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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	2	Harry Harper	WAS	19	1.66	40.1%			20	11	1	0	2					41.67	33	1	21	16	26	37	.627	3.46		1.6	.080
1915						0.0%
1916	5	Dave Danforth	CHI	26	2.96	11.3%			20	12	5	0	2					44.33	41	0	20	16	18	23	.390	3.25		2.7	.135
1917	2	Slim Love	NY	26	5.35	48.6%			45	28	5	2	2					107.00	101	0	50	35	47	56	.378	2.94		5.4	.120
1918	2	Dave Danforth	CHI	28	1.27	49.6%			26	19	6	6	2					57.33	61	0	30	22	16	20	.260	3.45		1.7	.065
1919	1	Dickie Kerr	CHI	25	5.75	71.1%			65	48	12	4	2					153.33	158	5	73	62	56	52	.243	3.64		7.6	.117
1920	6	Frank Okrie	DET	23	0.10	11.5%			20	14	1	1	0					32.67	34	1	23	18	12	7	.152	4.96		0.3	.015
1921						0.0%
1922	T2	Jim Brillheart	WAS	18	5.44	10.1%			21	16	0	1	1					58.00	59	2	23	19	28	26	.299	2.95		4.3	.205
1923	2	Hub Pruett	STL	22	9.22	42.7%			94	57	8	6	3					233.00	273	7	151	113	111	82	.214	4.36		8.4	.089
1924	2	Buster Ross	BOS	21	5.05	25.2%			60	34	6	5	1					138.33	152	4	75	62	62	42	.196	4.03		7.7	.128
1925	1	Lefty Grove	PHI	25	9.75	64.8%			175	92	14	16	8					396.00	484	23	261	226	195	142	.209	5.14		16.5	.094
1926	2	Win Ballou	STL	28	8.70	27.4%			107	65	16	5	7					206.33	233	9	97	75	79	94	.301	3.27		20.8	.194
1927	2	Bobby Burke	WAS	20	6.24	37.0%			76	47	2	5	0					160.33	181	8	104	84	59	34	.142	4.72		7.1	.093
1928	3	Bill Bayne	CLE	29	5.53	23.5%			73	41	2	4	3					163.33	193	3	98	82	64	49	.191	4.52		6.4	.088
1929	2	Bobby Burke	WAS	22	3.81	38.6%			89	53	10	4	0					191.67	230	11	134	113	100	69	.209	5.31		4.7	.053
1930	4	Bobby Burke	WAS	23	4.24	6.1%			20	12	1	3	3					46.33	40	1	30	21	25	23	.354	4.08		3.3	.165
1931	1	Carl Fischer	WAS	25	11.92	16.6%			47	31	3	2	4					105.00	118	4	60	54	41	63	.396	4.63		6.7	.143
1932	4	John Michaels	BOS	24	1.82	31.1%			62	35	3	4	3					115.00	142	6	74	60	39	30	.166	4.70		3.8	.061
1933	3	Wally Hebert	STL	25	4.89	6.5%			23	13	2	1	0					42.67	50	2	24	21	14	11	.172	4.43		3.6	.157
1934	2	Rube Walberg	BOS	37	8.61	31.1%			121	72	11	9	7					242.67	263	10	122	87	82	90	.261	3.23		21.5	.178
1935	2	Russ Van Atta	NY/STL	29	11.75	27.1%			109	64	16	9	9					221.00	233	11	107	91	111	106	.308	3.71		21.6	.198
1936	3	Thornton Lee	CLE	29	8.33	33.2%			120	59	7	10	8					269.00	320	11	191	154	149	132	.281	5.15		16.2	.135
1937	7	George Turbeville	PHI	22	2.59	21.1%			75	40	3	6	1					145.33	187	5	104	91	85	47	.173	5.64		2.8	.037
1938	5	Chief Hogsett	WAS	34	2.16	17.8%			47	29	6	2	3					105.33	109	14	76	64	55	37	.226	5.47		3.0	.064
1939	1	Harry Eisenstat	DET/CLE	23	12.27	15.6%			43	27	6	4	5					95.33	89	9	53	49	51	53	.379	4.63		10.3	.239
1940	2	Archie McKain	DET	29	9.97	25.6%			94	52	7	4	6					200.33	219	14	130	116	104	103	.319	5.21		8.7	.093
1941	8	Archie McKain	DET/STL	30	2.11	12.9%			44	28	3	3	3					87.00	117	7	49	49	31	27	.182	5.07		4.4	.100
1942	2	Harry Eisenstat	CLE	26	4.45	26.8%			49	33	4	3	3					93.33	102	4	40	31	26	41	.320	2.99		6.2	.127
1943	5	Roy Henshaw	DET	31	1.83	13.6%			23	12	0	1	2					61.00	60	1	24	21	28	28	.318	3.10		2.2	.096
1944	6	Johnny Johnson	NY	29	0.75	14.2%			41	24	1	2	5					65.67	70	0	40	28	36	20	.189	3.84		1.5	.037
1945	7	Sam Zoldak	STL	26	2.20	11.7%			25	14	2	2	0					63.67	70	3	31	25	18	18	.205	3.53		2.6	.104
1946	3	Earl Johnson	BOS	27	7.37	28.7%			100	48	11	9	5					208.67	220	10	101	87	86	89	.291	3.75		8.3	.083
1947	13	Les Willis	CLE	39	0.23	9.2%			40	29	1	1	1					66.33	89	6	43	36	32	25	.207	4.88		0.5	.013
1948	1	Dave Thompson	WAS	30	13.01	23.0%			135	73	16	14	11					279.67	276	13	150	123	155	119	.276	3.96		16.5	.122
1949	1	Bill Kennedy	STL	28	21.78	30.8%			161	76	11	11	6					359.33	329	21	178	136	181	128	.251	3.41		33.0	.205
1950	4	Sam Zoldak	CLE	31	6.46	11.8%			51	26	5	1	5					96.33	82	6	42	37	50	34	.258	3.46		8.0	.157
1951	4	Morrie Martin	PHI	28	6.08	26.0%			120	65	15	13	6					266.33	257	20	129	109	134	114	.292	3.68		19.3	.161
1952	1	Chuck Stobbs	CHI	22	8.18	33.6%			145	75	9	8	9					281.00	236	21	129	112	127	155	.427	3.59		15.2	.104
1953	5	Gene Bearden	CHI	32	4.83	28.4%			127	50	11	5	6					221.00	216	17	110	94	114	106	.321	3.83		9.0	.071
1954	5	Bob G. Miller	DET	18	7.47	15.7%			84	43	2	3	5					161.00	170	9	92	77	67	72	.304	4.30		7.3	.087
1955	2	Al Aber	DET	27	8.51	32.9%			174	80	14	12	11					312.00	324	26	169	142	133	151	.330	4.10		14.6	.084
1956	1	Tommy Byrne	NY	36	17.76	10.4%			58	32	9	3	8					116.34	88	4	35	27	71	64	.403	2.09		17.1	.295
1957	4	Ken Lehman	BAL	29	10.97	32.0%			182	96	20	14	11	9	.550			340.00	304	37	183	163	176	197	.410	4.31		15.6	.086
1958	3	Dick Tomanek	CLE/KC	27	6.10	25.1%			155	81	18	12	13	2	.867			265.67	256	19	110	104	91	166	.478	3.52		18.4	.119
						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	28.5%			155	66	10	8	13	0	1.000			276.33	225	25	116	94	110	184	.549	3.06		21.1	.136
1960	3	Frank Baumann	CHI	26	7.29	18.9%			110	54	19	6	16	9	.640			178.68	165	13	80	72	86	99	.394	3.63		15.0	.136
1961	11	Bob Allen	CLE	23	4.18	12.9%			115	46	11	8	8	4	.667			195.67	231	18	116	98	94	97	.298	4.51		9.4	.082
1962	3	Bud Daley	NY	29	10.99	34.1%			353	138	27	28	38	18	.679			518.33	497	36	258	231	240	322	.437	4.01		33.1	.094
1963	4	Steve Hamilton	WAS/NY	27	10.41	46.3%			346	128	20	15	18	8	.692			496.99	492	44	260	217	205	335	.481	3.93		26.8	.077
1964	14	Bill Pleis	MIN	26	2.23	10.9%			88	34	6	3	4	1	.800			114.34	121	16	61	56	45	67	.404	4.41		3.2	.036
1965	1	Steve Hamilton	NY	29	10.30	25.7%			232	75	13	14	16	8	.667			284.67	278	13	122	89	114	205	.523	2.81		21.6	.093
1966	6	Dick Lines	WAS	27	8.49	15.2%			130	60	14	6	10	2	.833			208.67	176	13	77	70	54	132	.574	3.02		16.8	.129
1967	6	Paul Lindblad	KC	25	6.67	27.3%			297	121	9	19	30	12	.714			416.00	357	26	175	133	146	304	.604	2.88		28.7	.097
1968	6	Pete Richert	BAL	28	5.13	21.9%			205	88	15	10	20	12	.625			280.00	231	18	100	91	88	210	.658	2.93		18.8	.092
1969	6	John Hiller	DET	26	5.91	32.9%			337	110	26	19	19	14	.576			495.33	442	39	227	203	234	315	.466	3.69		29.0	.086
1970	1	John Hiller	DET	27	10.62	43.4%			438	166	43	29	33	14	.702			616.00	517	55	259	233	255	471	.610	3.40		47.1	.108
1971	1	Bill Lee	BOS	24	15.09	35.8%			351	136	25	19	19	8	.704			466.00	392	32	160	145	198	369	.625	2.80		40.2	.115
1972	3	Bill Lee	BOS	25	8.38	22.8%			148	66	12	12	15	5	.750			220.33	176	13	81	67	85	137	.525	2.74		18.5	.125
1973	1	Tom Hilgendorf	CLE	31	10.36	49.0%			198	76	12	12	15	8	.652			339.00	340	29	158	142	143	192	.398	3.77		19.1	.096
1974	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	32	14.06	52.8%			273	120	20	20	21	17	.553			466.00	445	36	213	188	182	235	.375	3.63		27.8	.102
1975	1	Paul Lindblad	OAK	33	12.09	51.0%			307	141	29	18	27	9	.750			473.00	420	31	196	169	209	264	.420	3.22		36.6	.119
1976	1	Tom Burgmeier	MIN	32	12.54	47.1%			228	99	20	6	14	6	.700			332.33	302	26	135	121	124	169	.397	3.28		21.8	.096
1977	4	Mike Willis	TOR	26	8.82	47.9%			452	215	34	28	36	19	.655			783.33	765	75	390	337	347	436	.392	3.87		50.8	.112
1978	4	Steve Mingori	KC	34	7.14	42.5%			213	95	12	21	27	9	.750			381.33	403	31	194	177	162	214	.379	4.18		18.1	.085
1979	1	Tippy Martinez	BAL	29	12.44	45.3%			308	147	34	21	30	19	.612			510.67	499	36	231	197	202	307	.438	3.47		42.0	.137
1980	2	Pat Underwood	DET	23	11.67	24.7%			220	97	11	12	19	11	.633			360.33	340	25	163	147	149	221	.452	3.67		27.5	.125
1981	5	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	37	6.76	37.9%			221	103	15	19	22	10	.688			331.00	304	25	137	123	136	182	.414	3.34		23.5	.106
1982	1	Tom Burgmeier	BOS	38	19.84	48.1%			533	217	45	26	38	26	.594			801.33	725	53	334	295	359	530	.489	3.31		69.9	.131
1983	3	Tom Underwood	OAK	29	11.50	43.4%			491	215	33	32	41	26	.612			675.67	661	48	308	275	284	408	.432	3.66		49.9	.102
1984	5	Pete Filson	MIN	25	8.31	33.1%			307	91	16	14	10	16	.385			451.67	454	38	191	170	178	265	.419	3.39		33.1	.108
1985	5	Pete Filson	MIN	26	10.70	35.6%			471	158	31	14	14	16	.467			669.33	612	58	300	275	300	395	.433	3.70		48.3	.103
1986	8	Joel McKeon	CHI	23	4.81	29.9%			313	89	17	14	14	14	.500			439.33	452	45	252	237	213	273	.411	4.86		20.8	.066
1987	1	Mitch Williams	TEX	22	14.04	39.6%			474	169	32	33	23	23	.500			615.67	594	60	328	288	319	450	.493	4.21		42.2	.089
1988	1	Paul Mirabella	MIL	34	12.13	37.7%			523	189	25	32	33	12	.733			716.67	668	56	301	267	297	464	.481	3.35		55.2	.106
1989	2	Jesse Orosco	CLE	32	11.13	44.3%			678	228	43	33	20	24	.455			837.00	715	58	332	301	344	590	.557	3.24		68.5	.101
1990	4	Lee Guetterman	NY	31	11.45	36.9%			746	231	64	44	29	25	.537			950.33	891	85	427	383	410	643	.494	3.63		68.2	.091
1991	2	Mike Flanagan	BAL	39	16.44	43.8%			929	279	60	49	31	37	.456			1,124.00	1084	94	493	446	464	670	.433	3.57		82.0	.088
1992	4	Mark Guthrie	MIN	26	9.92	34.7%			617	159	27	23	20	18	.526			558.00	516	41	229	210	251	387	.505	3.39		46.8	.076
1993	5	Jim Poole	BAL	27	8.69	41.1%			799	218	38	38	18	24	.429			762.33	753	74	395	353	291	470	.450	4.17		52.9	.066
1994	3	Tony Castillo	TOR	31	11.63	47.5%			563	151	30	23	18	22	.450			548.33	551	67	295	265	242	403	.508	4.35		44.9	.080
1995	7	Eddie Guardado	MIN	24	7.47	36.7%			595	160	41	30	17	22	.436			595.33	580	77	275	260	222	459	.572	3.93		52.7	.089
1996	8	Tony Castillo	TOR/CHI	33	9.04	36.1%			863	226	45	39	25	36	.410			813.00	794	73	376	345	333	655	.581	3.82		81.3	.094
1997	1	Arthur Rhodes	BAL	27	15.66	48.9%			1183	280	55	48	29	51	.363			1,122.33	1057	119	513	463	443	949	.633	3.71		97.0	.082
1998	6	Arthur Rhodes	BAL	28	9.82	37.1%			1072	234	41	38	25	39	.391			923.00	949	102	468	432	383	750	.563	4.21		71.3	.067
1999	10	Mike Venafro	TEX	25	8.14	40.8%			1119	222	45	46	14	43	.246			1,004.00	1031	114	565	509	459	754	.506	4.56		70.9	.063
2000	10	Kelly Wunsch	CHI	27	8.10	31.9%			846	152	32	34	5	34	.128			792.67	761	75	431	385	370	681	.602	4.37		58.3	.069
2001	1	Arthur Rhodes	SEA	31	15.99	34.2%			908	186	52	43	12	35	.255			790.33	700	76	368	324	330	715	.694	3.69		68.3	.075
2002	1	J.C. Romero	MIN	26	18.05	36.5%			835	178	46	33	14	33	.298			753.33	659	71	312	289	294	608	.638	3.45		74.5	.089
2003	9	Chris Hammond	NY	37	7.88	34.9%			855	205	39	29	10	27	.270			815.32	793	72	391	358	309	626	.568	3.95		62.1	.073
2004	3	B.J. Ryan	BAL	28	16.03	35.6%			1059	250	58	38	11	38	.224			1,000.67	932	91	469	410	443	852	.620	3.69		85.9	.081
						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	7	Neal Cotts	CHI	25	11.86	34.4%			1158	242	39	47	8	42	.160			940.67	888	98	466	415	465	765	.565	3.97		64.9	.056
2006	3	Dennys Reyes	MIN	29	12.42	33.1%			1032	215	41	37	10	28	.263			889.67	852	99	464	428	419	726	.571	4.33		61.0	.059
2007	2	Hideki Okajima	BOS	31	17.40	33.8%			1033	221	50	27	14	34	.292			874.67	803	59	380	351	367	718	.614	3.61		83.9	.081
2008	3	J.P. Howell	TB	25	14.73	32.6%			1074	203	53	33	21	40	.344			1,024.33	880	82	378	353	386	916	.724	3.10		105.7	.098
2009	1	Matt Thornton	CHI	32	16.82	26.6%			956	173	53	33	13	33	.283			834.33	768	97	385	358	309	700	.650	3.86		73.5	.077
2010	4	Scott Downs	TOR	34	11.53	31.1%			1008	201	50	40	10	26	.278			895.67	872	81	372	347	338	722	.597	3.49		71.6	.071
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		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
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