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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						0.0%
1890	1	Bill Hutchison	CHI	30	2.61	60.5%			8	8	2	1	4					27.00	24	1	13	7	8	9	.281	2.33		4.3	.538
1891						0.0%
1892	2	Jesse Duryea	CIN/WAS	32	1.54	30.1%			5	5	1	1	2					17.67	14	1	9	6	7	6	.286	3.06		1.7	.340
1893	1	Tony Mullane	CIN/BAL	34	3.47	39.8%			10	10	3	1	2					33.67	37	0	24	16	18	9	.164	4.28		3.5	.350
1894						0.0%
1895						0.0%
1896						0.0%
1897	3	Mike Sullivan	NY	30	1.79	17.4%			7	7	2	1	2					24.00	30	1	18	14	11	6	.146	5.25		2.0	.286
1898						0.0%
1899	T4	Brickyard Kennedy	BRO	31	2.76	16.3%			7	6	1	0	2					19.67	21	1	9	6	6	4	.148	2.75		2.8	.400
1900	1	Frank Kitson	BRO	30	7.80	63.3%			10	9	2	0	4					35.00	39	2	21	16	8	8	.170	4.11		7.2	.720
1901	3	Frank Kitson	BRO	31	2.92	20.6%			6	6	1	2	2					21.33	24	1	10	7	5	10	.345	2.95		2.8	.467
1902	2	Sam Leever	PIT	30	2.05	29.0%			2	2	0	0	2					7.67	7	0	3	2	1	3	.375	2.35		1.7	.850
1903	1	Henry Schmidt	BRO	30	3.99	25.8%			14	13	4	2	6					53.00	51	0	23	16	14	21	.323	2.72		8.5	.607
1904	1	Joe McGinnity	NY	33	5.70	18.4%			7	7	2	0	5					27.00	20	1	7	5	6	10	.385	1.67		4.9	.700
1905	2	Joe McGinnity	NY	34	3.65	30.9%			17	14	3	3	5					50.33	46	0	22	16	13	20	.339	2.86		6.1	.359
1906	5	Tully Sparks	PHI	31	2.77	7.5%			5	5	1	0	3					16.33	13	0	5	4	3	6	.375	2.20		2.4	.480
1907	3	Three Finger Brown	CHI	30	4.56	24.9%			7	7	1	0	3					21.00	16	0	5	3	4	10	.500	1.29		4.4	.629
1908	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	31	7.17	21.3%			13	12	5	2	5					36.00	25	0	7	6	6	14	.452	1.50		6.5	.500
1909	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	32	9.12	11.4%			16	15	1	1	7					46.00	33	0	10	7	7	23	.575	1.37		7.3	.456
1910	2	Three Finger Brown	CHI	33	7.25	21.2%			25	24	6	4	10					65.67	63	1	27	18	16	27	.342	2.47		8.0	.320
1911	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	34	10.91	18.6%			34	30	7	3	16					85.33	84	1	33	25	16	40	.400	2.64		13.3	.391
1912	1	Christy Mathewson	NY	33	5.11	26.9%			27	19	3	5	10					78.00	83	3	34	26	13	33	.344	3.00		11.6	.430
1913	5	Hooks Wiltse	NY	32	3.96	26.5%			44	31	5	6	9					114.67	112	3	54	35	35	49	.333	2.75		8.4	.190
1914	T2	Red Ames	CIN	31	4.48	25.5%			25	22	2	6	9					69.00	62	2	30	20	23	31	.365	2.61		7.5	.300
1915	1	Tom Hughes	BOS	31	9.22	39.4%			64	54	9	7	19					174.67	145	4	62	47	39	86	.467	2.42		18.8	.294
1916	2	Tom Hughes	BOS	32	6.52	58.9%			61	48	15	8	16					138.67	127	3	56	42	39	68	.410	2.73		13.6	.223
1917	1	Red Ames	STL	34	6.76	72.0%			64	49	12	8	13					152.67	132	2	50	38	35	51	.305	2.24		17.7	.277
1918	2	Fred Anderson	NY	32	2.77	45.4%			14	9	2	1	3					38.00	33	1	15	11	9	13	.310	2.61		3.1	.221
1919	1	Jean Dubuc	NY	30	5.64	42.4%			43	33	8	5	6					121.00	117	5	49	39	34	30	.199	2.90		7.2	.167
1920	7	Grover Alexander	CHI	33	4.38	2.5%			6	6	1	0	5					6.00	1	0	0	0	2	6	2.000	-		3.5	.583
1921	7	Fred Toney	NY	32	5.26	33.6%			91	65	12	7	20					216.33	227	12	92	79	75	70	.232	3.29		21.5	.236
1922	2	Lou North	STL	31	6.60	31.9%			64	32	7	5	7					122.00	145	2	76	65	56	71	.353	4.80		9.2	.144
1923	9	Jesse Barnes	NY/BOS	30	0.05	14.0%			31	20	3	5	6					61.33	78	4	42	35	19	14	.144	5.14		1.1	.036
1924	4	Bill Doak	STL/BRO	33	4.29	34.1%			54	35	9	5	9					141.33	174	13	87	71	49	26	.117	4.52		6.3	.116
1925	2	Jack Scott	NY	33	8.49	38.7%			60	41	5	5	9					135.00	173	11	88	67	40	32	.150	4.47		10.6	.177
1926	1	Jack Scott	NY	34	9.79	76.2%			156	116	16	14	26					354.67	362	14	177	143	105	132	.283	3.63		30.5	.196
1927	2	Bill Sherdel	STL	30	6.81	36.3%			33	28	6	1	11					55.67	54	3	20	17	22	30	.395	2.75		7.8	.237
1928	1	Bill Sherdel	STL	31	8.89	74.8%			44	28	5	5	14					82.66	86	4	38	24	15	30	.297	2.61		12.1	.275
1929	4	Johnny Morrison	BRO	33	8.72	48.4%			135	88	20	10	31					263.99	287	17	165	127	128	100	.241	4.33		25.4	.188
1930	1	Hi Bell	STL	32	9.92	28.5%			63	36	7	3	13					132.67	150	6	62	48	46	65	.332	3.26		15.1	.240
1931	1	Jumbo Elliott	PHI	30	16.01	33.7%			37	26	3	2	9					71.67	69	2	32	28	26	28	.295	3.52		14.5	.392
1932	1	Ben Cantwell	BOS	30	14.11	40.1%			66	52	14	12	15					165.66	151	8	64	54	36	60	.321	2.93		22.0	.333
1933	1	Carl Hubbell	NY	30	10.82	49.5%			100	63	12	13	20					222.67	233	9	87	76	56	76	.263	3.07		21.7	.217
1934	1	Waite Hoyt	PIT	34	10.45	30.5%			73	54	15	3	23					160.67	149	6	55	42	30	71	.397	2.35		24.6	.337
1935	4	Syl Johnson	PHI	34	7.59	35.1%			90	53	7	8	16					188.01	178	12	93	80	72	95	.380	3.83		16.3	.181
						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	4	Peaches Davis	CIN	31	5.50	23.2%			48	33	7	2	14					98.67	116	2	49	36	28	34	.236	3.28		9.0	.188
1937	2	Wayne LaMaster	PHI	30	11.57	15.3%			27	17	6	4	8					45.66	41	1	19	18	18	31	.525	3.55		13.6	.504
1938	1	Bill Swift	PIT	30	13.06	49.4%			164	118	22	14	31					367.00	336	18	139	111	96	156	.361	2.72		42.7	.260
1939	3	Mace Brown	PIT	30	10.07	27.8%			87	56	8	7	18					208.99	250	5	96	86	66	86	.272	3.70		18.8	.216
1940	1	Joe Beggs	CIN	30	17.01	79.5%			123	84	23	10	26					218.67	184	8	58	51	65	107	.430	2.10		32.7	.266
1941	2	Bob Klinger	PIT	33	9.32	60.4%			152	100	14	13	29					271.00	238	11	109	94	101	104	.307	3.12		27.3	.180
1942	2	Harry Gumbert	STL	32	14.43	44.4%			118	91	17	9	24					222.34	172	5	59	45	78	72	.288	1.82		32.3	.274
1943	1	Clyde Shoun	CIN	31	17.59	55.0%			166	120	30	18	26					367.01	350	10	139	117	122	130	.275	2.87		35.8	.216
1944	1	Ace Adams	NY	32	7.75	58.6%			103	69	14	14	18					204.66	217	13	101	93	82	55	.184	4.09		13.4	.130
1945	T1	Andy Karl	PHI	31	11.86	76.2%			208	145	25	27	44					420.00	415	23	211	171	162	132	.229	3.66		26.5	.127
1945	T1	Ace Adams	NY	33	11.86
1946	2	Hugh Casey	BRO	32	12.85	31.3%			84	50	14	11	10					163.66	181	8	66	56	55	48	.203	3.08		10.9	.130
1947	1	Kirby Higbe	BRO/PIT	32	15.54	53.1%			174	107	23	11	38					279.66	268	26	125	115	124	135	.344	3.70		33.1	.191
1948	1	Ted Wilks	STL	32	20.31	39.8%			103	58	11	10	23					221.67	190	12	82	69	91	125	.445	2.80		27.0	.262
1949	2	Ted Wilks	STL	33	13.40	45.3%			152	79	23	15	21					283.33	281	23	127	117	95	147	.391	3.72		26.5	.174
1950	1	Jim Konstanty	PHI	33	27.49	32.2%			74	62	16	7	22					152.00	108	11	51	45	50	56	.354	2.66		23.4	.316
1951	4	Ken Raffensberger	CIN	33	8.35	31.9%			116	77	9	14	20					228.00	236	24	119	110	66	67	.222	4.34		15.0	.129
1952	8	Dave Koslo	NY	32	8.53	5.7%			24	11	2	1	5					49.00	39	3	11	11	16	21	.382	2.02		7.5	.313
1953	5	Jim Hughes	BRO	30	8.75	22.1%			97	43	10	8	16					170.00	164	11	65	61	80	82	.336	3.23		17.4	.179
1954	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	NY	30	18.17	35.5%			174	117	24	11	40					275.00	247	22	117	99	128	144	.384	3.24		33.3	.191
1955	3	Hal Jeffcoat	CHI	30	10.66	24.7%			90	48	11	8	17					163.67	161	19	79	63	84	64	.261	3.46		14.5	.161
1956	3	Clem Labine	BRO	30	12.78	52.7%			255	170	27	27	54					401.67	371	39	172	151	200	256	.448	3.38		37.1	.145
1957	3	Clem Labine	BRO	31	11.23	36.5%			165	114	11	18	40	9	.816			252.67	230	25	123	105	99	147	.447	3.74		22.6	.137
1958	1	Roy Face	PIT	30	13.90	58.6%			253	154	26	25	59	15	.797			435.67	411	43	188	171	147	260	.466	3.53		44.4	.175
1959	1	Bill Henry	CHI	31	18.31	66.7%			322	215	53	36	62	25	.713			568.33	523	60	215	193	178	394	.562	3.06		64.4	.200
1960	2	Roy Face	PIT	32	18.48	54.3%			350	226	36	34	90	33	.732			575.00	494	61	242	216	195	388	.563	3.38		55.8	.159
1961	1	Stu Miller	SF	33	22.43	57.8%			377	248	51	39	89	39	.695			599.33	565	52	268	222	201	410	.535	3.33		68.6	.182
1962	1	Roy Face	PIT	34	26.36	53.7%			433	274	45	41	107	37	.743			651.67	595	57	271	227	264	448	.522	3.14		73.3	.169
1963	2	Hal Woodeshick	HOU	30	19.99	21.2%			137	98	18	18	33	15	.688			250.67	199	10	73	62	92	185	.636	2.23		33.8	.247
1964	5	Ed Roebuck	PHI	32	10.93	29.4%			227	139	18	23	59	21	.738			316.00	285	21	124	104	100	203	.527	2.96		33.3	.147
1965	2	Ted Abernathy	CHI	32	19.37	39.0%			273	177	26	22	75	23	.765			407.00	334	24	136	112	160	291	.589	2.48		53.9	.197
1966	6	Don Nottebart	CIN	30	10.01	26.6%			230	123	20	23	36	22	.621			384.67	367	30	164	145	166	234	.439	3.39		27.7	.120
1967	1	Ted Abernathy	CIN	34	32.34	50.5%			395	256	41	36	96	37	.722			587.33	503	27	191	158	201	413	.587	2.42		75.1	.194
1968	1	Phil Regan	LA/CHI	31	24.92	38.9%			322	238	36	26	91	21	.813			479.67	415	32	155	137	138	327	.591	2.57		59.6	.185
1969	4	Ron Taylor	NY	31	13.84	42.0%			342	243	40	31	105	26	.802			473.67	432	31	183	164	166	309	.517	3.12		60.0	.175
1970	2	Dave Giusti	PIT	30	21.89	52.7%			516	345	62	49	143	48	.749			734.00	713	72	365	323	250	476	.494	3.96		79.7	.154
1971	2	Jim Brewer	LA	33	19.46	37.8%			367	253	45	35	97	35	.735			572.00	494	35	190	165	207	366	.522	2.60		70.6	.192
1972	3	Jim Brewer	LA	34	18.92	37.6%			304	230	35	22	116	21	.847			441.67	351	23	129	105	154	311	.616	2.14		67.9	.223
1973	1	Mike Marshall	MON	30	28.21	39.8%			400	266	42	35	102	35	.745			629.00	606	51	252	217	251	384	.448	3.10		60.1	.150
1974	1	Mike Marshall	LA	31	23.37	36.8%			282	198	32	24	53	26	.671			478.00	458	25	181	155	155	258	.421	2.92		45.4	.161
1975	4	Tug McGraw	PHI	30	15.25	29.1%			331	187	38	38	65	29	.691			532.67	531	41	244	223	179	276	.389	3.77		43.9	.133
1976	4	Ron Reed	PHI	33	16.25	25.0%			293	176	28	27	56	33	.629			493.00	438	27	188	162	164	303	.503	2.96		48.0	.164
1977	6	Ron Reed	PHI	34	16.14	30.3%			425	302	51	36	112	35	.762			711.00	639	42	258	235	200	466	.555	2.97		78.5	.185
1978	1	Gene Garber	PHI/ATL	30	28.47	43.7%			435	315	46	53	131	42	.757			711.00	601	42	252	223	240	469	.558	2.82		89.1	.205
1979	2	Kent Tekulve	PIT	32	23.12	40.1%			434	286	46	50	110	43	.719			629.67	607	46	292	248	222	438	.528	3.54		60.7	.140
1980	6	Rollie Fingers	SD	33	16.14	29.4%			431	250	45	45	79	45	.637			629.33	621	38	247	218	208	419	.505	3.12		61.1	.142
1981	13	Dick Tidrow	CHI	34	1.58	12.9%			84	44	4	13	18	5	.783			116.33	120	11	72	63	48	62	.369	4.87		3.6	.043
						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
1982	1	Greg Minton	SF	30	25.56	25.3%			332	225	32	32	83	29	.741			523.33	465	26	192	166	189	324	.495	2.85		59.5	.179
1983	3	Al Holland	PHI	30	22.10	29.4%			443	297	43	44	118	42	.738			642.33	597	41	279	247	247	455	.539	3.46		67.2	.152
1984	1	Bruce Sutter	STL	31	31.20	31.8%			443	298	40	50	145	44	.767			690.67	615	52	256	225	245	456	.530	2.93		84.5	.191
1985	2	Goose Gossage	SD	33	19.68	26.3%			273	210	31	25	112	39	.742			381.00	346	26	143	126	122	233	.498	2.98		55.6	.204
1986	9	Dave Smith	HOU	31	12.06	14.8%			161	137	16	23	89	30	.748			209.67	191	25	95	88	68	176	.680	3.78		26.5	.165
1987	4	Dave Smith	HOU	32	18.02	19.5%			244	169	21	21	71	19	.789			365.33	327	17	134	122	134	330	.716	3.01		48.7	.200
1988	3	Jay Howell	LA	32	16.79	24.7%			352	210	31	26	100	32	.758			433.67	368	25	154	132	150	303	.585	2.74		53.7	.153
1989	2	Jay Howell	LA	33	19.94	43.3%			509	323	39	31	169	43	.797			692.33	541	46	206	185	215	464	.614	2.40		101.4	.199
1990	3	Lee Smith	STL	32	17.69	35.3%			368	273	37	32	129	38	.772			487.33	455	37	180	152	161	340	.552	2.81		67.1	.182
1991	2	Lee Smith	STL	33	18.70	42.3%			572	373	48	54	187	57	.766			733.33	700	48	292	251	219	544	.592	3.08		89.3	.156
1992	6	Lee Smith	STL	34	13.07	29.8%			402	230	32	41	112	32	.778			454.33	440	39	194	181	174	330	.537	3.59		42.9	.107
1993	2	Bryan Harvey	FLA	30	25.09	24.8%			287	229	14	28	138	27	.836			333.33	294	26	121	110	102	312	.788	2.97		54.1	.189
1994	6	Jeff Brantley	CIN	30	11.01	28.8%			229	178	18	25	93	30	.756			253.33	225	21	107	95	105	246	.745	3.38		37.6	.164
1995	5	Jeff Brantley	CIN	31	14.16	20.6%			198	156	9	8	106	18	.855			211.67	176	23	72	68	84	185	.712	2.89		37.4	.189
1996	4	Jeff Brantley	CIN	32	16.07	21.3%			329	207	21	25	94	25	.790			364.00	335	36	184	161	145	365	.760	3.98		44.6	.136
1997	1	Jeff Shaw	CIN	30	28.61	21.4%			291	158	15	24	70	32	.686			330.00	279	40	135	126	102	291	.764	3.44		43.3	.149
1998	1	Trevor Hoffman	SD	30	27.06	29.5%			444	319	22	30	185	42	.815			486.67	403	45	163	150	155	412	.738	2.77		85.7	.193
1999	6	Trevor Hoffman	SD	31	16.29	28.0%			364	291	22	31	163	37	.815			377.33	370	45	179	160	143	305	.595	3.82		55.8	.153
2000	3	Robb Nen	SF	30	18.37	37.3%			528	390	33	31	204	40	.836			539.33	430	46	203	179	219	545	.840	2.99		91.0	.172
2001	5	Robb Nen	SF	31	14.84	37.8%			582	427	27	34	226	44	.837			577.00	466	71	222	207	210	568	.840	3.23		86.1	.148
2002	4	Billy Wagner	HOU	30	19.37	36.2%			454	377	19	30	214	41	.839			483.33	440	39	179	165	182	457	.735	3.07		70.8	.156
2003	2	Billy Wagner	HOU	31	24.34	35.6%			475	348	18	30	198	35	.850			510.33	429	43	207	192	202	443	.702	3.39		72.2	.152
2004	3	Armando Benitez	FLA	31	24.07	38.4%			499	389	24	32	244	49	.833			492.00	437	55	212	183	139	435	.755	3.35		80.4	.161
2005	1	Billy Wagner	PHI	33	27.42	27.0%			399	287	17	32	151	37	.803			378.67	373	43	180	158	158	290	.546	3.76		47.6	.119
2006	3	Billy Wagner	NY	34	17.52	22.7%			358	251	20	23	148	34	.813			354.33	313	39	134	120	160	352	.744	3.05		57.4	.160
2007	6	Francisco Cordero	MIL	32	14.29	27.0%			458	298	22	34	160	40	.800			455.33	378	47	203	180	177	468	.843	3.56		67.2	.147
2008	1	Brad Lidge	PHI	31	20.00	33.8%			515	357	26	37	201	40	.834			493.00	421	43	223	202	210	526	.834	3.69		72.3	.140
2009	5	Francisco Cordero	CIN	34	16.50	32.0%			458	337	21	31	189	41	.822			440.00	398	44	207	181	189	435	.741	3.70		55.5	.121
2010	5	Heath Bell	SD	32	17.82	25.4%			435	241	24	29	142	31	.821			432.00	412	30	185	172	173	401	.685	3.58		56.6	.130
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia