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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						0.0%
1904	1	Casey Patten	WAS	28	1.80	100.0%			6	6	0	2	3					22.33	23	0	10	8	5	9	.321	3.22		1.8	.300
1905	1	Rube Waddell	PHI	28	6.83	29.7%			12	11	8	0	4					36.67	26	1	10	6	10	32	.889	1.47		5.7	.475
1906	1	Otto Hess	CLE	27	2.88	45.3%			7	7	1	0	3					23.33	19	0	7	5	6	12	.480	1.93		2.7	.386
1907						0.0%
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						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	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	26.0%			49	37	11	1	15					108.67	92	0	36	26	34	55	.437	2.15		15.8	.322
1914	1	Dutch (H) Leonard	BOS	22	7.45	32.0%			75	53	12	5	16					198.00	168	2	69	55	82	103	.412	2.50		19.6	.261
1915	4	Harry Coveleski	DET	29	4.57	26.9%			52	41	11	4	15					141.67	123	3	57	42	43	59	.355	2.67		14.7	.283
1916	3	Dutch (H) Leonard	BOS	24	6.05	22.6%			55	36	10	4	12					120.33	100	1	40	32	24	53	.427	2.39		14.0	.255
1917	2	Dave Danforth	CHI	27	9.29	34.5%			76	47	11	6	17					197.67	177	1	68	52	68	72	.294	2.37		19.7	.259
1918	1	George Mogridge	NY	29	6.76	37.9%			39	33	7	9	10					100.67	101	3	35	27	23	26	.210	2.41		10.8	.277
1919						0.0%
1920	5	Dickie Kerr	CHI	26	1.82	20.6%			18	14	4	1	5					46.00	56	2	23	23	16	14	.194	4.50		2.6	.144
1921	7	Bill Bayne	STL	22	4.71	12.4%			33	14	5	1	3					74.67	80	1	47	39	32	33	.295	4.70		5.4	.164
1922	5	Hub Pruett	STL	21	6.00	24.7%			46	31	5	7	11					94.67	85	8	51	36	44	59	.457	3.42		8.3	.180
1923	9	Herb Pennock	NY	29	3.56	21.0%			62	40	10	5	11					124.00	128	4	70	58	56	41	.223	4.21		11.5	.185
1924	2	Dave Danforth	STL	34	10.10	15.3%			54	35	9	3	16					121.67	116	5	56	45	60	49	.278	3.33		18.6	.344
1925	1	Rube Walberg	PHI	28	13.44	21.9%			67	40	5	7	14					135.67	132	7	54	44	54	51	.274	2.92		20.1	.300
1926	1	Joe Pate	PHI	34	13.95	29.7%			80	58	11	3	16					203.33	199	5	73	63	83	56	.199	2.79		25.2	.315
1927	2	Garland Braxton	WAS	27	18.21	44.9%			124	80	15	17	32					280.00	257	10	117	96	78	159	.475	3.09		31.9	.257
1928	5	Garland Braxton	WAS	28	6.28	11.7%			22	16	2	3	10					40.00	34	2	18	12	10	27	.614	2.70		6.9	.314
1929	5	Rube Walberg	PHI	32	5.35	27.5%			54	36	12	4	16					139.33	154	3	75	62	36	50	.263	4.00		14.2	.263
1930	1	Lefty Grove	PHI	30	13.87	24.8%			42	34	10	6	15					106.00	100	6	50	41	32	70	.530	3.48		13.4	.319
1931	3	Lefty Grove	PHI	31	5.66	5.5%			11	10	4	1	5					28.33	26	1	11	10	5	31	1.000	3.18		4.6	.418
1932	2	Lefty Grove	PHI	32	10.37	22.6%			68	58	13	7	20					148.67	147	5	61	45	50	53	.269	2.72		21.4	.315
1933	3	Lefty Grove	PHI	33	16.13	27.9%			98	75	18	17	23					237.67	265	13	130	112	107	85	.228	4.24		16.2	.165
1934	1	Lloyd Brown	CLE	29	8.98	11.6%			23	18	3	1	7					48.00	32	1	14	11	20	22	.423	2.06		7.1	.309
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						0.0%
1937	4	Eddie Smith	PHI	23	6.48	18.2%			48	32	2	5	9					84.00	74	2	36	24	31	42	.400	2.57		9.2	.192
1938	1	Harry Eisenstat	DET	22	14.96	41.2%			91	60	12	10	14					227.67	239	12	125	105	100	106	.313	4.15		19.5	.214
1939	3	Fritz Ostermueller	BOS	31	9.18	28.1%			88	59	10	10	15					201.33	193	9	125	92	116	80	.259	4.11		16.7	.190
1940	4	Harry Eisenstat	CLE	24	5.39	9.4%			24	13	1	2	4					53.67	57	3	18	18	10	20	.299	3.02		5.0	.208
1941						0.0%
1942	5	Hal Newhouser	DET	21	5.48	12.0%			30	26	1	4	9					52.00	40	1	20	11	30	23	.329	1.90		9.0	.300
1943	6	Mickey Haefner	WAS	30	6.13	8.8%			23	17	3	1	6					62.33	49	0	19	18	23	30	.417	2.60		6.0	.261
1944						0.0%
1945	2	Stubby Overmire	DET	26	9.60	23.6%			38	24	3	0	8					92.33	105	3	50	42	41	45	.308	4.09		7.8	.205
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	1	Joe Page	NY	29	22.51	22.5%			82	61	18	10	25					173.00	130	5	50	42	87	135	.622	2.18		24.2	.295
1948	1	Lou Brissie	PHI	24	16.01	31.2%			100	72	20	12	26					213.00	212	15	101	89	120	137	.413	3.76		22.5	.225
1949	1	Joe Page	NY	31	19.74	37.8%			60	48	13	8	27					135.33	103	8	44	39	75	99	.556	2.59		18.8	.313
1950	2	Mickey McDermott	BOS	22	9.60	56.4%			128	105	11	17	41					228.00	214	18	110	99	122	126	.375	3.91		23.5	.184
1951	3	Bob Kuzava	NY	28	9.86	34.6%			96	57	12	6	19					192.33	157	6	63	53	73	87	.378	2.48		22.3	.232
1952	11	Bill Kennedy	CHI	31	1.59	11.1%			46	24	2	1	5					64.67	49	3	23	18	33	39	.476	2.51		2.8	.061
1953	4	Morrie Martin	PHI	30	10.59	11.5%			47	41	8	5	7					102.67	94	5	43	38	37	47	.359	3.33		10.3	.219
1954	4	Don Mossi	CLE	25	8.89	27.6%			100	53	15	6	19					168.00	129	14	59	56	61	88	.463	3.00		19.7	.197
1955	2	Don Mossi	CLE	26	12.33	14.9%			85	40	7	5	15					147.00	131	8	45	37	47	99	.556	2.27		19.6	.231
1956	1	Don Mossi	CLE	27	13.13	47.4%			130	78	11	14	27					229.33	208	16	100	92	90	140	.470	3.61		22.4	.172
1957	8	Paul LaPalme	CHI	33	2.24	8.6%			35	21	1	4	7	4	.636			40.33	35	5	16	15	19	19	.352	3.35		3.2	.091
1958	3	Leo Kiely	BOS	28	10.27	18.8%			63	47	7	3	20	4	.833			114.67	104	5	40	35	29	52	.391	2.75		17.3	.275
1959	7	Leo Kiely	BOS	29	2.80	9.8%			41	23	3	3	7	3	.700			55.67	67	8	26	26	18	30	.353	4.20		3.9	.095
1960	4	Hank Aguirre	DET	29	10.85	17.6%			73	39	7	5	21	6	.778			125.00	100	9	40	37	41	107	.759	2.66		16.9	.232
1961	1	Luis Arroyo	NY	34	28.78	22.1%			143	97	21	13	44	17	.721			224.00	169	13	87	71	121	163	.562	2.85		31.6	.221
1962	5	Marshall Bridges	NY	31	9.56	14.6%			79	50	9	7	25	12	.676			105.33	82	9	50	43	65	87	.592	3.67		11.0	.139
1963	11	Ted Abernathy	CLE	30	7.39	5.4%			43	33	7	2	12	2	.857			59.33	54	3	25	19	29	47	.566	2.88		8.0	.186
1964	7	Harvey Haddix	BAL	38	12.13	14.2%			136	72	10	12	28	9	.757			202.33	171	18	82	71	76	183	.741	3.16		18.2	.134
1965						0.0%
1966						0.0%
1967	7	Darold Knowles	WAS	25	12.74	8.0%			60	35	6	7	14	3	.824			112.00	85	5	31	28	51	85	.625	2.25		12.3	.205
1968	1	Wilbur Wood	CHI	26	19.01	30.1%			241	140	28	21	44	18	.710			348.33	303	19	109	93	96	230	.576	2.40		38.7	.161
1969	2	Ron Perranoski	MIN	33	23.69	39.4%			432	274	55	41	104	44	.703			633.00	537	55	221	194	260	445	.558	2.76		80.0	.185
1970	5	Ron Perranoski	MIN	34	16.46	30.7%			364	259	35	47	127	45	.738			529.67	465	31	198	152	232	377	.541	2.58		69.1	.190
1971	3	Tom Burgmeier	KC	27	16.68	45.1%			494	290	52	40	118	42	.738			687.00	561	43	250	220	294	456	.533	2.88		84.5	.171
1972	1	Sparky Lyle	NY	27	26.76	52.2%			494	309	46	39	130	41	.760			724.67	631	28	239	207	314	486	.514	2.57		75.0	.152
1973	1	John Hiller	DET	30	43.65	29.0%			279	220	32	28	110	24	.821			486.67	381	25	140	119	168	372	.678	2.20		79.8	.286
1974	1	John Hiller	DET	31	26.24	31.7%			232	192	39	28	64	33	.660			461.67	380	28	150	132	174	384	.693	2.57		59.7	.257
1975	2	John Hiller	DET	32	14.80	25.0%			192	149	17	21	48	18	.727			318.00	283	19	112	94	152	287	.660	2.66		37.2	.194
1976	4	John Hiller	DET	33	17.80	38.3%			424	268	41	40	100	37	.730			701.33	574	29	240	210	310	467	.528	2.69		76.0	.179
1977	2	Sparky Lyle	NY	32	24.35	37.5%			435	260	52	42	92	41	.692			706.67	676	66	301	264	273	434	.457	3.36		69.4	.160
1978	2	John Hiller	DET	35	18.20	31.2%			391	248	50	40	89	35	.718			632.33	542	47	239	207	260	396	.494	2.95		72.4	.185
1979	3	Sid Monge	CLE	28	24.22	26.1%			341	228	42	48	73	33	.689			528.67	503	49	235	221	254	337	.445	3.76		52.4	.154
1980	4	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	36	19.86	39.1%			485	281	34	39	103	36	.741			761.67	690	58	291	262	292	492	.501	3.10		82.4	.170
1981	4	Kevin Saucier	DET	24	11.79	22.2%			121	75	11	11	32	12	.727			176.33	138	6	63	58	91	108	.472	2.96		22.4	.185
1982	13	Tippy Martinez	BAL	32	9.66	10.2%			122	64	13	11	23	13	.639			183.67	150	11	74	63	83	132	.567	3.09		21.0	.172
1983	3	Tippy Martinez	BAL	33	19.93	5.3%			65	51	9	3	21	6	.778			103.33	76	10	30	27	37	81	.717	2.35		16.9	.260
1984	2	Willie Hernandez	DET	29	31.25	25.0%			344	218	27	25	104	31	.770			479.00	421	34	170	154	212	369	.583	2.89		61.4	.178
1985	4	Willie Hernandez	DET	30	22.79	17.9%			266	163	28	27	72	35	.673			356.33	302	31	152	132	132	265	.611	3.33		44.0	.165
1986	2	Dave Righetti	NY	27	25.57	29.4%			486	299	54	45	133	47	.739			676.33	598	52	264	245	278	518	.591	3.26		87.2	.179
1987	3	Dan Plesac	MIL	25	17.50	19.6%			273	181	22	23	79	36	.687			379.67	363	37	180	155	138	305	.609	3.67		46.4	.170
1988	8	Dan Plesac	MIL	26	11.34	17.3%			240	178	14	18	83	27	.755			275.00	230	19	111	106	127	242	.678	3.47		35.2	.147
1989	7	Lee Guetterman	NY	30	13.16	21.6%			347	218	19	26	107	29	.787			446.33	407	31	164	139	152	343	.614	2.80		54.3	.156
1990	13	Kenny Rogers	TEX	25	10.32	29.9%			455	251	20	29	113	39	.743			507.67	474	45	230	207	220	417	.601	3.67		50.1	.110
						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	13	Scott Radinsky	CHI	23	10.02	14.1%			170	72	10	16	24	16	.600			211.67	205	21	91	84	89	129	.439	3.57		18.6	.109
1992	14	Derek Lilliquist	CLE	26	9.27	16.6%			266	119	12	21	36	19	.655			252.67	227	19	87	77	101	189	.576	2.74		29.9	.112
1993	12	Norm Charlton	SEA	30	7.39	14.6%			200	112	10	15	49	14	.778			192.33	161	9	73	57	78	172	.720	2.67		27.8	.139
1994	2	Steve Howe	NY	36	12.22	5.8%			40	25	3	0	15	4	.789			40.00	28	2	8	8	7	18	.514	1.80		9.6	.240
1995	2	Norm Charlton	SEA	32	20.47	10.6%			85	53	3	6	27	9	.750			120.33	87	9	39	34	40	96	.756	2.54		21.8	.256
1996	10	Norm Charlton	SEA	33	8.40	22.3%			204	130	14	14	58	20	.744			215.33	207	23	97	90	108	211	.670	3.76		26.9	.132
1997	3	Randy Myers	BAL	34	17.97	8.8%			132	95	5	11	59	12	.831			129.00	136	9	71	66	69	111	.541	4.60		14.6	.111
1998	5	Randy Myers	TOR	35	15.58	9.4%			108	63	7	5	34	9	.791			121.33	115	17	72	69	45	101	.631	5.12		16.0	.148
1999						0.0%
2000	18	Eddie Guardado	MIN	29	6.72	8.9%			140	50	13	7	13	9	.591			121.00	118	19	64	59	46	96	.585	4.39		13.8	.099
2001	6	Eddie Guardado	MIN	30	13.35	10.5%			137	61	8	5	23	4	.852			132.67	111	9	55	52	32	121	.846	3.53		19.9	.145
2002	2	Eddie Guardado	MIN	31	15.11	10.8%			136	84	2	4	55	8	.873			128.00	97	14	41	41	36	142	1.068	2.88		22.5	.165
2003	3	Damaso Marte	CHI	28	19.35	10.7%			137	85	7	7	52	11	.825			145.00	100	10	38	35	48	147	.993	2.17		31.5	.230
2004	12	Eddie Guardado	SEA	33	8.67	12.5%			182	110	14	11	46	22	.676			187.67	165	30	82	79	82	175	.709	3.79		23.3	.128
2005	6	B.J. Ryan	BAL	29	14.31	11.1%			127	116	3	7	72	10	.878			126.67	106	11	43	36	41	148	1.007	2.56		23.5	.185
2006	2	B.J. Ryan	TOR	30	26.15	5.4%			65	57	2	2	38	4	.905			72.33	42	3	12	11	20	86	1.387	1.37		20.0	.308
2007	12	C.J. Wilson	TEX	26	8.05	16.8%			215	77	6	5	36	12	.750			197.67	174	15	80	75	69	155	.638	3.41		25.7	.120
2008	10	B.J. Ryan	TOR	32	9.67	15.1%			167	138	7	11	87	14	.861			157.67	142	18	84	78	88	157	.683	4.45		18.4	.110
2009	7	C.J. Wilson	TEX	28	10.55	24.4%			298	190	14	20	108	26	.806			283.33	246	23	104	95	115	291	.806	3.02		43.9	.147
2010	6	Matt Thornton	CHI	33	14.35	9.0%			109	48	9	5	32	6	.842			108.67	72	8	35	33	40	128	1.143	2.73		22.1	.203
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		Sources:
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