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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     2.76 100.0%    50.0  31.1  12.3   1.9   1.9        75.00   66.6   1.2   43.8   31.2   40.2   33.0 .309   3.74       2.6 .083
1914    1 Hugh Bedient BOS 24     1.74 59.9%    50.0  40.4   5.8   9.6   3.8        75.00   78.3   2.2   40.8   29.8   18.8   29.8 .307   3.57       2.0 .069
1915    1 Bernie Boland DET 23     7.90 100.0%    50.0  27.4   4.8   2.1   2.1        75.00   69.2   1.9   36.5   27.9   27.9   28.9 .298   3.35       4.2 .122
1916    1 Dave Davenport STL 26     4.34 88.7%    50.0  32.8   3.5   4.1   2.2        75.00   71.2   0.9   33.7   25.2   30.8   27.8 .272   3.02       3.7 .109
1917    1 Doc Ayers WAS 27     6.29 51.4%    50.0  36.7   7.8   5.6   1.1        75.00   72.2   1.3   28.8   23.0   29.4   24.3 .239   2.76       4.7 .164
1918    1 Byron Houck STL 26     5.05 50.4%    50.0  44.0   2.0   6.0   4.0        75.00   60.9   -     24.9   19.9   29.8   29.8 .329   2.39       5.2 .168
1919    2 Doc Ayers WAS/DET 29     2.89 28.9%    50.0  28.0   6.0   8.0   -          75.00   74.6   1.2   32.6   24.5   24.5   24.5 .247   2.94       3.4 .116
                                   
1920    1 Roy Wilkinson CHI 26    10.44 88.5%    50.0  36.2   6.3   4.9   2.7        75.00   81.0   1.4   38.3   32.3   20.6   21.8 .215   3.88       4.5 .166
1921    1 Guy Morton CLE 28     8.64 100.0%    50.0  30.6   5.8   4.2   2.6        75.00   86.9   3.0   48.3   38.2   26.7   23.3 .205   4.59       2.9 .102
1922    1 Shovel Hodge CHI 28     9.11 89.9%    50.0  32.0   4.9   4.4   1.3        75.00   81.0   3.4   42.6   36.2   29.6   20.1 .182   4.34       3.4 .119
1923    1 George Murray BOS 24    10.94 57.3%    50.0  27.1   4.5   4.1   1.1        75.00   91.6   2.7   53.6   44.5   33.8   19.9 .158   5.33       2.8 .084
1924    1 Denny Burns PHI 26     6.66 74.8%    50.0  25.4   4.5   3.1   1.4        75.00   84.9   2.9   46.6   39.2   33.6   22.0 .185   4.70       3.7 .116
1925    4 Ken Holloway DET 27     4.23 35.2%    50.0  27.3   4.0   3.0   2.5        75.00   89.4   3.2   57.1   48.4   42.3   23.0 .174   5.81       2.4 .067
1926    1 Jack Russell BOS 20     9.41 72.6%    50.0  28.1   3.7   5.0   1.0        75.00   83.0   4.3   44.7   37.8   30.8   22.2 .195   4.54       2.8 .095
1927    1 Sam Gray PHI 29    10.51 63.0%    50.0  28.4   5.9   5.5   3.0        75.00   76.8   4.4   43.7   33.9   36.7   30.3 .267   4.07       4.9 .161
1928    1 Firpo Marberry WAS 29     8.01 76.5%    50.0  29.5   2.6   3.3   2.8        75.00   82.4   3.6   45.3   39.3   34.5   27.3 .233   4.71       2.7 .076
1929    1 Hal McKain CHI 22    10.47 61.4%    50.0  28.8   1.4   5.4   1.8        75.00   89.8   5.3   57.0   48.1   32.0   17.2 .141   5.77       1.2 .035
                                   
1930    1 Eddie Rommell PHI 32     9.12 93.9%    50.0  33.1   5.1   4.7   2.8        75.00   90.8   6.1   53.3   45.8   32.0   27.9 .227   5.50       2.9 .095
1931    2 Red Faber CHI 42     7.82 83.4%    50.0  26.3   3.7   2.8   1.3        75.00   86.8   4.9   48.9   42.1   34.3   21.0 .173   5.06       2.6 .081
1932    1 Bob Kline BOS 22     8.87 68.9%    50.0  29.8   5.8   3.3   2.9        75.00   79.0   4.6   51.2   43.4   35.6   22.1 .193   5.21       4.0 .124
1933    1 Whit Wyatt DET/CHI 25     7.34 93.5%    50.0  28.0   3.6   4.1   1.9        75.00   87.8   5.8   49.9   42.4   33.2   26.6 .220   5.08       2.6 .080
1934    1 Ivy Andrews STL 27    11.56 68.9%    50.0  31.0   7.5   4.0   2.3        75.00   86.8   4.7   45.9   37.1   31.4   26.3 .223   4.45       4.4 .141
1935    1 Fay Thomas STL 30    11.93 72.9%    50.0  28.8   4.6   4.6   3.0        75.00   85.3   5.7   49.1   41.3   36.5   26.4 .217   4.95       3.5 .101
1936    1 Denny Galehouse CLE 24    15.77 66.8%    50.0  27.4   4.9   4.3   3.6        75.00   88.0   3.4   50.1   42.4   36.7   27.8 .223   5.09       5.2 .163
1937    1 Slick Coffman DET 26    11.05 78.9%    50.0  32.6   6.2   4.3   2.5        75.00   85.6   5.6   44.4   38.6   32.2   29.0 .247   4.64       4.3 .141
1938    1 Johnny Rigney CHI 23    11.60 82.2%    50.0  29.1   3.6   3.1   2.2        75.00   85.7   5.6   47.3   41.0   37.1   29.3 .238   4.92       3.3 .095
1939    2 Roxie Lawson DET/STL 33     9.52 84.4%    50.0  25.9   5.7   1.5   1.1        75.00   83.3   6.8   45.2   37.4   30.8   20.7 .181   4.49       3.6 .111
                                   
1940    1 Joe Heving BOS 39    14.32 74.4%    50.0  25.8   7.2   4.1   3.7        75.00   82.4   5.6   44.6   39.5   35.6   33.8 .287   4.74       4.2 .120
1941    1 Lum Harris PHI 26     8.67 87.1%    50.0  30.1   5.4   2.6   3.1        75.00   78.2   5.3   43.9   35.7   38.1   30.0 .258   4.29       4.3 .122
1942    1 Tom Ferrick CLE 27    11.94 73.2%    50.0  30.4   7.6   4.0   3.2        75.00   69.9   3.9   36.3   31.6   36.3   33.5 .316   3.79       4.3 .123
1943    1 Mike Ryba BOS 40     9.35 86.4%    50.0  29.5   5.8   2.6   3.8        75.00   64.1   3.0   30.0   25.8   33.6   31.8 .326   3.10       4.5 .146
1944    1 Mike Ryba BOS 41    10.63 85.8%    50.0  28.1   5.3   4.3   2.5        75.00   70.7   3.0   32.4   28.9   29.4   25.7 .257   3.47       4.0 .127
1945    1 Frank Barrett BOS 31     9.04 88.3%    50.0  29.9   6.5   3.8   2.6        75.00   67.1   2.2   28.9   24.0   30.4   30.7 .315   2.88       5.2 .150
1946    1 Randy Gumpert NY 28    11.85 71.3%    50.0  27.6   3.2   3.8   2.0        75.00   72.7   4.7   36.9   30.9   40.9   34.3 .302   3.71       4.0 .110
1947    1 Bob Savage PHI 25     9.86 90.8%    50.0  27.9   5.0   4.1   3.7        75.00   66.6   3.8   32.9   29.2   35.1   29.4 .289   3.50       4.4 .129
1948    3 Boo Ferriss BOS 26     9.02 77.0%    50.0  23.5   3.8   3.4   3.4        75.00   76.6   4.9   43.4   39.2   43.5   24.0 .200   4.70       3.4 .084
1949    3 Mike Garcia CLE 25     7.83 69.2%    50.0  26.3   3.4   4.0   3.9        75.00   81.9   6.2   48.2   42.4   42.0   24.3 .196   5.09       2.3 .061
                                   
1950    1 Luis Aloma CHI 26    10.22 88.2%    50.0  24.9   4.1   3.2   3.2        75.00   80.2   6.2   47.1   41.6   44.6   29.6 .237   5.00       3.8 .092
1951    1 Luis Aloma CHI 27    11.68 74.0%    50.0  27.8   4.4   3.7   2.8        75.00   73.6   5.3   36.3   31.4   33.8   27.8 .259   3.77       4.9 .139
1952    2 Tom Ferrick WAS 37     6.97 66.4%    50.0  26.1   3.1   3.5   3.5        75.00   76.3   5.8   40.3   34.3   36.8   29.0 .256   4.11       2.2 .058
1953    1 Sandy Consuegra WAS/CHI 32    11.17 71.6%    50.0  22.0   3.6   3.2   3.6        75.00   84.3   7.2   44.3   39.0   33.2   31.2 .265   4.68       3.7 .101
1954    1 Bob Chakales CLE/BAL 26     9.36 84.3%    50.0  28.7   4.7   4.1   3.2        75.00   74.5   4.0   36.7   31.9   34.1   35.7 .329   3.83       4.0 .110
1955    1 George Zuverink DET/BAL 30    11.13 67.1%    50.0  25.1   3.7   3.8   2.8        75.00   73.9   7.2   40.5   35.7   36.5   35.2 .319   4.28       3.7 .095
1956    2 Ray Narleski CLE 27    12.82 89.6%    50.0  25.5   4.2   4.3   4.1        75.00   78.0   6.8   41.6   36.4   33.3   33.9 .305   4.37       4.8 .116
1957    1 Gerry Staley CHI 36    15.54 68.0%    50.0  26.5   6.0   4.4   5.4  1.9 .736        75.00   69.3   5.6   29.2   25.2   28.2   34.4 .353   3.02       6.7 .185
1958    1 Hoyt Wilhelm CLE/BAL 34    11.98 74.9%    50.0  23.6   4.0   4.5   4.2  2.0 .673        75.00   74.4   7.0   36.7   31.3   27.8   37.4 .366   3.75       4.6 .113
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    3 Jim Perry CLE 23     7.06 71.5%    50.0  25.8   4.2   5.1   5.1  2.4 .678        75.00   74.6   8.7   43.0   37.3   35.5   44.9 .408   4.48       2.8 .067
                                   
1960    1 Dave Sisler DET 28    14.14 81.1%    50.0  22.3   5.4   3.5   3.8  2.1 .642        75.00   72.5   7.5   37.3   33.1   32.2   40.4 .385   3.97       4.9 .118
1961    1 Barry Latman CLE 25    13.03 87.1%    50.0  23.3   4.3   3.1   3.6  1.9 .659        75.00   71.1   8.7   37.3   33.3   32.5   44.7 .432   3.99       5.1 .121
1962    1 Dick Hall BAL 31    15.74 65.9%    50.0  22.3   4.4   3.6   4.9  2.4 .667        75.00   68.0   7.7   33.4   28.8   30.1   42.7 .435   3.46       5.9 .134
1963    1 Gary Bell CLE 26    14.14 53.7%    50.0  21.2   6.3   3.1   2.9  2.0 .588        75.00   64.7   7.7   33.7   29.2   29.0   46.9 .501   3.51       4.8 .125
1964    1 Dick Hall BAL 33    19.34 89.1%    50.0  21.3   5.7   3.0   5.0  1.7 .744        75.00   65.6   7.5   27.8   24.9   27.0   58.8 .635   2.99       6.4 .155
1965    2 Fred Gladding DET 29    10.18 74.3%    50.0  20.7   3.7   3.8   2.7  1.7 .608        75.00   68.8   6.3   33.8   29.8   32.0   48.8 .484   3.58       4.2 .092
1966    1 Moe Drabowsky BAL 30    11.15 84.8%    50.0  20.7   5.3   3.1   4.6  1.8 .724        75.00   62.3   6.0   29.6   26.0   26.1   53.5 .605   3.12       5.7 .135
1967    1 Jose Santiago BOS 26    16.20 72.7%    50.0  21.2   4.5   3.1   4.0  1.8 .683        75.00   63.4   6.0   29.8   26.1   25.9   50.2 .561   3.13       4.9 .116
1968    1 Pat Dobson DET 26    13.14 78.1%    50.0  22.4   3.5   4.3   4.3  2.0 .686        75.00   60.7   6.2   26.9   24.3   27.5   48.2 .546   2.92       5.1 .106
1969    1 Dick Hall BAL 38    14.00 67.1%    50.0  18.5   4.1   3.4   3.0  1.6 .656        75.00   68.5   5.4   31.1   26.8   29.3   43.8 .448   3.22       5.3 .114
                                   
1970    2 Vicente Romo BOS 27     9.13 56.6%    50.0  19.7   5.5   3.0   4.0  2.1 .652        75.00   70.4   7.5   36.1   32.0   30.5   43.9 .434   3.84       4.8 .101
1971    2 Eddie Fisher CAL 34    13.20 64.2%    50.0  21.2   4.0   3.5   3.8  1.7 .688        75.00   62.8   6.3   32.6   28.7   35.9   52.5 .532   3.44       4.7 .097
1972    1 Roric Harrison BAL 25    11.53 77.2%    50.0  24.6   4.5   3.3   4.5  1.7 .724        75.00   64.0   5.1   29.5   26.1   30.4   44.2 .469   3.13       4.3 .097
1973    2 Eddie Watt BAL 32     7.33 51.0%    50.0  23.7   3.9   4.2   5.3  2.0 .731        75.00   79.0   7.2   37.1   35.0   31.6   45.7 .413   4.20       3.8 .111
1974    2 Ed Rodriguez MIL 22    10.26 47.2%    50.0  29.8   3.9   3.9   3.2  3.4 .483        75.00   70.7   5.8   35.5   30.9   28.8   40.4 .407   3.71       3.9 .108
1975    3 Ed Rodriguez MIL 23     9.51 49.0%    50.0  28.7   5.2   4.2   5.4  2.3 .700        75.00   72.1   6.5   36.7   32.4   34.3   44.4 .418   3.89       4.7 .121
1976    2 Stan Thomas CLE 26    12.50 52.9%    50.0  28.6   5.7   5.7   4.4  2.6 .625        75.00   73.9   5.8   36.7   31.4   33.1   32.7 .306   3.77       4.8 .115
1977    1 John Montague SEA 29    14.79 52.1%    50.0  29.1   4.6   4.4   4.8  2.0 .702        75.00   72.7   8.6   35.9   33.1   29.4   44.4 .435   3.98       4.9 .150
1978    1 Dyar Miller CAL 32     9.95 57.5%    50.0  26.4   4.8   2.8   2.8  2.2 .556        75.00   75.5   3.9   35.1   31.4   32.5   35.1 .325   3.76       4.0 .105
1979    4 Pete Redfern MIN 24    11.36 54.7%    50.0  22.4   3.7   3.6   2.5  2.7 .486        75.00   79.5   6.2   41.9   37.8   33.1   37.8 .336   4.54       4.0 .106
                                   
1980    1 Ron Davis NY 24    17.04 75.3%    50.0  24.4   4.8   4.3   4.2  3.0 .586        75.00   77.2   6.9   38.8   34.4   30.5   39.4 .366   4.13       4.3 .111
1981    1 Steve Comer TEX 27    10.43 62.1%    50.0  26.3   5.6   4.4   6.1  2.4 .714        75.00   70.3   5.1   33.1   28.9   29.8   40.8 .407   3.47       5.4 .129
1982    2 Jim Slaton MIL 32    15.70 51.9%    50.0  26.0   3.4   3.8   4.4  2.0 .688        75.00   72.1   6.5   35.4   32.0   28.9   41.6 .412   3.84       4.7 .123
1983    1 Sammy Stewart BAL 28    14.97 56.6%    50.0  23.4   4.6   4.5   4.1  2.8 .595        75.00   75.2   5.4   36.9   32.2   29.9   45.4 .432   3.87       4.9 .129
1984    1 Doug Corbett CAL 31    13.37 66.9%    50.0  25.1   5.3   3.1   4.2  2.8 .595        75.00   72.4   7.3   31.7   29.0   26.8   47.1 .475   3.47       5.8 .137
1985    1 Stewart Cliburn CAL 28    20.77 64.4%    50.0  22.4   4.0   4.0   3.5  1.9 .646        75.00   69.9   6.5   35.0   31.3   29.4   46.6 .470   3.76       5.2 .120
1986    1 Steve Farr KC 29    19.46 70.1%    50.0  23.8   4.0   4.2   3.2  2.6 .557        75.00   73.7   8.3   38.0   34.5   31.2   49.8 .474   4.15       4.8 .104
1987    2 Mark Eichhorn TOR 26    13.97 60.4%    50.0  19.3   4.5   2.9   3.2  2.4 .568        75.00   74.1   8.3   36.8   33.8   31.4   55.9 .530   4.05       5.7 .120
1988    2 Gene Nelson OAK 27    12.12 62.3%    50.0  19.5   5.1   3.7   1.7  2.9 .371        75.00   72.5   6.4   35.1   32.0   31.5   45.6 .438   3.84       4.7 .113
1989    1 Dennis Lamp BOS 36    14.71 55.7%    50.0  18.6   4.9   3.9   2.1  2.2 .484        75.00   70.6   6.5   33.7   29.5   30.3   49.2 .488   3.54       5.0 .118
                                   
1990    1 Barry Jones CHI 27    13.70 63.1%    50.0  16.1   4.3   3.8   1.9  2.2 .462        75.00   71.8   5.5   30.7   27.2   28.5   45.8 .457   3.27       5.6 .120
1991    1 Todd Frohwirth BAL 28    16.70 56.2%    50.0  16.3   4.1   3.2   2.1  2.4 .475        75.00   69.8   6.7   32.9   30.2   26.6   51.8 .538   3.62       5.6 .108
1992    1 Todd Frohwirth BAL 29    14.69 65.3%    50.0  16.9   5.2   3.2   2.0  2.3 .463        75.00   68.0   4.8   30.7   28.2   28.9   45.8 .473   3.38       6.0 .116
1993    1 Alan Mills BAL 26    14.32 58.9%    50.0  17.2   3.9   3.1   1.6  2.4 .400        75.00   74.6   5.7   35.3   31.3   31.1   51.4 .486   3.76       5.7 .109
1994    1 Mark Eichhorn BAL 33    14.88 52.5%    50.0  19.5   4.7   3.4   2.4  3.3 .426        75.00   74.8   6.8   38.2   33.4   29.9   55.6 .532   4.01       6.1 .112
1995    1 Troy Percival CAL 25    16.55 63.3%    50.0  17.5   4.9   3.5   2.0  2.8 .412        75.00   72.3   7.9   38.6   35.0   31.4   58.6 .565   4.20       6.0 .111
1996    1 Mariano Rivera NY 26    29.21 63.9%    50.0  16.6   3.8   2.7   2.3  2.9 .435        75.00   70.7   7.5   35.3   33.0   33.9   61.3 .586   3.97       6.9 .120
1997    3 Bob Wickman MIL 28    14.59 51.1%    50.0  16.5   3.7   3.3   1.1  2.8 .274        75.00   75.2   8.0   37.8   33.9   31.9   58.8 .549   4.07       5.6 .097
1998    1 Shigetoshi Hasegawa ANA 29    15.73 62.9%    50.0  14.8   3.8   3.0   1.3  2.2 .372        75.00   69.2   8.0   35.8   32.7   33.1   59.6 .583   3.92       6.2 .099
1999    1 Jeff Zimmerman TEX 26    22.82 59.2%    50.0  15.1   4.3   2.4   0.9  2.2 .299        75.00   74.1   7.8   37.1   33.3   27.9   51.3 .503   3.99       6.4 .112
                                   
2000    1 Alan Levine ANA 32    14.91 68.1%    50.0  14.8   3.2   2.7   1.0  2.4 .306        75.00   76.4   8.0   39.2   36.1   31.6   55.4 .513   4.33       5.7 .092
2001    2 Ramiro Mendoza NY 29    14.98 65.8%    50.0  13.5   3.7   3.1   1.5  2.2 .398        75.00   67.7   7.1   34.8   31.7   30.2   57.8 .591   3.80       6.4 .104
2002    3 LaTroy Hawkins MIN 29    14.17 63.5%    50.0  14.3   3.3   2.7   0.9  2.2 .284        75.00   73.4   7.8   36.5   33.3   29.8   55.5 .538   4.00       5.5 .088
2003    1 LaTroy Hawkins MIN 30    19.10 65.1%    50.0  14.2   3.1   3.2   1.2  2.3 .333        75.00   72.5   7.6   35.9   33.0   28.7   56.6 .559   3.96       5.6 .092
2004    1 Scot Shields ANA 28    16.47 64.4%    50.0  13.6   3.5   3.1   1.0  2.0 .327        75.00   75.7   8.3   37.8   34.9   27.5   57.5 .557   4.18       5.5 .086
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 65.6%    50.0  13.8   3.5   2.8   0.8  2.1 .286        75.00   68.5   7.9   33.1   30.4   25.9   55.2 .585   3.64       6.2 .094
2006    1 Joel Zumaya DET 21    19.27 66.9%    50.0  13.3   2.9   2.3   0.8  2.2 .257        75.00   73.4   7.8   35.1   32.6   27.3   58.6 .582   3.91       5.9 .090
2007    1 Rafael Betancourt CLE 32    30.59 66.2%    50.0  12.5   2.4   2.8   0.7  2.0 .265        75.00   72.0   7.5   37.2   34.9   32.5   60.8 .582   4.19       5.3 .074
2008    1 Jose Arredondo LA 24    17.03 67.4%    50.0  13.1   3.4   2.8   1.0  2.1 .320        75.00   72.0   7.5   36.7   33.3   32.3   61.5 .589   3.99       5.4 .080
2009    2 Phil Hughes NY 23    15.32 73.4%    50.0  13.3   3.4   2.9   0.9  2.0 .304        75.00   70.7   8.1   36.2   33.1   31.3   63.7 .624   3.97       5.7 .085
                                   
2010    1 J.J. Putz CHI 33    12.81 68.9%    50.0  12.9   2.5   2.7   0.8  1.9 .297        75.00   70.3   7.5   34.3   31.6   29.7   60.6 .606   3.79       5.4 .076
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia