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						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
1913	2	Byron Houck	PHI	21	1.64	41.1%			22	11	8	2	0					51.00	43	1	26	24	35	21	.269	4.24		1.7	.077
1914	1	Hugh Bedient	BOS	24	1.74	100.0%			46	32	4	5	4					109.67	104	3	58	43	43	64	.435	3.53		3.4	.074
1915	1	Bernie Boland	DET	23	7.90	73.8%			52	31	5	2	3					119.67	106	2	56	42	47	46	.301	3.16		8.3	.160
1916	3	George Cunningham	DET	21	3.39	47.2%			83	55	4	6	3					184.67	178	2	83	60	80	67	.260	2.92		8.7	.105
1917	3	Al Gould	CLE	24	1.94	42.5%			41	22	3	3	1					91.34	93	1	48	38	45	28	.203	3.74		3.0	.073
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920	2	Eddie Rommell	PHI	22	7.67	46.2%			63	42	7	3	2					156.67	164	4	86	70	49	45	.211	4.02		7.8	.124
1921	2	Dave Keefe	PHI	24	3.79	21.8%			32	18	1	2	2					90.33	101	8	64	46	33	40	.299	4.58		3.6	.113
1922	T2	Syl Johnson	DET	21	5.44	48.2%			111	68	6	7	2					261.33	257	17	129	113	119	86	.229	3.89		14.4	.130
	T2	Jim Brillheart	WAS	18	5.44
1923	1	George Murray	BOS	24	10.94	60.8%			134	79	8	10	4					331.00	365	14	201	166	158	114	.218	4.51		16.8	.125
1924	2	Buster Ross	BOS	21	5.05	32.8%			80	40	7	5	1					178.00	204	8	102	87	78	51	.181	4.40		7.8	.098
1925	T7	Buster Ross	BOS	22	-	15.2%			45	31	2	3	0					87.00	118	7	81	73	47	27	.164	7.55		-	.000
	T7	Hank Johnson	NY	19	-
1926	1	Jack Russell	BOS	20	9.41	14.3%			54	39	1	4	0					110.67	110	5	55	52	46	28	.179	4.23		7.0	.130
1927	2	Bobby Burke	WAS	20	6.24	26.6%			52	32	4	4	1					119.00	102	4	51	43	51	30	.196	3.25		8.7	.167
1928	4	Pat Simmons	BOS	19	4.06	42.1%			137	75	4	3	4					283.67	342	18	188	166	150	69	.140	5.27		6.1	.045
1929	1	Hal McKain	CHI	22	10.47	61.5%			136	80	7	13	4					314.33	370	19	213	179	123	78	.158	5.13		7.9	.058
1930	4	Bobby Burke	WAS	23	4.24	41.0%			132	90	17	20	9					319.67	367	19	226	195	149	139	.269	5.49		12.5	.095
1931	T9	Ed Durham	BOS	22	-	20.2%			55	26	4	3	0					130.67	177	8	107	93	78	45	.176	6.41		-	.000
	T9	Rollie Stiles	STL	24	-
1932	1	Bob Kline	BOS	22	8.87	74.5%			133	77	10	5	5					298.33	335	17	210	174	133	79	.169	5.25		11.9	.089
1933	8	Jim Peterson	PHI	24	1.72	15.7%			50	24	3	4	0					112.67	142	10	94	80	53	27	.138	6.39		1.9	.038
1934	T8	Eldon Auker	DET	23	4.09	14.3%			51	30	13	6	2					118.33	152	10	94	70	44	54	.276	5.32		5.3	.104
1935						0.0%
1936	1	Denny Galehouse	CLE	24	15.77	16.8%			55	30	7	4	4					145.33	135	4	64	53	70	88	.429	3.28		17.5	.318
1937	7	George Turbeville	PHI	22	2.59	8.8%			28	14	0	2	0					65.33	62	1	36	28	45	14	.131	3.86		2.8	.100
1938	1	Johnny Rigney	CHI	23	11.60	36.2%			90	48	9	5	1					223.67	245	12	133	124	119	83	.228	4.99		10.5	.117
1939	1	Harry Eisenstat	DET/CLE	23	12.27	29.1%			79	43	9	3	3					180.33	201	9	102	91	62	53	.202	4.54		9.7	.123
1940	8	Joe Dobson	CLE	23	2.10	8.4%			33	16	2	2	3					62.67	56	4	34	31	33	39	.438	4.45		2.5	.076
1941	10	Jack Kramer	STL	23	1.26	14.7%			54	27	6	1	5					93.67	109	4	65	49	58	37	.222	4.71		2.4	.044
1942						0.0%
1943						0.0%
1944	2	Clem Hausmann	BOS	24	7.06	10.4%			20	9	1	2	2					63.67	62	2	22	22	33	29	.305	3.11		4.8	.240
1945	8	Sandy Ullrich	WAS	23	0.74	9.4%			22	15	3	0	1					48.00	38	2	15	15	18	14	.250	2.81		1.2	.055
1946	2	Bob Savage	PHI	24	10.29	11.6%			41	25	1	1	4					83.67	68	2	30	23	48	49	.422	2.47		10.6	.259
1947	14	Scott Cary	WAS	24	-	4.6%			20	16	1	0	0					33.00	47	3	24	24	14	17	.279	6.55		-	.000
1948	5	Al Widmar	STL	23	5.39	12.2%			80	35	3	7	3					136.00	147	6	78	74	84	47	.203	4.90		5.9	.074
1949	2	Bobby Shantz	PHI	23	18.46	21.6%			113	58	6	8	7					252.00	236	21	153	140	180	83	.200	5.00		10.9	.096
1950	2	Howie Judson	CHI	24	9.71	24.6%			99	51	5	5	4					211.00	237	23	142	124	131	67	.182	5.29		7.4	.075
1951	10	Marv Rotblatt	CHI	23	3.66	16.6%			76	43	5	5	2					171.33	170	13	80	66	80	83	.332	3.47		8.5	.112
1952	1	Chuck Stobbs	CHI	22	8.18	11.1%			45	21	2	4	5					97.00	83	6	42	38	43	60	.476	3.53		6.7	.149
1953	2	Mike Fornieles	CHI	21	8.19	24.4%			100	33	9	4	4					203.00	244	15	129	118	96	87	.256	5.23		7.8	.078
1954	5	Bob G. Miller	DET	18	7.47	27.1%			140	72	8	9	5					286.00	294	13	154	131	136	141	.328	4.12		9.9	.071
1955	14	Paul Foytack	DET	24	0.34	14.5%			74	31	1	5	3					140.34	153	8	94	83	88	97	.402	5.32		0.6	.008
						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
1956	T5	Dave Sisler	BOS	24	8.03	15.9%			86	39	10	10	5					181.66	223	22	134	116	72	83	.281	5.75		7.8	.091
1957						0.0%
1958	16	Tom Qualters	CHI	23	0.96	4.1%			26	10	0	0	0	0	---			43.00	45	1	22	20	20	14	.215	4.19		1.4	.054
1959	3	Jim Perry	CLE	23	7.06	5.5%			31	18	5	4	4	5	.444			51.67	38	6	20	17	19	38	.667	2.96		5.1	.165
1960						0.0%
1961	2	Jim Donohue	DET/LA	22	10.27	26.5%			240	108	17	11	19	8	.704			397.32	395	37	202	180	211	251	.414	4.08		26.7	.111
1962	6	Jim Hannan	WAS	22	8.06	10.7%			117	51	6	8	12	3	.800			151.67	143	13	71	63	89	82	.353	3.74		11.3	.097
1963	5	Garry Roggenburk	MIN	23	8.32	10.6%			71	25	8	6	5	3	.625			126.34	115	16	60	46	52	60	.359	3.28		7.9	.111
1964	7	Bill Stafford	NY	24	7.89	10.6%			72	24	9	2	7	1	.875			132.33	116	11	50	42	55	89	.520	2.86		10.8	.150
1965	9	Jack Aker	KC	24	4.03	8.4%			65	24	6	5	4	0	1.000			109.33	101	12	53	50	42	58	.406	4.12		3.7	.057
1966	11	Casey Cox	WAS	24	5.30	24.2%			192	88	15	23	16	3	.842			353.00	300	24	154	134	167	231	.495	3.42		19.8	.103
1967	11	Tony Pierce	KC	21	4.40	13.6%			140	60	12	6	11	8	.579			221.00	178	16	99	80	80	160	.620	3.26		12.2	.087
1968	3	Daryl Patterson	DET	24	10.31	20.2%			173	72	7	15	17	4	.810			281.67	219	15	103	91	100	152	.476	2.91		16.5	.095
1969	4	Dick Woodson	MIN	24	7.21	10.4%			103	36	10	9	4	3	.571			160.67	150	10	70	64	78	106	.465	3.58		9.2	.089
1970	4	Tom Hall	MIN	22	8.21	20.9%			199	69	19	8	15	4	.789			315.33	252	25	131	124	157	250	.611	3.54		22.8	.115
1971	1	Bill Lee	BOS	24	15.09	30.1%			272	110	28	17	19	6	.760			426.33	379	43	180	165	198	337	.584	3.48		26.7	.098
1972	6	Don Newhauser	BOS	24	4.62	23.2%			147	74	16	9	18	6	.750			230.33	182	15	92	81	127	149	.482	3.17		13.2	.090
1973	8	Ed Farmer	CLE/DET	23	1.17	9.4%			40	22	3	2	3	1	.750			62.33	77	7	38	34	32	38	.349	4.91		1.9	.048
1974	2	Ed Rodriguez	MIL	22	10.26	23.4%			112	71	11	7	9	6	.600			219.67	198	15	96	84	99	130	.438	3.44		14.1	.126
1975	3	Ed Rodriguez	MIL	23	9.51	15.1%			86	35	10	2	9	0	1.000			148.00	132	12	65	62	82	83	.388	3.77		10.6	.123
1976						0.0%
1977						0.0%
1978	3	Paul Hartzell	CAL	24	9.23	19.3%			92	51	5	12	10	3	.769			180.00	180	11	81	71	70	95	.380	3.55		12.9	.140
1979	4	Pete Redfern	MIN	24	11.36	6.1%			34	13	4	3	1	2	.333			80.00	73	2	29	28	24	55	.567	3.15		8.1	.238
1980	1	Ron Davis	NY	24	17.04	29.1%			249	125	19	21	27	14	.659			439.67	425	38	196	171	173	265	.443	3.50		34.7	.139
1981	10	Jeff Jones	OAK	24	3.87	6.3%			33	14	4	1	3	1	.750			61.00	51	7	27	23	40	43	.473	3.39		3.9	.118
1982	3	Ed Vande Berg	SEA	23	10.83	10.3%			120	47	9	13	8	5	.615			163.33	122	18	68	66	88	134	.638	3.64		12.9	.108
1983	7	Jim Acker	TOR	24	6.78	8.9%			101	38	4	5	6	5	.545			137.00	133	8	64	51	48	79	.436	3.35		10.9	.108
1984	4	Edwin Nunez	SEA	21	9.66	15.5%			142	61	9	6	13	10	.565			214.00	218	30	109	97	77	137	.464	4.08		13.9	.098
1985	3	Steve Ontiveros	OAK	24	12.22	9.3%			115	43	7	6	10	6	.625			187.33	141	17	72	69	72	102	.479	3.31		15.8	.137
1986	4	Jeff Russell	TEX	24	7.58	13.5%			136	40	14	7	5	7	.417			206.67	186	23	103	92	93	127	.455	4.01		12.6	.093
1987	1	Mitch Williams	TEX	22	14.04	16.2%			183	63	22	16	9	8	.529			266.67	216	21	128	113	177	233	.593	3.81		22.9	.125
1988	5	Eric Plunk	OAK	24	8.50	8.1%			112	49	9	5	8	5	.615			155.00	143	14	63	60	73	132	.611	3.48		11.8	.105
1989	4	Tom Gordon	KC	21	10.77	16.3%			243	86	26	13	7	12	.368			317.67	263	23	131	119	153	263	.632	3.37		25.1	.103
1990	19	Curt Schilling	BAL	23	5.21	10.3%			214	77	13	15	8	13	.381			254.67	267	14	125	114	123	187	.479	4.03		14.4	.067
1991	17	Tony Fossas	BOS	23	4.58	5.2%			120	38	4	6	5	4	.556			117.33	108	11	58	51	60	76	.452	3.91		7.5	.063
1992	2	Rusty Meacham	KC	24	14.04	7.4%			124	37	11	6	4	5	.444			131.33	119	6	48	39	35	83	.539	2.67		14.5	.117
1993	13	Ken Ryan	BOS	24	5.43	2.5%			47	26	7	2	1	3	.250			50.00	43	2	23	20	29	49	.681	3.60		5.0	.106
1994	8	Hipolito Pichardo	KC	24	5.07	12.1%			129	41	10	5	7	5	.583			162.00	172	12	89	76	83	112	.439	4.22		12.7	.098
1995	2	Julian Tavarez	CLE	22	13.10	16.4%			228	73	23	22	7	16	.304			321.67	299	42	188	158	150	253	.563	4.42		21.9	.096
1996	4	Rafael Carmona	SEA	23	10.72	8.0%			163	44	13	15	3	10	.231			224.33	226	20	108	101	111	166	.493	4.05		19.4	.119
1997	7	John Wasdin	BOS	24	8.37	7.9%			173	38	12	13	2	11	.154			207.67	202	26	97	84	74	150	.543	3.64		17.8	.103
1998	11	Esteban Yan	TB	23	8.07	9.4%			246	50	16	12	2	12	.143			273.67	243	36	134	124	134	221	.586	4.08		20.1	.082
1999	35	Mike Duvall	TB	24	2.21	3.5%			89	22	4	5	0	4	.000			97.00	117	13	60	56	55	59	.343	5.20		3.8	.043
2000	29	Matt Anderson	DET	23	3.69	4.4%			111	36	5	5	1	3	.250			117.00	97	15	73	67	76	112	.647	5.15		5.8	.052
2001	10	Bob File	TOR	24	7.85	6.6%			152	41	12	8	5	4	.556			186.67	144	17	80	65	73	144	.664	3.13		18.8	.124
						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
2002	21	Corey Thurman	TOR	23	3.54	2.3%			42	5	2	2	0	2	.000			65.00	59	10	29	28	43	52	.510	3.88		3.6	.086
2003	3	Francisco Rodriguez	ANA	21	11.27	11.4%			248	77	19	15	8	10	.444			315.67	264	28	142	134	153	292	.700	3.82		24.1	.097
2004	9	Frank Francisco	TEX	24	7.95	3.6%			100	19	9	4	0	5	.000			114.33	92	15	60	56	57	117	.785	4.41		8.6	.086
2005	4	Jesse Crain	MIN	23	13.12	10.8%			323	78	26	24	4	20	.167			358.00	342	37	170	156	153	269	.543	3.92		28.5	.088
2006	1	Joel Zumaya	DET	21	19.27	18.3%			508	138	26	27	8	26	.235			583.00	549	64	285	271	257	516	.640	4.18		42.8	.084
2007	23	Brandon Morrow	SEA	22	4.31	7.8%			235	55	13	8	0	7	.000			208.33	210	14	118	113	112	155	.481	4.88		11.0	.047
2008	1	Jose Arredondo	LA	24	17.03	6.0%			194	44	22	7	1	12	.077			197.33	167	12	72	58	66	172	.738	2.65		24.6	.127
2009	2	Phil Hughes	NY	23	15.32	9.3%			316	75	17	11	6	11	.353			322.33	277	27	132	116	138	354	.853	3.24		32.3	.102
2010	18	Ryan Perry	DET	23	5.64	9.0%			268	73	10	15	5	11	.313			293.00	305	27	156	149	115	223	.531	4.58		14.0	.052
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