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						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
1913	1	Erskine Mayer	PHI	24	4.42	55.3%			61	43	10	6	1					128.33	128	2	59	42	41	41	.243	2.95		7.7	.126
1914	1	Zip Zabel	CHI	23	6.66	33.1%			62	47	9	4	3					175.67	152	7	79	54	67	74	.338	2.77		9.7	.156
1915	1	King Lear	CIN	24	3.83	100.0%			143	98	8	12	2					373.67	384	12	203	157	136	166	.319	3.78		6.9	.048
1916	4	Steamboat Williams	STL	24	0.49	29.3%			28	21	4	2	1					52.33	60	3	31	24	13	12	.164	4.13		0.9	.032
1917	3	Hod Eller	CIN	22	3.54	46.2%			70	52	10	6	3					183.67	168	3	85	60	58	80	.354	2.94		8.1	.116
1918						0.0%
1919	3	Bill Sherdel	STL	22	1.95	35.0%			25	16	3	1	1					55.33	55	1	27	21	17	21	.292	3.42		2.4	.096
1920	2	Huck Betts	PHI	23	3.10	16.2%			23	18	0	1	0					63.33	63	2	35	25	24	16	.184	3.55		2.5	.109
1921	2	Bill Sherdel	STL	24	6.29	36.3%			59	30	6	10	1					168.67	188	8	93	77	59	82	.332	4.11		5.6	.095
1922	8	John Gillespie	CIN	22	3.15	29.1%			115	71	9	4	1					223.00	259	11	147	126	83	74	.216	5.09		7.1	.062
1923	2	Cactus Keck	CIN	24	5.81	19.9%			49	29	5	2	3					125.00	121	4	51	40	46	28	.168	2.88		7.8	.159
1924	7	Jim Yeargin	BOS	22	1.15	28.4%			65	46	2	3	1					152.00	169	9	86	77	39	41	.197	4.56		2.6	.040
1925	6	Ike Kamp	BOS	24	0.93	8.0%			20	11	1	2	0					39.33	48	0	25	22	20	14	.206	5.03		1.1	.055
1926	2	Bunny L. Hearn	BOS	22	5.54	40.7%			77	49	6	4	4					181.33	201	6	95	85	64	54	.204	4.22		7.8	.101
1927	7	Jim Brillheart	CHI	23	1.25	4.7%			20	8	0	0	0					33.00	34	2	17	15	13	12	.255	4.09		1.4	.070
1928	8	Pete Appleton	CIN	24	2.00	17.5%			55	36	5	3	2					139.67	161	9	74	65	38	43	.216	4.19		4.9	.089
1929	6	Cy Moore	BRO	24	2.94	12.0%			29	17	2	1	2					54.00	60	2	30	28	27	17	.195	4.67		3.1	.107
1930	7	Bruce Cunningham	BOS	24	4.16	14.5%			62	34	5	3	0					126.33	155	7	78	71	46	31	.154	5.06		6.8	.110
1931	13	Ed Fallenstin	PHI	22	-	7.7%			24	14	0	0	0					41.67	56	2	37	33	26	15	.183	7.13		-	.000
1932						0.0%
1933	11	Roy Henshaw	CHI	21	0.46	4.8%			21	10	2	1	0					38.67	32	0	22	18	20	16	.308	4.19		0.8	.038
1934	4	Joe Bowman	NY	24	4.99	4.4%			20	15	1	1	3					47.67	42	2	21	19	22	18	.281	3.59		3.5	.175
1935	9	Pretzels Pezzullo	PHI	24	0.13	16.2%			59	26	3	1	1					104.67	134	9	79	64	48	42	.231	5.50		0.5	.008
1936	6	Clay Bryant	CHI	24	4.21	24.4%			139	76	7	11	8					244.33	253	12	143	124	126	114	.301	4.57		9.6	.069
1937	5	Hugh Mulcahy	PHI	23	7.98	23.2%			96	53	5	10	4					182.33	204	8	112	97	90	60	.204	4.79		9.5	.099
1938	4	Max Macon	STL	22	4.63	30.3%			84	62	8	6	7					177.33	181	15	91	73	98	52	.186	3.70		8.7	.104
1939	2	Junior Thompson	CIN	22	9.15	7.8%			31	19	8	1	0					68.33	49	4	23	20	29	37	.474	2.63		6.8	.219
1940	4	Ken Raffensberger	CHI	22	4.61	20.1%			105	59	13	9	10					209.67	236	7	125	104	83	89	.279	4.46		8.0	.076
1941	4	Tom Earley	BOS	24	8.48	26.7%			122	67	10	10	5					256.33	247	10	140	111	131	105	.278	3.90		10.2	.084
1942	3	Johnny Podgajny	PHI	22	11.04	13.4%			65	37	11	4	3					137.67	116	4	57	46	67	66	.361	3.01		14.8	.228
1943	3	George Munger	STL	24	5.73	15.2%			44	22	6	2	2					89.67	91	6	48	42	44	49	.363	4.22		4.5	.102
1944	T9	Ralph Branca	BRO	18	-	6.7%			20	10	0	1	1					43.33	39	2	29	28	31	15	.214	5.82		-	.000
1945	4	Howie Fox	CIN	24	3.53	38.6%			116	60	12	9	3					265.67	269	17	150	124	120	93	.239	4.20		7.1	.061
1946	2	Johnny Hetki	CIN	24	10.69	6.1%			21	15	2	1	1					51.33	40	0	14	12	10	17	.340	2.10		6.8	.324
1947	1	Kent Peterson	CIN	21	13.35	16.6%			108	51	9	8	2					215.67	194	10	83	67	105	91	.304	2.80		22.3	.206
1948	3	Andy Hansen	NY	23	8.49	19.2%			151	63	12	11	7					279.67	249	22	124	105	109	121	.338	3.38		21.5	.142
1949	1	Jack Banta	BRO	24	19.27	24.3%			185	76	14	20	7					365.67	303	31	159	141	174	158	.331	3.47		28.0	.151
1950	5	Frank Smith	CIN	22	7.82	17.9%			102	49	7	8	6					220.67	186	15	95	85	107	138	.471	3.47		15.3	.150
1951	2	Carl Erskine	BRO	24	10.29	20.0%			96	50	15	6	6					212.33	211	18	102	92	101	106	.340	3.90		17.4	.181
1952	1	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	23	9.22	7.9%			32	21	1	2	1					64.00	50	3	17	17	32	38	.463	2.39		6.3	.197
1953	4	Steve Ridzik	PHI	24	9.21	3.8%			30	13	7	1	0					62.33	53	4	21	21	23	20	.263	3.03		6.5	.217
1954	5	Vern Law	PIT	24	6.91	17.1%			79	46	6	3	7					184.67	194	8	102	95	79	67	.245	4.63		12.3	.156
1955	1	Bob Friend	PIT	24	13.84	15.9%			99	46	15	6	6					213.67	180	17	87	73	91	111	.410	3.07		20.0	.202
1956	2	Lindy McDaniel	STL	20	8.93	19.5%			109	45	16	12	3					223.33	201	25	111	87	84	146	.512	3.51		14.9	.137
1957	7	Lloyd Merritt	STL	24	5.59	9.2%			77	29	1	3	8	0	1.000			115.00	113	8	55	48	47	67	.419	3.76		6.8	.088
1958	2	Glen Hobbie	CHI	22	11.02	11.8%			75	36	8	1	5	1	.833			132.67	110	8	55	42	70	77	.428	2.85		13.3	.177
						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
1959	7	Ron Blackburn	PIT	24	2.97	5.7%			26	9	1	1	1	0	1.000			44.33	50	5	21	18	15	19	.292	3.65		2.8	.108
1960	1	Ernie Broglio	STL	24	11.90	26.2%			118	57	15	6	7	2	.778			190.00	157	8	72	59	87	125	.512	2.79		19.1	.162
1961	5	Bobby Bolin	SF	22	6.70	40.0%			232	113	16	12	12	5	.706			391.33	355	36	188	159	197	257	.466	3.66		28.0	.121
1962	2	Bobby Bolin	SF	23	9.30	16.7%			102	44	8	7	8	6	.571			190.33	193	21	97	76	78	137	.506	3.59		15.1	.148
1963	1	Larry Bearnarth	NY	21	9.25	18.1%			109	47	4	8	5	5	.500			197.33	173	11	82	65	75	99	.399	2.96		11.6	.106
1964	3	Billy McCool	CIN	19	12.95	29.7%			210	78	15	14	14	6	.700			337.67	325	22	148	128	147	219	.464	3.41		20.5	.098
1965	4	Don Dennis	STL	23	7.87	17.0%			146	53	8	8	11	8	.579			217.33	208	11	96	78	74	121	.429	3.23		15.6	.107
1966	5	Nelson Briles	STL	22	7.64	24.6%			183	75	12	14	14	6	.700			300.67	316	34	145	130	123	185	.421	3.89		14.5	.079
1967	3	Dick Selma	NY	23	9.96	20.4%			202	83	12	14	14	11	.560			285.00	262	17	115	106	129	224	.573	3.35		18.3	.091
1968	2	Luke Walker	PIT	24	7.55	23.0%			158	62	7	9	12	7	.632			230.00	175	10	70	61	92	186	.697	2.39		18.2	.115
1969	9	Gary Ross	CHI/SD	21	4.81	8.4%			94	43	6	11	10	6	.625			143.33	132	4	67	59	81	85	.399	3.70		7.5	.080
1970	1	Don Gullett	CIN	19	16.58	22.9%			213	71	16	12	10	5	.667			369.33	348	36	188	170	200	308	.562	4.14		21.2	.100
1971	18	Bill Bonham	CHI	22	0.96	3.2%			31	4	2	0	0	1	.000			52.00	50	5	28	23	28	37	.474	3.98		1.4	.045
1972	1	Tom Hall	CIN	24	11.03	33.5%			326	141	23	15	26	9	.743			507.33	468	35	207	183	239	382	.540	3.25		33.4	.102
1973	3	Al Hrabosky	STL	23	7.01	18.1%			160	67	11	10	10	3	.769			245.67	239	14	106	88	104	202	.589	3.22		18.9	.118
1974	6	Max Leon	ATL	24	8.72	10.9%			112	46	13	10	6	5	.545			208.67	192	12	90	86	68	110	.423	3.71		12.7	.113
1975	1	Larry Demery	PIT	22	14.66	18.8%			181	92	14	14	10	6	.625			304.00	270	13	111	102	133	169	.419	3.02		25.6	.141
1976	9	Gene Pentz	HOU	23	3.94	13.9%			133	62	7	15	13	6	.684			192.67	222	11	97	84	77	86	.288	3.92		7.1	.053
1977	2	Bill Atkinson	MON	22	10.06	29.6%			277	123	23	15	20	8	.714			448.67	400	43	197	175	201	238	.396	3.51		32.2	.116
1978	4	Donnie Moore	CHI	24	7.64	22.8%			256	96	30	22	21	14	.600			381.33	366	33	180	165	159	239	.455	3.89		25.2	.098
1979	2	Joey McLaughlin	ATL	22	12.67	18.2%			200	90	22	15	21	5	.808			318.67	300	21	146	124	144	215	.484	3.50		23.8	.119
1980	1	Bill Caudill	CHI	23	13.26	21.6%			228	85	16	26	16	10	.615			391.00	305	23	150	134	195	296	.592	3.08		28.9	.127
1981	3	Joe Price	CIN	24	8.27	11.5%			112	39	13	9	11	7	.611			157.67	136	8	61	51	59	113	.579	2.91		15.0	.134
1982						0.0%
1983	4	Cecilio Guante	PIT	23	8.07	10.1%			95	36	5	8	11	2	.846			168.67	161	8	72	62	71	103	.444	3.31		11.8	.124
1984	1	John Franco	CIN	23	11.59	17.0%			200	77	16	9	9	12	.429			307.33	299	16	121	103	130	186	.434	3.02		25.4	.127
1985	19	Randy St. Claire	MON	24	3.04	3.0%			42	14	5	3	0	1	.000			68.67	69	3	32	30	26	25	.263	3.93		3.1	.074
1986	21	Pat Clements	PIT	24	3.19	2.7%			65	19	0	4	2	3	.400			61.00	53	1	20	19	32	31	.365	2.80		4.1	.063
1987	11	Mike Jackson	PHI	22	6.71	16.6%			291	89	20	26	15	10	.600			380.00	358	43	207	190	180	325	.604	4.50		20.0	.069
1988	5	Rob Dibble	CIN	24	8.89	9.4%			157	47	11	12	3	5	.375			225.00	180	14	96	79	121	170	.565	3.16		15.2	.097
1989	11	Bob Kipper	PIT	24	7.03	9.7%			176	51	11	8	8	8	.500			240.00	215	16	97	84	89	150	.493	3.15		18.2	.103
1990	33	Xavier Hernandez	HOU	24	1.04	2.0%			33	10	2	0	0	1	.000			57.33	55	8	31	29	19	24	.324	4.55		1.5	.045
1991	1	Chuck McElroy	CHI	23	15.79	11.2%			158	51	12	7	10	5	.667			214.00	168	15	84	66	99	174	.652	2.78		19.3	.122
1992	14	Kent Mercker	ATL	24	6.37	4.7%			102	26	6	5	8	5	.615			128.00	101	10	55	53	70	109	.637	3.73		7.5	.074
1993	1	Pedro Martinez	LA	21	17.53	13.5%			304	100	22	14	4	4	.500			376.33	315	22	156	146	161	324	.681	3.49		28.3	.093
1994	3	Hector Carrasco	CIN	24	8.72	14.4%			191	64	21	11	8	6	.571			218.67	196	15	97	81	106	167	.553	3.33		18.9	.099
1995	5	Brad Clontz	ATL	24	10.06	2.9%			59	14	8	1	4	2	.667			69.00	71	5	29	28	22	55	.591	3.65		8.0	.136
1996	1	Antonio Osuna	LA	23	13.09	13.5%			316	81	19	20	10	17	.370			381.67	339	34	178	160	181	339	.652	3.77		29.3	.093
1997	7	Antonio Osuna	LA	24	9.17	14.7%			391	92	22	21	2	9	.182			444.33	451	46	227	206	186	361	.567	4.17		23.8	.061
1998	7	Danny Graves	CIN	24	9.71	5.8%			178	69	6	5	12	5	.706			168.33	139	11	68	63	84	131	.587	3.37		15.5	.087
1999	9	Kevin McGlinchy	ATL	22	9.37	10.9%			413	97	22	15	4	17	.190			403.67	380	39	196	171	231	365	.597	3.81		31.0	.075
2000	22	Vicente Padilla	ARI/PHI	22	5.87	6.5%			228	53	14	15	3	11	.214			225.33	218	21	132	110	129	194	.559	4.39		13.8	.061
2001	30	Jose Nunez	LA/SD	22	3.82	1.7%			62	10	4	2	0	2	.000			59.00	62	7	35	30	25	60	.690	4.58		4.2	.068
2002	14	Carlos Silva	PHI	23	8.29	5.8%			176	54	12	3	6	7	.462			196.67	195	13	82	73	79	116	.423	3.34		17.4	.099
2003	5	Oscar Villarreal	ARI	21	15.03	5.8%			190	43	19	10	2	8	.200			235.33	219	21	110	98	109	168	.512	3.75		18.9	.099
2004	1	Ryan Madson	PHI	23	15.99	8.2%			272	79	18	13	2	6	.250			328.67	327	42	156	139	125	229	.507	3.81		21.5	.079
						Pct. of			Middle Reliever Game Statistics									Middle Reliever 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
2005	16	Brad Thompson	STL	23	6.67	10.9%			327	58	28	13	2	13	.133			362.67	388	33	195	176	128	269	.521	4.37		22.5	.069
2006	1	Cla Meredith	SD	23	13.69	15.7%			603	134	38	20	12	21	.364			660.33	598	64	275	250	260	569	.663	3.41		60.9	.101
2007	2	Carlos Marmol	CHI	24	18.88	10.7%			453	80	31	21	6	21	.222			460.67	411	41	188	172	195	478	.789	3.36		42.2	.093
2008	28	Joe Smith	NY	24	5.76	4.2%			221	34	12	13	2	8	.200			194.67	175	19	99	90	91	168	.632	4.16		13.2	.060
2009	18	Tyler Clippard	WAS	24	6.52	7.4%			298	48	16	14	1	9	.100			275.00	257	28	122	105	124	240	.630	3.44		19.5	.065
2010	21	Drew Storen	WAS	22	6.06	11.6%			357	87	14	18	5	10	.333			361.33	380	33	191	170	159	301	.558	4.23		16.9	.047
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