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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	1	Mickey Welch	NY	29	1.85	31.3%			4	4	0	0	2					8.00	7	0	4	3	3	3	.300	3.38		1.4	.350
1890						0.0%
1891	2	John Clarkson	BOS	29	3.53	18.3%			4	4	0	1	3					12.33	12	0	7	4	4	4	.250	2.92		3.0	.750
1892	1	Gus Weyhing	PHI	25	4.70	69.9%			10	10	4	0	3					40.00	35	1	18	12	14	17	.347	2.70		4.5	.450
1893	2	Frank Dwyer	CIN	25	2.65	51.7%			13	13	4	3	4					43.33	48	1	29	20	16	10	.156	4.15		4.4	.338
1894	1	Duke Esper	WAS/BAL	25	4.38	48.9%			30	28	8	5	8					103.33	131	2	81	61	46	26	.147	5.31		9.6	.320
1895	1	Bill Phillips	CIN	26	4.85	59.8%			41	40	9	4	15					119.67	148	6	100	78	50	24	.121	5.87		12.4	.302
1896	1	Cy Young	CLE	29	2.90	22.8%			5	4	0	1	3					13.00	15	0	7	5	2	4	.235	3.46		2.3	.460
1897	1	Kid Nichols	BOS	27	4.09	57.4%			25	21	4	2	7					83.33	102	2	54	38	20	21	.172	4.10		9.2	.368
1898	1	Kid Nichols	BOS	28	5.59	81.2%			29	29	9	2	8					113.00	114	3	54	37	33	30	.204	2.95		14.7	.507
1899	1	Jack Dunn	BRO	26	3.37	77.4%			32	30	8	9	9					95.33	97	3	49	35	27	23	.185	3.30		12.3	.384
1900	2	Bill Bernhard	PHI	29	1.62	36.7%			5	5	2	0	2					17.67	23	0	12	9	6	4	.138	4.58		2.0	.400
1901	1	Jack Powell	STL	26	4.32	79.4%			25	24	4	3	7					90.33	91	2	44	32	21	29	.259	3.19		10.5	.420
1902	1	Vic Willis	BOS	26	2.17	71.0%			5	5	1	1	3					19.00	17	0	7	5	5	10	.455	2.37		2.4	.480
1903	T5	Roscoe Miller	NY	26	2.29	38.6%			19	19	1	1	9					69.33	77	0	41	28	20	25	.258	3.63		7.4	.389
1904	3	Buttons Briggs	CHI	28	3.61	49.8%			15	15	3	1	7					56.33	60	1	31	19	12	18	.250	3.04		6.2	.413
1905	3	Christy Mathewson	NY	26	3.09	47.5%			25	24	8	2	10					73.00	67	2	32	27	27	39	.415	3.33		6.3	.252
1906	1	Hooks Wiltse	NY	25	6.20	57.4%			36	35	7	3	20					117.33	105	0	47	32	32	49	.358	2.45		15.6	.433
1907	2	Orval Overall	CHI	26	5.10	20.2%			6	5	1	2	3					18.33	14	0	4	3	5	10	.526	1.47		4.5	.750
1908	2	Christy Mathewson	NY	29	5.97	34.9%			22	19	6	1	9					57.33	42	0	15	10	12	40	.741	1.57		9.7	.441
1909	3	Howie Camnitz	PIT	27	6.24	48.9%			58	54	15	8	15					182.00	158	2	66	43	56	70	.327	2.13		21.9	.377
1910	4	Harry Gaspar	CIN	27	5.18	42.0%			55	42	9	5	17					138.67	133	1	58	46	45	48	.270	2.99		13.3	.241
1911	3	Nap Rucker	BRO	26	7.08	31.8%			60	49	11	8	17					162.67	147	5	70	57	61	73	.351	3.15		20.0	.333
1912	2	Slim Sallee	STL	27	5.07	73.1%			76	61	16	12	23					219.33	211	6	96	72	65	101	.366	2.95		25.7	.338
1913	1	Larry Cheney	CHI	27	8.28	50.1%			87	74	16	6	28					198.67	189	6	79	61	49	86	.361	2.76		23.1	.266
1914	1	Slim Sallee	STL	29	7.45	74.5%			73	65	8	11	25					199.00	180	5	76	56	59	82	.343	2.53		23.8	.326
1915	2	Rube Benton	CIN	28	5.08	41.6%			69	53	12	10	19					177.00	159	3	71	57	52	73	.346	2.90		19.1	.277
1916	1	Gene Packard	CHI	28	6.61	41.1%			43	34	7	2	16					96.33	88	1	32	23	20	36	.333	2.15		16.1	.374
1917	2	Sherry Smith	BRO	26	4.15	28.0%			22	20	2	1	6					52.67	50	1	23	18	13	18	.286	3.08		7.0	.318
1918	1	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	25	3.63	54.6%			16	16	4	4	6					38.33	32	0	15	11	12	14	.318	2.58		5.2	.325
1919	2	Dolf Luque	CIN	28	4.83	26.5%			35	26	4	1	6					63.67	65	2	27	26	25	20	.222	3.68		4.2	.120
1920	1	Hal Carlson	PIT	28	22.02	50.5%			81	64	15	8	19					184.33	153	2	59	47	59	68	.321	2.29		39.3	.485
1921	1	Jesse Barnes	NY	28	10.78	32.4%			89	62	8	8	20					206.34	224	5	92	69	59	65	.230	3.01		28.5	.320
1922	6	Tiny Osborne	CHI	29	0.63	18.7%			27	15	2	1	3					87.67	101	3	62	51	43	48	.333	5.24		1.2	.044
1923	1	Rosy Ryan	NY	25	20.34	65.9%			135	85	16	9	18					305.67	312	14	141	112	99	125	.304	3.30		28.5	.211
1924	1	Claude Jonnard	NY	26	7.57	65.9%			116	70	15	9	25					255.33	255	3	102	92	72	124	.379	3.24		22.5	.194
1925	1	Johnny Morrison	PIT	29	10.60	12.4%			18	13	6	3	4					45.00	38	2	13	8	12	12	.240	1.60		7.6	.422
1926						0.0%
1927	1	Dutch Henry	NY	25	9.67	39.5%			30	17	6	2	4					69.33	70	2	26	23	10	13	.163	2.99		9.0	.300
1928						0.0%
1929	1	Guy Bush	CHI	27	9.92	38.6%			93	58	13	11	22					232.33	231	14	117	109	104	96	.287	4.22		24.2	.260
1930	2	Watty Clark	BRO	28	8.96	49.6%			106	69	17	11	25					235.67	245	17	122	111	75	109	.341	4.24		24.2	.228
1931	3	Bill Hallahan	STL	28	6.16	6.8%			7	6	1	1	4					15.33	14	0	3	3	8	8	.364	1.76		4.3	.614
1932						0.0%
1933	2	Ed Brandt	BOS	28	8.35	4.7%			9	9	1	1	4					21.67	20	1	6	6	5	14	.560	2.49		5.2	.578
1934	3	Dutch Leonard	BRO	25	7.71	30.1%			77	56	12	10	19					151.67	156	6	77	57	49	81	.395	3.38		15.4	.200
1935	5	Dizzy Dean	STL	25	7.49	32.8%			88	61	13	14	22					169.66	155	6	62	56	49	68	.333	2.97		23.0	.261
						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	1	Dizzy Dean	STL	26	13.16	34.0%			71	51	11	9	23					144.00	152	6	68	55	30	62	.341	3.44		19.9	.280
1937	3	Cliff Melton	NY	25	10.91	64.2%			106	69	14	5	25					202.67	185	6	87	75	76	113	.433	3.33		22.8	.215
1938	2	Ira Hutchinson	BOS	27	12.69	32.6%			95	60	21	13	14					262.00	267	6	106	82	97	101	.277	2.82		24.9	.262
1939	1	Bob Bowman	STL	28	13.26	54.7%			183	103	20	8	39					393.33	356	19	158	134	155	186	.364	3.07		49.3	.269
1940	5	Clyde Shoun	STL	28	0.67	20.5%			35	22	3	4	5					51.67	54	2	31	30	17	26	.366	5.23		1.5	.043
1941	1	Hugh Casey	BRO	27	11.56	22.0%			46	37	11	5	11					112.33	88	8	40	35	40	43	.336	2.80		13.3	.289
1942	1	Rube Melton	PHI	25	24.52	24.0%			61	38	7	3	17					124.67	89	2	31	27	53	62	.437	1.95		24.8	.407
1943	2	Harry Brecheen	STL	28	15.05	45.0%			140	81	9	9	29					294.67	258	15	118	105	138	100	.253	3.21		28.0	.200
1944	2	Freddy Schmidt	STL	28	7.61	37.6%			56	31	5	1	9					146.33	122	5	69	48	67	57	.302	2.95		10.8	.193
1945	3	Cy Buker	BRO	26	6.73	16.6%			52	32	5	2	10					81.33	78	3	34	29	51	46	.357	3.21		8.2	.158
1946	1	Hank Behrman	BRO	25	13.60	39.9%			115	68	14	7	23					197.33	140	5	56	42	93	93	.399	1.92		26.3	.229
1947	5	Ken Trinkle	NY	27	7.30	31.3%			104	57	9	8	18					162.67	180	14	106	98	89	72	.268	5.42		8.0	.077
1948	4	Sheldon Jones	NY	26	7.92	39.3%			117	62	12	11	19					196.66	194	12	94	78	108	80	.265	3.57		16.1	.138
1949	1	Gerry Staley	STL	28	16.08	8.8%			28	14	4	2	6					57.67	45	1	14	8	13	16	.276	1.25		10.3	.368
1950	5	Bill Werle	PIT	29	4.04	25.9%			61	38	6	10	15					120.33	134	13	69	65	49	36	.197	4.86		6.8	.111
1951	6	Clyde King	BRO	26	8.09	13.6%			45	31	13	6	6					104.00	98	11	51	44	43	30	.213	3.81		7.7	.171
1952	1	Joe Black	BRO	28	23.29	51.9%			213	125	44	13	39					458.33	368	27	148	119	157	255	.486	2.34		56.3	.264
1953	1	Hoyt Wilhelm	NY	29	14.77	49.3%			191	122	33	19	41					417.67	392	35	197	169	194	209	.357	3.64		37.9	.198
1954	3	Frank Smith	CIN	26	15.38	41.4%			181	114	26	23	42					362.00	322	36	168	145	183	179	.354	3.60		35.3	.195
1955	1	Clem Labine	BRO	29	17.43	36.2%			136	80	18	7	27					241.00	222	15	86	68	82	125	.411	2.54		31.1	.229
1956	1	Hersh Freeman	CIN	27	17.36	39.8%			189	114	26	11	43					331.00	302	17	130	120	134	169	.388	3.26		36.2	.192
1957	5	Billy Muffett	STL	26	9.98	40.4%			191	105	19	14	43	14	.754			309.67	286	25	128	106	100	193	.500	3.08		36.4	.191
1958	3	Don Elston	CHI	29	11.12	17.7%			95	55	11	13	18	6	.750			136.67	111	10	50	46	47	107	.677	3.03		17.9	.188
1959	6	Don McMahon	MIL	29	9.00	20.2%			98	76	6	9	21	6	.778			137.67	142	14	56	53	62	86	.422	3.46		12.3	.126
1960	3	Dick Farrell	PHI	26	16.53	26.3%			154	106	21	14	28	12	.700			268.00	245	19	104	86	90	185	.552	2.89		30.1	.195
1961	2	Ron Perranoski	LA	25	17.36	42.2%			259	140	33	24	48	28	.632			457.00	474	42	228	198	184	345	.524	3.90		40.9	.158
1962	2	Jack Baldschun	PHI	25	16.26	35.6%			274	183	32	30	68	23	.747			447.67	392	29	177	153	179	345	.604	3.08		50.1	.183
1963	1	Ron Perranoski	LA	27	23.91	43.0%			284	191	58	22	81	27	.750			497.67	414	31	145	122	155	358	.629	2.21		73.6	.259
1964	2	Al McBean	PIT	26	20.51	60.1%			397	262	34	34	88	24	.786			644.33	614	36	269	222	219	433	.520	3.10		60.1	.151
1965	4	Al McBean	PIT	27	15.93	37.9%			245	144	22	26	50	24	.676			406.67	367	18	144	124	145	259	.506	2.74		40.8	.167
1966	1	Phil Regan	LA	29	33.12	48.6%			420	253	52	38	104	38	.732			722.33	629	49	250	207	234	473	.548	2.58		87.6	.209
1967	2	Frank Linzy	SF	26	18.50	24.2%			178	125	21	20	44	14	.759			288.33	238	11	83	68	91	135	.410	2.12		40.0	.225
1968	3	Cecil Upshaw	ATL	25	14.04	39.6%			322	201	36	31	69	18	.793			575.67	485	15	188	162	177	301	.455	2.53		58.8	.182
1969	2	Cecil Upshaw	ATL	26	18.96	52.7%			373	222	51	32	89	42	.679			670.33	666	46	307	259	243	356	.392	3.48		58.9	.158
1970	1	Dick Selma	PHI	26	27.27	35.8%			364	217	31	35	101	28	.783			565.33	510	33	220	186	212	440	.609	2.96		72.3	.199
1971	1	Tug McGraw	NY	26	22.03	44.6%			414	287	56	43	97	32	.752			668.00	602	45	248	224	254	501	.585	3.02		72.8	.176
1972	1	Tug McGraw	NY	27	30.67	53.2%			400	264	60	47	100	38	.725			706.33	590	45	267	235	279	478	.550	2.99		82.0	.205
1973	3	Pedro Borbon	CIN	27	15.56	20.0%			227	128	24	16	55	26	.679			338.00	313	28	131	117	137	216	.480	3.12		36.3	.160
1974	2	Tom House	ATL	27	19.21	46.8%			395	247	39	41	71	37	.657			635.67	589	45	267	241	203	310	.391	3.41		59.5	.151
1975	1	Al Hrabosky	STL	25	26.73	50.4%			612	379	66	62	116	49	.703			883.67	836	47	364	295	378	520	.428	3.00		95.5	.156
1976	1	Charlie Hough	LA	28	23.88	60.0%			702	467	82	63	164	56	.745			1,131.00	983	47	385	328	411	731	.524	2.61		137.1	.195
1977	2	Goose Gossage	PIT	25	36.72	54.8%			877	509	76	88	179	71	.716			1,371.67	1212	107	513	447	535	956	.547	2.93		149.6	.171
1978	3	Doug Bair	CIN	28	21.34	50.3%			549	375	56	60	148	57	.722			780.33	674	48	288	254	333	690	.685	2.93		92.2	.168
1979	1	Bruce Sutter	CHI	26	33.25	42.2%			473	310	53	50	135	51	.726			716.67	626	33	245	223	294	520	.565	2.80		98.5	.208
1980	1	Rick Camp	ATL	27	24.50	42.9%			633	412	66	58	162	57	.740			953.67	835	35	302	260	330	573	.492	2.45		129.3	.204
1981	1	Rick Camp	ATL	28	19.02	57.0%			350	247	42	32	107	31	.775			539.00	454	24	165	148	184	306	.480	2.47		70.9	.203
1982	3	Jeff Reardon	MON	26	20.61	33.5%			506	302	36	46	134	46	.744			691.67	612	40	244	210	271	457	.518	2.73		81.2	.160
						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	1	Jesse Orosco	NY	26	28.01	51.9%			851	532	80	89	206	76	.730			1,247.00	1042	80	469	408	504	939	.607	2.94		145.0	.170
1984	2	Jesse Orosco	NY	27	20.81	49.5%			743	470	75	70	189	57	.768			1,136.00	952	59	391	344	460	864	.612	2.73		134.6	.181
1985	1	Lee Smith	CHI	27	20.57	41.3%			489	311	46	43	152	50	.752			699.67	571	44	222	207	238	631	.780	2.66		93.4	.191
1986	1	Todd Worrell	STL	26	22.94	62.4%			750	491	86	82	221	81	.732			1,052.67	938	87	417	370	456	840	.603	3.16		129.4	.173
1987	1	Tim Burke	MON	28	27.48	66.4%			898	579	91	82	275	95	.743			1,273.33	1110	101	494	442	492	1052	.657	3.12		169.9	.190
1988	1	John Franco	CIN	27	25.38	63.8%			830	545	83	79	247	61	.802			1,151.33	945	60	388	345	422	912	.667	2.70		149.7	.180
1989	1	Mark Davis	SD	28	22.47	49.8%			527	378	48	53	185	46	.801			731.33	613	37	247	206	285	630	.702	2.54		99.5	.189
1990	1	Rob Dibble	CIN	26	20.21	53.8%			635	381	53	50	171	59	.743			870.00	746	50	299	265	374	758	.677	2.74		116.8	.184
1991	1	Mitch Williams	PHI	26	23.38	31.7%			512	306	41	43	121	47	.720			617.00	486	38	231	212	302	544	.690	3.09		72.4	.141
1992	3	Mel Rojas	MON	25	20.09	53.3%			703	449	50	48	227	59	.794			877.67	728	55	326	291	361	767	.704	2.98		104.3	.148
1993	1	John Wetteland	MON	26	29.13	52.3%			702	465	48	50	251	69	.784			785.33	649	50	321	265	328	704	.721	3.04		116.8	.166
1994	1	John Wetteland	MON	27	13.46	59.1%			506	316	29	35	166	46	.783			576.00	536	58	236	213	192	506	.695	3.33		81.9	.162
1995	1	Mark Wohlers	ATL	25	19.93	60.3%			574	408	43	39	213	57	.789			639.67	585	47	258	238	259	640	.758	3.35		94.2	.164
1996	1	Trevor Hoffman	SD	28	27.24	55.2%			842	574	61	60	288	66	.814			978.33	809	87	372	340	368	962	.817	3.13		150.7	.179
1997	3	Rod Beck	SF	28	12.87	50.9%			564	446	42	39	244	52	.824			603.33	556	52	259	236	239	672	.845	3.52		86.6	.154
1998	2	Robb Nen	SF	28	23.06	50.4%			798	508	48	52	261	62	.808			890.33	744	83	353	307	364	886	.800	3.10		123.9	.155
1999	1	Billy Wagner	HOU	27	28.13	57.2%			809	586	50	59	297	75	.798			897.00	770	82	387	348	462	988	.802	3.49		130.1	.161
2000	1	Danny Graves	CIN	26	22.43	47.7%			670	463	37	41	244	54	.819			689.67	606	72	306	276	343	643	.678	3.60		105.6	.158
2001	3	Billy Wagner	HOU	29	15.78	43.7%			675	443	41	38	225	44	.836			690.67	616	71	289	255	270	623	.703	3.32		103.5	.153
2002	2	Eric Gagne	LA	26	23.75	46.3%			705	450	37	36	254	47	.844			787.00	612	59	273	246	242	751	.879	2.81		136.8	.194
2003	1	Eric Gagne	LA	27	38.07	41.8%			535	399	36	35	229	35	.867			575.33	519	55	237	220	210	551	.756	3.44		96.4	.180
2004	1	Brad Lidge	HOU	27	30.88	32.6%			432	316	17	32	204	32	.864			454.33	393	47	201	179	169	452	.804	3.55		73.9	.171
2005	2	Derrick Turnbow	MIL	27	24.23	43.9%			689	460	37	43	251	40	.863			683.33	614	63	270	250	254	663	.764	3.29		108.9	.158
2006	6	Mike Gonzalez	PIT	28	13.32	41.6%			689	399	35	58	174	59	.747			688.33	665	71	374	341	297	709	.737	4.46		72.9	.106
2007	3	Jose Valverde	ARZ	27	18.67	34.6%			615	339	31	38	185	46	.801			636.67	548	70	249	238	210	606	.799	3.36		90.5	.147
2008	2	Jose Valverde	HOU	28	16.81	33.4%			494	301	29	33	151	45	.770			503.00	495	55	240	223	163	474	.720	3.99		62.8	.127
2009	1	Huston Street	COL	25	21.23	55.8%			880	564	46	54	303	60	.835			864.33	733	74	382	351	374	952	.860	3.65		125.2	.142
2010	2	Hong-Chih Kuo	LA	28	21.13	52.9%			918	556	65	54	286	74	.794			961.00	777	71	344	318	369	1114	.972	2.98		147.1	.160
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia