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						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer 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
1889	2	Bill Sowders	BOS/PIT	24	0.72	68.7%			50.0	50.0	14.3	-	28.6					75.00	112.5	-	131.3	75.0	68.8	25.0	.138	9.00		5.0	.114
1890	2	Kid Gleason	PHI	23	2.32	39.5%			50.0	50.0	10.0	-	20.0					75.00	70.6	-	35.3	22.1	26.5	30.9	.318	2.65		10.6	.480
1891	1	John Thornton	PHI	22	3.98	81.7%			50.0	47.2	2.8	11.1	19.4					75.00	75.5	-	42.5	24.7	26.1	26.1	.257	2.96		12.2	.494
1892						0.0%
1893	4	Frank Donnelly	CHI	23	1.19	8.4%			50.0	50.0	-	-	50.0					75.00	94.8	-	71.1	47.4	35.5	11.8	.091	5.69		11.8	.500
1894	3	Bill Hawke	BAL	24	2.98	41.7%			50.0	42.0	10.0	2.0	16.0					75.00	109.7	3.8	76.6	49.2	31.2	18.9	.134	5.90		4.6	.196
1895	5	Brownie Foreman	PIT	19	1.75	40.2%			50.0	44.8	-	3.4	17.2					75.00	95.1	1.9	77.2	47.1	42.4	28.2	.205	5.65		4.0	.148
1896	2	Chauncey Fisher	CIN	24	2.51	77.2%			50.0	43.8	6.3	9.4	12.5					75.00	90.7	3.6	52.6	38.1	21.8	14.5	.129	4.57		6.9	.238
1897	4	Win Mercer	WAS	23	1.77	25.2%			50.0	50.0	9.1	13.6	27.3					75.00	87.5	-	47.9	31.3	25.0	29.2	.259	3.75		8.8	.382
1898	4	Jesse Tannehill	PIT	23	3.03	18.8%			50.0	43.8	6.3	-	25.0					75.00	68.0	-	26.2	20.9	20.9	20.9	.235	2.51		12.8	.613
1899	3	Vic Willis	BOS	23	2.94	6.3%			50.0	50.0	-	-	33.3					75.00	58.3	-	25.0	16.7	25.0	25.0	.300	2.00		18.3	.733
1900						0.0%
1901						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903	T3	Christy Mathewson	NY	24	2.51	35.6%			50.0	44.7	10.5	2.6	18.4					75.00	75.3	1.0	41.9	27.2	24.1	29.3	.295	3.26		6.5	.326
1904	2	Hooks Wiltse	NY	23	4.38	31.7%			50.0	50.0	-	-	27.3					75.00	66.4	1.8	29.5	22.1	27.7	51.6	.549	2.66		11.1	.545
1905	1	Hooks Wiltse	NY	24	4.78	21.7%			50.0	46.2	7.7	-	15.4					75.00	59.3	2.0	26.6	20.5	22.5	45.0	.550	2.45		9.2	.346
1906	2	Ed Reulbach	CHI	23	5.30	35.2%			50.0	45.0	5.0	-	16.7					75.00	58.6	1.0	30.3	20.9	35.6	39.8	.422	2.51		8.0	.253
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909	5	Doc Crandall	NY	21	4.45	39.7%			50.0	42.2	5.6	2.2	10.0					75.00	80.9	2.4	45.5	26.6	21.3	31.3	.306	3.19		3.2	.122
1910	3	Doc Crandall	NY	22	5.73	19.2%			50.0	43.8	14.6	2.1	10.4					75.00	69.8	3.6	31.3	21.7	15.6	26.5	.310	2.60		7.2	.250
1911	2	Doc Crandall	NY	23	8.27	49.6%			50.0	41.4	10.8	4.8	11.8					75.00	68.8	2.4	31.7	23.5	26.8	38.9	.407	2.82		8.9	.317
1912						0.0%
1913	7	Claude Hendrix	PIT	24	3.43	9.6%			50.0	44.1	11.8	5.9	8.8					75.00	67.3	-	28.8	23.1	26.9	42.3	.449	2.77		6.9	.212
1914						0.0%
1915	7	Erv Kantlehner	PIT	22	3.02	19.0%			50.0	40.0	3.3	5.0	11.7					75.00	69.6	1.0	33.4	23.8	23.8	29.6	.316	2.86		5.1	.177
1916						0.0%
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919	3	Jimmy Ring	CIN	24	4.50	31.2%			50.0	31.4	2.3	2.3	8.1					75.00	65.0	1.6	30.1	24.6	19.8	23.0	.271	2.95		5.5	.160
1920	3	Bill Sherdel	STL	23	7.38	47.0%			50.0	36.8	7.4	8.1	11.0					75.00	80.7	1.6	37.7	29.5	23.4	29.1	.280	3.54		6.1	.219
1921	3	Buck Freeman	CHI	24	8.25	34.0%			50.0	37.2	6.1	6.7	9.1					75.00	81.8	4.8	37.6	31.5	19.9	26.6	.262	3.77		6.5	.245
1922	1	Claude Jonnard	NY	24	8.38	49.4%			50.0	32.5	9.4	5.6	6.9					75.00	75.1	5.5	35.5	31.0	28.9	33.4	.321	3.72		5.9	.215
1923	3	Tony Kaufmann	CHI	22	6.90	20.2%			50.0	34.5	6.0	3.6	10.7					75.00	76.1	8.1	47.8	39.7	32.4	35.6	.328	4.76		5.1	.150
1924						0.0%
1925	3	Guy Bush	CHI	23	6.53	35.9%			50.0	35.7	7.1	4.1	7.1					75.00	83.1	5.0	37.1	29.9	18.3	27.7	.273	3.59		5.9	.216
1926						0.0%
1927						0.0%
1928						0.0%
1929						0.0%
1930	9	Glenn Spencer	PIT	24	1.44	15.0%			50.0	36.7	5.0	8.3	6.7					75.00	94.8	10.1	60.5	50.5	42.4	34.3	.250	6.05		2.4	.080
1931						0.0%
1932	2	Bill Swift	PIT	24	12.54	17.9%			50.0	40.0	13.3	5.0	13.3					75.00	62.4	4.1	21.5	19.4	16.4	25.6	.325	2.33		12.9	.420
1933	10	Dizzy Dean	STL	23	-	5.0%			50.0	42.9	3.6	14.3	14.3					75.00	101.5	-	61.8	52.9	26.5	52.9	.414	6.35		-	.000
1934	4	Dizzy Dean	STL	24	7.43	6.4%			50.0	41.2	11.8	5.9	20.6					75.00	75.0	-	31.5	24.2	16.9	67.7	.737	2.90		14.5	.353
1935	2	Paul Dean	STL	21	11.08	5.1%			50.0	38.5	11.5	3.8	19.2					75.00	33.3	-	2.8	2.8	19.4	55.6	1.053	0.33		21.1	.585
						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer 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
1936	2	Frank Gabler	NY	24	11.61	14.9%			50.0	36.2	5.2	3.4	10.3					75.00	65.9	3.4	20.5	18.2	27.3	20.5	.220	2.18		11.4	.345
1937						0.0%
1938	9	Dick Errickson	BOS	24	2.97	6.9%			50.0	31.3	6.3	8.3	12.5					75.00	64.9	1.5	40.8	31.7	48.3	19.6	.173	3.81		5.7	.158
1939						0.0%
1940						0.0%
1941	3	Ike Pearson	PHI	24	6.43	17.6%			50.0	41.7	5.6	5.6	8.3					75.00	64.1	2.5	27.9	17.2	40.2	17.2	.165	2.07		5.5	.186
1942	6	Ed Head	BRO	24	3.05	22.7%			50.0	30.2	6.0	6.0	8.6					75.00	67.1	5.8	42.8	33.9	40.9	50.5	.467	4.07		3.6	.097
1943						0.0%
1944						0.0%
1945	4	Vic Lombardi	BRO	22	6.20	5.6%			50.0	35.7	10.7	3.6	14.3					75.00	47.7	6.8	25.0	18.2	38.6	36.4	.421	2.18		9.8	.307
1946						0.0%
1947						0.0%
1948						0.0%
1949	4	Erv Palica	BRO	21	7.62	14.5%			50.0	28.1	8.3	9.4	6.3					75.00	68.7	4.1	32.7	29.5	39.3	35.2	.326	3.53		6.1	.156
1950	3	Ralph Branca	BRO	24	7.00	11.0%			50.0	28.6	3.6	5.4	12.5					75.00	58.2	4.7	34.6	31.5	34.6	62.9	.678	3.78		10.7	.243
1951	2	Frank Smith	CIN	23	9.70	26.6%			50.0	26.7	6.3	3.9	8.3					75.00	67.5	9.5	34.0	28.6	28.2	26.1	.273	3.43		7.4	.174
1952	7	Frank Smith	CIN	24	8.73	12.2%			50.0	36.3	11.8	8.8	6.9					75.00	64.7	7.7	30.9	27.4	23.9	45.7	.516	3.29		6.9	.192
1953						0.0%
1954						0.0%
1955	4	Jack Meyer	PHI	23	10.48	25.9%			50.0	34.2	5.4	7.1	15.2					75.00	67.9	9.5	37.6	32.6	34.4	48.4	.473	3.91		6.3	.151
1956						0.0%
1957	1	Dick Farrell	PHI	23	14.38	11.1%			50.0	30.8	9.6	1.9	9.6	2.9	.769			75.00	66.6	1.8	26.1	19.8	32.4	48.6	.491	2.38		11.2	.238
1958	4	Dick Farrell	PHI	24	9.69	12.5%			50.0	32.4	7.4	8.3	10.2	6.5	.611			75.00	67.0	5.6	32.7	27.9	31.9	58.2	.589	3.35		7.6	.176
1959	3	Lindy McDaniel	STL	23	13.58	13.1%			50.0	42.7	11.8	7.3	13.6	5.5	.714			75.00	77.7	2.4	33.2	29.9	21.9	56.7	.569	3.59		10.0	.225
1960	1	Lindy McDaniel	STL	24	35.48	19.4%			50.0	36.3	10.7	4.3	14.1	5.1	.733			75.00	56.9	4.7	22.4	20.4	30.1	64.3	.738	2.45		12.1	.309
1961						0.0%
1962	10	Craig Anderson	NY	23	7.67	4.6%			50.0	27.8	4.2	8.3	5.6	8.3	.400			75.00	64.3	8.0	37.9	25.3	31.0	37.9	.398	3.03		6.8	.164
1963	13	Bobby Bolin	SF	24	2.40	5.4%			50.0	24.3	10.0	2.9	10.0	7.1	.583			75.00	74.6	9.6	43.3	31.3	28.9	81.8	.791	3.75		4.2	.100
1964	1	Sammy Ellis	CIN	23	22.15	6.4%			50.0	34.0	7.4	2.1	14.9	2.1	.875			75.00	54.0	3.6	15.3	13.5	13.5	81.0	1.200	1.62		14.2	.336
1965	1	Frank Linzy	SF	24	19.71	23.1%			50.0	30.7	6.8	3.7	15.5	4.7	.769			75.00	62.0	5.7	26.7	24.9	26.7	68.6	.774	2.98		9.3	.192
1966	7	Darold Knowles	PHI	24	9.75	14.5%			50.0	33.3	5.6	5.2	12.3	5.6	.689			75.00	63.5	3.3	25.5	23.0	31.7	70.0	.736	2.76		5.4	.117
1967	12	Ron Willis	STL	23	6.66	10.5%			50.0	23.2	4.2	4.2	9.5	2.6	.783			75.00	70.1	4.2	24.3	22.0	30.3	43.3	.432	2.64		8.2	.145
1968						0.0%
1969	1	Tug McGraw	NY	24	20.85	5.3%			50.0	34.2	10.5	2.6	15.8	-	1.000			75.00	58.4	1.9	14.1	12.2	35.8	69.7	.740	1.47		13.5	.376
1970						0.0%
1971						0.0%
1972						0.0%
1973	4	Randy Moffitt	SF	24	14.09	23.6%			50.0	28.1	3.5	4.4	11.0	2.8	.800			75.00	66.9	4.9	28.6	25.0	31.9	53.1	.537	3.00		8.0	.161
1974	3	Dale Murray	MON	24	18.83	16.4%			50.0	25.5	5.5	2.7	7.6	3.6	.676			75.00	61.1	3.5	29.0	22.0	30.7	46.6	.508	2.64		8.7	.183
1975	3	Rawly Eastwick	CIN	24	15.34	15.3%			50.0	29.4	3.6	2.7	11.8	3.3	.782			75.00	71.7	4.3	25.3	23.4	22.1	43.9	.468	2.81		7.8	.159
1976	7	Bruce Sutter	CHI	23	13.74	15.0%			50.0	32.4	6.3	3.7	9.9	3.4	.745			75.00	66.9	3.2	26.1	23.4	28.0	56.5	.595	2.81		8.6	.182
1977	1	Bruce Sutter	CHI	24	41.40	14.8%			50.0	28.4	4.8	3.4	11.3	5.0	.691			75.00	64.0	5.0	28.5	23.2	25.8	59.5	.662	2.78		10.4	.213
1978						0.0%
1979						0.0%
1980	11	Steve Howe	LA	22	10.41	13.1%			50.0	33.0	6.1	7.3	12.6	5.0	.714			75.00	68.2	4.6	28.7	24.9	28.0	56.2	.584	2.99		7.8	.170
1981	5	Neil Allen	NY	23	8.63	14.2%			50.0	35.7	7.1	5.4	15.5	6.5	.703			75.00	71.5	3.7	26.7	23.0	27.3	51.0	.516	2.76		9.1	.175
1982	5	Steve Bedrosian	ATL	24	16.95	24.5%			50.0	30.0	4.3	3.8	11.7	4.7	.712			75.00	62.9	3.9	20.7	19.0	23.2	58.2	.676	2.28		9.7	.195
						Pct. of			Closer Game Statistics									Closer 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
1983	6	Tom Niedenfuer	LA	23	17.15	7.1%			50.0	27.9	5.4	3.5	9.3	3.9	.706			75.00	52.5	5.1	20.4	19.3	20.4	56.9	.780	2.32		10.1	.216
1984	17	Tom Niedenfuer	LA	24	7.52	4.2%			50.0	31.3	5.5	7.8	13.3	5.5	.708			75.00	66.1	3.2	25.8	23.4	25.8	77.4	.842	2.81		10.1	.195
1985	3	John Franco	CIN	24	18.18	26.9%			50.0	27.3	5.4	4.7	9.2	4.4	.678			75.00	58.1	5.2	26.4	22.7	29.8	64.4	.733	2.73		8.2	.170
1986	7	Ron Robinson	CIN	24	13.09	17.3%			50.0	25.5	8.3	2.8	7.9	4.8	.621			75.00	59.6	5.2	24.0	21.9	31.9	66.0	.722	2.63		9.2	.194
1987	12	Lance McCullers	SD	23	8.99	5.9%			50.0	26.3	5.1	6.4	10.3	7.1	.593			75.00	69.9	6.7	36.5	31.0	35.9	76.6	.724	3.72		6.4	.135
1988	10	Lance McCullers	SD	24	10.14	4.7%			50.0	32.5	2.5	5.0	8.3	4.2	.667			75.00	53.8	6.1	22.3	20.7	42.2	62.2	.648	2.49		7.8	.168
1989	10	Mitch Williams	CHI	24	10.24	6.9%			50.0	40.1	2.6	2.6	23.7	7.2	.766			75.00	65.2	5.5	24.8	22.0	47.8	61.5	.545	2.64		10.6	.151
1990	17	Kent Mercker	ATL	22	4.13	6.5%			50.0	24.7	3.8	6.0	8.2	4.4	.652			75.00	64.0	7.0	31.6	28.1	37.3	66.1	.653	3.37		7.0	.110
1991	11	Mike Stanton	ATL	24	9.30	11.0%			50.0	23.9	3.9	3.9	8.2	2.6	.756			75.00	61.7	5.8	29.7	28.1	30.7	63.4	.685	3.38		7.5	.123
1992	2	Rod Beck	SF	23	21.14	9.2%			50.0	26.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	4.0	.676			75.00	57.6	3.8	25.6	21.8	28.2	72.6	.846	2.61		8.9	.153
1993	4	Rod Beck	SF	24	18.75	6.4%			50.0	46.7	2.0	0.7	31.6	2.6	.923			75.00	53.9	10.4	18.9	18.0	12.3	81.3	1.229	2.16		15.5	.216
1994	2	Robb Nen	FLA	24	12.98	5.2%			50.0	31.8	5.7	5.7	17.0	-	1.000			75.00	59.5	7.8	25.9	24.6	22.0	77.6	.952	2.95		14.0	.245
1995	15	Dan Miceli	PIT	24	5.22	6.9%			50.0	44.0	3.4	3.4	18.1	5.2	.778			75.00	78.9	9.1	38.8	38.8	36.2	72.4	.629	4.66		8.4	.112
1996	14	Billy Wagner	HOU	24	8.42	6.2%			50.0	33.9	2.2	5.0	11.7	5.6	.677			75.00	60.4	9.5	31.1	28.6	29.2	87.1	.972	3.43		8.8	.154
1997	10	Ugueth Urbina	MON	23	9.91	11.5%			50.0	32.5	2.6	6.2	16.4	3.3	.833			75.00	77.5	6.5	39.0	35.2	37.4	80.2	.698	4.23		7.8	.105
1998	3	Ugueth Urbina	MON	24	20.44	6.6%			50.0	38.7	4.2	3.3	20.3	3.3	.860			75.00	45.4	1.8	18.1	16.9	33.9	95.0	1.198	2.03		12.8	.199
1999	3	Scott Williamson	CIN	23	21.53	8.8%			50.0	37.1	5.9	4.4	21.0	5.1	.803			75.00	45.7	5.9	24.0	20.4	36.2	95.5	1.166	2.44		14.7	.239
2000	11	Byung-Hyun Kim	ARZ	21	9.42	5.9%			50.0	22.9	4.6	4.1	10.6	4.6	.697			75.00	55.4	6.4	34.2	30.3	37.4	101.2	1.090	3.64		11.1	.158
2001	1	Byung-Hyun Kim	ARZ	22	18.30	6.7%			50.0	28.2	3.6	2.8	11.3	2.8	.800			75.00	49.1	7.6	24.3	23.7	34.0	75.5	.909	2.85		12.4	.185
2002	1	Byung-Hyun Kim	ARZ	23	23.83	5.9%			50.0	45.8	5.6	2.1	25.0	4.2	.857			75.00	57.1	4.5	17.9	17.0	23.2	82.1	1.022	2.04		17.6	.274
2003	7	Jose Valverde	ARZ	23	13.32	2.7%			50.0	30.6	1.9	0.9	9.3	0.9	.909			75.00	35.8	6.0	23.8	17.9	38.7	105.8	1.420	2.15		17.3	.215
2004	10	Chad Cordero	MON	22	12.52	6.8%			50.0	30.6	4.1	2.6	11.2	3.1	.786			75.00	60.8	10.0	30.0	27.4	40.1	80.8	.801	3.28		10.3	.158
2005	3	Chad Cordero	WAS	23	19.61	7.9%			50.0	34.3	1.2	2.9	24.4	4.5	.843			75.00	69.2	9.3	39.3	33.0	32.4	69.8	.687	3.96		10.0	.132
2006	5	Chad Cordero	WAS	24	13.86	8.3%			50.0	24.2	5.2	1.6	9.8	3.6	.732			75.00	68.2	12.2	31.2	29.2	16.6	60.9	.718	3.51		9.6	.129
2007	2	Manuel Corpas	COL	24	19.29	8.7%			50.0	30.2	2.6	2.9	12.0	1.9	.860			75.00	60.7	5.3	20.1	18.2	17.2	58.3	.748	2.18		14.7	.199
2008	11	Jonathan Broxton	LA	24	10.67	9.7%			50.0	29.4	2.5	3.4	13.1	5.3	.712			75.00	61.6	5.5	30.6	26.5	24.6	77.1	.894	3.18		10.3	.141
2009						0.0%
2010						0.0%
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia