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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%			50.0	34.8	-	4.3	2.2					75.00	132.6	2.2	71.7	54.3	34.8	45.7	.273	5.08		3.3	.065
1921						0.0%
1922						0.0%
1923	4	Ray Francis	DET	30	3.08	11.1%			50.0	22.2	9.3	5.6	1.9					75.00	118.5	3.7	57.4	42.6	24.1	37.0	.260	3.65		5.2	.104
1924	6	George Lyons	STL	33	3.04	9.2%			50.0	20.0	2.5	2.5	-					75.00	160.0	-	85.0	75.0	70.0	50.0	.217	5.06		7.0	.140
1925	T7	Oscar Fuhr	BOS	31	-	21.9%			50.0	29.7	1.6	3.1	1.6					75.00	116.4	6.3	75.8	64.1	53.1	29.7	.175	5.83		-	.000
	T7	Allen Russell	WAS	31	-
1926	8	Benn Karr	CLE	32	1.20	21.7%			50.0	29.3	5.0	5.7	2.1					75.00	155.0	13.6	85.7	75.7	63.6	32.9	.150	5.15		2.1	.043
1927	6	Bert Cole	CHI	30	1.00	23.2%			50.0	34.8	1.1	5.4	1.1					75.00	135.9	7.6	77.2	56.5	42.4	30.4	.171	4.56		1.6	.033
1928	7	Wilcy Moore	NY	31	1.26	8.8%			50.0	27.3	4.5	4.5	4.5					75.00	90.9	4.5	53.0	34.8	39.4	24.2	.186	3.91		2.4	.048
1929	5	Jack Ogden	STL	31	-	17.2%			50.0	30.5	4.9	2.4	-					75.00	135.4	6.1	82.9	73.2	42.7	30.5	.171	6.45		-	.000
1930	1	Eddie Rommell	PHI	32	9.12	16.3%			50.0	28.8	4.8	1.0	4.8					75.00	154.8	14.4	78.8	74.0	31.7	37.5	.201	5.44		6.6	.131
1931	4	George Pipgras	NY	31	3.29	32.6%			50.0	25.8	3.2	3.2	2.2					75.00	125.3	7.0	73.1	64.5	46.2	39.2	.229	5.28		3.0	.060
1932	2	Sarge Connally	CLE	33	6.59	25.5%			50.0	30.0	7.0	7.0	5.0					75.00	100.0	6.0	54.0	47.0	38.0	33.0	.239	4.45		6.9	.138
1933	2	Sarge Connally	CLE	34	6.40	19.0%			50.0	28.0	6.8	5.1	3.4					75.00	122.9	6.8	71.2	62.7	54.2	39.8	.225	4.80		6.5	.131
1934	3	Roy Mahaffey	PHI	31	6.32	19.7%			50.0	29.1	4.1	3.4	4.1					75.00	114.9	5.4	64.2	46.6	33.8	37.2	.250	3.95		8.1	.162
1935	1	Fay Thomas	STL	30	11.93	21.9%			50.0	30.8	7.7	4.9	3.8					75.00	93.4	6.0	50.5	39.6	56.0	46.2	.309	3.73		7.3	.145
1936	4	Roxie Lawson	DET	30	7.69	39.8%			50.0	24.2	4.3	3.6	3.0					75.00	129.5	5.6	76.5	64.2	51.7	30.5	.168	5.59		5.6	.113
1937	5	Lynn Nelson	PHI	32	3.60	23.9%			50.0	31.8	5.4	7.4	2.0					75.00	150.0	11.5	76.4	73.0	48.0	51.4	.259	5.36		3.8	.076
1938	5	Chief Hogsett	WAS	34	2.16	17.5%			50.0	37.2	5.3	3.2	4.3					75.00	126.6	14.9	73.4	59.6	35.1	38.3	.237	4.91		4.1	.081
1939	2	Roxie Lawson	DET/STL	33	9.52	30.6%			50.0	27.0	4.6	2.0	0.7					75.00	150.7	15.8	74.3	59.9	50.0	42.1	.210	4.10		8.2	.163
1940	4	Bill Trotter	STL	31	5.65	22.2%			50.0	28.2	5.8	3.8	1.9					75.00	126.9	12.8	71.2	63.5	49.4	42.3	.240	4.98		4.4	.088
1941	5	Bud Thomas	DET	30	4.99	31.5%			50.0	30.0	3.5	3.5	3.0					75.00	130.5	9.0	70.5	60.5	39.0	33.5	.198	4.88		5.9	.117
1942	5	Roy Henshaw	DET	30	1.89	24.4%			50.0	32.9	6.1	6.1	1.2					75.00	130.5	8.5	72.0	63.4	43.9	42.7	.245	5.18		3.2	.063
1943	3	Nels Potter	STL	31	3.76	37.3%			50.0	27.3	2.3	2.3	3.0					75.00	102.3	6.1	46.2	42.4	51.5	53.0	.345	3.07		5.5	.109
1944	4	Alex Carrasquel	WAS	31	4.31	15.4%			50.0	30.6	6.9	4.2	2.8					75.00	126.4	2.8	56.9	44.4	44.4	27.8	.163	3.40		5.8	.117
1945	1	Frank Barrett	BOS	31	9.04	45.9%			50.0	30.7	5.0	3.7	2.3					75.00	97.7	1.8	41.7	35.3	39.4	44.5	.324	2.97		7.1	.141
1946	6	Ellis Kinder	STL	31	3.35	31.9%			50.0	25.6	2.1	4.5	1.2					75.00	94.6	5.0	45.5	39.7	40.1	36.0	.267	3.98		2.2	.045
1947	7	Johnny Gorsica	DET	32	3.75	7.5%			50.0	25.8	3.2	-	1.6					75.00	71.0	8.1	43.5	38.7	41.9	32.3	.286	3.75		6.0	.119
1948	1	Dave Thompson	WAS	30	13.01	29.9%			50.0	26.0	3.6	3.4	3.9					75.00	97.8	4.7	51.7	43.6	50.3	28.5	.192	3.92		7.3	.144
1949	5	Eddie Klieman	WAS/CHI	31	4.37	46.5%			50.0	26.5	3.4	4.6	3.4					75.00	112.4	8.6	64.3	54.0	46.6	29.4	.185	4.96		3.4	.068
1950	3	Hal White	DET	31	9.19	30.8%			50.0	26.6	5.4	3.2	3.2					75.00	86.0	6.5	47.1	42.4	40.6	32.7	.259	4.39		5.5	.110
1951	2	Sandy Consuegra	WAS	30	11.44	55.7%			50.0	27.5	4.3	4.9	3.4					75.00	102.1	7.2	51.5	45.7	53.4	40.2	.258	3.89		7.2	.144
1952	7	Dave Madison	STL/DET	31	1.86	45.6%			50.0	26.9	3.1	3.1	4.1					75.00	103.1	9.2	61.0	51.5	51.5	33.8	.219	4.70		1.9	.038
1953	1	Sandy Consuegra	WAS/CHI	32	11.17	41.2%			50.0	21.9	4.8	2.2	2.5					75.00	95.8	7.6	50.8	43.0	47.8	40.7	.284	4.18		4.2	.085
1954	2	Moe Burtschy	PHI	32	8.00	24.7%			50.0	28.8	5.7	2.7	4.5					75.00	76.5	4.7	35.4	31.6	33.1	34.0	.310	3.79		5.3	.136
1955	1	George Zuverink	DET/BAL	30	11.13	30.5%			50.0	26.1	3.0	3.6	4.2					75.00	73.8	5.8	39.1	31.5	33.6	28.8	.268	3.78		5.1	.117
1956	3	Paul LaPalme	CHI	32	8.22	36.7%			50.0	23.6	3.7	3.7	3.2					75.00	74.6	6.9	41.4	37.4	36.2	32.6	.294	4.48		4.3	.103
1957	3	Cal McLish	CLE	31	11.90	25.3%			50.0	24.6	5.4	5.8	4.0	1.4	.733			75.00	64.6	8.1	28.9	25.7	31.9	43.5	.451	3.08		6.5	.175
1958	1	Hoyt Wilhelm	CLE/BAL	34	11.98	16.9%			50.0	26.9	2.9	3.8	5.8	1.9	.750			75.00	71.2	3.4	28.2	24.4	21.5	38.3	.414	2.93		6.7	.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%			50.0	28.6	3.6	6.6	5.6	2.3	.708			75.00	70.3	8.4	43.5	38.5	35.7	42.7	.403	4.62		2.7	.064
1960	4	Luis Arroyo	NY	33	7.24	39.4%			50.0	24.2	6.7	2.5	4.6	3.0	.606			75.00	78.1	9.6	40.0	35.6	29.3	39.8	.371	4.27		3.8	.092
1961	3	Dave Hillman	BOS	33	8.73	22.7%			50.0	25.3	4.9	3.9	2.8	2.1	.579			75.00	77.5	10.7	42.7	37.3	32.3	46.7	.426	4.47		3.7	.092
1962	1	Dick Hall	BAL	31	15.74	22.4%			50.0	22.9	4.9	4.9	6.1	2.0	.758			75.00	67.9	8.3	35.4	31.7	27.1	45.3	.477	3.80		5.1	.125
1963	3	Bill Fischer	KC	32	11.28	32.9%			50.0	20.3	3.4	3.4	1.8	1.6	.533			75.00	72.9	7.9	39.6	34.3	25.1	39.6	.404	4.12		3.5	.080
1964	1	Dick Hall	BAL	33	19.34	22.2%			50.0	21.1	6.3	2.0	4.6	2.3	.667			75.00	57.8	8.2	24.1	21.7	25.2	64.7	.779	2.60		7.6	.182
1965	4	Orlando Pena	KC/DET	31	7.96	28.6%			50.0	18.9	1.9	3.2	1.9	1.9	.500			75.00	75.4	7.2	39.0	32.6	29.4	47.9	.457	3.92		3.5	.070
1966	1	Moe Drabowsky	BAL	30	11.15	39.0%			50.0	18.3	5.0	1.9	4.2	2.0	.675			75.00	62.1	7.5	29.5	25.6	23.7	59.1	.689	3.07		5.8	.131
1967	4	Dave Wickersham	DET	31	9.67	26.6%			50.0	21.5	3.6	2.6	4.6	0.8	.852			75.00	66.2	6.6	30.7	28.2	23.6	48.7	.543	3.39		4.1	.100
1968	4	Diego Segui	OAK	30	9.23	26.8%			50.0	24.1	3.6	4.2	4.0	2.9	.576			75.00	61.8	8.3	28.8	25.7	24.3	50.2	.583	3.09		4.4	.088
1969	5	Lindy McDaniel	NY	33	6.20	39.6%			50.0	19.4	2.9	3.4	3.8	1.5	.714			75.00	69.6	6.2	34.4	29.5	28.2	46.7	.477	3.54		4.4	.091
1970	10	Dick Ellsworth	CLE/MIL	30	5.03	27.3%			50.0	20.9	4.0	3.2	5.1	2.3	.690			75.00	72.8	8.2	38.5	34.1	29.3	46.7	.458	4.09		4.2	.074
1971	2	Eddie Fisher	CAL	34	13.20	25.3%			50.0	23.9	5.6	4.7	4.7	2.6	.647			75.00	61.0	5.5	30.4	25.5	32.1	55.2	.594	3.06		6.0	.122
1972	8	Steve Barber	CAL	33	4.45	10.1%			50.0	22.7	3.8	4.5	4.5	3.8	.545			75.00	63.8	5.5	35.0	28.8	33.5	40.5	.416	3.46		3.4	.066
1973	1	Tom Hilgendorf	CLE	31	10.36	49.2%			50.0	22.8	3.4	2.9	5.3	1.9	.741			75.00	72.3	7.4	33.3	30.1	27.0	43.0	.433	3.62		5.2	.131
1974	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	32	14.06	48.1%			50.0	23.6	4.1	3.9	4.3	3.3	.568			75.00	72.0	6.1	35.5	31.2	26.8	36.1	.365	3.74		4.3	.100
1975	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	33	12.09	31.1%			50.0	22.3	4.5	3.7	4.8	1.7	.739			75.00	66.3	5.2	31.7	26.7	31.2	42.3	.434	3.21		5.5	.124
1976	1	Tom Burgmeier	MIN	32	12.54	31.7%			50.0	23.9	7.6	3.8	4.2	1.9	.688			75.00	65.2	5.8	28.9	26.9	24.3	35.7	.399	3.23		5.1	.130
1977	3	Dick Tidrow	NY	30	9.13	33.3%			50.0	28.6	3.9	3.9	4.6	2.3	.667			75.00	76.0	9.2	36.7	33.5	30.8	39.0	.365	4.02		4.4	.123
1978	1	Dyar Miller	CAL	32	9.95	42.6%			50.0	25.2	4.1	2.4	3.6	1.4	.714			75.00	77.0	4.8	32.1	28.9	32.3	28.5	.261	3.46		4.5	.114
1979	6	Dave Hamilton	OAK	31	6.11	18.4%			50.0	21.8	2.1	2.5	2.9	1.7	.636			75.00	89.7	8.3	49.4	43.1	37.2	33.4	.263	5.17		2.4	.057
1980	3	Dave LaRoche	CAL	32	9.23	26.2%			50.0	21.3	4.8	4.3	4.1	3.8	.514			75.00	75.1	6.3	38.0	33.9	28.1	35.0	.339	4.07		4.4	.108
1981	8	Bill Campbell	BOS	32	4.38	18.0%			50.0	27.6	3.1	4.7	6.3	1.6	.800			75.00	70.2	8.3	41.7	36.0	31.1	42.1	.416	4.32		3.1	.073
1982	2	Jim Slaton	MIL	32	15.70	20.1%			50.0	24.4	3.9	2.4	5.1	2.7	.656			75.00	70.0	6.3	31.1	27.7	26.3	38.0	.395	3.33		6.0	.138
1983	2	Rick Lysander	MIN	30	11.55	30.7%			50.0	21.5	3.1	4.5	3.6	3.3	.523			75.00	82.5	4.2	37.0	30.8	27.1	45.1	.411	3.70		5.1	.111
1984	1	Doug Corbett	CAL	31	13.37	47.5%			50.0	21.5	3.6	2.7	3.3	2.8	.540			75.00	74.1	6.0	30.0	26.6	29.0	41.9	.407	3.20		5.9	.131
1985	2	Dennis Lamp	TOR	32	12.28	41.2%			50.0	16.9	4.1	2.5	2.1	2.0	.513			75.00	73.0	5.8	35.8	31.5	29.9	46.3	.450	3.77		5.0	.119
1986	9	Nate Snell	BAL	33	4.53	28.2%			50.0	19.7	2.2	2.8	2.6	2.1	.556			75.00	81.8	8.5	44.4	40.5	33.9	46.0	.397	4.85		3.4	.066
1987	3	Jerry Reed	SEA	31	12.96	43.0%			50.0	21.6	3.2	2.8	4.0	2.8	.585			75.00	74.9	8.1	38.0	34.2	34.0	57.0	.523	4.10		5.5	.110
1988	1	Paul Mirabella	MIL	34	12.13	42.5%			50.0	20.8	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.0	.551			75.00	70.5	6.7	33.8	31.0	32.0	45.1	.440	3.72		4.9	.107
1989	2	Jesse Orosco	CLE	32	11.13	32.7%			50.0	17.4	3.7	3.3	2.3	1.9	.553			75.00	74.1	6.8	35.0	29.9	29.2	44.4	.430	3.59		5.0	.100
1990	3	Mark Williamson	BAL	30	12.28	33.8%			50.0	16.4	5.2	4.0	1.3	2.0	.390			75.00	71.6	7.2	33.5	29.9	28.3	49.9	.499	3.59		4.8	.094
1991	4	Carl Willis	MIN	30	14.95	31.6%			50.0	17.2	3.2	2.5	2.1	1.8	.540			75.00	75.7	7.4	35.8	33.0	26.6	42.6	.417	3.97		4.8	.084
1992	5	Carl Willis	MIN	31	9.86	30.1%			50.0	17.1	5.5	3.1	1.4	2.2	.387			75.00	71.1	5.0	32.9	30.3	28.6	44.8	.449	3.64		5.5	.112
1993	2	Danny Cox	TOR	33	13.12	41.7%			50.0	17.3	3.9	3.6	1.7	2.2	.434			75.00	77.0	5.4	35.4	31.5	28.3	51.2	.486	3.78		5.7	.109
1994	1	Mark Eichhorn	BAL	33	14.88	38.6%			50.0	17.6	4.5	3.4	2.3	3.5	.400			75.00	71.1	6.3	32.9	28.2	29.6	57.0	.566	3.39		7.0	.133
1995	5	Roger McDowell	TEX	34	10.39	27.6%			50.0	17.9	5.0	3.2	2.1	2.4	.459			75.00	77.9	8.8	39.1	36.3	32.8	58.7	.530	4.35		6.0	.098
1996	2	Eric Plunk	CLE	32	13.89	27.7%			50.0	13.8	2.9	2.0	2.4	2.1	.537			75.00	71.4	7.5	34.4	32.0	31.6	56.8	.552	3.84		7.1	.116
1997	2	Greg Swindell	MIN	32	15.06	36.4%			50.0	14.8	2.7	2.5	1.3	2.4	.355			75.00	73.1	8.4	37.8	33.5	30.2	58.5	.567	4.01		5.6	.083
1998	2	Scott Service	KC	31	13.76	35.8%			50.0	14.4	2.8	3.1	1.3	2.2	.373			75.00	70.7	7.9	36.5	33.2	33.7	59.4	.569	3.98		6.1	.085
1999	2	Doug Brocail	DET	32	16.54	45.5%			50.0	12.7	3.1	1.9	0.7	2.4	.217			75.00	75.9	7.5	38.0	33.4	27.8	50.2	.485	4.01		6.2	.095
2000	1	Alan Levine	ANA	32	14.91	52.4%			50.0	13.8	2.5	3.0	0.8	2.4	.256			75.00	75.2	8.4	42.1	38.6	32.5	56.0	.520	4.63		5.0	.079
2001	1	Arthur Rhodes	SEA	31	15.99	53.8%			50.0	12.6	3.8	3.0	1.2	2.5	.330			75.00	66.6	6.2	31.0	28.2	29.5	62.3	.648	3.39		7.5	.109
2002	2	Arthur Rhodes	SEA	32	14.44	39.4%			50.0	12.5	3.8	2.7	1.1	2.6	.295			75.00	69.7	7.2	34.7	31.7	28.9	60.5	.614	3.81		6.4	.096
2003	1	LaTroy Hawkins	MIN	30	19.10	37.8%			50.0	12.4	2.8	2.1	0.9	1.7	.354			75.00	72.1	6.2	33.7	31.0	28.2	57.9	.577	3.71		6.6	.087
2004	5	Ron Mahay	TEX	33	10.47	31.7%			50.0	12.5	2.5	2.5	0.7	1.8	.277			75.00	75.2	7.7	36.4	32.8	28.2	62.7	.606	3.93		6.0	.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%			50.0	12.5	3.1	2.1	0.6	1.9	.250			75.00	67.4	7.7	31.8	29.0	28.6	57.9	.603	3.48		6.7	.082
2006	2	Scot Shields	LA	30	15.30	29.7%			50.0	11.8	2.5	1.9	0.8	1.9	.306			75.00	74.2	8.3	36.5	34.2	25.1	58.6	.590	4.10		5.9	.077
2007	1	Rafael Betancourt	CLE	32	30.59	44.5%			50.0	10.3	2.5	2.7	1.0	2.4	.303			75.00	71.2	6.8	34.1	31.9	29.5	63.4	.629	3.83		6.8	.086
2008	2	Grant Balfour	TB	30	16.72	41.6%			50.0	12.3	2.6	2.4	1.1	2.2	.330			75.00	69.8	8.6	33.4	30.5	28.7	65.5	.665	3.66		6.4	.086
2009	1	Matt Thornton	CHI	32	16.82	32.3%			50.0	11.7	3.3	2.6	1.4	2.0	.405			75.00	66.5	7.9	34.6	31.2	28.2	64.4	.680	3.74		6.7	.093
2010	1	J.J. Putz	CHI	33	12.81	33.4%			50.0	11.5	2.8	2.9	1.0	2.0	.344			75.00	66.8	7.3	31.6	28.6	26.9	64.4	.687	3.43		6.5	.080
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia