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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	1	Duke Esper	WAS/BAL	25	4.38	18.7%			11	10	3	2	2					38.33	48	1	29	22	14	9	.145	5.17		3.9	.355
1895	5	Brownie Foreman	PIT	19	1.75	6.8%			5	5	0	0	4					13.33	13	0	8	5	5	5	.278	3.38		2.3	.460
1896	3	Bill Hill	LOU	21	0.93	18.6%			4	3	0	1	2					10.00	11	0	7	5	5	3	.188	4.50		1.0	.250
1897						0.0%
1898	2	Bill Dammann	CIN	25	4.78	48.9%			18	17	5	2	4					69.33	81	1	38	26	19	17	.170	3.37		8.3	.461
1899						0.0%
1900	1	Frank Kitson	BRO	30	7.80	66.5%			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	19.2%			6	6	1	2	2					21.33	24	1	10	7	5	10	.345	2.95		2.8	.467
1902						0.0%
1903	7	Ed Doheny	PIT	29	1.80	3.9%			2	2	0	0	2					7.67	7	0	4	3	3	3	.300	3.52		1.4	.700
1904	2	Hooks Wiltse	NY	23	4.38	57.3%			19	19	2	1	7					71.00	73	2	37	25	19	31	.337	3.17		7.5	.395
1905	1	Hooks Wiltse	NY	24	4.78	23.2%			13	12	2	0	4					36.67	29	1	13	10	11	22	.550	2.45		4.5	.346
1906	1	Hooks Wiltse	NY	25	6.20	18.3%			12	12	4	0	6					39.00	36	0	14	10	9	20	.444	2.31		5.5	.458
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909	4	Al Mattern	BOS	26	5.02	18.6%			22	20	4	6	6					66.00	63	2	29	19	19	23	.280	2.59		7.8	.355
1910						0.0%
1911	3	Nap Rucker	BRO	26	7.08	17.9%			33	23	8	6	10					89.67	75	3	32	27	31	56	.528	2.71		13.0	.394
1912	2	Slim Sallee	STL	27	5.07	37.2%			38	30	9	8	13					111.00	109	4	45	33	26	48	.356	2.68		12.4	.326
1913	2	Slim Sallee	STL	28	5.47	30.7%			51	42	8	2	14					125.67	114	4	47	33	24	54	.391	2.36		14.5	.284
1914	1	Slim Sallee	STL	29	7.45	17.8%			17	16	2	5	6					48.33	43	1	16	11	12	18	.327	2.05		6.7	.394
1915	2	Rube Benton	CIN	28	5.08	40.8%			66	54	9	7	17					176.00	166	3	81	63	51	73	.336	3.22		13.8	.209
1916	1	Gene Packard	CHI	28	6.61	35.4%			37	28	7	2	10					83.00	76	1	28	20	18	30	.319	2.17		11.9	.322
1917	2	Sherry Smith	BRO	26	4.15	40.6%			35	31	4	6	10					83.33	79	2	34	26	18	24	.247	2.81		10.6	.303
1918	1	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	25	3.63	29.3%			9	9	4	1	3					22.00	18	0	7	5	5	9	.391	2.05		3.2	.356
1919						0.0%
1920	3	Bill Sherdel	STL	23	7.38	53.4%			76	63	17	13	15					209.67	202	1	82	68	53	88	.345	2.92		21.0	.276
1921	9	Sherry Smith	BRO	30	4.50	7.3%			18	13	2	2	4					49.33	66	1	25	21	10	12	.158	3.83		4.6	.256
1922						0.0%
1923	5	Jack Bentley	NY	28	3.66	15.0%			30	24	3	4	6					70.67	78	2	47	44	30	38	.352	5.60		3.1	.103
1924	2	Jakie May	CIN	28	7.29	24.7%			44	29	3	2	9					94.66	104	1	36	34	25	46	.357	3.23		8.2	.186
1925	5	Eddie Dyer	STL	24	4.08	16.4%			22	18	3	2	3					62.33	61	4	33	23	14	24	.320	3.32		4.3	.195
1926	3	Jakie May	CIN	30	6.84	47.9%			96	75	12	10	12					226.33	220	6	104	78	60	87	.311	3.10		14.1	.147
1927	1	Dutch Henry	NY	25	9.67	100.0%			82	61	18	6	20					166.33	162	9	65	56	46	68	.327	3.03		21.3	.260
1928	1	Bill Sherdel	STL	31	8.89	21.1%			11	10	3	2	5					25.33	28	2	7	5	3	4	.129	1.78		5.6	.509
1929						0.0%
1930	2	Watty Clark	BRO	28	8.96	9.4%			20	14	4	1	6					45.00	41	6	18	13	8	24	.490	2.60		7.1	.355
1931	1	Jumbo Elliott	PHI	30	16.01	26.9%			29	22	4	1	9					58.00	52	1	19	16	18	27	.386	2.48		16.2	.559
1932	5	Joe Shaute	BRO	32	5.01	23.0%			39	25	7	5	8					93.33	100	6	40	36	25	32	.256	3.47		9.3	.238
1933	1	Carl Hubbell	NY	30	10.82	11.7%			21	20	4	2	9					56.34	45	1	9	9	12	31	.544	1.44		12.0	.571
1934	2	Carl Hubbell	NY	31	8.40	20.5%			52	36	6	3	18					103.34	106	5	52	37	26	48	.364	3.22		11.3	.217
1935	6	Al Smith	NY	27	7.29	12.7%			34	22	5	4	9					65.33	57	3	20	18	17	20	.270	2.48		9.9	.291
						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						0.0%
1937	2	Wayne LaMaster	PHI	30	11.57	49.1%			85	59	14	8	26					149.33	131	5	54	47	51	85	.467	2.83		29.2	.344
1938						0.0%
1939	4	Cliff Melton	NY	27	7.97	27.1%			91	52	9	5	18					195.00	182	7	87	74	70	103	.409	3.42		20.6	.226
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						0.0%
1942						0.0%
1943	1	Clyde Shoun	CIN	31	17.59	22.4%			56	40	17	4	11					166.67	125	5	48	43	50	80	.457	2.32		22.8	.407
1944	4	Cookie Cuccurullo	PIT	26	4.33	21.7%			28	14	2	1	4					91.00	86	4	50	33	38	28	.226	3.26		4.4	.157
1945	4	Vic Lombardi	BRO	22	6.20	5.6%			14	10	3	1	4					33.00	21	3	11	8	17	16	.421	2.18		4.3	.307
1946	5	Ken Raffensberger	PHI	28	6.91	7.6%			24	17	3	0	11					34.33	26	0	10	10	9	17	.486	2.62		8.7	.363
1947						0.0%
1948						0.0%
1949						0.0%
1950	2	Al Brazle	STL	36	10.32	28.5%			60	38	8	9	14					143.00	162	11	75	66	62	41	.183	4.15		14.0	.233
1951	4	Ken Raffensberger	CIN	33	8.35	29.2%			107	60	7	6	18					208.00	203	25	100	95	79	84	.298	4.11		16.6	.155
1952	3	Al Brazle	STL	38	11.90	13.8%			64	43	10	4	21					111.00	80	7	35	30	45	57	.456	2.43		18.6	.291
1953	7	Al Brazle	STL	39	7.76	12.9%			61	34	6	7	18					92.33	101	8	47	43	43	57	.396	4.19		8.8	.144
1954	7	Al Brazle	STL	40	3.07	11.3%			58	28	5	4	8					84.33	93	10	48	39	24	30	.256	4.16		4.7	.081
1955	8	Howie Pollet	CHI	34	1.72	4.1%			17	7	3	0	5					24.33	18	4	14	13	13	13	.419	4.81		2.1	.124
1956	6	Windy McCall	NY	30	8.04	15.4%			79	40	9	3	14					117.00	105	10	41	37	39	47	.326	2.85		12.5	.158
1957						0.0%
1958	2	Bill Henry	CHI	30	12.39	10.4%			44	18	5	4	6	4	.600			81.33	63	8	27	26	17	58	.725	2.88		9.0	.205
1959	1	Bill Henry	CHI	31	18.31	15.3%			65	35	9	8	12	3	.800			134.33	111	19	42	40	26	115	.839	2.68		16.0	.246
1960	8	Bill Henry	CIN	32	6.87	12.6%			82	57	5	7	28	8	.778			129.00	118	11	49	46	43	93	.578	3.21		14.1	.172
1961	2	Ron Perranoski	LA	25	17.36	14.4%			99	47	9	6	22	6	.786			141.00	126	11	46	37	55	107	.591	2.36		21.1	.213
1962	4	Ron Perranoski	LA	26	12.13	19.6%			171	79	15	9	38	13	.745			225.00	228	10	89	77	79	163	.531	3.08		24.3	.142
1963	1	Ron Perranoski	LA	27	23.91	35.7%			251	164	34	24	64	24	.727			400.00	327	23	126	105	116	298	.673	2.36		54.3	.216
1964	7	Hal Woodeshick	HOU	31	9.21	18.8%			133	100	7	16	37	12	.755			203.67	201	8	94	67	78	137	.491	2.96		16.8	.126
1965	2	Ted Abernathy	CHI	32	19.37	57.0%			386	246	39	32	113	33	.774			609.00	486	39	206	182	237	485	.671	2.69		75.7	.196
1966	3	Joe Hoerner	STL	29	16.14	39.5%			355	218	34	33	69	33	.676			559.67	505	33	207	183	232	425	.577	2.94		46.0	.130
1967	1	Ted Abernathy	CIN	34	32.34	30.2%			238	161	23	19	68	22	.756			339.67	264	14	106	87	134	259	.651	2.31		50.3	.211
1968	4	Joe Hoerner	STL	31	13.51	20.4%			179	125	26	12	44	13	.772			259.67	204	16	74	66	100	181	.595	2.29		34.0	.190
1969	1	Tug McGraw	NY	24	20.85	24.7%			193	133	23	15	58	13	.817			292.67	230	18	87	74	118	245	.704	2.28		43.5	.225
1970	6	Jim Brewer	LA	32	13.59	16.0%			159	101	20	17	43	10	.811			237.33	196	21	96	81	102	211	.708	3.07		31.0	.195
1971	1	Tug McGraw	NY	26	22.03	21.4%			204	136	26	20	50	16	.758			323.67	233	17	81	73	117	257	.734	2.03		48.6	.238
1972	1	Tug McGraw	NY	27	30.67	24.6%			198	139	22	18	63	23	.733			299.33	217	18	80	66	100	239	.754	1.98		50.9	.257
1973	6	Tug McGraw	NY	28	12.64	36.4%			401	234	30	43	99	36	.733			592.00	503	50	233	210	253	438	.579	3.19		60.9	.152
1974	2	Tom House	ATL	27	19.21	19.5%			166	90	18	8	25	15	.625			265.33	228	15	105	91	103	187	.565	3.09		29.5	.178
1975	1	Al Hrabosky	STL	25	26.73	30.8%			372	208	46	30	85	29	.746			541.00	514	23	224	189	212	335	.461	3.14		61.4	.165
1976	6	Gary Lavelle	SF	27	14.30	20.4%			249	160	30	25	45	26	.634			374.67	333	21	143	118	155	259	.531	2.83		41.5	.167
1977	3	Gary Lavelle	SF	28	21.55	19.3%			302	174	33	25	50	28	.641			472.33	402	38	170	146	152	361	.652	2.78		54.5	.180
1978	7	Terry Forster	LA	26	13.36	21.4%			230	163	30	29	56	20	.737			333.67	313	15	129	111	122	262	.602	2.99		36.5	.159
1979	3	Joe Sambito	HOU	27	21.61	33.8%			407	247	33	39	95	31	.754			516.33	474	42	209	176	206	356	.524	3.07		55.7	.137
1980	2	Tug McGraw	PHI	35	23.78	30.8%			465	282	53	42	103	42	.710			666.00	582	23	210	179	215	446	.560	2.42		90.2	.194
1981	3	Gary Lucas	SD	26	10.87	33.2%			216	144	24	22	48	18	.727			294.67	245	10	89	70	104	177	.507	2.14		37.5	.174
1982	10	Steve Howe	LA	24	14.80	29.7%			444	242	38	40	78	43	.645			589.33	542	26	211	182	201	408	.549	2.78		61.2	.138
						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	37.5%			610	356	58	52	155	61	.718			870.00	705	52	299	255	301	698	.694	2.64		118.5	.194
1984	2	Jesse Orosco	NY	27	20.81	27.6%			415	267	31	40	112	32	.778			594.00	499	43	205	183	212	416	.585	2.77		66.0	.159
1985	3	John Franco	CIN	24	18.18	30.4%			362	196	40	32	63	36	.636			494.33	403	39	168	149	184	453	.772	2.71		57.4	.159
1986	5	John Franco	CIN	25	15.96	15.4%			193	119	21	15	57	21	.731			250.33	215	18	86	73	105	202	.631	2.62		37.0	.192
1987	6	John Franco	CIN	26	16.77	21.5%			303	183	30	32	69	32	.683			373.00	360	29	165	148	141	301	.601	3.57		39.8	.131
1988	1	John Franco	CIN	27	25.38	37.2%			505	296	46	41	131	35	.789			641.33	499	32	193	169	236	486	.661	2.37		91.8	.182
1989	1	Mark Davis	SD	28	22.47	35.9%			412	283	25	26	168	36	.824			521.67	432	33	170	149	211	418	.650	2.57		75.2	.183
1990	2	Randy Myers	CIN	27	19.80	29.6%			343	239	28	30	120	37	.764			443.33	371	39	153	127	185	400	.719	2.58		67.1	.196
1991	1	Mitch Williams	PHI	26	23.38	40.2%			617	352	49	62	161	59	.732			727.33	611	44	296	261	304	608	.664	3.23		86.0	.139
1992	8	John Franco	NY	31	11.44	36.0%			494	291	37	36	139	42	.768			555.00	519	43	248	219	255	487	.629	3.55		51.8	.105
1993	5	Randy Myers	CHI	30	17.08	17.7%			236	197	13	20	133	25	.842			225.67	218	20	115	97	118	218	.649	3.87		29.4	.125
1994	8	John Franco	NY	33	8.31	22.6%			193	129	7	16	72	22	.766			203.67	194	14	81	72	80	177	.646	3.18		28.6	.148
1995	8	John Franco	NY	34	10.13	14.5%			142	107	6	6	78	14	.848			141.33	123	12	50	46	64	123	.658	2.93		24.9	.175
1996	5	Bruce Ruffin	COL	32	15.99	19.3%			311	177	22	18	80	25	.762			300.33	250	23	120	107	126	318	.846	3.21		47.3	.152
1997	2	John Franco	NY	36	14.13	10.2%			121	102	12	11	59	12	.831			126.33	98	8	41	38	50	159	1.074	2.71		22.8	.188
1998	11	Billy Wagner	HOU	26	11.53	23.8%			367	209	18	25	110	35	.759			399.33	339	38	155	133	154	410	.832	3.00		54.2	.148
1999	1	Billy Wagner	HOU	27	28.13	12.9%			186	150	8	8	96	12	.889			187.67	122	11	52	46	79	269	1.338	2.21		42.6	.229
2000	8	Mike Remlinger	ATL	34	12.03	16.7%			241	120	9	14	56	20	.737			235.67	213	25	109	96	130	241	.703	3.67		29.8	.124
2001	3	Billy Wagner	HOU	29	15.78	16.1%			265	142	11	14	79	12	.868			243.33	188	16	79	73	88	248	.899	2.70		42.3	.160
2002	4	Billy Wagner	HOU	30	19.37	9.6%			137	89	8	4	52	8	.867			139.00	100	11	50	43	44	155	1.076	2.78		28.8	.210
2003	2	Billy Wagner	HOU	31	24.34	6.0%			78	67	1	4	44	3	.936			86.00	52	8	18	17	23	105	1.400	1.78		19.6	.251
2004	7	Billy Wagner	PHI	32	13.27	3.5%			45	38	4	0	21	4	.840			48.33	31	5	16	13	6	59	1.595	2.42		11.0	.244
2005	1	Billy Wagner	PHI	33	27.42	10.0%			153	125	6	8	69	6	.920			152.00	104	12	42	37	54	178	1.127	2.19		34.9	.228
2006	3	Billy Wagner	NY	34	17.52	17.0%			287	197	16	17	110	19	.853			273.33	236	20	95	88	107	296	.863	2.90		48.7	.170
2007	9	Billy Wagner	NY	35	13.29	7.6%			130	95	5	7	54	12	.818			129.67	101	12	48	41	45	136	.932	2.85		22.9	.176
2008	3	Brian Fuentes	COL	32	15.83	9.8%			148	111	1	9	71	13	.845			143.33	105	13	60	47	46	178	1.179	2.95		27.0	.182
2009	16	Mike Gonzalez	ATL	31	8.41	5.2%			80	29	5	4	10	7	.588			74.33	56	7	28	20	33	90	1.011	2.42		9.3	.116
2010	1	Billy Wagner	ATL	38	24.48	7.6%			127	80	10	4	49	8	.860			129.33	67	6	22	19	40	177	1.654	1.32		34.0	.268
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