corbett	MIN	27	30.17	12.8%			148	131	20	13	56	10	.848			264.67	231	12	78	74	69	126	.420	2.52		43.4	.293
1981						0.0%
1982	10	Dave Beard	OAK	22	10.79	9.9%			113	81	16	13	32	14	.696			189.67	166	15	73	67	80	125	.508	3.18		22.1	.196
1983	8	Tom Tellmann	MIL	29	11.52	7.4%			88	66	12	8	33	10	.767			149.00	125	10	51	45	51	89	.506	2.72		20.1	.228
1984	4	Ernie Camacho	CLE	29	14.83	16.9%			239	117	18	19	46	24	.657			314.33	275	28	123	111	140	177	.427	3.18		32.2	.135
1985	8	Brian Fisher	NY	23	12.32	8.2%			112	47	7	12	19	10	.655			178.33	172	12	95	82	77	115	.462	4.14		11.6	.104
1986	1	Mark Eichhorn	TOR	25	27.44	23.1%			355	186	48	32	62	32	.660			571.33	468	36	180	167	221	470	.682	2.63		74.2	.209
1987	4	Bobby Thigpen	CHI	23	14.97	34.8%			423	250	50	46	83	31	.728			767.33	720	79	333	300	246	574	.594	3.52		81.2	.192
1988	4	Bryan Harvey	CAL	25	15.62	12.7%			154	103	21	16	47	15	.758			236.00	205	13	89	78	104	212	.686	2.97		30.5	.198
1989	2	Gregg Olson	BAL	22	21.75	11.7%			184	139	10	14	66	17	.795			249.00	228	12	79	72	84	217	.696	2.60		34.5	.188
1990	21	Jeff Gray	BOS	27	3.60	2.8%			41	28	2	4	9	3	.750			50.67	53	3	27	25	15	50	.735	4.44		4.4	.107
						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	10	Doug Henry	MIL	27	11.16	2.5%			32	25	2	1	15	1	.938			36.00	16	1	4	4	14	28	.933	1.00		8.9	.278
1992	4	Roberto Hernandez	CHI	27	17.31	8.0%			109	54	8	10	18	12	.600			152.00	116	11	49	44	64	114	.633	2.61		18.2	.167
1993	18	Jerry Dipoto	CLE	25	5.93	5.6%			69	37	5	4	19	8	.704			84.67	78	2	33	24	45	65	.528	2.55		10.8	.157
1994	8	Darren Hall	TOR	29	6.63	4.4%			30	28	2	3	17	3	.850			31.67	26	3	12	12	14	28	.700	3.41		5.8	.193
1995	16	Dave Stevens	MIN	25	2.85	6.4%			56	34	5	4	10	2	.833			65.67	74	14	40	37	32	47	.443	5.07		4.2	.075
1996	8	Billy Taylor	OAK	34	9.63	6.1%			55	30	6	3	17	2	.895			60.33	52	5	30	29	25	67	.870	4.33		9.5	.173
1997	19	Kelvim Escobar	TOR	21	6.25	1.9%			27	23	3	2	14	3	.824			31.00	28	1	12	10	19	36	.766	2.90		5.5	.204
1998	14	Bobby Howry	CHI	24	7.26	4.0%			44	15	0	3	9	2	.818			54.33	37	7	20	19	19	51	.911	3.15		7.2	.164
1999	8	Billy Koch	TOR	24	10.69	4.4%			56	48	0	5	31	4	.886			63.67	55	5	26	24	30	57	.671	3.39		10.1	.180
2000	10	Kazuhiro Sasaki	SEA	32	10.96	5.9%			88	80	2	6	50	4	.926			89.00	72	11	34	29	46	95	.805	2.93		14.7	.167
2001	17	Willis Roberts	BAL	26	4.78	4.9%			61	41	4	3	12	8	.600			65.67	73	16	39	39	29	54	.529	5.34		4.6	.075
2002	4	Jorge Julio	BAL	23	13.90	10.7%			135	83	6	7	35	8	.814			128.33	99	10	41	34	45	127	.882	2.38		21.7	.161
2003	8	Aquilino Lopez	TOR	28	10.12	15.9%			202	150	11	13	67	17	.798			216.67	194	21	106	95	85	168	.602	3.95		29.0	.144
2004	6	Shingo Takatsu	CHI	35	18.72	17.0%			244	133	15	19	49	14	.778			260.33	241	27	115	109	99	227	.668	3.77		32.9	.135
2005	3	Huston Street	OAK	21	19.41	9.8%			106	73	7	4	32	10	.762			122.33	92	8	31	29	43	114	.844	2.13		22.1	.208
2006	3	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	25	25.61	18.8%			230	183	12	11	118	16	.881			248.67	188	23	84	80	95	250	.883	2.90		47.7	.207
2007	7	Joakim Soria	KC	23	14.85	5.2%			62	37	2	3	17	4	.810			69.00	46	3	20	19	19	75	1.154	2.48		13.4	.216
2008	7	Brad Ziegler	OAK	28	13.86	10.1%			98	49	3	4	24	3	.889			125.67	115	10	37	35	49	82	.500	2.51		17.3	.177
2009	1	Andrew Bailey	OAK	25	21.42	6.2%			68	54	6	3	26	4	.867			83.33	49	5	17	17	24	91	1.247	1.84		17.3	.254
2010	1	Neftali Feliz	TEX	22	17.98	20.4%			192	106	9	7	60	14	.811			193.33	142	21	69	64	70	184	.868	2.98		30.7	.160
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