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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%			50.0	50.0	-	7.1	14.3					75.0	78.8	-	41.3	30.0	15.0	30.0	.320	3.60		4.9	.186
1906						0.0%
1907	6	Bob Keefe	NY	25	3.18	18.0%			50.0	43.8	9.4	6.3	9.4					75.0	78.5	1.7	22.7	20.9	26.2	26.2	.250	2.51		6.6	.238
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910	3	Frank Browning	DET	27	2.47	14.1%			50.0	50.0	-	10.0	30.0					75.0	75.0	-	25.0	18.8	12.5	25.0	.286	2.25		13.8	.440
1911						0.0%
1912	6	George Mogridge	CHI	23	2.49	11.9%			50.0	25.0	5.0	5.0	15.0					75.0	78.9	2.9	38.0	35.1	17.5	35.1	.364	4.21		8.2	.280
1913	2	Reb Russell	CHI	24	6.50	45.9%			50.0	34.8	8.2	2.5	8.9					75.0	67.4	0.7	37.7	28.1	27.8	32.9	.346	3.37		5.6	.190
1914	2	Red Faber	CHI	25	5.55	40.3%			50.0	33.0	4.3	4.8	9.6					75.0	64.4	1.5	29.4	21.6	28.8	37.5	.402	2.59		6.4	.226
1915	2	Carl Mays	BOS	23	7.18	43.5%			50.0	35.5	5.2	3.5	8.7					75.0	67.6	0.3	34.5	25.5	22.2	27.5	.306	3.06		5.7	.199
1916	5	Jim Bagby	CLE	26	5.09	23.5%			50.0	40.9	7.3	9.1	12.7					75.0	70.9	1.8	32.8	25.2	22.9	30.5	.325	3.02		7.7	.238
1917	11	Allen Sothoron	STL	24	2.34	6.9%			50.0	43.8	6.3	9.4	12.5					75.0	69.8	-	36.9	23.3	25.2	23.3	.245	2.79		5.4	.175
1918	6	Bob Geary	PHI	27	2.75	8.8%			50.0	44.4	-	-	22.2					75.0	80.4	-	32.1	22.5	25.7	19.3	.182	2.70		8.7	.300
1919						0.0%
1920	2	Bill Burwell	STL	25	6.68	41.0%			50.0	29.0	9.7	4.8	6.5					75.0	86.7	3.0	35.0	29.6	28.9	20.5	.178	3.56		5.6	.239
1921	10	Jim Middleton	DET	32	1.33	19.7%			50.0	34.6	4.8	10.6	10.6					75.0	91.3	4.4	55.1	49.4	35.5	20.3	.160	5.93		1.4	.042
1922	5	Hub Pruett	STL	21	6.00	27.6%			50.0	34.0	5.7	5.7	9.4					75.0	58.8	2.9	37.0	26.1	34.1	42.1	.453	3.14		7.3	.191
1923	2	Sloppy Thurston	STL/CHI	24	15.02	19.8%			50.0	40.6	5.2	4.2	7.3					75.0	77.4	4.5	28.8	26.0	19.8	27.1	.279	3.12		9.2	.338
1924	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	25	13.62	29.6%			50.0	39.5	6.0	6.5	14.0					75.0	72.0	1.2	37.4	28.0	32.7	28.7	.274	3.37		7.7	.247
1925	11	Jess Doyle	DET	27	1.23	15.0%			50.0	40.5	4.8	6.0	9.5					75.0	93.9	3.8	50.8	50.8	34.8	21.2	.165	6.09		1.8	.057
1926	1	Joe Pate	PHI	34	13.95	16.3%			50.0	36.7	10.0	-	7.8					75.0	70.4	2.1	23.9	22.6	32.8	16.4	.159	2.71		9.2	.298
