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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%    50.0  35.5   8.1   -     3.2        75.00   68.9   1.0   47.6   28.4   32.4   34.5 .340   3.41       2.7 .087
1914         0.0%                      
1915    3 Parson Perryman STL 26     0.29 26.2%    50.0  21.4   4.8   2.4   -          75.00   77.6   3.9   40.7   33.0   23.3   29.1 .288   3.96       1.2 .029
1916    1 Dave Davenport STL 26     4.34 52.8%    50.0  31.9   6.4   3.7   3.2        75.00   69.9   0.7   33.7   26.3   29.3   30.7 .310   3.16       4.1 .118
1917    1 Doc Ayers WAS 27     6.29 57.5%    50.0  39.8   9.2   4.1   2.0        75.00   68.2   0.6   26.5   18.6   27.1   37.2 .391   2.23       5.5 .200
1918    1 Byron Houck STL 26     5.05 100.0%    50.0  40.2   6.9   8.8   3.9        75.00   70.1   -     31.9   24.2   25.5   28.0 .293   2.91       3.8 .116
1919    1 Dickie Kerr CHI 25     5.75 100.0%    50.0  34.4   8.3   4.4   1.1        75.00   76.5   2.1   34.8   28.6   26.5   25.2 .244   3.43       3.6 .117
                                   
1920    1 Roy Wilkinson CHI 26    10.44 39.3%    50.0  40.2   8.7   7.6   3.3        75.00  159.8   2.2   69.6   63.0   35.9   34.8 .178   3.61      10.4 .209
1921    1 Guy Morton CLE 28     8.64 66.8%    50.0  33.5   6.8   4.4   2.9        75.00  147.6   3.4   83.5   67.0   46.1   29.1 .150   4.61       5.1 .102
1922    1 Shovel Hodge CHI 28     9.11 51.8%    50.0  34.8   6.4   5.4   2.0        75.00  173.0   3.9   90.2   74.5   53.9   37.7 .166   4.46       6.3 .125
1923  T7  Danny Boone CLE 28      -   28.1%    50.0  28.8   5.3   3.0   0.8        75.00  161.4   1.5  102.3   78.0   57.6   21.2 .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%    50.0  27.7   5.1   3.6   1.8        75.00  128.5   4.4   71.5   58.8   51.5   33.6 .187   4.52       6.4 .128
1925    1 Lefty Grove PHI 25     9.75 46.7%    50.0  24.8   5.8   5.0   2.9        75.00  146.3   3.3   78.9   68.6   65.7   43.4 .205   5.09       5.9 .118
1926    2 Win Ballou STL 28     8.70 58.3%    50.0  27.1   5.6   3.4   2.2        75.00  129.0   4.1   62.4   48.5   41.7   44.9 .263   3.79       7.9 .159
1927    1 Sam Gray PHI 29    10.51 50.3%    50.0  26.0   5.7   4.7   2.6        75.00  130.7   7.3   78.6   62.5   57.8   48.4 .257   4.72       8.3 .166
1928    1 Firpo Marberry WAS 29     8.01 49.1%    50.0  31.2   2.7   4.7   3.4        75.00  121.5   2.3   63.4   55.4   42.6   51.3 .313   4.29       5.8 .116
1929    3 Emil Yde DET 29     2.07 21.3%    50.0  27.5   2.9   3.9   1.0        75.00  116.7   8.8   86.3   70.6   72.5   36.3 .192   6.31       1.6 .031
                                   
1930    2 Pete Appleton CLE 26     7.02 42.7%    50.0  33.2   3.6   3.6   2.2        75.00  146.0   9.9   88.7   71.9   56.9   43.1 .212   5.32       4.7 .093
1931    1 Carl Fischer WAS 25    11.92 37.4%    50.0  30.8   2.4   1.9   2.4        75.00  126.9   6.3   66.8   56.7   45.7   37.0 .214   4.44       7.0 .140
1932         0.0%                      
1933    1 Whit Wyatt DET/CHI 25     7.34 65.3%    50.0  29.0   2.9   3.6   1.7        75.00  135.0   8.9   72.0   60.6   47.8   43.0 .235   4.80       4.2 .084
1934    1 Ivy Andrews STL 27    11.56 42.0%    50.0  30.7   7.1   4.1   1.7        75.00  130.4   6.4   64.5   54.1   58.4   42.9 .227   4.11       7.5 .150
1935    2 Russ Van Atta NY/STL 29    11.75 69.3%    50.0  28.8   4.5   4.4   3.0        75.00  130.5   8.0   73.5   62.5   53.0   40.3 .220   5.07       5.4 .109
1936    3 Thornton Lee CLE 29     8.33 43.4%    50.0  28.4   3.4   5.1   4.1        75.00  150.0   5.1   89.9   74.3   65.5   53.0 .246   5.42       6.8 .135
1937    1 Slick Coffman DET 26    11.05 56.2%    50.0  31.2   6.8   2.6   2.6        75.00  141.8   7.9   75.3   63.2   57.6   48.5 .243   4.48       8.2 .164
1938    2 Denny Galehouse CLE 26     8.31 46.3%    50.0  28.6   3.0   3.0   3.0        75.00  110.2   9.0   66.2   54.9   52.6   39.5 .242   5.09       3.8 .075
1939    3 Alex Carrasquel WAS 26     6.41 40.4%    50.0  26.3   6.9   2.2   2.6        75.00  104.7  10.3   66.8   55.6   55.6   34.9 .218   4.82       5.9 .117
                                   
1940    2 Archie McKain DET 29     9.97 52.8%    50.0  25.6   6.0   2.8   3.8        75.00  115.8   6.8   63.6   56.5   51.3   47.5 .284   5.00       5.7 .114
1941    1 Lum Harris PHI 26     8.67 53.8%    50.0  32.1   6.0   2.8   2.8        75.00  107.1   8.0   56.0   47.4   57.4   46.9 .285   4.02       7.2 .144
1942    1 Tom Ferrick CLE 27    11.94 63.5%    50.0  31.5   6.0   2.8   3.2        75.00   94.9   3.7   40.7   32.9   44.4   53.7 .385   2.74       8.4 .168
1943    2 Joe Haynes CHI 25     6.70 44.0%    50.0  31.5   6.8   2.5   4.9        75.00  103.1   3.7   52.5   40.7   53.7   53.1 .339   3.15       6.4 .128
1944    3 Joe Haynes CHI 26     6.25 46.0%    50.0  26.8   2.4   3.3   3.3        75.00   92.7   2.8   49.2   40.7   43.5   30.5 .224   3.94       2.7 .054
1945    3 Ken Holcombe NY 26     5.84 20.6%    50.0  31.5   5.4   4.3   -          75.00  108.7   5.4   47.8   33.7   43.5   39.1 .257   2.57       7.9 .159
1946    1 Randy Gumpert NY 28    11.85 42.2%    50.0  25.4   5.4   2.9   2.1        75.00  107.9   7.5   57.1   47.1   63.2   51.4 .301   3.74       5.9 .117
1947    1 Bob Savage PHI 25     9.86 70.0%    50.0  27.2   5.9   5.1   3.7        75.00  103.5   5.3   51.0   44.7   53.7   46.1 .293   3.49       6.2 .123
1948    2 Tommy Byrne NY 28     9.46 49.0%    50.0  24.1   5.5   3.4   3.4        75.00  101.9   6.7   58.3   51.9   59.1   38.6 .240   4.59       4.0 .081
1949    1 Bill Kennedy STL 28    21.78 31.9%    50.0  23.9   3.7   2.9   3.2        75.00   97.7   5.2   51.7   42.0   53.4   39.9 .264   3.65       8.0 .160
                                   
1950    1 Luis Aloma CHI 26    10.22 31.1%    50.0  24.6   4.0   2.5   3.3        75.00   94.9   5.1   58.0   51.8   64.1   40.2 .253   5.18       4.9 .098
1951    1 Luis Aloma CHI 27    11.68 17.4%    50.0  27.0   8.8   3.4   2.0        75.00  115.5   8.1   49.3   40.5   47.3   42.6 .261   2.87      11.8 .235
1952    3 Dick Littlefield DET/STL 26     4.48 30.9%    50.0  24.4   2.2   3.3   2.2        75.00   81.9   4.8   37.8   31.5   45.9   47.0 .368   2.98       4.4 .087
1953    3 Carl Scheib PHI 26     5.71 25.8%    50.0  25.2   2.3   3.7   4.7        75.00  100.5  12.1   49.5   44.4   35.0   42.1 .310   4.02       6.0 .121
1954    1 Bob Chakales CLE/BAL 26     9.36 42.4%    50.0  28.5   3.7   4.9   3.0        75.00   70.5   4.1   36.0   31.0   32.5   37.1 .361   3.72       4.3 .121
1955    2 Al Aber DET 27     8.51 49.7%    50.0  24.2   5.3   3.3   2.4        75.00   72.6   6.8   37.8   33.6   34.3   35.9 .335   4.03       3.9 .105
1956    2 Ray Narleski CLE 27    12.82 13.4%    50.0  29.7   4.7   4.1   5.4        75.00   61.7   3.0   29.9   24.4   37.3   36.3 .367   2.93       7.9 .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%    50.0  25.7   5.9   3.3   4.2  2.6 .615        75.00   70.8   5.9   37.4   32.0   32.8   34.0 .329   3.84       5.0 .126
1958    2 Tex Clevenger WAS 25     8.35 67.4%    50.0  22.6   5.5   5.1   4.2  1.6 .717        75.00   73.3   7.9   36.0   31.9   26.7   40.1 .401   3.83       4.5 .114
1959    2 Chuck Stobbs WAS 29     8.80 54.2%    50.0  22.9   3.6   3.7   5.3  0.8 .861        75.00   68.7   7.7   37.0   31.4   34.9   48.7 .470   3.77       4.1 .098
                                   
1960    1 Dave Sisler DET 28    14.14 53.2%    50.0  22.4   6.2   3.9   4.3  2.2 .658        75.00   68.0   5.4   34.4   30.3   35.0   40.8 .396   3.64       6.1 .149
1961    1 Barry Latman CLE 25    13.03 45.8%    50.0  21.0   5.0   3.1   3.8  1.5 .718        75.00   70.1   8.1   36.1   32.1   30.1   40.8 .407   3.86       5.1 .139
1962    2 Eddie Fisher CHI 25    11.29 58.2%    50.0  20.8   4.3   3.6   4.5  3.0 .605        75.00   69.5   6.6   35.6   30.5   31.9   44.0 .434   3.67       5.4 .117
1963    1 Gary Bell CLE 26    14.14 52.7%    50.0  19.5   5.3   1.8   3.1  1.5 .676        75.00   64.6   5.8   32.6   27.8   32.7   55.3 .568   3.33       5.4 .120
1964    4 Pedro Ramos CLE/NY 29     9.24 55.6%    50.0  22.8   5.4   3.2   5.1  1.3 .800        75.00   71.0   8.5   32.0   29.6   27.4   57.9 .589   3.55       5.2 .117
1965    1 Steve Hamilton NY 29    10.30 57.6%    50.0  19.8   3.9   3.2   2.9  1.8 .614        75.00   66.3   4.9   29.6   25.2   33.4   52.2 .523   3.02       5.4 .111
1966    2 Dennis Higgins CHI 26     8.93 25.3%    50.0  23.9   5.2   2.0   5.0  1.0 .833        75.00   57.1   4.5   25.7   23.4   22.0   54.0 .683   2.81       6.6 .161
1967    1 Jose Santiago BOS 26    16.20 45.9%    50.0  21.0   3.1   4.2   4.5  1.9 .700        75.00   64.8   4.9   30.4   24.6   27.8   52.1 .563   2.95       5.4 .117
1968    1 Pat Dobson DET 26    13.14 47.4%    50.0  22.4   4.0   3.7   4.9  2.3 .677        75.00   63.2   5.7   26.8   24.6   28.0   52.6 .576   2.95       5.4 .106
1969    2 Casey Cox WAS 27    12.25 37.2%    50.0  14.5   4.6   2.8   1.9  2.1 .483        75.00   65.8   5.2   30.6   26.2   36.3   42.7 .418   3.15       5.4 .117
                                   
1970    1 John Hiller DET 27    10.62 48.1%    50.0  18.8   5.4   3.3   3.1  1.7 .644        75.00   68.1   7.0   33.5   29.5   30.6   47.7 .483   3.54       5.4 .112
1971    3 Steve Mingori CLE 27    11.66 44.6%    50.0  18.8   2.0   2.5   2.6  1.2 .688        75.00   61.4   4.9   29.2   26.1   35.7   51.5 .530   3.13       5.2 .096
1972    1 Roric Harrison BAL 25    11.53 53.1%    50.0  21.7   4.0   3.6   4.5  1.2 .784        75.00   64.2   4.8   27.6   24.4   25.1   45.1 .505   2.93       5.3 .121
1973    5 Ray Lamb CLE 28     4.15 33.6%    50.0  19.9   3.5   4.4   4.0  1.8 .692        75.00   79.3   6.2   37.1   35.2   33.5   45.3 .402   4.22       3.1 .098
1974    7 Skip Pitlock CHI 26     3.28 16.0%    50.0  23.6   2.9   4.3   1.4  3.6 .286        75.00   69.8   6.1   36.1   32.3   35.6   40.8 .387   3.88       2.7 .081
1975    2 Dave Hamilton OAK/CHI 27    11.52 40.2%    50.0  28.3   4.9   4.3   4.7  2.6 .647        75.00   70.4   6.2   33.6   28.5   32.2   45.6 .444   3.42       5.5 .123
1976    2 Stan Thomas CLE 26    12.50 61.3%    50.0  27.4   4.2   3.8   3.8  2.1 .647        75.00   74.1   6.0   36.6   30.9   33.6   33.4 .311   3.71       4.8 .101
1977    1 John Montague SEA 29    14.79 49.6%    50.0  22.6   4.5   3.6   3.9  1.9 .667        75.00   71.2   6.9   36.7   32.2   33.0   47.1 .452   3.86       5.3 .141
1978    8 Dan Spillner CLE 26     4.29 38.1%    50.0  22.3   4.3   3.8   4.6  3.3 .586        75.00   78.1   4.9   42.4   38.7   33.6   47.7 .427   4.65       2.0 .052
1979    1 Tippy Martinez BAL 29    12.44 63.0%    50.0  24.0   5.5   3.8   4.1  3.2 .559        75.00   73.6   5.4   37.7   33.5   34.1   41.7 .388   4.01       5.1 .124
                                   
1980    4 Sammy Stewart BAL 25     9.13 30.5%    50.0  24.4   4.3   3.7   3.0  2.2 .577        75.00   78.2   6.0   41.3   37.0   36.5   43.5 .380   4.44       3.6 .089
1981    1 Steve Comer TEX 27    10.43 63.1%    50.0  23.4   4.9   3.9   5.1  2.6 .667        75.00   67.0   3.9   28.6   25.2   29.6   39.3 .407   3.03       6.2 .138
1982    4 Mike Armstrong KC 28    10.50 61.0%    50.0  23.0   3.4   3.0   3.8  2.0 .658        75.00   72.1   5.7   36.1   32.3   33.9   45.4 .428   3.87       4.9 .113
1983    1 Sammy Stewart BAL 28    14.97 46.6%    50.0  24.0   5.2   3.6   4.2  2.4 .635        75.00   70.9   6.1   36.0   33.2   34.2   47.7 .454   3.99       5.1 .117
1984    2 Jay Howell NY 28    11.62 37.0%    50.0  21.5   5.9   3.3   2.7  2.4 .531        75.00   71.1   6.9   31.4   29.3   26.2   50.8 .523   3.52       5.8 .133
1985    1 Stewart Cliburn CAL 28    20.77 45.3%    50.0  23.2   3.7   3.2   2.7  1.5 .640        75.00   68.6   6.5   33.6   30.8   31.6   46.5 .464   3.69       5.5 .108
1986    1 Steve Farr KC 29    19.46 51.8%    50.0  22.2   4.0   3.9   3.1  2.5 .554        75.00   74.5   7.9   38.5   35.6   32.2   50.0 .469   4.28       4.8 .104
1987    2 Mark Eichhorn TOR 26    13.97 37.7%    50.0  16.2   4.4   2.6   2.1  1.9 .529        75.00   76.1   8.1   37.6   34.0   27.8   48.6 .468   4.08       5.5 .108
1988    2 Gene Nelson OAK 27    12.12 45.6%    50.0  16.9   4.6   4.2   2.1  2.4 .462        75.00   72.0   5.9   34.4   30.7   31.3   45.4 .439   3.68       5.1 .113
1989    5 David Wells TOR 26    10.34 43.9%    50.0  17.2   3.6   3.5   1.4  2.2 .395        75.00   66.7   6.1   32.0   29.5   31.5   52.6 .535   3.54       5.2 .106
                                   
1990    1 Barry Jones CHI 27    13.70 42.5%    50.0  15.1   3.7   2.8   2.6  1.6 .621        75.00   67.9   4.9   28.3   24.9   30.6   44.1 .447   2.99       6.6 .131
1991    1 Todd Frohwirth BAL 28    16.70 50.9%    50.0  14.7   4.4   3.2   2.1  2.5 .457        75.00   67.3   6.3   31.4   28.3   29.7   53.6 .553   3.40       5.9 .113
1992    1 Todd Frohwirth BAL 29    14.69 50.8%    50.0  14.9   3.5   2.5   2.3  2.0 .536        75.00   65.7   5.3   29.0   27.1   33.5   50.1 .504   3.25       6.3 .100
1993    1 Alan Mills BAL 26    14.32 48.3%    50.0  14.2   2.7   1.9   1.1  1.8 .380        75.00   72.4   7.1   37.6   33.6   32.2   48.1 .460   4.03       5.3 .078
1994    4 Billy Brewer KC 26     8.64 35.5%    50.0  17.0   3.0   2.6   1.8  2.1 .469        75.00   78.6   9.1   42.9   39.4   29.9   55.4 .511   4.73       5.5 .077
1995    1 Troy Percival CAL 25    16.55 42.5%    50.0  14.9   3.7   2.8   1.7  2.3 .429        75.00   71.3   7.8   35.0   33.2   27.9   58.4 .589   3.98       6.4 .111
1996    1 Mariano Rivera NY 26    29.21 57.1%    50.0  16.3   3.6   2.7   1.9  2.8 .400        75.00   70.8   7.4   35.5   33.1   33.1   64.8 .623   3.97       7.2 .108
1997    1 Arthur Rhodes BAL 27    15.66 43.5%    50.0  14.4   3.2   2.8   1.1  2.3 .323        75.00   74.8   7.6   36.4   33.4   32.4   62.2 .580   4.00       5.8 .092
1998    1 Shigetoshi Hasegawa ANA 29    15.73 40.5%    50.0  13.1   3.5   2.2   1.2  2.0 .369        75.00   72.3   7.7   36.8   34.0   32.1   59.5 .570   4.08       5.9 .092
1999    1 Jeff Zimmerman TEX 26    22.82 43.9%    50.0  13.1   3.9   2.6   1.0  1.8 .355        75.00   72.9   8.5   38.5   35.0   30.1   55.2 .536   4.20       6.2 .096
                                   
2000    2 Rich Garces BOS 29    12.83 38.9%    50.0  11.2   3.2   1.9   0.8  2.2 .254        75.00   74.9   6.8   35.6   32.3   31.8   60.5 .567   3.88       6.8 .096
2001    2 Ramiro Mendoza NY 29    14.98 24.2%    50.0  12.4   2.5   2.9   1.4  1.8 .447        75.00   67.4   7.6   38.9   35.4   33.5   58.2 .576   4.24       5.0 .072
2002    1 J.C. Romero MIN 26    18.05 44.7%    50.0  13.0   2.6   2.4   0.5  1.9 .196        75.00   71.5   8.0   36.1   32.8   30.7   55.5 .543   3.93       5.7 .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%    50.0  13.6   2.8   2.6   0.8  2.1 .275        75.00   72.3   7.8   36.8   34.4   29.2   57.5 .567   4.13       5.1 .082
2004    1 Scot Shields ANA 28    16.47 37.4%    50.0  14.1   3.7   2.9   1.2  1.9 .383        75.00   68.8   7.7   34.9   31.7   30.4   63.8 .643   3.81       6.3 .104
2005    2 Justin Duchscherer OAK 27    15.37 34.1%    50.0  13.0   2.5   2.9   0.7  1.4 .341        75.00   68.0   8.5   33.7   30.4   29.3   57.9 .596   3.65       5.8 .087
2006    3 Dennys Reyes MIN 29    12.42 38.4%    50.0  12.1   2.6   1.9   0.5  1.6 .239        75.00   71.4   7.5   34.6   32.1   30.9   56.7 .554   3.85       6.0 .084
2007    3 Rafael Perez CLE 25    14.51 41.4%    50.0  13.2   2.3   2.2   0.6  1.6 .260        75.00   70.2   6.8   36.2   33.8   34.4   61.6 .589   4.06       5.3 .072
2008    3 J.P. Howell TB 25    14.73 41.7%    50.0  11.6   3.1   2.6   1.0  1.9 .347        75.00   70.0   6.0   35.1   32.0   34.5   62.2 .595   3.84       5.4 .083
2009    3 Brandon Lyon DET 29    14.23 41.6%    50.0  12.0   3.6   3.0   0.5  1.9 .203        75.00   71.8   8.4   38.4   35.8   31.7   58.2 .563   4.29       5.0 .074
                                   
2010    3 Darren O'Day TEX 27    11.70 50.8%    50.0  12.2   2.6   2.1   0.5  1.4 .254        75.00   71.6   7.5   32.7   30.6   31.7   59.4 .575   3.67       5.6 .076
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia