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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	100.0%			11	11	2	0	6					20.00	25	0	25	15	14	7	.179	6.75		2.2	.200
1890	1	Bill Hutchison	CHI	30	2.61	100.0%			13	13	3	1	6					44.00	40	1	21	12	14	16	.296	2.45		6.7	.515
1891	1	John Thornton	PHI	22	3.98	100.0%			22	21	1	5	10					67.00	67	0	38	22	23	23	.256	2.96		11.9	.541
1892	1	Gus Weyhing	PHI	25	4.70	100.0%			15	15	5	1	5					57.67	49	2	27	18	21	23	.329	2.81		6.2	.413
1893	1	Tony Mullane	CIN/BAL	34	3.47	92.3%			23	23	7	4	6					77.00	85	1	53	36	34	19	.160	4.21		7.9	.343
1894	2	Tony Mullane	BAL	35	3.41	81.3%			50	45	10	5	18					163.33	223	6	151	104	79	44	.146	5.73		13.3	.266
1895	1	Bill Phillips	CIN	26	4.85	93.2%			65	61	9	6	21					186.00	236	8	174	123	90	49	.150	5.95		14.4	.222
1896	1	Cy Young	CLE	29	2.90	81.4%			17	15	2	3	5					44.33	54	2	29	21	9	9	.143	4.26		5.1	.300
1897	1	Kid Nichols	BOS	27	4.09	100.0%			43	39	8	6	15					143.33	174	3	95	67	43	41	.189	4.21		15.4	.358
1898	1	Kid Nichols	BOS	28	5.59	51.1%			19	19	5	0	8					72.33	59	2	26	19	22	21	.259	2.36		11.3	.595
1899	1	Jack Dunn	BRO	26	3.37	100.0%			42	39	9	9	13					124.00	125	4	61	43	36	30	.186	3.12		17.3	.412
1900	2	Bill Bernhard	PHI	29	1.62	33.5%			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	80.8%			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	100.0%			7	7	1	1	5					26.67	24	0	10	7	6	13	.433	2.36		4.1	.586
1903	1	Henry Schmidt	BRO	30	3.99	96.1%			50	47	9	4	20					186.33	193	1	100	67	54	71	.287	3.24		20.7	.414
1904	1	Joe McGinnity	NY	33	5.70	42.7%			14	14	3	0	11					53.00	43	1	17	11	14	25	.439	1.87		9.6	.686
1905	2	Joe McGinnity	NY	34	3.65	76.8%			42	38	11	5	15					123.33	113	2	54	43	40	59	.386	3.14		12.4	.295
1906	2	Ed Reulbach	CHI	23	5.30	81.7%			59	55	7	3	27					166.33	138	1	67	46	60	73	.369	2.49		20.1	.341
1907	1	Joe McGinnity	NY	36	5.73	100.0%			26	23	5	6	10					79.67	72	1	25	20	17	36	.404	2.26		15.2	.585
1908	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	31	7.17	100.0%			57	50	16	5	22					154.00	127	2	45	32	30	73	.465	1.87		23.4	.411
1909	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	32	9.12	81.4%			97	87	17	5	25					289.00	265	4	124	76	80	123	.357	2.37		26.9	.277
1910	1	Deacon Phillippe	PIT	38	8.18	100.0%			127	106	29	11	36					326.33	308	7	134	97	78	112	.290	2.68		34.8	.274
1911	1	Three Finger Brown	CHI	34	10.91	82.1%			154	133	30	14	45					407.00	384	11	176	133	135	186	.358	2.94		49.8	.323
1912	1	Christy Mathewson	NY	33	5.11	62.8%			65	50	10	9	20					186.33	185	5	85	65	52	86	.363	3.14		24.9	.383
1913	1	Larry Cheney	CHI	27	8.28	69.3%			120	99	21	15	32					277.00	273	7	124	91	87	115	.319	2.96		25.4	.211
1914	T2	Red Ames	CIN	31	4.48	82.2%			81	71	8	12	28					219.67	199	6	90	65	70	95	.353	2.66		24.6	.304
1914	T2	Larry Cheney	CHI	28	4.48
1915	1	Tom Hughes	BOS	31	9.22	59.2%			97	77	14	13	28					254.33	211	5	87	66	65	117	.424	2.34		29.4	.303
1916	2	Tom Hughes	BOS	32	6.52	64.6%			67	54	15	8	22					152.00	139	3	60	45	41	74	.411	2.66		17.8	.266
1917	1	Red Ames	STL	34	6.76	59.4%			51	38	10	3	9					122.00	103	1	39	30	30	45	.338	2.21		14.1	.276
1918	2	Fred Anderson	NY	32	2.77	70.7%			21	16	2	4	6					54.33	47	1	23	17	16	18	.286	2.82		5.1	.243
1919	1	Jean Dubuc	NY	30	5.64	100.0%			121	86	14	8	19					279.33	264	9	114	96	84	79	.227	3.09		18.3	.151
1920	1	Hal Carlson	PIT	28	22.02	46.6%			79	57	9	6	24					163.67	149	5	69	51	65	57	.266	2.80		36.7	.465
1921	1	Jesse Barnes	NY	28	10.78	92.7%			244	175	28	24	51					607.01	640	31	276	225	186	206	.249	3.34		65.5	.268
1922	1	Claude Jonnard	NY	24	8.38	100.0%			171	99	24	15	21					427.33	464	21	241	206	183	216	.334	4.34		27.6	.161
1923	1	Rosy Ryan	NY	25	20.34	85.0%			178	110	21	13	27					389.00	406	26	195	152	128	145	.272	3.52		32.8	.184
1924	1	Claude Jonnard	NY	26	7.57	75.3%			126	76	21	12	25					302.00	325	15	153	129	96	104	.247	3.84		20.6	.163
1925	1	Johnny Morrison	PIT	29	10.60	83.6%			128	83	18	11	20					294.00	346	22	159	128	81	79	.185	3.92		28.3	.221
1926	1	Jack Scott	NY	34	9.79	52.1%			108	79	11	10	20					240.01	264	15	131	111	68	75	.226	4.16		20.6	.191
1927						0.0%
1928	2	Hal Haid	STL	30	4.93	78.9%			49	28	3	3	13					83.33	100	4	58	45	20	31	.258	4.86		6.5	.133
1929	1	Guy Bush	CHI	27	9.92	100.0%			257	165	38	22	57					578.32	607	34	321	270	254	218	.253	4.20		57.3	.223
1930	1	Hi Bell	STL	32	9.92	90.6%			193	125	25	18	41					431.67	486	29	237	206	169	201	.307	4.29		40.4	.209
1931	2	Jack Quinn	BRO	47	9.10	73.1%			86	58	10	9	26					147.00	152	4	68	49	79	62	.268	3.00		18.2	.212
1932	1	Ben Cantwell	BOS	30	14.11	77.0%			132	105	24	20	28					310.32	299	11	115	101	74	107	.287	2.93		38.5	.292
1933	3	Hi Bell	NY	35	8.27	88.3%			188	121	23	22	36					383.33	388	14	151	133	96	110	.227	3.12		34.9	.185
1934	1	Waite Hoyt	PIT	34	10.45	79.5%			195	144	37	23	49					412.33	429	17	175	147	112	170	.314	3.21		45.4	.233
						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
1935	1	Waite Hoyt	PIT	35	12.80	87.3%			215	147	26	27	49					480.67	446	20	187	159	155	225	.374	2.98		58.6	.273
1936	1	Dizzy Dean	STL	26	13.16	100.0%			203	144	27	19	58					431.67	466	18	196	158	116	160	.275	3.29		52.0	.256
1937	1	Charlie Root	CHI	38	11.92	50.9%			76	47	14	1	12					172.67	157	10	76	68	55	86	.406	3.54		17.7	.233
1938	1	Bill Swift	PIT	30	13.06	100.0%			316	213	50	32	59					767.00	723	30	297	238	242	308	.319	2.79		82.0	.259
1939	1	Bob Bowman	STL	28	13.26	72.9%			239	150	23	18	54					531.99	555	23	232	198	192	218	.292	3.35		58.5	.245
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	1	Hugh Casey	BRO	27	11.56	100.0%			234	167	29	22	46					474.66	404	22	183	150	190	168	.283	2.84		47.3	.202
1942	1	Rube Melton	PHI	25	24.52	100.0%			264	182	32	20	55					503.67	406	21	185	149	200	222	.366	2.66		62.9	.238
1943	3	Ace Adams	NY	31	11.85	77.6%			250	161	22	23	44					495.01	483	20	209	179	210	150	.216	3.25		41.0	.164
1944	1	Ace Adams	NY	32	7.75	78.3%			139	93	19	14	27					270.99	257	14	121	109	113	87	.235	3.62		22.7	.163
1945	T1	Andy Karl	PHI	31	11.86
1945	T1	Ace Adams	NY	33	11.86	94.4%			265	182	31	29	58					509.33	499	26	246	201	215	184	.258	3.55		37.4	.141
1946	1	Hank Behrman	BRO	25	13.60	92.4%			253	143	37	21	35					475.99	455	23	186	152	199	184	.281	2.87		39.6	.157
1947	1	Kirby Higbe	BRO/PIT	32	15.54	100.0%			324	198	42	29	66					532.66	536	43	273	252	260	250	.314	4.26		50.3	.155
1948	1	Ted Wilks	STL	32	20.31	100.0%			281	166	33	29	59					524.33	507	29	227	188	233	231	.312	3.23		55.5	.198
1949	1	Gerry Staley	STL	28	16.08	100.0%			344	205	49	45	50					614.00	622	48	293	262	222	281	.333	3.84		51.9	.151
1950	1	Jim Konstanty	PHI	33	27.49	71.5%			171	119	25	16	42					327.00	272	27	139	123	125	138	.348	3.39		38.9	.227
1951	1	Ted Wilks	STL/PIT	35	9.74	70.8%			269	171	32	29	45					489.34	462	49	223	193	171	163	.258	3.55		41.8	.155
1952	1	Joe Black	BRO	28	23.29	86.2%			370	233	64	29	68					735.34	622	48	260	214	248	384	.441	2.62		86.4	.234
1953	1	Hoyt Wilhelm	NY	29	14.77	87.1%			362	212	49	33	70					701.34	674	60	312	278	314	333	.337	3.57		69.4	.192
1954	1	Marv Grissom	NY	36	18.49	88.7%			408	267	59	41	101					738.00	655	69	316	271	353	381	.378	3.30		83.7	.205
1955	1	Clem Labine	BRO	29	17.43	95.9%			356	216	41	32	75					635.33	591	57	269	219	270	332	.386	3.10		66.9	.188
1956	1	Hersh Freeman	CIN	27	17.36	84.6%			406	264	45	36	90					683.67	626	48	272	244	309	419	.448	3.21		72.5	.179
1957	1	Dick Farrell	PHI	23	14.38	100.0%			463	289	44	38	107	28	.793			728.33	664	58	316	257	258	445	.483	3.18		81.8	.177
1958	1	Roy Face	PIT	30	13.90	89.6%			409	261	47	48	92	29	.760			650.33	614	63	286	255	243	428	.499	3.53		67.4	.165
1959	2	Roy Face	PIT	31	18.10	84.7%			410	303	63	45	86	34	.717			664.33	650	58	270	243	241	435	.488	3.29		73.1	.178
1960	1	Lindy McDaniel	STL	24	35.48	87.4%			539	360	77	51	123	49	.715			938.00	791	83	364	317	332	672	.598	3.04		108.0	.200
1961	1	Stu Miller	SF	33	22.43	85.6%			537	341	75	57	115	61	.653			915.33	913	83	450	383	330	648	.521	3.77		88.4	.165
1962	1	Roy Face	PIT	34	26.36	80.4%			633	417	70	69	148	57	.722			1,020.00	900	87	420	349	414	723	.550	3.08		114.1	.180
1963	3	Al McBean	PIT	25	16.42	64.3%			436	281	64	44	114	37	.755			744.33	636	48	252	206	249	566	.640	2.49		91.1	.209
1964	1	Sammy Ellis	CIN	23	22.15	81.2%			568	355	53	46	138	37	.789			889.33	793	54	330	283	267	618	.583	2.86		102.8	.181
1965	1	Frank Linzy	SF	24	19.71	43.0%			293	174	31	28	62	29	.681			455.00	422	22	163	137	157	294	.508	2.71		49.9	.170
1966	1	Phil Regan	LA	29	33.12	60.5%			522	300	63	51	127	48	.726			889.00	792	68	335	284	298	582	.534	2.88		96.4	.185
1967	2	Frank Linzy	SF	26	18.50	69.8%			538	346	63	58	115	40	.742			813.67	731	41	259	216	243	448	.460	2.39		97.9	.184
1968	1	Phil Regan	LA/CHI	31	24.92	79.6%			642	431	70	61	149	40	.788			1,095.00	947	46	355	306	308	593	.473	2.52		115.6	.180
1969	2	Cecil Upshaw	ATL	26	18.96	75.3%			560	358	76	50	148	55	.729			931.00	930	61	418	362	329	494	.392	3.50		89.7	.160
1970	1	Dick Selma	PHI	26	27.27	84.0%			835	544	88	77	233	75	.756			1,238.33	1170	101	554	490	447	847	.524	3.56		145.9	.175
1971	3	Bob Miller	CHI/SD/PIT	32	15.63	78.6%			768	523	95	73	182	65	.737			1,167.33	1092	76	454	402	459	732	.472	3.10		118.5	.154
1972	2	Mike Marshall	MON	29	29.11	75.4%			588	407	79	62	172	48	.782			942.33	817	57	356	311	358	599	.510	2.97		109.8	.187
1973	1	Mike Marshall	MON	30	28.21	63.6%			682	438	78	52	173	60	.742			1,064.67	1015	76	408	346	430	678	.469	2.92		116.3	.171
1974	1	Mike Marshall	LA	31	23.37	80.5%			676	439	71	66	124	60	.674			1,107.33	1030	67	443	381	361	542	.390	3.10		105.6	.156
1975	2	Bob Apodaca	NY	25	17.03	69.2%			814	508	76	84	156	67	.700			1,245.33	1198	84	516	446	469	662	.397	3.22		116.9	.144
1976	1	Charlie Hough	LA	28	23.88	79.6%			922	597	102	78	210	75	.737			1,528.33	1337	65	527	459	524	985	.529	2.70		175.7	.191
1977	1	Bruce Sutter	CHI	24	41.40	80.7%			1248	778	118	116	297	103	.743			1,988.67	1772	136	745	653	713	1361	.548	2.96		226.3	.181
1978	1	Gene Garber	PHI/ATL	30	28.47	78.6%			820	567	75	88	240	81	.748			1,266.33	1049	81	443	393	474	982	.645	2.79		158.9	.194
1979	1	Bruce Sutter	CHI	26	33.25	66.2%			725	464	92	85	185	78	.703			1,120.67	1042	64	464	409	416	765	.525	3.28		129.7	.179
1980	1	Rick Camp	ATL	27	24.50	69.2%			1012	642	107	104	238	96	.713			1,544.00	1422	80	559	495	535	984	.503	2.89		176.5	.174
						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
1981	1	Rick Camp	ATL	28	19.02	66.8%			410	276	46	42	128	40	.762			629.67	571	40	246	221	217	364	.462	3.16		70.1	.171
1982	1	Greg Minton	SF	30	25.56	70.3%			988	654	89	84	274	90	.753			1,493.67	1292	84	500	443	532	984	.539	2.67		187.7	.190
1983	2	Lee Smith	CHI	25	24.36	62.5%			993	661	99	101	228	85	.728			1,480.33	1317	97	611	539	599	1022	.533	3.28		149.3	.150
1984	1	Bruce Sutter	STL	31	31.20	72.4%			1046	676	102	109	275	92	.749			1,620.67	1431	88	583	508	624	1162	.565	2.82		191.0	.183
1985	1	Lee Smith	CHI	27	20.57	69.6%			794	549	77	77	276	90	.754			1,180.00	989	72	414	371	412	896	.640	2.83		156.4	.197
1986	1	Todd Worrell	STL	26	22.94	84.6%			1008	674	124	108	313	117	.728			1,452.33	1278	122	565	513	593	1189	.635	3.18		178.4	.177
1987	1	Tim Burke	MON	28	27.48	78.5%			1006	679	103	95	314	105	.749			1,510.33	1326	111	580	519	591	1299	.678	3.09		201.2	.200
1988	3	Jay Howell	LA	32	16.79	62.8%			821	557	76	78	253	82	.755			1,130.33	983	68	427	380	417	880	.629	3.03		129.1	.157
1989	2	Jay Howell	LA	33	19.94	64.1%			700	479	66	62	222	64	.776			983.67	793	56	310	266	341	743	.655	2.43		137.2	.196
1990	1	Rob Dibble	CIN	26	20.21	70.4%			800	502	75	69	218	73	.749			1,081.00	966	62	389	346	423	842	.606	2.88		138.5	.173
1991	2	Lee Smith	STL	33	18.70	59.8%			877	562	67	73	249	70	.781			1,140.00	999	82	433	396	409	875	.621	3.13		134.3	.153
1992	1	Doug Jones	HOU	35	23.12	64.0%			828	530	63	71	259	66	.797			1,064.33	880	65	361	327	363	873	.702	2.77		134.5	.162
1993	1	John Wetteland	MON	26	29.13	82.3%			1013	708	62	79	381	94	.802			1,169.33	999	89	452	393	365	1034	.758	3.02		176.7	.174
1994	1	John Wetteland	MON	27	13.46	77.4%			633	435	47	53	229	56	.804			737.67	668	73	296	268	240	673	.741	3.27		111.9	.177
1995	1	Mark Wohlers	ATL	25	19.93	85.5%			799	608	55	47	330	73	.819			884.67	791	71	336	315	344	867	.764	3.20		139.1	.174
1996	1	Trevor Hoffman	SD	28	27.24	80.7%			1215	856	75	94	433	99	.814			1,394.00	1224	136	574	513	497	1362	.791	3.31		198.1	.163
1997	1	Jeff Shaw	CIN	30	28.61	89.8%			1052	746	60	83	407	103	.798			1,118.00	1038	120	505	464	411	1111	.767	3.74		145.0	.138
1998	1	Trevor Hoffman	SD	30	27.06	76.2%			1157	838	71	81	452	104	.813			1,309.00	1081	120	487	444	508	1231	.775	3.05		201.6	.174
1999	2	Armando Benitez	NY	26	22.69	87.1%			1213	887	86	99	448	121	.787			1,339.33	1203	136	603	539	635	1308	.712	3.62		188.9	.156
2000	1	Danny Graves	CIN	26	22.43	83.3%			1175	874	74	76	467	97	.828			1,212.67	1020	126	517	468	537	1199	.770	3.47		191.0	.163
2001	1	Byung-Hyun Kim	ARZ	22	18.30	83.9%			1323	908	76	74	463	95	.830			1,353.67	1165	157	566	508	524	1258	.745	3.38		196.8	.149
2002	1	Byung-Hyun Kim	ARZ	23	23.83	90.4%			1243	936	63	73	552	99	.848			1,371.33	1140	101	478	441	469	1294	.804	2.89		229.3	.184
2003	1	Eric Gagne	LA	27	38.07	94.0%			1247	897	71	79	508	89	.851			1,318.00	1175	117	562	510	513	1210	.717	3.48		196.4	.157
2004	1	Brad Lidge	HOU	27	30.88	96.5%			1259	940	58	81	596	105	.850			1,294.33	1160	141	543	486	424	1188	.750	3.38		208.1	.165
2005	2	Derrick Turnbow	MIL	27	24.23	90.0%			1379	923	70	103	521	107	.830			1,365.00	1296	133	599	544	519	1162	.640	3.59		186.3	.135
2006	1	Takashi Saito	LA	36	28.27	83.0%			1373	829	78	93	428	120	.781			1,375.00	1264	157	639	581	540	1319	.731	3.80		182.3	.133
2007	1	Takashi Saito	LAD	37	25.09	92.4%			1575	958	79	100	522	124	.808			1,579.67	1372	154	642	598	533	1448	.760	3.41		235.9	.150
2008	1	Brad Lidge	PHI	31	20.00	90.2%			1346	864	83	99	455	126	.783			1,357.67	1265	131	617	569	501	1287	.729	3.77		178.0	.132
2009	1	Huston Street	COL	25	21.23	94.8%			1440	1006	70	90	568	107	.841			1,408.33	1219	122	601	551	584	1434	.795	3.52		206.9	.144
2010	3	Brian Wilson	SF	28	20.94	92.4%			1549	982	103	99	515	125	.805			1,582.00	1386	129	641	598	621	1648	.821	3.40		216.2	.140
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia