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											National League
						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						0.0%
1891						0.0%
1892						0.0%
1893						0.0%
1894	2	Tony Mullane	BAL	35	3.41	9.3%			6	6	0	1	4					19.00	24	1	18	13	14	7	.184	6.16		2.7	.450
1895						0.0%
1896						0.0%
1897						0.0%
1898						0.0%
1899						0.0%
1900						0.0%
1901						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903						0.0%
1904						0.0%
1905						0.0%
1906						0.0%
1907	1	Joe McGinnity	NY	36	5.73	54.9%			13	11	3	4	4					40.33	42	1	16	14	8	16	.320	3.12		6.3	.485
1908	4	Joe McGinnity	NY	37	3.49	43.8%			22	19	5	2	8					60.67	60	2	23	16	12	19	.264	2.37		7.2	.327
1909						0.0%
1910	1	Deacon Phillippe	PIT	38	8.18	17.7%			23	19	7	1	4					59.67	54	2	23	15	4	15	.259	2.26		7.5	.326
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913	4	Three Finger Brown	CIN	36	4.55	13.8%			23	21	4	3	6					50.33	51	2	23	16	13	12	.188	2.86		4.8	.209
1914						0.0%
1915						0.0%
1916						0.0%
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920						0.0%
1921						0.0%
1922						0.0%
1923						0.0%
1924						0.0%
1925	6	Babe Adams	PIT	43	3.31	13.0%			23	12	3	1	3					41.00	46	4	24	22	10	9	.161	4.83		3.8	.165
1926	5	George Mogridge	BOS	37	3.88	23.8%			48	38	7	6	6					111.67	122	7	58	46	23	30	.207	3.71		4.2	.088
1927	3	George Mogridge	BOS	38	4.30	24.1%			19	16	6	3	5					41.33	38	4	19	16	14	25	.481	3.48		4.5	.237
1928	4	Hal Carlson	CHI	36	-	25.2%			16	10	1	0	4					26.00	42	2	27	26	8	5	.100	9.00		-	.000
1929	5	Carl Mays	NY	37	8.41	13.0%			29	19	5	1	4					82.00	89	3	39	34	22	22	.198	3.73		7.7	.266
1930	3	Bob Smith	BOS	35	7.90	6.9%			14	12	2	0	5					34.00	38	2	11	10	14	17	.327	2.65		5.8	.414
1931	2	Jack Quinn	BRO	47	9.10	59.5%			71	48	10	7	22					118.00	121	3	52	34	63	53	.288	2.59		15.6	.220
1932	3	Jack Quinn	BRO	48	6.00	42.0%			75	54	9	10	13					164.66	187	5	70	64	47	54	.231	3.50		13.2	.176
1933	3	Hi Bell	NY	35	8.27	40.8%			86	57	13	6	17					178.33	157	5	53	48	41	39	.197	2.42		20.0	.233
1934	7	Hi Bell	NY	36	3.45	33.0%			80	56	12	11	18					172.33	199	10	82	75	52	38	.151	3.92		10.7	.134
1935	1	Waite Hoyt	PIT	35	12.80	27.0%			58	45	8	8	15					161.33	158	5	51	40	44	62	.307	2.23		21.6	.372
						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	3	Bob Smith	BOS	41	8.46	27.9%			55	39	6	6	15					123.00	140	7	61	51	34	46	.264	3.73		13.1	.238
1937	1	Charlie Root	CHI	38	11.92	20.5%			28	20	8	0	5					73.67	62	8	24	22	12	27	.365	2.69		10.5	.375
1938	4	Charlie Root	CHI	39	11.80	11.1%			33	20	4	1	8					88.33	77	5	25	24	17	38	.404	2.45		10.6	.321
1939	5	Curt Davis	STL	35	7.42	17.6%			60	43	4	8	15					124.67	131	6	65	52	41	49	.285	3.75		11.0	.183
1940						0.0%
1941						0.0%
1942	8	Tot Presnell	CHI	35	0.03	8.9%			27	18	1	1	4					39.33	40	5	28	24	5	9	.200	5.49		0.2	.007
1943						0.0%
1944	3	Curt Davis	BRO	40	4.34	3.8%			8	7	2	0	4					11.00	4	0	1	1	2	3	.500	0.82		2.9	.363
1945	5	Paul Derringer	CHI	38	5.14	1.6%			5	5	1	0	4					8.00	6	0	1	1	2	6	.750	1.13		2.7	.540
1946	3	Harry Gumbert	CIN	36	7.61	28.8%			78	42	12	3	13					149.33	160	10	74	64	60	60	.273	3.86		11.1	.142
1947	3	Harry Gumbert	CIN	37	10.45	15.6%			46	34	10	10	10					90.33	88	3	42	39	47	43	.319	3.89		9.2	.200
1948	2	Harry Gumbert	CIN	38	12.56	20.9%			61	46	10	8	17					106.00	123	5	51	41	34	26	.166	3.48		12.4	.203
1949	6	Nels Potter	BOS	37	2.97	31.4%			116	85	14	19	17					181.33	212	19	112	101	66	75	.270	5.01		7.6	.066
1950	2	Al Brazle	STL	36	10.32	30.9%			68	41	9	5	12					150.00	155	11	72	59	66	47	.213	3.54		15.9	.234
1951	1	Ted Wilks	STL/PIT	35	9.74	27.9%			112	68	4	7	20					184.34	168	16	71	65	73	87	.361	3.17		17.8	.159
1952	3	Al Brazle	STL	38	11.90	30.1%			146	103	16	10	38					232.34	203	14	92	75	86	100	.346	2.91		31.4	.215
1953	3	Jim Konstanty	PHI	36	11.46	28.6%			135	81	12	13	31					206.00	219	22	97	91	83	99	.328	3.98		22.9	.170
1954	1	Marv Grissom	NY	36	18.49	23.1%			111	64	14	11	27					185.33	179	21	79	66	66	88	.359	3.21		19.8	.178
1955	5	Marv Grissom	NY	37	9.19	13.1%			55	32	5	4	8					89.33	76	6	35	29	41	49	.419	2.92		9.5	.173
1956	2	Marv Grissom	NY	38	14.94	7.4%			41	20	1	1	7					68.00	58	2	11	10	14	41	.569	1.32		11.7	.285
1957	4	Marv Grissom	NY	39	10.75	11.9%			55	38	4	4	14	2	.875			82.67	74	6	36	24	23	51	.526	2.61		10.4	.189
1958	9	Marv Grissom	SF	40	3.36	11.3%			51	35	7	5	10	5	.667			65.33	71	11	34	29	26	46	.474	4.00		4.6	.090
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961						0.0%
1962	6	Diomedes Olivo	PIT	43	8.47	6.1%			61	19	5	1	7	4	.636			80.33	85	4	28	24	23	60	.556	2.69		9.1	.149
1963	5	Johnny Klippstein	PHI	35	13.36	30.5%			231	139	15	26	57	14	.803			333.67	288	22	124	101	94	253	.662	2.72		34.5	.149
1964	3	Barney Schultz	STL	37	14.81	4.1%			30	22	1	3	14	2	.875			49.33	35	1	14	9	11	29	.630	1.64		10.4	.347
1965						0.0%
1966	9	Roy Face	PIT	38	8.09	10.3%			101	58	11	10	25	7	.781			136.00	127	13	58	52	43	108	.635	3.44		12.4	.123
1967	5	Roy Face	PIT	39	9.96	14.8%			108	82	16	13	25	6	.806			151.33	136	10	50	40	34	86	.506	2.38		19.3	.179
1968	2	Ron Kline	PIT	36	14.50	21.5%			177	117	24	16	33	14	.702			299.33	251	15	86	73	93	146	.424	2.19		31.2	.176
1969						0.0%
1970	4	Don McMahon	SF	40	16.07	11.5%			114	83	15	10	32	9	.780			176.33	143	17	65	62	87	142	.617	3.16		24.9	.218
1971	12	Moe Drabowsky	STL	35	5.99	17.6%			191	119	20	15	38	14	.731			251.00	229	13	97	86	115	122	.355	3.08		23.7	.124
1972	8	Fred Gladding	HOU	36	8.02	9.2%			82	52	6	11	19	12	.613			93.67	93	7	40	37	25	49	.415	3.56		10.8	.132
1973	2	Bob Locker	CHI	35	20.85	16.6%			184	125	23	20	55	20	.733			278.33	232	20	101	85	120	225	.639	2.75		37.0	.201
1974						0.0%
1975	5	Dave Giusti	PIT	35	10.45	5.2%			61	43	5	4	17	6	.739			91.67	79	3	38	30	42	38	.314	2.95		10.0	.164
1976						0.0%
1977						0.0%
1978	6	Ron Reed	PHI	35	15.11	6.0%			66	40	3	4	17	2	.895			108.67	87	6	32	27	23	85	.773	2.24		14.1	.214
1979	9	Grant Jackson	PIT	36	8.66	17.6%			225	115	26	24	35	15	.700			290.67	283	27	136	114	106	163	.419	3.53		26.2	.116
1980	2	Tug McGraw	PHI	35	23.78	14.7%			234	144	27	17	55	18	.753			334.67	282	12	108	99	103	219	.569	2.66		45.8	.196
1981	9	Tug McGraw	PHI	36	6.54	15.9%			108	69	12	10	25	11	.694			148.33	127	9	55	43	45	91	.529	2.61		18.4	.170
1982	6	Ron Reed	PHI	39	16.75	16.7%			234	153	28	19	51	24	.680			324.33	301	16	125	111	105	189	.466	3.08		38.1	.163
						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	4	Kent Tekulve	PIT	36	18.98	11.6%			180	116	20	11	35	18	.660			255.33	239	14	106	86	93	170	.512	3.03		27.8	.154
1984	15	Gene Garber	ATL	36	9.00	14.5%			211	135	11	19	36	16	.692			295.00	281	16	109	93	99	162	.426	2.84		25.4	.120
1985	15	Kent Tekulve	PIT/PHI	38	6.99	5.5%			61	42	4	10	14	8	.636			75.67	74	5	35	30	30	40	.385	3.57		8.2	.134
1986	3	Gene Garber	ATL	38	17.58	5.5%			61	48	5	5	24	5	.828			78.00	76	3	23	22	20	56	.583	2.54		15.0	.246
1987	16	Goose Gossage	SD	35	7.42	8.2%			89	73	13	14	21	12	.636			121.33	134	11	57	52	47	92	.508	3.86		11.9	.134
1988	21	Goose Gossage	CHI	36	2.78	6.8%			84	59	5	8	27	19	.587			89.00	99	7	49	45	26	70	.560	4.55		7.4	.088
1989						0.0%
1990	8	Dave Smith	HOU	35	13.48	4.4%			49	42	6	6	23	5	.821			60.33	45	4	18	16	20	50	.769	2.39		11.7	.239
1991	5	Juan Berenguer	ATL	36	14.15	15.1%			220	144	12	23	71	15	.826			285.00	233	22	114	107	97	199	.603	3.38		35.3	.160
1992	1	Doug Jones	HOU	35	23.12	7.6%			80	70	11	8	36	6	.857			111.67	96	5	29	23	17	93	.823	1.85		18.2	.228
1993	15	Lee Smith	STL	35	6.82	16.6%			184	140	10	20	77	19	.802			197.00	217	22	105	96	40	150	.584	4.39		18.8	.102
1994	5	Doug Jones	PHI	37	11.52	6.9%			47	42	2	4	27	2	.931			54.00	55	2	14	13	6	38	.623	2.17		10.2	.217
1995	2	Todd Worrell	LA	35	15.65	12.2%			111	100	5	2	68	6	.919			116.67	92	6	26	25	37	109	.845	1.93		25.9	.233
1996	11	John Franco	NY	35	11.04	17.2%			265	191	11	18	110	23	.827			234.00	235	21	89	74	64	216	.722	2.85		36.2	.137
1997	2	John Franco	NY	36	14.13	16.2%			181	155	8	14	107	22	.829			172.67	158	24	80	75	51	159	.761	3.91		23.5	.130
1998	6	Mark Leiter	PHI	35	14.89	13.5%			176	138	10	17	73	28	.723			207.33	198	27	96	92	87	186	.653	3.99		25.1	.143
1999	16	Rick Aguilera	CHI	37	6.44	6.0%			90	59	6	5	27	7	.794			87.00	84	7	36	32	29	73	.646	3.31		13.1	.146
2000	21	Rick Aguilera	CHI	38	3.07	9.1%			109	91	3	9	52	13	.800			103.00	111	23	64	62	47	95	.601	5.42		7.0	.064
2001	2	Jose Mesa	PHI	35	16.52	11.8%			207	110	10	9	63	12	.840			190.33	180	17	89	75	69	175	.703	3.55		26.5	.128
2002	3	John Smoltz	ATL	35	20.22	11.6%			149	132	7	8	100	13	.885			156.00	124	9	56	54	63	149	.797	3.12		30.8	.207
2003	3	John Smoltz	ATL	36	20.70	19.9%			261	184	16	17	115	21	.846			268.00	255	23	120	103	98	250	.708	3.46		35.8	.137
2004	4	John Smoltz	ATL	37	18.62	22.2%			275	213	13	12	147	22	.870			284.00	270	29	101	96	62	239	.720	3.04		49.3	.179
2005	4	Todd Jones	FLA	37	18.57	21.2%			323	218	19	29	129	25	.838			334.67	302	24	128	120	109	275	.669	3.23		48.7	.151
2006	1	Takashi Saito	LA	36	28.27	27.5%			460	302	23	24	186	35	.842			451.67	382	42	162	148	156	429	.797	2.95		80.9	.176
2007	1	Takashi Saito	LAD	37	25.09	29.6%			478	323	23	26	194	44	.815			460.33	420	38	196	183	155	388	.675	3.58		70.4	.147
2008	6	Billy Wagner	NY	36	13.70	23.1%			325	223	21	27	132	37	.781			340.67	319	34	147	133	120	296	.674	3.51		47.3	.146
2009	4	Ryan Franklin	STL	36	16.72	12.2%			182	134	8	9	86	13	.869			178.33	144	11	40	39	54	137	.692	1.97		35.5	.195
2010	1	Billy Wagner	ATL	38	24.48	21.7%			323	265	24	20	136	28	.829			318.33	264	34	134	127	119	310	.809	3.59		46.5	.144
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