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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	1	Sea Lion Hall	BOS	27	2.76	58.9%			31	22	5	0	2					74.00	68	1	47	28	32	34	.340	3.41		2.7	.087
1914						0.0%
1915	3	Parson Perryman	STL	26	0.29	26.2%			21	9	2	1	0					38.67	40	2	21	17	12	15	.288	3.96		0.6	.029
1916	1	Dave Davenport	STL	26	4.34	52.8%			94	60	12	7	6					205.00	191	2	92	72	80	84	.310	3.16		11.1	.118
1917	1	Doc Ayers	WAS	27	6.29	57.5%			49	39	9	4	2					133.00	121	1	47	33	48	66	.391	2.23		9.8	.200
1918	1	Byron Houck	STL	26	5.05	100.0%			51	41	7	9	4					117.66	110	0	50	38	40	44	.293	2.91		5.9	.116
1919	1	Dickie Kerr	CHI	25	5.75	100.0%			90	62	15	8	2					217.66	222	6	101	83	77	73	.244	3.43		10.5	.117
1920	1	Roy Wilkinson	CHI	26	10.44	39.3%			46	37	8	7	3					144.67	147	2	64	58	33	32	.178	3.61		9.6	.209
1921	1	Guy Morton	CLE	28	8.64	66.8%			103	69	14	9	6					269.67	304	7	172	138	95	60	.150	4.61		10.5	.102
1922	1	Shovel Hodge	CHI	28	9.11	51.8%			102	71	13	11	4					306.67	353	8	184	152	110	77	.166	4.46		12.8	.125
1923	T7	Danny Boone	CLE	28	-	28.1%			66	38	7	4	1					147.33	213	2	135	103	76	28	.097	6.29		-	.000
	T7	Lefty O'Doul	BOS	26	-
	T7	Dewey Metivier	CLE	25	-
1924	1	Denny Burns	PHI	26	6.66	58.0%			137	76	14	10	5					320.33	352	12	196	161	141	92	.187	4.52		17.6	.128
1925	1	Lefty Grove	PHI	25	9.75	46.7%			121	60	14	12	7					293.33	354	8	191	166	159	105	.205	5.09		14.3	.118
1926	2	Win Ballou	STL	28	8.70	58.3%			205	111	23	14	9					472.33	529	17	256	199	171	184	.263	3.79		32.5	.159
1927	1	Sam Gray	PHI	29	10.51	50.3%			96	50	11	9	5					228.67	251	14	151	120	111	93	.257	4.72		15.9	.166
1928	1	Firpo Marberry	WAS	29	8.01	49.1%			149	93	8	14	10					346.33	362	7	189	165	127	153	.313	4.29		17.3	.116
1929	3	Emil Yde	DET	29	2.07	21.3%			51	28	3	4	1					102.67	119	9	88	72	74	37	.192	6.31		1.6	.031
1930	2	Pete Appleton	CLE	26	7.02	42.7%			137	91	10	10	6					333.00	400	27	243	197	156	118	.212	5.32		12.8	.093
1931	1	Carl Fischer	WAS	25	11.92	37.4%			104	64	5	4	5					239.33	264	13	139	118	95	77	.214	4.44		14.6	.140
1932						0.0%
1933	1	Whit Wyatt	DET/CHI	25	7.34	65.3%			207	120	12	15	7					471.00	559	37	298	251	198	178	.235	4.80		17.4	.084
1934	1	Ivy Andrews	STL	27	11.56	42.0%			148	91	21	12	5					350.00	386	19	191	160	173	127	.227	4.11		22.2	.150
1935	2	Russ Van Atta	NY/STL	29	11.75	69.3%			264	152	24	23	16					586.33	689	42	388	330	280	213	.220	5.07		28.8	.109
1936	3	Thornton Lee	CLE	29	8.33	43.4%			148	84	10	15	12					365.00	444	15	266	220	194	157	.246	5.42		20.0	.135
1937	1	Slick Coffman	DET	26	11.05	56.2%			170	106	23	9	9					431.67	482	27	256	215	196	165	.243	4.48		27.9	.164
1938	2	Denny Galehouse	CLE	26	8.31	46.3%			133	76	8	8	8					258.33	293	24	176	146	140	105	.242	5.09		10.0	.075
1939	3	Alex Carrasquel	WAS	26	6.41	40.4%			116	61	16	5	6					240.67	243	24	155	129	129	81	.218	4.82		13.6	.117