1927	1	Wilcy Moore	NY	30	20.17	17.0%			50.0	39.5	17.1	3.9	17.1					75.0	55.8	0.6	20.7	16.3	26.3	30.1	.366	1.96		10.0	.421
1928	7	Ed (W) Morris	BOS	28	2.39	8.5%			50.0	41.7	8.3	5.6	13.9					75.0	72.1	2.9	34.6	34.6	28.8	43.3	.429	4.15		9.2	.178
1929	1	Bill Shores	PHI	25	12.70	23.0%			50.0	35.2	12.5	4.5	13.6					75.0	65.5	4.4	30.5	24.2	33.7	25.4	.256	2.90		11.1	.398
1930	9	Charlie Sullivan	DET	27	-	18.9%			50.0	24.3	1.4	2.7	6.8					75.0	94.7	8.1	65.2	60.1	44.8	33.6	.241	7.21		-	.000
1931	9	Vic Frasier	CHI	26	2.05	8.9%			50.0	23.5	5.9	2.9	11.8					75.0	75.5	1.6	50.3	42.5	42.5	20.5	.173	5.10		4.2	.159
1932	10	Johnny Allen	NY	26	2.25	5.2%			50.0	25.0	16.7	-	8.3					75.0	62.9	3.8	38.1	38.1	43.9	57.2	.536	4.58		4.6	.200
1933						0.0%
1934	2	Johnny Murphy	NY	25	8.83	18.6%			50.0	31.4	8.6	10.0	12.9					75.0	65.4	2.8	26.1	23.3	37.3	28.0	.273	2.80		10.3	.314
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937	4	Eddie Smith	PHI	23	6.48	6.0%			50.0	36.7	-	3.3	16.7					75.0	25.9	2.6	15.5	12.9	36.2	51.7	.833	1.55		12.9	.333
1938	4	John Humphries	CLE	23	5.26	25.8%			50.0	34.6	6.9	6.2	8.5					75.0	70.2	4.6	39.1	31.7	40.9	35.7	.321	3.80		4.5	.122
1939						0.0%
1940						0.0%
1941	3	Tom Ferrick	PHI	26	9.70	18.3%			50.0	39.1	10.9	12.5	10.9					75.0	72.3	4.1	30.1	25.2	21.1	17.9	.191	3.02		7.5	.288
1942						0.0%
1943	1	Gordon Maltzberger	CHI	30	15.40	22.9%			50.0	41.7	8.3	4.2	16.7					75.0	62.9	3.7	22.4	21.0	21.9	36.3	.429	2.52		8.9	.317
1944	1	Joe Berry	PHI	39	20.92	37.9%			50.0	37.2	9.4	7.3	10.7					75.0	61.8	2.8	26.2	21.2	26.2	29.0	.330	2.55		9.6	.263
1945	7	Johnny Johnson	CHI	30	1.59	17.9%			50.0	32.8	5.2	-	6.9					75.0	91.5	2.2	42.0	35.5	37.7	40.9	.317	4.26		2.6	.083
1946						0.0%
						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	11	Pete Gebrian	CHI	23	0.88	6.1%			50.0	21.7	4.3	-	10.9					75.0	63.6	8.2	63.6	39.1	39.1	22.8	.222	4.70		2.4	.065
1948	2	Ned Garver	STL	22	11.84	30.5%			50.0	23.4	5.3	2.1	9.6					75.0	63.2	1.8	33.7	29.8	35.1	24.6	.250	3.58		7.6	.230
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951						0.0%
1952	8	Ike Delock	BOS	22	3.90	8.0%			50.0	28.1	3.1	7.8	7.8					75.0	74.0	6.2	32.4	30.8	30.8	37.0	.353	3.70		6.9	.141
1953	10	Ray Herbert	DET	23	1.22	9.2%			50.0	27.5	5.0	5.0	7.5					75.0	89.8	4.8	44.4	40.6	33.8	32.8	.266	4.87		2.2	.058
1954	1	Ray Narleski	CLE	25	12.76	21.7%			50.0	24.7	4.7	1.3	13.3					75.0	44.8	4.9	19.7	16.9	32.8	44.2	.570	2.03		10.8	.264
1955	5	Dixie Howell	CHI	35	11.02	27.3%			50.0	31.2	7.5	6.8	8.6					75.0	68.6	4.2	31.3	28.4	30.2	34.4	.348	3.41		6.9	.180
1956						0.0%
1957						0.0%
1958	2	Ryne Duren	NY	29	12.16	29.0%			50.0	33.0	7.4	6.4	16.0	3.7	.811			75.0	55.6	6.6	27.2	23.9	31.3	55.2	.635	2.87		8.7	.224
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961	4	Terry Fox	DET	25	12.87	19.7%			50.0	35.2	7.0	6.6	11.7	6.3	.652			75.0	61.3	6.8	29.3	24.5	30.5	52.7	.574	2.93		9.6	.199
1962	1	Dick Radatz	BOS	25	27.07	30.2%			50.0	35.9	7.6	4.3	15.6	5.4	.741			75.0	64.9	5.0	24.4	23.5	29.1	73.1	.778	2.82		10.7	.263
1963	6	Hal Reniff	NY	24	13.01	14.6%			50.0	28.6	3.8	3.8	14.3	3.3	.811			75.0	57.6	4.2	28.0	23.0	30.9	45.5	.514	2.76		8.4	.192
1964	3	Bob Lee	LA	26	22.23	12.6%			50.0	30.3	5.5	3.7	14.2	5.0	.738			75.0	56.5	2.7	20.2	19.1	32.9	60.7	.679	2.29		9.7	.232
1965						0.0%
1966	11	Minnie Rojas	CAL	27	6.95	4.9%			50.0	24.4	5.6	4.4	11.1	3.3	.769			75.0	73.3	8.3	27.9	26.8	14.4	33.0	.376	3.22		7.5	.162
1967	9	Dave Baldwin	WAS	29	9.93	21.0%			50.0	25.8	2.8	2.8	11.7	3.3	.778			75.0	59.8	4.3	24.2	20.5	31.9	59.0	.643	2.46		8.2	.161
1968	2	Vicente Romo	CLE	25	18.45	11.7%			50.0	33.0	6.3	1.7	13.1	6.3	.676			75.0	56.1	5.2	19.9	17.3	22.6	55.1	.700	2.08		10.5	.227
1969	1	Ken Tatum	CAL	25	29.45	9.4%			50.0	32.5	5.7	2.6	17.5	3.6	.829			75.0	54.2	3.3	17.7	17.3	29.9	48.5	.578	2.07		12.9	.285
1970						0.0%
1971	9	Dave LaRoche	CAL	23	9.88	10.3%			50.0	27.5	4.1	3.2	11.0	2.8	.800			75.0	57.3	3.2	22.2	20.3	28.6	61.9	.720	2.44		10.0	.198
1972	2	Terry Forster	CHI	20	23.79	13.4%			50.0	32.9	6.3	4.2	17.9	3.8	.827			75.0	57.8	1.9	21.7	18.6	28.5	66.5	.771	2.23		10.9	.239
1973	3	Cy Acosta	CHI	26	18.23	24.3%			50.0	35.0	7.4	5.3	14.0	5.2	.730			75.0	66.7	5.1	28.5	25.4	28.7	43.2	.453	3.05		8.8	.229
1974	10	Tom Buskey	NY/CLE	27	7.62	7.1%			50.0	38.2	1.8	6.4	16.4	6.4	.720			75.0	78.3	8.4	30.4	28.1	27.4	32.7	.309	3.37		6.6	.158
1975	8	Don Kirkwood	CAL	25	8.44	9.5%			50.0	33.3	8.3	4.9	10.4	6.3	.625			75.0	64.5	4.9	27.0	21.5	24.6	49.2	.552	2.58		9.4	.213
1976	9	Tippy Martinez	NY/BAL	26	9.69	8.3%			50.0	28.4	4.0	2.8	9.7	1.7	.850			75.0	61.1	2.8	23.7	22.3	36.9	38.8	.396	2.67		7.5	.180
1977	6	Enrique Romo	SEA	29	13.89	15.2%			50.0	29.3	5.5	7.0	9.5	4.9	.660			75.0	64.0	7.7	30.1	26.2	32.6	56.6	.586	3.14		7.1	.174
1978	7	Victor Cruz	TOR	20	11.97	2.5%			50.0	35.9	10.9	4.7	14.1	4.7	.750			75.0	44.4	-	15.8	14.3	55.5	80.8	.810	1.71		15.2	.300
1979	8	Ron Davis	NY	23	13.43	15.0%			50.0	33.6	8.2	4.8	10.1	7.1	.585			75.0	67.8	6.2	32.1	29.2	35.2	52.0	.505	3.51		7.8	.172
1980	1	Doug Corbett	MIN	27	30.17	12.8%			50.0	44.3	6.8	4.4	18.9	3.4	.848			75.0	65.5	3.4	22.1	21.0	19.6	35.7	.420	2.52		12.3	.293
1981						0.0%
1982	10	Dave Beard	OAK	22	10.79	9.9%			50.0	35.8	7.1	5.8	14.2	6.2	.696			75.0	65.6	5.9	28.9	26.5	31.6	49.4	.508	3.18		8.7	.196
1983	8	Tom Tellmann	MIL	29	11.52	7.4%			50.0	37.5	6.8	4.5	18.8	5.7	.767			75.0	62.9	5.0	25.7	22.7	25.7	44.8	.506	2.72		10.1	.228
1984	4	Ernie Camacho	CLE	29	14.83	16.9%			50.0	24.5	3.8	4.0	9.6	5.0	.657			75.0	65.6	6.7	29.3	26.5	33.4	42.2	.427	3.18		7.7	.135
1985	8	Brian Fisher	NY	23	12.32	8.2%			50.0	21.0	3.1	5.4	8.5	4.5	.655			75.0	72.3	5.0	40.0	34.5	32.4	48.4	.462	4.14		4.9	.104
1986	1	Mark Eichhorn	TOR	25	27.44	23.1%			50.0	26.2	6.8	4.5	8.7	4.5	.660			75.0	61.4	4.7	23.6	21.9	29.0	61.7	.682	2.63		9.7	.209
1987	4	Bobby Thigpen	CHI	23	14.97	34.8%			50.0	29.6	5.9	5.4	9.8	3.7	.728			75.0	70.4	7.7	32.5	29.3	24.0	56.1	.594	3.52		7.9	.192
1988	4	Bryan Harvey	CAL	25	15.62	12.7%			50.0	33.4	6.8	5.2	15.3	4.9	.758			75.0	65.1	4.1	28.3	24.8	33.1	67.4	.686	2.97		9.7	.198
1989	2	Gregg Olson	BAL	22	21.75	11.7%			50.0	37.8	2.7	3.8	17.9	4.6	.795			75.0	68.7	3.6	23.8	21.7	25.3	65.4	.696	2.60		10.4	.188
1990	21	Jeff Gray	BOS	27	3.60	2.8%			50.0	34.1	2.4	4.9	11.0	3.7	.750			75.0	78.4	4.4	40.0	37.0	22.2	74.0	.735	4.44		6.5	.107
1991	10	Doug Henry	MIL	27	11.16	2.5%			50.0	39.1	3.1	1.6	23.4	1.6	.938			75.0	33.3	2.1	8.3	8.3	29.2	58.3	.933	1.00		18.5	.278
1992	4	Roberto Hernandez	CHI	27	17.31	8.0%			50.0	24.8	3.7	4.6	8.3	5.5	.600			75.0	57.2	5.4	24.2	21.7	31.6	56.3	.633	2.61		9.0	.167
						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	18	Jerry Dipoto	CLE	25	5.93	5.6%			50.0	26.8	3.6	2.9	13.8	5.8	.704			75.0	69.1	1.8	29.2	21.3	39.9	57.6	.528	2.55		9.6	.157
1994	8	Darren Hall	TOR	29	6.63	4.4%			50.0	46.7	3.3	5.0	28.3	5.0	.850			75.0	61.6	7.1	28.4	28.4	33.2	66.3	.700	3.41		13.7	.193
1995	16	Dave Stevens	MIN	25	2.85	6.4%			50.0	30.4	4.5	3.6	8.9	1.8	.833			75.0	84.5	16.0	45.7	42.3	36.5	53.7	.443	5.07		4.8	.075
1996	8	Billy Taylor	OAK	34	9.63	6.1%			50.0	27.3	5.5	2.7	15.5	1.8	.895			75.0	64.6	6.2	37.3	36.1	31.1	83.3	.870	4.33		11.8	.173
1997	19	Kelvim Escobar	TOR	21	6.25	1.9%			50.0	42.6	5.6	3.7	25.9	5.6	.824			75.0	67.7	2.4	29.0	24.2	46.0	87.1	.766	2.90		13.3	.204
1998	14	Bobby Howry	CHI	24	7.26	4.0%			50.0	17.0	-	3.4	10.2	2.3	.818			75.0	51.1	9.7	27.6	26.2	26.2	70.4	.911	3.15		9.9	.164
1999	8	Billy Koch	TOR	24	10.69	4.4%			50.0	42.9	-	4.5	27.7	3.6	.886			75.0	64.8	5.9	30.6	28.3	35.3	67.1	.671	3.39		11.9	.180
2000	10	Kazuhiro Sasaki	SEA	32	10.96	5.9%			50.0	45.5	1.1	3.4	28.4	2.3	.926			75.0	60.7	9.3	28.7	24.4	38.8	80.1	.805	2.93		12.4	.167
2001	17	Willis Roberts	BAL	26	4.78	4.9%			50.0	33.6	3.3	2.5	9.8	6.6	.600			75.0	83.4	18.3	44.5	44.5	33.1	61.7	.529	5.34		5.3	.075
2002	4	Jorge Julio	BAL	23	13.90	10.7%			50.0	30.7	2.2	2.6	13.0	3.0	.814			75.0	57.9	5.8	24.0	19.9	26.3	74.2	.882	2.38		12.7	.161
2003	8	Aquilino Lopez	TOR	28	10.12	15.9%			50.0	37.1	2.7	3.2	16.6	4.2	.798			75.0	67.2	7.3	36.7	32.9	29.4	58.2	.602	3.95		10.0	.144
2004	6	Shingo Takatsu	CHI	35	18.72	17.0%			50.0	27.3	3.1	3.9	10.0	2.9	.778			75.0	69.4	7.8	33.1	31.4	28.5	65.4	.668	3.77		9.5	.135
2005	3	Huston Street	OAK	21	19.41	9.8%			50.0	34.4	3.3	1.9	15.1	4.7	.762			75.0	56.4	4.9	19.0	17.8	26.4	69.9	.844	2.13		13.5	.208
2006	3	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	25	25.61	18.8%			50.0	39.8	2.6	2.4	25.7	3.5	.881			75.0	56.7	6.9	25.3	24.1	28.7	75.4	.883	2.90		14.4	.207
2007	7	Joakim Soria	KC	23	14.85	5.2%			50.0	29.8	1.6	2.4	13.7	3.2	.810			75.0	50.0	3.3	21.7	20.7	20.7	81.5	1.154	2.48		14.6	.216
2008	7	Brad Ziegler	OAK	28	13.86	10.1%			50.0	25.0	1.5	2.0	12.2	1.5	.889			75.0	68.6	6.0	22.1	20.9	29.2	48.9	.500	2.51		10.3	.177
2009	1	Andrew Bailey	OAK	25	21.42	6.2%			50.0	39.7	4.4	2.2	19.1	2.9	.867			75.0	44.1	4.5	15.3	15.3	21.6	81.9	1.247	1.84		15.6	.254
2010	1	Neftali Feliz	TEX	22	17.98	20.4%			50.0	27.6	2.3	1.8	15.6	3.6	.811			75.0	55.1	8.1	26.8	24.8	27.2	71.4	.868	2.98		11.9	.160
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia