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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						0.0%
1914						0.0%
1915						0.0%
1916						0.0%
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920	5	Doc Ayers	DET	30	1.01	14.5%			23	16	0	2	1					44.33	61	1	33	25	16	21	.273	5.08		1.5	.065
1921						0.0%
1922						0.0%
1923	4	Ray Francis	DET	30	3.08	11.1%			27	12	5	3	1					56.67	64	2	31	23	13	20	.260	3.65		2.8	.104
1924	6	George Lyons	STL	33	3.04	9.2%			20	8	1	1	0					53.33	64	0	34	30	28	20	.217	5.06		2.8	.140
1925	T7	Oscar Fuhr	BOS	31	-	21.9%			64	38	2	4	2					126.67	149	8	97	82	68	38	.175	5.83		-	.000
	T7	Allen Russell	WAS	31	-
1926	8	Benn Karr	CLE	32	1.20	21.7%			70	41	7	8	3					185.33	217	19	120	106	89	46	.150	5.15		3.0	.043
1927	6	Bert Cole	CHI	30	1.00	23.2%			46	32	1	5	1					102.67	125	7	71	52	39	28	.171	4.56		1.5	.033
1928	7	Wilcy Moore	NY	31	1.26	8.8%			33	18	3	3	3					53.00	60	3	35	23	26	16	.186	3.91		1.6	.048
1929	5	Jack Ogden	STL	31	-	17.2%			41	25	4	2	0					83.67	111	5	68	60	35	25	.171	6.45		-	.000
1930	1	Eddie Rommell	PHI	32	9.12	16.3%			52	30	5	1	5					127.33	161	15	82	77	33	39	.201	5.44		6.8	.131
1931	4	George Pipgras	NY	31	3.29	32.6%			93	48	6	6	4					204.67	233	13	136	120	86	73	.229	5.28		5.6	.060
1932	2	Sarge Connally	CLE	33	6.59	25.5%			50	30	7	7	5					95.00	100	6	54	47	38	33	.239	4.45		6.9	.138
1933	2	Sarge Connally	CLE	34	6.40	19.0%			59	33	8	6	4					138.67	145	8	84	74	64	47	.225	4.80		7.7	.131
1934	3	Roy Mahaffey	PHI	31	6.32	19.7%			74	43	6	5	6					157.33	170	8	95	69	50	55	.250	3.95		12.0	.162
1935	1	Fay Thomas	STL	30	11.93	21.9%			91	56	14	9	7					173.67	170	11	92	72	102	84	.309	3.73		13.2	.145
1936	4	Roxie Lawson	DET	30	7.69	39.8%			151	73	13	11	9					312.33	391	17	231	194	156	92	.168	5.59		17.0	.113
1937	5	Lynn Nelson	PHI	32	3.60	23.9%			74	47	8	11	3					181.33	222	17	113	108	71	76	.259	5.36		5.6	.076
1938	5	Chief Hogsett	WAS	34	2.16	17.5%			47	35	5	3	4					102.67	119	14	69	56	33	36	.237	4.91		3.8	.081
1939	2	Roxie Lawson	DET/STL	33	9.52	30.6%			76	41	7	3	1					200.00	229	24	113	91	76	64	.210	4.10		12.4	.163
1940	4	Bill Trotter	STL	31	5.65	22.2%			78	44	9	6	3					179.00	198	20	111	99	77	66	.240	4.98		6.9	.088
1941	5	Bud Thomas	DET	30	4.99	31.5%			100	60	7	7	6					223.33	261	18	141	121	78	67	.198	4.88		11.7	.117
1942	5	Roy Henshaw	DET	30	1.89	24.4%			41	27	5	5	1					90.33	107	7	59	52	36	35	.245	5.18		2.6	.063
1943	3	Nels Potter	STL	31	3.76	37.3%			66	36	3	3	4					164.00	135	8	61	56	68	70	.345	3.07		7.2	.109
1944	4	Alex Carrasquel	WAS	31	4.31	15.4%			36	22	5	3	2					84.67	91	2	41	32	32	20	.163	3.40		4.2	.117
1945	1	Frank Barrett	BOS	31	9.04	45.9%			109	67	11	8	5					233.33	213	4	91	77	86	97	.324	2.97		15.4	.141
1946	6	Ellis Kinder	STL	31	3.35	31.9%			121	62	5	11	3					217.33	229	12	110	96	97	87	.267	3.98		5.4	.045
1947	7	Johnny Gorsica	DET	32	3.75	7.5%			31	16	2	0	1					57.67	44	5	27	24	26	20	.286	3.75		3.7	.119
1948	1	Dave Thompson	WAS	30	13.01	29.9%			179	93	13	12	14					358.00	350	17	185	156	180	102	.192	3.92		25.9	.144
1949	5	Eddie Klieman	WAS/CHI	31	4.37	46.5%			262	139	18	24	18					513.33	589	45	337	283	244	154	.185	4.96		17.8	.068
1950	3	Hal White	DET	31	9.19	30.8%			139	74	15	9	9					242.00	239	18	131	118	113	91	.259	4.39		15.3	.110
1951	2	Sandy Consuegra	WAS	30	11.44	55.7%			265	146	23	26	18					560.00	541	38	273	242	283	213	.258	3.89		38.1	.144
1952	7	Dave Madison	STL/DET	31	1.86	45.6%			195	105	12	12	16					385.00	402	36	238	201	201	132	.219	4.70		7.4	.038
1953	1	Sandy Consuegra	WAS/CHI	32	11.17	41.2%			178	78	17	8	9					329.33	341	27	181	153	170	145	.284	4.18		15.1	.085
1954	2	Moe Burtschy	PHI	32	8.00	24.7%			132	76	15	7	12					254.01	259	16	120	107	112	115	.310	3.79		17.9	.136
1955	1	George Zuverink	DET/BAL	30	11.13	30.5%			165	86	10	12	14					283.67	279	22	148	119	127	109	.268	3.78		19.3	.117
1956	3	Paul LaPalme	CHI	32	8.22	36.7%			218	103	16	16	14					391.33	389	36	216	195	189	170	.294	4.48		22.5	.103
1957	3	Cal McLish	CLE	31	11.90	25.3%			138	68	15	16	11	4	.733			277.67	239	30	107	95	118	161	.451	3.08		24.1	.175
1958	1	Hoyt Wilhelm	CLE/BAL	34	11.98	16.9%			104	56	6	8	12	4	.750			178.00	169	8	67	58	51	91	.414	2.93		16.0	.154
						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
1959	1	Bobby Shantz	NY	33	9.53	27.8%			152	87	11	20	17	7	.708			268.66	252	30	156	138	128	153	.403	4.62		9.7	.064
1960	4	Luis Arroyo	NY	33	7.24	39.4%			217	105	29	11	20	13	.606			392.00	408	50	209	186	153	208	.371	4.27		19.9	.092
1961	3	Dave Hillman	BOS	33	8.73	22.7%			194	98	19	15	11	8	.579			358.00	370	51	204	178	154	223	.426	4.47		17.7	.092
1962	1	Dick Hall	BAL	31	15.74	22.4%			205	94	20	20	25	8	.758			379.00	343	42	179	160	137	229	.477	3.80		25.6	.125
1963	3	Bill Fischer	KC	32	11.28	32.9%			222	90	15	15	8	7	.533			388.66	378	41	205	178	130	205	.404	4.12		17.8	.080
1964	1	Dick Hall	BAL	33	19.34	22.2%			152	64	19	6	14	7	.667			273.67	211	30	88	79	92	236	.779	2.60		27.7	.182
1965	4	Orlando Pena	KC/DET	31	7.96	28.6%			233	88	9	15	9	9	.500			354.00	356	34	184	154	139	226	.457	3.92		16.4	.070
1966	1	Moe Drabowsky	BAL	30	11.15	39.0%			322	118	32	12	27	13	.675			551.67	457	55	217	188	174	435	.689	3.07		42.3	.131
1967	4	Dave Wickersham	DET	31	9.67	26.6%			251	108	18	13	23	4	.852			464.67	410	41	190	175	146	302	.543	3.39		25.1	.100
1968	4	Diego Segui	OAK	30	9.23	26.8%			239	115	17	20	19	14	.576			361.67	298	40	139	124	117	242	.583	3.09		21.1	.088
1969	5	Lindy McDaniel	NY	33	6.20	39.6%			395	153	23	27	30	12	.714			612.00	568	51	281	241	230	381	.477	3.54		35.8	.091
1970	10	Dick Ellsworth	CLE/MIL	30	5.03	27.3%			285	119	23	18	29	13	.690			374.00	363	41	192	170	146	233	.458	4.09		21.0	.074
1971	2	Eddie Fisher	CAL	34	13.20	25.3%			232	111	26	22	22	12	.647			353.00	287	26	143	120	151	260	.594	3.06		28.4	.122
1972	8	Steve Barber	CAL	33	4.45	10.1%			66	30	5	6	6	5	.545			96.33	82	7	45	37	43	52	.416	3.46		4.4	.066
1973	1	Tom Hilgendorf	CLE	31	10.36	49.2%			189	86	13	11	20	7	.741			356.00	343	35	158	143	128	204	.433	3.62		24.7	.131
1974	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	32	14.06	48.1%			246	116	20	19	21	16	.568			428.33	411	35	203	178	153	206	.365	3.74		24.7	.100
1975	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	33	12.09	31.1%			177	79	16	13	17	6	.739			303.00	268	21	128	108	126	171	.434	3.21		22.1	.124
1976	1	Tom Burgmeier	MIN	32	12.54	31.7%			132	63	20	10	11	5	.688			256.67	223	20	99	92	83	122	.399	3.23		17.2	.130
1977	3	Dick Tidrow	NY	30	9.13	33.3%			285	163	22	22	26	13	.667			589.00	597	72	288	263	242	306	.365	4.02		34.9	.123
1978	1	Dyar Miller	CAL	32	9.95	42.6%			208	105	17	10	15	6	.714			389.67	400	25	167	150	168	148	.261	3.46		27.8	.114
1979	6	Dave Hamilton	OAK	31	6.11	18.4%			119	52	5	6	7	4	.636			215.67	258	24	142	124	107	96	.263	5.17		6.8	.057
1980	3	Dave LaRoche	CAL	32	9.23	26.2%			221	94	21	19	18	17	.514			402.33	403	34	204	182	151	188	.339	4.07		23.8	.108
1981	8	Bill Campbell	BOS	32	4.38	18.0%			96	53	6	9	12	3	.800			171.00	160	19	95	82	71	96	.416	4.32		7.0	.073
1982	2	Jim Slaton	MIL	32	15.70	20.1%			207	101	16	10	21	11	.656			357.00	333	30	148	132	125	181	.395	3.33		28.5	.138
1983	2	Rick Lysander	MIN	30	11.55	30.7%			319	137	20	29	23	21	.523			521.00	573	29	257	214	188	313	.411	3.70		35.3	.111
1984	1	Doug Corbett	CAL	31	13.37	47.5%			412	177	30	22	27	23	.540			692.67	684	55	277	246	268	387	.407	3.20		54.1	.131
1985	2	Dennis Lamp	TOR	32	12.28	41.2%			485	164	40	24	20	19	.513			860.67	838	66	411	361	343	531	.450	3.77		57.8	.119
1986	9	Nate Snell	BAL	33	4.53	28.2%			290	114	13	16	15	12	.556			422.67	461	48	250	228	191	259	.397	4.85		19.1	.066
1987	3	Jerry Reed	SEA	31	12.96	43.0%			479	207	31	27	38	27	.585			720.33	719	78	365	328	327	547	.523	4.10		52.6	.110
1988	1	Paul Mirabella	MIL	34	12.13	42.5%			542	226	32	29	27	22	.551			881.67	829	79	397	364	376	530	.440	3.72		57.8	.107
1989	2	Jesse Orosco	CLE	32	11.13	32.7%			454	158	34	30	21	17	.553			686.33	678	62	320	274	267	406	.430	3.59		45.5	.100
1990	3	Mark Williamson	BAL	30	12.28	33.8%			638	209	66	51	16	25	.390			939.33	897	90	420	375	355	625	.499	3.59		60.0	.094
1991	4	Carl Willis	MIN	30	14.95	31.6%			650	223	41	33	27	23	.540			844.33	852	83	403	372	300	480	.417	3.97		54.3	.084
1992	5	Carl Willis	MIN	31	9.86	30.1%			425	145	47	26	12	19	.387			648.33	615	43	284	262	247	387	.449	3.64		47.6	.112
1993	2	Danny Cox	TOR	33	13.12	41.7%			678	235	53	49	23	30	.434			976.00	1002	70	461	410	368	666	.486	3.78		73.8	.109
1994	1	Mark Eichhorn	BAL	33	14.88	38.6%			387	136	35	26	18	27	.400			549.67	521	46	241	207	217	418	.566	3.39		51.6	.133
1995	5	Roger McDowell	TEX	34	10.39	27.6%			410	147	41	26	17	20	.459			504.67	524	59	263	244	221	395	.530	4.35		40.2	.098
1996	2	Eric Plunk	CLE	32	13.89	27.7%			594	164	35	24	29	25	.537			726.33	691	73	333	310	306	550	.552	3.84		68.8	.116
1997	2	Greg Swindell	MIN	32	15.06	36.4%			823	243	44	41	22	40	.355			914.67	891	102	461	408	368	714	.567	4.01		68.7	.083
1998	2	Scott Service	KC	31	13.76	35.8%			959	276	54	60	25	42	.373			1,002.00	945	106	488	443	450	794	.569	3.98		81.9	.085
1999	2	Doug Brocail	DET	32	16.54	45.5%			1131	287	70	43	15	54	.217			1,294.33	1309	129	655	577	480	867	.485	4.01		107.5	.095
2000	1	Alan Levine	ANA	32	14.91	52.4%			1268	351	63	76	21	61	.256			1,480.00	1484	165	830	761	642	1106	.520	4.63		99.7	.079
2001	1	Arthur Rhodes	SEA	31	15.99	53.8%			1307	330	100	79	32	65	.330			1,424.00	1264	117	588	536	560	1182	.648	3.39		142.4	.109
2002	2	Arthur Rhodes	SEA	32	14.44	39.4%			823	205	63	44	18	43	.295			931.67	866	89	431	394	359	752	.614	3.81		78.9	.096
2003	1	LaTroy Hawkins	MIN	30	19.10	37.8%			914	227	51	39	17	31	.354			898.99	864	74	404	371	338	694	.577	3.71		79.6	.087
2004	5	Ron Mahay	TEX	33	10.47	31.7%			927	232	47	46	13	34	.277			915.33	918	94	444	400	344	765	.606	3.93		72.7	.078
						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
2005	1	Cliff Politte	CHI	31	18.96	33.7%			1078	270	66	46	14	42	.250			1,001.67	900	103	425	387	382	773	.603	3.48		88.9	.082
2006	2	Scot Shields	LA	30	15.30	29.7%			885	209	45	34	15	34	.306			862.00	853	95	420	393	289	674	.590	4.10		67.8	.077
2007	1	Rafael Betancourt	CLE	32	30.59	44.5%			1297	267	64	70	27	62	.303			1,244.00	1181	113	565	529	490	1051	.629	3.83		112.0	.086
2008	2	Grant Balfour	TB	30	16.72	41.6%			1341	331	69	64	29	59	.330			1,353.30	1259	155	602	551	518	1181	.665	3.66		115.2	.086
2009	1	Matt Thornton	CHI	32	16.82	32.3%			1086	254	71	56	30	44	.405			1,128.67	1001	119	520	469	424	969	.680	3.74		101.4	.093
2010	1	J.J. Putz	CHI	33	12.81	33.4%			1067	246	59	62	22	42	.344			982.00	875	96	414	374	352	843	.687	3.43		85.4	.080
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