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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	1	Ned Garvin	MIL	27	2.27	100.0%			16	16	0	1	5					55.00	58	1	36	24	19	21	.273	3.93		4.3	.269
1902	1	Jack Powell	STL	27	3.67	100.0%			8	8	2	1	5					30.33	30	1	14	10	9	9	.231	2.97		5.9	.738
1903	1	Cy Young	BOS	36	2.88	100.0%			21	21	4	4	10					80.00	75	1	34	25	17	39	.424	2.81		11.1	.529
1904						0.0%
1905	2	Clark Griffith	NY	35	4.86	70.3%			30	28	7	4	7					84.67	74	1	32	22	15	35	.393	2.34		8.2	.273
1906	2	Chief Bender	PHI	22	2.54	54.7%			9	9	1	0	3					27.33	24	1	11	8	6	18	.600	2.63		2.7	.300
1907	1	Chief Bender	PHI	23	5.28	100.0%			83	75	4	7	26					247.33	231	1	94	68	67	96	.322	2.47		28.1	.339
1908	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	27	7.78	81.1%			29	26	8	2	10					76.00	59	0	21	15	14	44	.603	1.78		11.6	.400
1909	1	Frank Arellanes	BOS	27	7.24	100.0%			22	21	5	2	11					58.33	50	0	20	14	11	20	.328	2.16		9.6	.436
1910	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	29	5.04	100.0%			33	29	8	4	13					88.33	67	2	28	18	26	48	.516	1.83		11.5	.348
1911	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	30	5.51	86.2%			59	54	20	11	15					162.67	155	2	73	54	57	106	.500	2.99		17.4	.295
1912	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	31	11.06	88.1%			67	58	15	7	22					201.33	183	3	85	61	61	104	.426	2.73		24.5	.366
1913	1	Chief Bender	PHI	29	10.80	74.0%			131	98	19	13	34					321.33	300	5	165	122	116	150	.361	3.42		21.9	.167
1914	2	Red Faber	CHI	25	5.55	68.0%			161	113	22	17	31					418.33	379	5	181	132	155	205	.384	2.84		34.6	.215
1915	1	Doc Ayers	WAS	25	8.47	73.1%			143	99	17	15	28					382.67	345	0	161	120	100	160	.360	2.82		35.0	.245
1916	1	Bob Shawkey	NY	25	10.01	77.4%			188	125	35	20	41					410.67	349	6	162	129	152	172	.343	2.83		45.4	.241
1917	1	Jim Bagby	CLE	27	9.79	65.5%			152	120	22	17	41					364.33	305	2	149	105	119	138	.325	2.59		37.3	.245
1918	2	Jim Bagby	CLE	28	5.73	62.1%			65	61	10	14	23					163.33	157	1	64	48	50	52	.251	2.65		19.3	.297
1919	1	Bob Shawkey	NY	28	4.82	100.0%			67	59	15	7	23					154.67	141	3	61	48	48	71	.376	2.79		20.0	.299
1920	1	Carl Mays	NY	28	8.66	79.4%			69	56	13	7	21					178.00	195	6	85	60	62	58	.226	3.03		22.9	.332
1921	1	Eddie Rommell	PHI	23	12.53	87.6%			210	160	26	32	49					559.00	640	16	303	261	185	188	.228	4.20		47.1	.224
1922	1	Hooks Dauss	DET	32	12.74	75.3%			135	101	24	15	41					296.00	283	8	123	98	99	126	.330	2.98		49.9	.370
1923	1	Allen Russell	WAS	29	12.43	79.0%			204	160	27	20	61					508.67	514	22	217	175	186	179	.256	3.10		67.0	.329
1924	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	25	13.62	84.7%			286	194	46	26	65					690.33	754	19	357	288	295	223	.213	3.75		62.9	.220
1925	2	Eddie Rommell	PHI	27	10.48	78.1%			227	170	38	23	52					501.33	527	16	276	229	236	205	.269	4.11		43.7	.193
1926	2	Firpo Marberry	WAS	27	12.46	70.3%			200	151	38	23	54					466.67	449	15	207	179	177	160	.256	3.45		51.7	.259
1927	1	Wilcy Moore	NY	30	20.17	55.1%			153	112	32	15	41					341.33	316	6	142	114	134	142	.316	3.01		41.5	.271
1928	1	Willis Hudlin	CLE	22	13.81	88.3%			141	106	28	10	40					340.67	310	21	136	118	100	109	.266	3.12		45.0	.319
1929	1	Bill Shores	PHI	25	12.70	72.5%			161	110	31	16	42					338.33	336	21	164	129	138	118	.249	3.43		40.3	.250
1930	2	Jack Quinn	PHI	46	9.28	75.2%			144	94	20	12	31					297.67	331	16	181	155	124	135	.297	4.69		21.9	.152
1931	1	Wilcy Moore	BOS	34	18.85	94.5%			200	145	28	16	50					476.00	454	12	225	189	187	208	.324	3.57		53.6	.268
1932	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	33	11.73	77.4%			224	151	20	21	43					522.33	544	18	260	217	204	182	.243	3.74		45.2	.201
1933	1	Jack Russell	WAS	27	17.62	72.1%			275	177	42	28	53					584.00	622	20	293	243	192	165	.203	3.74		49.5	.180
1934	2	Johnny Murphy	NY	25	8.83	88.4%			171	100	21	24	34					374.67	425	26	224	191	162	137	.233	4.59		30.4	.178
1935	2	Oral Hildebrand	CLE	28	7.32	58.7%			111	75	18	12	27					218.00	227	15	122	110	103	71	.215	4.54		20.2	.182
1936	1	Pat Malone	NY	33	13.52	100.0%			123	94	23	9	29					287.00	318	14	137	126	120	110	.251	3.95		32.6	.265
1937	1	Clint Brown	CHI	33	16.88	81.8%			202	153	35	27	50					396.00	424	26	222	183	173	191	.320	4.16		40.3	.200
1938	2	Johnny Murphy	NY	29	10.30	58.8%			137	100	21	13	31					315.00	307	18	168	140	142	144	.321	4.00		26.1	.191
1939	1	Clint Brown	CHI	35	18.07	71.9%			244	184	37	31	63					489.00	510	31	265	213	177	200	.291	3.92		50.4	.207
1940	1	Johnny Murphy	NY	31	9.51	90.6%			247	189	39	36	64					492.33	521	40	273	237	226	210	.281	4.33		43.5	.176
1941	1	Johnny Murphy	NY	32	14.50	100.0%			201	146	33	20	49					465.33	449	23	190	160	185	166	.262	3.09		52.1	.259
1942	1	Joe Haynes	CHI	24	12.23	88.0%			199	145	33	23	40					412.67	388	17	169	142	181	150	.264	3.10		40.5	.204
1943	1	Gordon Maltzberger	CHI	30	15.40	91.2%			273	224	46	32	70					588.67	500	19	197	171	249	282	.377	2.61		68.0	.249
1944	1	Joe Berry	PHI	39	20.92	100.0%			322	241	51	36	75					613.67	561	22	227	170	210	261	.339	2.49		76.9	.239
1945	1	Joe Berry	PHI	40	15.79	76.4%			138	108	15	18	27					275.33	256	11	111	97	116	103	.277	3.17		25.7	.186
1946	1	Earl Caldwell	CHI	41	17.41	100.0%			166	133	26	11	43					304.00	250	11	120	102	112	138	.381	3.02		34.5	.208
						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	2	Russ Christopher	PHI	29	12.65	77.5%			308	199	25	32	73					559.33	520	31	247	209	251	205	.266	3.36		49.4	.160
1948	2	Ned Garver	STL	22	11.84	68.8%			231	132	21	13	60					453.33	441	19	227	203	207	159	.245	4.03		40.3	.174
1949	2	Al Benton	CLE	38	15.40	62.2%			105	66	13	7	21					213.00	175	11	68	60	76	64	.255	2.54		28.0	.267
1950	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	35	13.36	43.6%			96	69	19	14	25					181.33	161	13	82	68	71	70	.302	3.38		26.7	.278
1951	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	36	19.98	65.4%			182	141	22	12	52					363.67	297	19	140	119	155	197	.436	2.95		49.0	.269
1952	1	Harry Dorish	CHI	30	13.27	88.9%			309	212	41	36	72					607.67	544	32	236	212	257	274	.342	3.14		64.0	.207
1953	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	38	28.62	88.5%			398	256	51	33	104					732.67	679	41	295	261	298	308	.315	3.21		81.9	.206
1954	1	Ray Narleski	CLE	25	12.76	72.4%			249	169	26	24	80					462.00	373	41	167	152	155	250	.473	2.96		56.3	.226
1955	1	Ellis Kinder	BOS	40	14.79	85.1%			473	298	64	42	115					863.00	786	57	337	299	304	386	.354	3.12		96.2	.204
1956	2	Ike Delock	BOS	26	11.51	52.6%			143	91	24	15	36					257.00	259	18	131	112	111	133	.359	3.92		23.1	.162
1957	1	George Zuverink	BAL	32	13.20	91.4%			301	196	55	32	76	35	.685			534.67	490	46	203	186	228	285	.397	3.13		59.2	.197
1958	1	Dick Hyde	WAS	29	24.44	81.2%			273	173	35	26	72	22	.766			495.33	426	36	187	157	183	292	.479	2.85		58.9	.216
1959	1	Gerry Staley	CHI	38	17.55	90.2%			331	202	31	29	84	29	.743			578.33	511	49	225	196	219	370	.507	3.05		64.4	.195
1960	1	Mike Fornieles	BOS	28	17.25	82.4%			347	210	46	33	74	29	.718			577.67	457	44	238	198	247	336	.477	3.08		64.0	.184
1961	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	37	22.81	77.9%			500	347	62	54	121	47	.720			796.00	681	88	311	273	300	516	.526	3.09		100.9	.202
1962	1	Dick Radatz	BOS	25	27.07	85.4%			421	286	55	42	112	41	.732			677.33	550	44	246	223	287	579	.692	2.96		87.8	.209
1963	1	Dick Radatz	BOS	26	30.61	94.6%			676	472	69	63	209	53	.798			1,165.00	953	84	383	333	370	877	.663	2.57		149.1	.221
1964	1	Dick Radatz	BOS	27	30.51	85.8%			774	530	102	74	212	56	.791			1,289.00	985	96	427	378	481	986	.673	2.64		163.5	.211
1965	1	Stu Miller	BAL	37	27.88	100.0%			940	624	119	90	263	71	.787			1,591.00	1288	133	556	480	558	1149	.622	2.72		187.3	.199
1966	1	Jack Aker	KC	25	26.22	100.0%			921	611	95	85	243	69	.779			1,472.67	1211	114	538	471	471	1038	.617	2.88		164.5	.179
1967	1	Minnie Rojas	CAL	28	17.26	92.0%			745	480	79	76	199	63	.760			1,217.67	977	74	397	329	430	931	.662	2.43		141.4	.190
1968	2	Vicente Romo	CLE	25	18.45	69.9%			544	327	46	36	125	28	.817			829.00	640	45	278	235	295	580	.620	2.55		85.3	.157
1969	1	Ken Tatum	CAL	25	29.45	60.6%			647	407	74	76	166	58	.741			1,003.67	814	84	373	326	406	722	.592	2.92		121.5	.187
1970	1	Lindy McDaniel	NY	34	24.85	69.3%			804	470	74	61	202	63	.762			1,218.33	1047	81	437	379	426	773	.525	2.80		143.7	.179
1971	1	Ken Sanders	MIL	29	26.40	54.9%			565	357	54	57	136	50	.731			891.00	781	66	337	300	342	572	.509	3.03		92.2	.163
1972	3	Rollie Fingers	OAK	25	14.22	47.8%			449	300	38	42	115	29	.799			667.67	563	40	241	204	228	434	.549	2.75		61.5	.137
1973	2	Lindy McDaniel	NY	37	18.30	71.0%			645	461	89	70	181	62	.772			1,253.33	1122	90	498	434	466	736	.464	3.12		132.1	.205
1974	2	Tom Murphy	MIL	28	21.64	68.3%			542	418	58	62	120	57	.678			934.67	873	55	331	287	328	589	.490	2.76		99.9	.184
1975	1	Goose Gossage	CHI	23	31.07	75.0%			553	402	65	51	145	61	.704			990.33	855	67	365	320	377	641	.520	2.91		110.1	.199
1976	1	Mark Littell	KC	23	18.96	61.7%			634	450	82	78	143	63	.694			1,201.67	1033	59	442	384	459	756	.507	2.88		120.9	.191
1977	1	Bill Campbell	BOS	28	30.62	62.5%			700	509	109	77	193	76	.717			1,216.67	1102	99	471	425	464	914	.584	3.14		150.2	.215
1978	1	Goose Gossage	NY	26	25.84	68.8%			827	633	112	103	205	92	.690			1,444.67	1296	88	559	488	574	857	.459	3.04		162.3	.205
1979	1	Jim Kern	TEX	30	32.82	73.9%			910	679	123	93	247	104	.704			1,574.33	1380	115	606	539	666	1002	.490	3.08		199.8	.220
1980	1	Doug Corbett	MIN	27	30.17	60.9%			720	563	90	68	225	70	.763			1,238.33	1081	61	443	380	466	833	.538	2.76		168.5	.234
1981	1	Rollie Fingers	MIL	34	23.61	77.8%			401	303	41	35	140	37	.791			653.33	565	48	222	196	248	479	.589	2.70		82.3	.205
1982	1	Bob Stanley	BOS	27	27.94	89.8%			991	727	131	127	294	111	.726			1,758.33	1547	140	661	607	626	1262	.581	3.11		223.4	.225
1983	1	Dan Quisenberry	KC	30	40.81	94.7%			1130	801	128	114	329	128	.720			1,907.33	1792	146	803	748	711	1152	.460	3.53		206.4	.183
1984	1	Dan Quisenberry	KC	31	32.32	75.0%			978	713	108	101	291	108	.729			1,520.00	1354	143	640	551	568	1038	.540	3.26		172.9	.177
1985	1	Bob James	CHI	26	28.34	82.1%			1119	806	109	115	334	106	.759			1,781.00	1640	161	728	641	644	1178	.516	3.24		214.4	.192
1986	1	Mark Eichhorn	TOR	25	27.44	70.6%			1107	760	108	100	284	114	.714			1,715.00	1604	157	696	624	588	1312	.599	3.27		196.8	.178
1987	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	32	24.13	80.4%			1056	734	108	110	260	97	.728			1,656.67	1551	191	744	686	579	1257	.590	3.73		180.5	.171
1988	1	Doug Jones	CLE	31	24.16	82.7%			1042	738	91	91	362	112	.764			1,473.00	1297	110	543	468	500	1146	.638	2.86		195.3	.187
1989	1	Jeff Montgomery	KC	27	24.61	78.4%			1224	864	106	93	402	122	.767			1,673.00	1407	101	589	530	614	1422	.704	2.85		223.5	.183
1990	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	35	26.71	70.1%			1010	791	65	81	428	98	.814			1,272.33	1066	82	463	404	427	1067	.715	2.86		184.9	.183
						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	1	Duane Ward	TOR	27	22.05	85.9%			1067	825	72	77	471	104	.819			1,245.67	1038	90	440	395	409	1090	.753	2.85		200.3	.188
1992	1	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	37	22.48	83.4%			1218	868	66	90	486	116	.807			1,448.00	1243	107	498	442	520	1105	.627	2.75		205.8	.169
1993	1	Jeff Montgomery	KC	31	31.50	85.4%			1101	786	67	68	441	110	.800			1,224.00	1095	96	484	432	477	1084	.690	3.18		182.7	.166
1994	1	Bobby Ayala	SEA	24	12.30	94.2%			626	481	36	61	245	77	.761			687.67	697	65	344	303	262	617	.643	3.97		89.0	.142
1995	1	Jose Mesa	CLE	29	21.85	89.4%			822	653	38	54	367	82	.817			865.33	811	87	376	343	331	776	.680	3.57		125.6	.153
1996	1	Roberto Hernandez	CHI	31	20.33	77.7%			704	584	35	50	341	66	.838			762.67	659	78	325	301	331	715	.722	3.55		126.0	.179
1997	1	Doug Jones	MIL	40	24.25	91.2%			1307	854	90	92	412	97	.809			1,433.67	1305	119	558	502	576	1334	.709	3.15		212.9	.163
1998	1	Tom Gordon	BOS	30	20.45	90.6%			1073	822	47	79	461	92	.834			1,136.00	993	105	491	458	405	1020	.730	3.63		174.2	.162
1999	1	Derek Lowe	BOS	26	23.43	100.0%			1282	923	70	100	489	118	.806			1,462.33	1348	159	659	609	589	1314	.678	3.75		206.2	.161
2000	1	Derek Lowe	BOS	27	23.17	91.1%			1293	920	93	94	478	124	.794			1,447.67	1347	154	617	556	548	1225	.646	3.46		218.2	.169
2001	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	31	24.62	89.5%			1130	856	63	79	475	103	.822			1,191.67	1114	121	526	486	389	1090	.725	3.67		172.8	.153
2002	1	Billy Koch	OAK	27	21.57	89.2%			1065	768	72	74	419	90	.823			1,157.00	1033	103	482	423	414	1002	.692	3.29		171.8	.161
2003	1	Keith Foulke	OAK	30	30.69	89.3%			1143	782	64	85	387	101	.793			1,204.00	1051	124	517	459	433	1104	.744	3.43		169.8	.149
2004	1	Joe Nathan	MIN	29	24.42	87.5%			1245	821	74	82	419	95	.815			1,353.67	1149	129	540	504	520	1313	.787	3.35		205.4	.165
2005	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	35	23.48	88.9%			997	751	72	74	440	90	.830			1,053.33	892	95	382	343	381	994	.781	2.93		177.1	.178
2006	1	Joe Nathan	MIN	31	26.75	94.6%			1166	804	72	73	465	99	.824			1,232.00	1091	111	486	452	370	1157	.792	3.30		201.6	.173
2007	1	J.J. Putz	SEA	30	26.24	83.2%			1020	781	60	55	451	80	.849			1,051.67	849	82	372	352	320	1069	.914	3.01		191.4	.188
2008	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	38	27.08	84.9%			904	646	50	53	397	70	.850			941.00	727	84	321	289	344	900	.840	2.76		167.3	.185
2009	1	Andrew Bailey	OAK	25	21.42	75.6%			893	633	43	52	365	60	.859			925.00	765	84	323	301	328	935	.855	2.93		154.2	.173
2010	1	Neftali Feliz	TEX	22	17.98	91.0%			1107	770	51	62	465	83	.849			1,106.33	875	86	392	357	403	1047	.819	2.90		185.4	.167
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		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
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		baseball-reference.com
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