1940	2	Archie McKain	DET	29	9.97	52.8%			199	102	24	11	15					405.00	461	27	253	225	204	189	.284	5.00		22.7	.114
1941	1	Lum Harris	PHI	26	8.67	53.8%			176	113	21	10	10					374.33	377	28	197	167	202	165	.285	4.02		25.3	.144
1942	1	Tom Ferrick	CLE	27	11.94	63.5%			108	68	13	6	7					233.33	205	8	88	71	96	116	.385	2.74		18.1	.168
1943	2	Joe Haynes	CHI	25	6.70	44.0%			81	51	11	4	8					188.67	167	6	85	66	87	86	.339	3.15		10.4	.128
1944	3	Joe Haynes	CHI	26	6.25	46.0%			123	66	6	8	8					228.67	228	7	121	100	107	75	.224	3.94		6.6	.054
1945	3	Ken Holcombe	NY	26	5.84	20.6%			46	29	5	4	0					108.67	100	5	44	31	40	36	.257	2.57		7.3	.159
1946	1	Randy Gumpert	NY	28	11.85	42.2%			140	71	15	8	6					317.67	302	21	160	132	177	144	.301	3.74		16.4	.117
1947	1	Bob Savage	PHI	25	9.86	70.0%			254	138	30	26	19					585.00	526	27	259	227	273	234	.293	3.49		31.3	.123
1948	2	Tommy Byrne	NY	28	9.46	49.0%			290	140	32	20	20					590.00	591	39	338	301	343	224	.240	4.59		23.5	.081
1949	1	Bill Kennedy	STL	28	21.78	31.9%			174	83	13	10	11					359.67	340	18	180	146	186	139	.264	3.65		27.9	.160
1950	1	Luis Aloma	CHI	26	10.22	31.1%			138	68	11	7	9					248.67	262	14	160	143	177	111	.253	5.18		13.5	.098
1951	1	Luis Aloma	CHI	27	11.68	17.4%			74	40	13	5	3					188.33	171	12	73	60	70	63	.261	2.87		17.4	.235
1952	3	Dick Littlefield	DET/STL	26	4.48	30.9%			135	66	6	9	6					256.67	221	13	102	85	124	127	.368	2.98		11.8	.087
1953	3	Carl Scheib	PHI	26	5.71	25.8%			107	54	5	8	10					212.67	215	26	106	95	75	90	.310	4.02		12.9	.121
1954	1	Bob Chakales	CLE/BAL	26	9.36	42.4%			214	122	16	21	13					454.33	427	25	218	188	197	225	.361	3.72		26.0	.121
1955	2	Al Aber	DET	27	8.51	49.7%			246	119	26	16	12					495.66	480	45	250	222	227	237	.335	4.03		25.9	.105
1956	2	Ray Narleski	CLE	27	12.82	13.4%			74	44	7	6	8					150.66	124	6	60	49	75	73	.367	2.93		15.9	.215
						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	2	Art Ditmar	NY	28	14.54	51.4%			288	148	34	19	24	15	.615			551.00	520	43	275	235	241	250	.329	3.84		36.4	.126
1958	2	Tex Clevenger	WAS	25	8.35	67.4%			394	178	43	40	33	13	.717			744.67	728	78	357	317	265	398	.401	3.83		44.9	.114
1959	2	Chuck Stobbs	WAS	29	8.80	54.2%			295	135	21	22	31	5	.861			525.00	481	54	259	220	244	341	.470	3.77		28.9	.098
1960	1	Dave Sisler	DET	28	14.14	53.2%			292	131	36	23	25	13	.658			529.34	480	38	243	214	247	288	.396	3.64		43.5	.149
1961	1	Barry Latman	CLE	25	13.03	45.8%			373	157	37	23	28	11	.718			749.01	700	81	361	321	301	407	.407	3.86		51.5	.139
1962	2	Eddie Fisher	CHI	25	11.29	58.2%			575	239	49	41	52	34	.605			925.66	858	82	439	377	394	543	.434	3.67		67.1	.117
1963	1	Gary Bell	CLE	26	14.14	52.7%			367	143	39	13	23	11	.676			607.99	524	47	264	225	265	448	.568	3.33		44.0	.120
1964	4	Pedro Ramos	CLE/NY	29	9.24	55.6%			395	180	43	25	40	10	.800			663.32	628	75	283	262	242	512	.589	3.55		46.1	.117
1965	1	Steve Hamilton	NY	29	10.30	57.6%			464	184	36	30	27	17	.614			721.33	638	47	285	242	321	502	.523	3.02		51.5	.111
1966	2	Dennis Higgins	CHI	26	8.93	25.3%			201	96	21	8	20	4	.833			368.00	280	22	126	115	108	265	.683	2.81		32.3	.161
1967	1	Jose Santiago	BOS	26	16.20	45.9%			462	194	29	39	42	18	.700			756.33	653	49	307	248	280	525	.563	2.95		54.2	.117
1968	1	Pat Dobson	DET	26	13.14	47.4%			429	192	34	32	42	20	.677			628.67	530	48	225	206	235	441	.576	2.95		45.6	.106
1969	2	Casey Cox	WAS	27	12.25	37.2%			361	105	33	20	14	15	.483			592.33	520	41	242	207	287	337	.418	3.15		42.4	.117
1970	1	John Hiller	DET	27	10.62	48.1%			461	173	50	30	29	16	.644			720.33	654	67	322	283	294	458	.483	3.54		51.6	.112
1971	3	Steve Mingori	CLE	27	11.66	44.6%			428	161	17	21	22	10	.688			591.67	484	39	230	206	282	406	.530	3.13		41.3	.096
1972	1	Roric Harrison	BAL	25	11.53	53.1%			321	139	26	23	29	8	.784			550.67	471	35	203	179	184	331	.505	2.93		38.9	.121
1973	5	Ray Lamb	CLE	28	4.15	33.6%			113	45	8	10	9	4	.692			266.67	282	22	132	125	119	161	.402	4.22		11.1	.098
1974	7	Skip Pitlock	CHI	26	3.28	16.0%			70	33	4	6	2	5	.286			160.00	149	13	77	69	76	87	.387	3.88		5.7	.081
1975	2	Dave Hamilton	OAK/CHI	27	11.52	40.2%			233	132	23	20	22	12	.647			386.67	363	32	173	147	166	235	.444	3.42		28.5	.123
1976	2	Stan Thomas	CLE	26	12.50	61.3%			286	157	24	22	22	12	.647			448.67	443	36	219	185	201	200	.311	3.71		28.9	.101
1977	1	John Montague	SEA	29	14.79	49.6%			432	195	39	31	34	17	.667			865.33	822	80	423	371	381	544	.452	3.86		60.9	.141
1978	8	Dan Spillner	CLE	26	4.29	38.1%			184	82	16	14	17	12	.586			352.33	367	23	199	182	158	224	.427	4.65		9.6	.052
1979	1	Tippy Martinez	BAL	29	12.44	63.0%			407	195	45	31	33	26	.559			742.00	728	53	373	331	337	413	.388	4.01		50.5	.124
1980	4	Sammy Stewart	BAL	25	9.13	30.5%			254	124	22	19	15	11	.577			472.00	492	38	260	233	230	274	.380	4.44		22.5	.089
1981	1	Steve Comer	TEX	27	10.43	63.1%			350	164	34	27	36	18	.667			579.67	518	30	221	195	229	304	.407	3.03		48.2	.138
1982	4	Mike Armstrong	KC	28	10.50	61.0%			631	290	43	38	48	25	.658			1,083.00	1041	82	522	466	489	655	.428	3.87		71.3	.113
1983	1	Sammy Stewart	BAL	28	14.97	46.6%			471	226	49	34	40	23	.635			810.67	766	66	389	359	370	516	.454	3.99		54.9	.117
1984	2	Jay Howell	NY	28	11.62	37.0%			316	136	37	21	17	15	.531			547.33	519	50	229	214	191	371	.523	3.52		42.1	.133
1985	1	Stewart Cliburn	CAL	28	20.77	45.3%			587	272	43	38	32	18	.640			868.00	794	75	389	356	366	538	.464	3.69		63.2	.108
1986	1	Steve Farr	KC	29	19.46	51.8%			502	223	40	39	31	25	.554			823.00	817	87	422	391	353	549	.469	4.28		52.3	.104
1987	2	Mark Eichhorn	TOR	26	13.97	37.7%			425	138	37	22	18	16	.529			623.67	633	67	313	283	231	404	.468	4.08		45.7	.108
1988	2	Gene Nelson	OAK	27	12.12	45.6%			575	194	53	48	24	28	.462			953.33	915	75	437	390	398	577	.439	3.68		65.1	.113
1989	5	David Wells	TOR	26	10.34	43.9%			604	208	43	42	17	26	.395			930.00	827	76	397	366	391	652	.535	3.54		63.9	.106
1990	1	Barry Jones	CHI	27	13.70	42.5%			800	242	59	44	41	25	.621			1,185.00	1073	77	447	394	483	696	.447	2.99		104.8	.131
1991	1	Todd Frohwirth	BAL	28	16.70	50.9%			1003	294	89	64	42	50	.457			1,424.67	1278	120	596	538	564	1019	.553	3.40		113.0	.113
1992	1	Todd Frohwirth	BAL	29	14.69	50.8%			806	240	57	41	37	32	.536			961.67	843	68	372	347	430	642	.504	3.25		80.5	.100
1993	1	Alan Mills	BAL	26	14.32	48.3%			882	250	48	33	19	31	.380			982.33	948	93	493	440	422	630	.460	4.03		69.1	.078
1994	4	Billy Brewer	KC	26	8.64	35.5%			410	139	25	21	15	17	.469			426.33	447	52	244	224	170	315	.511	4.73		31.5	.077
1995	1	Troy Percival	CAL	25	16.55	42.5%			615	183	46	34	21	28	.429			802.67	763	83	375	355	299	625	.589	3.98		68.4	.111
1996	1	Mariano Rivera	NY	26	29.21	57.1%			1267	413	91	69	48	72	.400			1,432.33	1353	141	678	632	633	1238	.623	3.97		137.0	.108
1997	1	Arthur Rhodes	BAL	27	15.66	43.5%			956	275	61	53	21	44	.323			1,142.33	1139	116	555	508	493	947	.580	4.00		87.6	.092
1998	1	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	ANA	29	15.73	40.5%			1033	271	72	46	24	41	.369			1,211.33	1167	124	595	549	518	961	.570	4.08		94.8	.092
1999	1	Jeff Zimmerman	TEX	26	22.82	43.9%			1085	284	85	57	22	40	.355			1,263.33	1228	144	648	589	507	930	.536	4.20		104.3	.096
2000	2	Rich Garces	BOS	29	12.83	38.9%			982	219	62	38	15	44	.254			1,041.67	1040	94	495	449	441	840	.567	3.88		94.1	.096
2001	2	Ramiro Mendoza	NY	29	14.98	24.2%			589	146	30	34	17	21	.447			638.33	574	65	331	301	285	495	.576	4.24		42.2	.072
2002	1	J.C. Romero	MIN	26	18.05	44.7%			971	253	50	47	9	37	.196			1,002.67	956	107	482	438	410	742	.543	3.93		76.7	.079
						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	4	Chad Bradford	OAK	28	10.75	31.6%			705	192	40	36	11	29	.275			840.67	810	87	412	386	327	645	.567	4.13		57.7	.082
2004	1	Scot Shields	ANA	28	16.47	37.4%			994	280	73	58	23	37	.383			1,229.33	1128	126	572	520	499	1046	.643	3.81		103.1	.104
2005	2	Justin Duchscherer	OAK	27	15.37	34.1%			1008	262	51	58	15	29	.341			1,138.33	1032	129	511	462	444	879	.596	3.65		87.3	.087
2006	3	Dennys Reyes	MIN	29	12.42	38.4%			1106	268	57	41	11	35	.239			1,167.67	1112	117	539	500	481	883	.554	3.85		92.7	.084
2007	3	Rafael Perez	CLE	25	14.51	41.4%			1175	310	54	51	13	37	.260			1,200.33	1124	109	579	541	550	986	.589	4.06		84.2	.072
2008	3	J.P. Howell	TB	25	14.73	41.7%			1268	293	79	66	25	47	.347			1,468.00	1371	117	687	627	675	1218	.595	3.84		105.6	.083
2009	3	Brandon Lyon	DET	29	14.23	41.6%			1362	328	99	82	13	51	.203			1,508.33	1443	169	773	719	637	1171	.563	4.29		100.5	.074
2010	3	Darren O'Day	TEX	27	11.70	50.8%			1559	379	82	66	15	44	.254			1,587.67	1516	158	693	648	670	1257	.575	3.67		118.2	.076
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		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
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		baseball-reference.com
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