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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						0.0%
1921	4	Jack Quinn	NY	37	1.55	11.4%			20	8	3	2	0					42.33	61	1	23	21	15	25	.329	4.46		1.7	.085
1922						0.0%
1923						0.0%
1924						0.0%
1925	2	Dave Danforth	STL	35	8.29	16.1%			44	17	4	3	4					98.00	112	9	51	40	39	36	.238	3.67		8.8	.200
1926	11	Dixie Davis	STL	35	0.83	5.6%			20	10	3	3	0					45.00	49	3	28	24	22	16	.225	4.80		1.2	.060
1927						0.0%
1928						0.0%
1929						0.0%
1930						0.0%
1931	2	Red Faber	CHI	42	7.82	9.8%			25	14	5	2	1					66.00	64	5	27	24	27	18	.198	3.27		5.2	.208
1932						0.0%
1933						0.0%
1934	2	Rube Walberg	BOS	37	8.61	24.0%			88	57	7	5	5					195.33	224	9	96	74	57	57	.203	3.41		15.8	.180
1935	3	Rube Walberg	BOS	38	10.80	8.9%			34	17	4	3	3					75.00	72	5	29	27	28	25	.250	3.24		8.0	.235
1936						0.0%
1937	11	Tommy Thomas	STL/BOS	37	0.35	11.1%			45	31	2	5	1					68.67	108	5	55	50	31	25	.180	6.55		0.7	.015
1938						0.0%
1939						0.0%
1940	1	Joe Heving	BOS	39	14.32	16.6%			55	30	11	7	5					138.67	147	7	80	69	68	73	.340	4.48		9.1	.165
1941						0.0%
1942	6	Joe Heving	CLE	41	0.48	12.1%			25	14	5	2	3					38.00	40	3	23	21	24	10	.156	4.97		0.9	.036
1943	1	Mike Ryba	BOS	40	9.35	18.6%			32	17	4	2	2					83.00	78	2	28	28	41	31	.261	3.04		7.3	.228
1944	1	Mike Ryba	BOS	41	10.63	28.1%			61	39	10	6	3					161.00	134	8	60	56	49	58	.317	3.13		11.1	.182
1945	2	Mike Ryba	BOS	42	8.91	24.1%			57	28	10	6	5					123.00	121	5	54	46	56	55	.311	3.37		10.0	.175
1946	7	Joe Berry	PHI/CLE	41	2.28	14.3%			50	29	6	8	2					104.00	119	7	54	48	44	44	.270	4.15		3.5	.070
1947	2	Johnny Murphy	BOS	38	6.52	17.9%			74	48	2	3	6					135.67	134	9	60	51	68	46	.228	3.38		9.1	.123
1948	15	Earl Caldwell	CHI/BOS	43	0.41	8.8%			62	29	4	7	6					92.00	104	9	68	60	68	33	.192	5.87		1.4	.022
1949						0.0%
1950	5	Al Benton	CLE	39	5.89	13.5%			62	26	6	5	8					104.33	103	10	55	46	51	45	.292	3.97		7.6	.123
1951	9	Tom Ferrick	NY/WAS	36	4.05	10.2%			56	31	5	3	3					91.67	106	10	64	53	37	31	.217	5.20		4.2	.075
1952	2	Tom Ferrick	WAS	37	6.97	12.4%			57	33	7	3	2					98.33	96	9	46	42	32	51	.398	3.84		5.9	.104
1953	7	Ray Scarborough	NY/DET	35	2.56	8.7%			37	15	1	4	4					70.33	84	6	45	37	36	31	.258	4.73		2.8	.076
1954	13	Marlin Stuart	BAL/NY	35	0.90	5.7%			32	22	4	2	3					56.67	74	2	35	30	27	15	.149	4.76		1.4	.044
1955	13	Johnny Sain	NY/KC	37	0.92	5.3%			28	14	2	5	1					50.00	60	14	32	31	11	17	.239	5.58		1.3	.046
1956	1	Tommy Byrne	NY	36	17.76	34.1%			208	115	20	16	24					356.68	354	27	160	135	163	174	.337	3.41		32.2	.155
1957	1	Gerry Staley	CHI	36	15.54	23.3%			120	73	15	11	15	4	.789			265.00	241	20	94	86	100	132	.387	2.92		22.4	.187
1958	11	Virgil Trucks	KC/NY	41	2.90	11.6%			76	47	5	4	5	3	.625			116.00	123	8	63	49	57	70	.389	3.80		6.1	.080
						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	10	Ernie Johnson	BAL	35	1.38	12.5%			68	28	6	2	1	2	.333			120.33	140	15	76	62	45	65	.351	4.64		3.3	.049
1960	7	Turk Lown	CHI	36	3.67	7.4%			45	16	2	3	5	2	.714			67.33	60	6	31	29	34	39	.415	3.88		4.2	.093
1961	T13	Gerry Staley	CHI/KC/DET	40	3.01	4.9%			52	29	2	5	4	5	.444			61.33	64	8	31	27	21	32	.376	3.96		3.8	.073
1962	4	Art Fowler	LA	39	9.30	8.7%			90	37	8	5	11	4	.733			133.33	125	9	46	43	50	78	.446	2.90		13.9	.154
1963	T15	Ray Moore	MIN	37	-	3.8%			30	16	1	2	2	1	.667			38.67	48	8	30	27	15	38	.603	6.28		-	.000
1964	3	Steve Ridzik	WAS	35	9.94	11.6%			79	26	5	7	4	4	.500			142.67	126	10	47	38	51	90	.508	2.40		12.9	.163
1965	15	Don Mossi	KC	36	2.65	5.4%			51	19	5	8	7	2	.778			55.33	59	0	30	23	20	41	.519	3.74		3.2	.063
1966	7	Jack Sanford	CAL	37	8.45	11.5%			98	41	19	6	10	6	.625			158.33	154	9	62	57	31	73	.395	3.24		14.5	.148
1967	2	Don McMahon	BOS/CHI	37	13.87	13.9%			147	57	13	4	10	8	.556			218.00	168	20	74	63	70	149	.626	2.60		18.9	.129
1968	2	Don McMahon	CHI/DET	38	10.52	5.6%			45	14	5	2	1	1	.500			81.67	53	4	18	18	30	65	.783	1.98		8.0	.178
1969	1	Dick Hall	BAL	38	14.00	12.9%			136	59	14	8	11	5	.688			187.33	170	13	73	69	52	109	.491	3.31		16.9	.124
1970	3	Dick Hall	BAL	39	8.67	3.7%			32	17	10	5	3	4	.429			61.33	51	8	25	21	6	30	.526	3.08		6.3	.197
1971						0.0%
1972	7	Lindy McDaniel	NY	36	4.54	13.6%			81	53	7	5	4	2	.667			143.33	124	10	56	48	55	77	.430	3.01		7.2	.089
1973	10	Chris Short	MIL	35	0.70	7.8%			35	8	2	4	2	3	.400			48.00	53	3	25	24	30	29	.349	4.50		1.3	.037
1974	4	Lindy McDaniel	KC	38	4.81	12.6%			63	30	2	5	3	5	.375			114.33	117	8	53	45	29	58	.397	3.54		6.8	.108
1975	7	Lindy McDaniel	KC	39	4.21	13.6%			72	45	7	5	7	3	.700			140.00	142	10	77	70	66	74	.356	4.50		7.0	.097
1976	11	Ray Sadecki	KC/MIL	35	1.39	7.0%			39	10	2	0	1	1	.500			42.00	45	2	20	18	23	28	.412	3.86		2.0	.051
1977	6	Dave Giusti	OAK	37	7.61	17.1%			156	102	12	12	16	6	.727			288.33	276	33	138	127	100	154	.410	3.96		17.9	.115
1978						0.0%
1979	2	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	35	12.09	12.5%			83	37	5	5	6	5	.545			143.00	150	12	61	52	30	81	.450	3.27		12.2	.147
1980	5	Marty Pattin	KC	37	7.85	14.2%			106	52	8	6	10	5	.667			238.33	247	24	119	108	80	120	.367	4.08		14.4	.136
1981	5	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	37	6.76	12.6%			71	45	8	11	11	4	.733			113.33	132	9	56	52	32	62	.378	4.13		6.9	.097
1982	1	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	38	19.84	8.6%			75	39	11	3	5	5	.500			172.33	166	7	56	47	32	101	.510	2.45		18.6	.248
1983	4	Tom Burgmeier	OAK	39	9.48	13.9%			132	63	9	12	16	7	.696			254.00	239	20	113	101	96	134	.400	3.58		17.6	.133
1984						0.0%
1985	20	Aurelio Lopez	DET	36	2.50	4.2%			51	22	3	7	5	2	.714			86.33	82	15	50	46	41	53	.431	4.80		3.3	.065
1986	7	Doug Bair	OAK	36	4.91	6.5%			65	36	5	9	7	5	.583			100.67	83	10	41	39	39	77	.631	3.49		7.6	.117
1987	22	Joe Sambito	BOS	35	-	3.2%			47	16	2	6	0	4	.000			37.67	46	8	29	29	16	35	.565	6.93		-	.000
1988	12	Dennis Lamp	BOS	35	6.05	3.8%			46	14	7	6	0	1	.000			82.67	92	3	39	32	19	49	.441	3.48		5.7	.124
1989	1	Dennis Lamp	BOS	36	14.71	7.2%			90	41	10	3	5	1	.833			164.67	135	6	51	38	42	97	.548	2.08		18.2	.202
1990	8	Juan Berenguer	MIN	35	9.60	13.5%			238	72	24	21	7	12	.368			399.33	403	37	184	164	143	251	.460	3.70		26.5	.111
1991	2	Mike Flanagan	BAL	39	16.44	12.3%			251	81	15	17	4	12	.250			331.67	329	22	136	127	105	196	.452	3.45		25.9	.103
1992	3	Terry Leach	CHI	38	10.21	11.6%			206	57	10	10	4	5	.444			186.33	181	12	85	77	66	111	.449	3.72		13.9	.067
1993	18	Rick Honeycutt	OAK	39	4.13	7.5%			147	35	5	13	5	5	.500			136.67	135	15	68	60	46	72	.398	3.95		9.4	.064
1994	11	Bob Patterson	CAL	35	4.19	13.7%			169	42	10	7	4	8	.333			149.00	148	24	97	87	66	106	.495	5.26		8.9	.053
1995	10	Jesse Orosco	BAL	38	6.27	13.6%			235	69	18	10	7	8	.467			197.67	181	23	82	78	67	148	.597	3.55		21.0	.089
1996	21	Paul Assenmacher	CLE	35	5.58	7.1%			170	46	8	4	5	7	.417			161.67	157	13	72	65	65	116	.523	3.62		15.9	.094
1997	T9	Jesse Orosco	BAL	40	8.19	12.2%			313	80	19	12	7	17	.292			248.33	219	23	101	92	100	229	.718	3.33		27.5	.088
1998	12	Jim Corsi	BOS	36	7.86	14.3%			421	108	19	14	16	15	.516			344.33	355	39	163	148	123	291	.609	3.87		32.3	.077
1999	14	Scott Kamieniecki	BAL	35	7.36	7.1%			202	47	6	8	3	6	.333			163.67	169	16	100	92	93	140	.534	5.06		10.5	.052
2000	13	Doug Jones	OAK	43	6.55	4.3%			109	28	5	3	2	3	.400			113.00	136	9	56	51	37	71	.410	4.06		8.1	.074
2001	22	Mike Magnante	OAK	36	5.10	15.4%			386	81	22	16	3	13	.188			392.00	388	52	227	203	158	321	.588	4.66		22.9	.059
2002	5	Buddy Groom	BAL	36	13.06	13.5%			296	87	17	9	10	9	.526			298.67	290	25	121	115	96	206	.534	3.47		29.5	.100
2003	7	Mike Timlin	BOS	37	9.14	19.2%			417	115	18	30	7	23	.233			526.33	563	62	278	245	168	328	.449	4.19		32.2	.077
2004	8	Chris Hammond	OAK	38	8.12	27.2%			795	198	53	38	9	32	.220			787.33	858	82	424	385	293	492	.427	4.40		52.8	.066
						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	5	Tom Gordon	NY	37	12.60	21.4%			686	167	30	28	7	31	.184			638.00	619	60	329	299	244	461	.534	4.22		41.9	.061
2006	4	Hector Carrasco	LA	36	11.49	13.6%			393	94	21	21	4	14	.222			412.00	427	46	220	192	168	320	.538	4.19		24.7	.063
2007	18	Mike Timlin	BOS	41	5.23	6.3%			183	53	9	2	1	3	.250			174.00	163	18	87	77	60	109	.489	3.98		13.6	.074
2008	7	Darren Oliver	LA	37	11.90	10.7%			351	79	23	13	7	9	.438			340.33	324	33	160	153	132	258	.566	4.05		27.0	.077
2009	7	Darren Oliver	LA	38	11.90	16.8%			586	152	31	22	6	23	.207			555.33	573	71	255	236	229	481	.600	3.82		42.8	.073
2010	11	Darren Oliver	TEX	39	7.10	6.8%			202	41	4	11	1	7	.125			224.33	231	20	112	98	68	171	.572	3.93		12.1	.060
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		Sources:
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