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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%    50.0  25.0  18.2   4.5   -          75.00   63.2   1.5   38.2   35.3   51.5   30.9 .269   4.24       2.5 .077
1914    1 Hugh Bedient BOS 24     1.74 100.0%    50.0  34.8   4.3   5.4   4.3        75.00   71.1   2.1   39.7   29.4   29.4   43.8 .435   3.53       2.3 .074
1915    1 Bernie Boland DET 23     7.90 73.8%    50.0  29.8   4.8   1.9   2.9        75.00   66.4   1.3   35.1   26.3   29.5   28.8 .301   3.16       5.2 .160
1916    3 George Cunningham DET 21     3.39 47.2%    50.0  33.1   2.4   3.6   1.8        75.00   72.3   0.8   33.7   24.4   32.5   27.2 .260   2.92       3.5 .105
1917    3 Al Gould CLE 24     1.94 42.5%    50.0  26.8   3.7   3.7   1.2        75.00   76.4   0.8   39.4   31.2   36.9   23.0 .203   3.74       2.5 .073
1918         0.0%                      
1919         0.0%                      
                                   
1920    2 Eddie Rommell PHI 22     7.67 46.2%    50.0  33.3   5.6   2.4   1.6        75.00  130.2   3.2   68.3   55.6   38.9   35.7 .211   4.02       6.2 .124
1921    2 Dave Keefe PHI 24     3.79 21.8%    50.0  28.1   1.6   3.1   3.1        75.00  157.8  12.5  100.0   71.9   51.6   62.5 .299   4.58       5.6 .113
1922  T2  Syl Johnson DET 21     5.44 48.2%    50.0  30.6   2.7   3.2   0.9        75.00  115.8   7.7   58.1   50.9   53.6   38.7 .229   3.89       6.5 .130
 T2  Jim Brillheart WAS 18     5.44      
1923    1 George Murray BOS 24    10.94 60.8%    50.0  29.5   3.0   3.7   1.5        75.00  136.2   5.2   75.0   61.9   59.0   42.5 .218   4.51       6.3 .125
1924    2 Buster Ross BOS 21     5.05 32.8%    50.0  25.0   4.4   3.1   0.6        75.00  127.5   5.0   63.8   54.4   48.8   31.9 .181   4.40       4.9 .098
1925  T7  Buster Ross BOS 22      -   15.2%    50.0  34.4   2.2   3.3   -          75.00  131.1   7.8   90.0   81.1   52.2   30.0 .164   7.55       -   .000
 T7  Hank Johnson NY 19      -        
1926    1 Jack Russell BOS 20     9.41 14.3%    50.0  36.1   0.9   3.7   -          75.00  101.9   4.6   50.9   48.1   42.6   25.9 .179   4.23       6.5 .130
1927    2 Bobby Burke WAS 20     6.24 26.6%    50.0  30.8   3.8   3.8   1.0        75.00   98.1   3.8   49.0   41.3   49.0   28.8 .196   3.25       8.4 .167
1928    4 Pat Simmons BOS 19     4.06 42.1%    50.0  27.4   1.5   1.1   1.5        75.00  124.8   6.6   68.6   60.6   54.7   25.2 .140   5.27       2.2 .045
1929    1 Hal McKain CHI 22    10.47 61.5%    50.0  29.4   2.6   4.8   1.5        75.00  136.0   7.0   78.3   65.8   45.2   28.7 .158   5.13       2.9 .058
                                   
1930    4 Bobby Burke WAS 23     4.24 41.0%    50.0  34.1   6.4   7.6   3.4        75.00  139.0   7.2   85.6   73.9   56.4   52.7 .269   5.49       4.7 .095
1931  T9  Ed Durham BOS 22      -   20.2%    50.0  23.6   3.6   2.7   -          75.00  160.9   7.3   97.3   84.5   70.9   40.9 .176   6.41       -   .000
 T9  Rollie Stiles STL 24      -        
1932    1 Bob Kline BOS 22     8.87 74.5%    50.0  28.9   3.8   1.9   1.9        75.00  125.9   6.4   78.9   65.4   50.0   29.7 .169   5.25       4.5 .089
1933    8 Jim Peterson PHI 24     1.72 15.7%    50.0  24.0   3.0   4.0   -          75.00  142.0  10.0   94.0   80.0   53.0   27.0 .138   6.39       1.9 .038
1934  T8  Eldon Auker DET 23     4.09 14.3%    50.0  29.4  12.7   5.9   2.0        75.00  149.0   9.8   92.2   68.6   43.1   52.9 .276   5.32       5.2 .104
1935         0.0%                      
1936    1 Denny Galehouse CLE 24    15.77 16.8%    50.0  27.3   6.4   3.6   3.6        75.00  122.7   3.6   58.2   48.2   63.6   80.0 .429   3.28      15.9 .318
1937    7 George Turbeville PHI 22     2.59 8.8%    50.0  25.0   -     3.6   -          75.00  110.7   1.8   64.3   50.0   80.4   25.0 .131   3.86       5.0 .100
1938    1 Johnny Rigney CHI 23    11.60 36.2%    50.0  26.7   5.0   2.8   0.6        75.00  136.1   6.7   73.9   68.9   66.1   46.1 .228   4.99       5.8 .117
1939    1 Harry Eisenstat DET/CLE 23    12.27 29.1%    50.0  27.2   5.7   1.9   1.9        75.00  127.2   5.7   64.6   57.6   39.2   33.5 .202   4.54       6.1 .123
                                   
1940    8 Joe Dobson CLE 23     2.10 8.4%    50.0  24.2   3.0   3.0   4.5        75.00   84.8   6.1   51.5   47.0   50.0   59.1 .438   4.45       3.8 .076
1941   10 Jack Kramer STL 23     1.26 14.7%    50.0  25.0   5.6   0.9   4.6        75.00  100.9   3.7   60.2   45.4   53.7   34.3 .222   4.71       2.2 .044
1942         0.0%                      
1943         0.0%                      
1944    2 Clem Hausmann BOS 24     7.06 10.4%    50.0  22.5   2.5   5.0   5.0        75.00  155.0   5.0   55.0   55.0   82.5   72.5 .305   3.11      12.0 .240
1945    8 Sandy Ullrich WAS 23     0.74 9.4%    50.0  34.1   6.8   -     2.3        75.00   86.4   4.5   34.1   34.1   40.9   31.8 .250   2.81       2.7 .055
1946    2 Bob Savage PHI 24    10.29 11.6%    50.0  30.5   1.2   1.2   4.9        75.00   82.9   2.4   36.6   28.0   58.5   59.8 .422   2.47      12.9 .259
1947   14 Scott Cary WAS 24      -   4.6%    50.0  40.0   2.5   -     -          75.00  117.5   7.5   60.0   60.0   35.0   42.5 .279   6.55       -   .000
1948    5 Al Widmar STL 23     5.39 12.2%    50.0  21.9   1.9   4.4   1.9        75.00   91.9   3.8   48.8   46.3   52.5   29.4 .203   4.90       3.7 .074
1949    2 Bobby Shantz PHI 23    18.46 21.6%    50.0  25.7   2.7   3.5   3.1        75.00  104.4   9.3   67.7   61.9   79.6   36.7 .200   5.00       4.8 .096
                                   
1950    2 Howie Judson CHI 24     9.71 24.6%    50.0  25.8   2.5   2.5   2.0        75.00  119.7  11.6   71.7   62.6   66.2   33.8 .182   5.29       3.7 .075
1951   10 Marv Rotblatt CHI 23     3.66 16.6%    50.0  28.3   3.3   3.3   1.3        75.00  111.8   8.6   52.6   43.4   52.6   54.6 .332   3.47       5.6 .112
1952    1 Chuck Stobbs CHI 22     8.18 11.1%    50.0  23.3   2.2   4.4   5.6        75.00   92.2   6.7   46.7   42.2   47.8   66.7 .476   3.53       7.4 .149
1953    2 Mike Fornieles CHI 21     8.19 24.4%    50.0  16.5   4.5   2.0   2.0        75.00  122.0   7.5   64.5   59.0   48.0   43.5 .256   5.23       3.9 .078
1954    5 Bob G. Miller DET 18     7.47 27.1%    50.0  25.7   2.9   3.2   1.8        75.00   77.1   3.4   40.4   34.4   35.7   37.0 .328   4.12       2.6 .071
1955   14 Paul Foytack DET 24     0.34 14.5%    50.0  20.9   0.7   3.4   2.0        75.00   81.8   4.3   50.2   44.4   47.0   51.8 .402   5.32       0.3 .008
1956  T5  Dave Sisler BOS 24     8.03 15.9%    50.0  22.7   5.8   5.8   2.9        75.00   92.1   9.1   55.3   47.9   29.7   34.3 .281   5.75       3.2 .091
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
1957         0.0%                      
1958   16 Tom Qualters CHI 23     0.96 4.1%    50.0  19.2   -     -     -    -   ---        75.00   78.5   1.7   38.4   34.9   34.9   24.4 .215   4.19       2.4 .054
1959    3 Jim Perry CLE 23     7.06 5.5%    50.0  29.0   8.1   6.5   6.5  8.1 .444        75.00   55.2   8.7   29.0   24.7   27.6   55.2 .667   2.96       7.4 .165
                                   
1960         0.0%                      
1961    2 Jim Donohue DET/LA 22    10.27 26.5%    50.0  22.5   3.5   2.3   4.0  1.7 .704        75.00   74.6   7.0   38.1   34.0   39.8   47.4 .414   4.08       5.1 .111
1962    6 Jim Hannan WAS 22     8.06 10.7%    50.0  21.8   2.6   3.4   5.1  1.3 .800        75.00   70.7   6.4   35.1   31.2   44.0   40.5 .353   3.74       5.6 .097
1963    5 Garry Roggenburk MIN 23     8.32 10.6%    50.0  17.6   5.6   4.2   3.5  2.1 .625        75.00   68.3   9.5   35.6   27.3   30.9   35.6 .359   3.28       4.7 .111
1964    7 Bill Stafford NY 24     7.89 10.6%    50.0  16.7   6.3   1.4   4.9  0.7 .875        75.00   65.7   6.2   28.3   23.8   31.2   50.4 .520   2.86       6.1 .150
1965    9 Jack Aker KC 24     4.03 8.4%    50.0  18.5   4.6   3.8   3.1  -   1.000        75.00   69.3   8.2   36.4   34.3   28.8   39.8 .406   4.12       2.5 .057
1966   11 Casey Cox WAS 24     5.30 24.2%    50.0  22.9   3.9   6.0   4.2  0.8 .842        75.00   63.7   5.1   32.7   28.5   35.5   49.1 .495   3.42       4.2 .103
1967   11 Tony Pierce KC 21     4.40 13.6%    50.0  21.4   4.3   2.1   3.9  2.9 .579        75.00   60.4   5.4   33.6   27.1   27.1   54.3 .620   3.26       4.1 .087
1968    3 Daryl Patterson DET 24    10.31 20.2%    50.0  20.8   2.0   4.3   4.9  1.2 .810        75.00   58.3   4.0   27.4   24.2   26.6   40.5 .476   2.91       4.4 .095
1969    4 Dick Woodson MIN 24     7.21 10.4%    50.0  17.5   4.9   4.4   1.9  1.5 .571        75.00   70.0   4.7   32.7   29.9   36.4   49.5 .465   3.58       4.3 .089
                                   
1970    4 Tom Hall MIN 22     8.21 20.9%    50.0  17.3   4.8   2.0   3.8  1.0 .789        75.00   59.9   5.9   31.2   29.5   37.3   59.5 .611   3.54       5.4 .115
1971    1 Bill Lee BOS 24    15.09 30.1%    50.0  20.2   5.1   3.1   3.5  1.1 .760        75.00   66.7   7.6   31.7   29.0   34.8   59.3 .584   3.48       4.7 .098
1972    6 Don Newhauser BOS 24     4.62 23.2%    50.0  25.2   5.4   3.1   6.1  2.0 .750        75.00   59.3   4.9   30.0   26.4   41.4   48.5 .482   3.17       4.3 .090
1973    8 Ed Farmer CLE/DET 23     1.17 9.4%    50.0  27.5   3.8   2.5   3.8  1.3 .750        75.00   92.7   8.4   45.7   40.9   38.5   45.7 .349   4.91       2.3 .048
1974    2 Ed Rodriguez MIL 22    10.26 23.4%    50.0  31.7   4.9   3.1   4.0  2.7 .600        75.00   67.6   5.1   32.8   28.7   33.8   44.4 .438   3.44       4.8 .126
1975    3 Ed Rodriguez MIL 23     9.51 15.1%    50.0  20.3   5.8   1.2   5.2  -   1.000        75.00   66.9   6.1   32.9   31.4   41.6   42.1 .388   3.77       5.4 .123
1976         0.0%                      
1977         0.0%                      
1978    3 Paul Hartzell CAL 24     9.23 19.3%    50.0  27.7   2.7   6.5   5.4  1.6 .769        75.00   75.0   4.6   33.8   29.6   29.2   39.6 .380   3.55       5.4 .140
1979    4 Pete Redfern MIN 24    11.36 6.1%    50.0  19.1   5.9   4.4   1.5  2.9 .333        75.00   68.4   1.9   27.2   26.3   22.5   51.6 .567   3.15       7.6 .238
                                   
1980    1 Ron Davis NY 24    17.04 29.1%    50.0  25.1   3.8   4.2   5.4  2.8 .659        75.00   72.5   6.5   33.4   29.2   29.5   45.2 .443   3.50       5.9 .139
1981   10 Jeff Jones OAK 24     3.87 6.3%    50.0  21.2   6.1   1.5   4.5  1.5 .750        75.00   62.7   8.6   33.2   28.3   49.2   52.9 .473   3.39       4.8 .118
1982    3 Ed Vande Berg SEA 23    10.83 10.3%    50.0  19.6   3.8   5.4   3.3  2.1 .615        75.00   56.0   8.3   31.2   30.3   40.4   61.5 .638   3.64       5.9 .108
1983    7 Jim Acker TOR 24     6.78 8.9%    50.0  18.8   2.0   2.5   3.0  2.5 .545        75.00   72.8   4.4   35.0   27.9   26.3   43.2 .436   3.35       6.0 .108
1984    4 Edwin Nunez SEA 21     9.66 15.5%    50.0  21.5   3.2   2.1   4.6  3.5 .565        75.00   76.4  10.5   38.2   34.0   27.0   48.0 .464   4.08       4.9 .098
1985    3 Steve Ontiveros OAK 24    12.22 9.3%    50.0  18.7   3.0   2.6   4.3  2.6 .625        75.00   56.4   6.8   28.8   27.6   28.8   40.8 .479   3.31       6.3 .137
1986    4 Jeff Russell TEX 24     7.58 13.5%    50.0  14.7   5.1   2.6   1.8  2.6 .417        75.00   67.5   8.3   37.4   33.4   33.7   46.1 .455   4.01       4.6 .093
1987    1 Mitch Williams TEX 22    14.04 16.2%    50.0  17.2   6.0   4.4   2.5  2.2 .529        75.00   60.7   5.9   36.0   31.8   49.8   65.5 .593   3.81       6.4 .125
1988    5 Eric Plunk OAK 24     8.50 8.1%    50.0  21.9   4.0   2.2   3.6  2.2 .615        75.00   69.2   6.8   30.5   29.0   35.3   63.9 .611   3.48       5.7 .105
1989    4 Tom Gordon KC 21    10.77 16.3%    50.0  17.7   5.3   2.7   1.4  2.5 .368        75.00   62.1   5.4   30.9   28.1   36.1   62.1 .632   3.37       5.9 .103
                                   
1990   19 Curt Schilling BAL 23     5.21 10.3%    50.0  18.0   3.0   3.5   1.9  3.0 .381        75.00   78.6   4.1   36.8   33.6   36.2   55.1 .479   4.03       4.2 .067
1991   17 Tony Fossas BOS 23     4.58 5.2%    50.0  15.8   1.7   2.5   2.1  1.7 .556        75.00   69.0   7.0   37.1   32.6   38.4   48.6 .452   3.91       4.8 .063
1992    2 Rusty Meacham KC 24    14.04 7.4%    50.0  14.9   4.4   2.4   1.6  2.0 .444        75.00   68.0   3.4   27.4   22.3   20.0   47.4 .539   2.67       8.3 .117
1993   13 Ken Ryan BOS 24     5.43 2.5%    50.0  27.7   7.4   2.1   1.1  3.2 .250        75.00   64.5   3.0   34.5   30.0   43.5   73.5 .681   3.60       7.5 .106
1994    8 Hipolito Pichardo KC 24     5.07 12.1%    50.0  15.9   3.9   1.9   2.7  1.9 .583        75.00   79.6   5.6   41.2   35.2   38.4   51.9 .439   4.22       5.9 .098
1995    2 Julian Tavarez CLE 22    13.10 16.4%    50.0  16.0   5.0   4.8   1.5  3.5 .304        75.00   69.7   9.8   43.8   36.8   35.0   59.0 .563   4.42       5.1 .096
1996    4 Rafael Carmona SEA 23    10.72 8.0%    50.0  13.5   4.0   4.6   0.9  3.1 .231        75.00   75.6   6.7   36.1   33.8   37.1   55.5 .493   4.05       6.5 .119
1997    7 John Wasdin BOS 24     8.37 7.9%    50.0  11.0   3.5   3.8   0.6  3.2 .154        75.00   73.0   9.4   35.0   30.3   26.7   54.2 .543   3.64       6.4 .103
1998   11 Esteban Yan TB 23     8.07 9.4%    50.0  10.2   3.3   2.4   0.4  2.4 .143        75.00   66.6   9.9   36.7   34.0   36.7   60.6 .586   4.08       5.5 .082
1999   35 Mike Duvall TB 24     2.21 3.5%    50.0  12.4   2.2   2.8   -    2.2 .000        75.00   90.5  10.1   46.4   43.3   42.5   45.6 .343   5.20       2.9 .043
                                   
2000   29 Matt Anderson DET 23     3.69 4.4%    50.0  16.2   2.3   2.3   0.5  1.4 .250        75.00   62.2   9.6   46.8   42.9   48.7   71.8 .647   5.15       3.7 .052
2001   10 Bob File TOR 24     7.85 6.6%    50.0  13.5   3.9   2.6   1.6  1.3 .556        75.00   57.9   6.8   32.1   26.1   29.3   57.9 .664   3.13       7.6 .124
2002   21 Corey Thurman TOR 23     3.54 2.3%    50.0   6.0   2.4   2.4   -    2.4 .000        75.00   68.1  11.5   33.5   32.3   49.6   60.0 .510   3.88       4.2 .086
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
2003    3 Francisco Rodriguez ANA 21    11.27 11.4%    50.0  15.5   3.8   3.0   1.6  2.0 .444        75.00   62.7   6.7   33.7   31.8   36.4   69.4 .700   3.82       5.7 .097
2004    9 Frank Francisco TEX 24     7.95 3.6%    50.0   9.5   4.5   2.0   -    2.5 .000        75.00   60.4   9.8   39.4   36.7   37.4   76.8 .785   4.41       5.6 .086
2005    4 Jesse Crain MIN 23    13.12 10.8%    50.0  12.1   4.0   3.7   0.6  3.1 .167        75.00   71.6   7.8   35.6   32.7   32.1   56.4 .543   3.92       6.0 .088
2006    1 Joel Zumaya DET 21    19.27 18.3%    50.0  13.6   2.6   2.7   0.8  2.6 .235        75.00   70.6   8.2   36.7   34.9   33.1   66.4 .640   4.18       5.5 .084
2007   23 Brandon Morrow SEA 22     4.31 7.8%    50.0  11.7   2.8   1.7   -    1.5 .000        75.00   75.6   5.0   42.5   40.7   40.3   55.8 .481   4.88       4.0 .047
2008    1 Jose Arredondo LA 24    17.03 6.0%    50.0  11.3   5.7   1.8   0.3  3.1 .077        75.00   63.5   4.6   27.4   22.0   25.1   65.4 .738   2.65       9.3 .127
2009    2 Phil Hughes NY 23    15.32 9.3%    50.0  11.9   2.7   1.7   0.9  1.7 .353        75.00   64.5   6.3   30.7   27.0   32.1   82.4 .853   3.24       7.5 .102
                                   
2010   18 Ryan Perry DET 23     5.64 9.0%    50.0  13.6   1.9   2.8   0.9  2.1 .313        75.00   78.1   6.9   39.9   38.1   29.4   57.1 .531   4.58       3.6 .052
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
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baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia