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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%			50.0	35.2	8.2	4.9	0.8					75.00	74.8	1.2	34.5	24.5	24.0	24.0	.243	2.95		4.5	.126
1914	1	Zip Zabel	CHI	23	6.66	33.1%			50.0	37.9	7.3	3.2	2.4					75.00	64.9	3.0	33.7	23.1	28.6	31.6	.338	2.77		4.1	.156
1915	1	King Lear	CIN	24	3.83	100.0%			50.0	34.3	2.8	4.2	0.7					75.00	77.1	2.4	40.7	31.5	27.3	33.3	.319	3.78		1.4	.048
1916	4	Steamboat Williams	STL	24	0.49	29.3%			50.0	37.5	7.1	3.6	1.8					75.00	86.0	4.3	44.4	34.4	18.6	17.2	.164	4.13		1.3	.032
1917	3	Hod Eller	CIN	22	3.54	46.2%			50.0	37.1	7.1	4.3	2.1					75.00	68.6	1.2	34.7	24.5	23.7	32.7	.354	2.94		3.3	.116
1918						0.0%
1919	3	Bill Sherdel	STL	22	1.95	35.0%			50.0	32.0	6.0	2.0	2.0					75.00	74.6	1.4	36.6	28.5	23.0	28.5	.292	3.42		3.3	.096
1920	2	Huck Betts	PHI	23	3.10	16.2%			50.0	39.1	-	2.2	-					75.00	74.6	2.4	41.4	29.6	28.4	18.9	.184	3.55		3.0	.109
1921	2	Bill Sherdel	STL	24	6.29	36.3%			50.0	25.4	5.1	8.5	0.8					75.00	83.6	3.6	41.4	34.2	26.2	36.5	.332	4.11		2.5	.095
1922	8	John Gillespie	CIN	22	3.15	29.1%			50.0	30.9	3.9	1.7	0.4					75.00	87.1	3.7	49.4	42.4	27.9	24.9	.216	5.09		2.4	.062
1923	2	Cactus Keck	CIN	24	5.81	19.9%			50.0	29.6	5.1	2.0	3.1					75.00	72.6	2.4	30.6	24.0	27.6	16.8	.168	2.88		4.7	.159
1924	7	Jim Yeargin	BOS	22	1.15	28.4%			50.0	35.4	1.5	2.3	0.8					75.00	83.4	4.4	42.4	38.0	19.2	20.2	.197	4.56		1.3	.040
1925	6	Ike Kamp	BOS	24	0.93	8.0%			50.0	27.5	2.5	5.0	-					75.00	91.5	-	47.7	42.0	38.1	26.7	.206	5.03		2.1	.055
1926	2	Bunny L. Hearn	BOS	22	5.54	40.7%			50.0	31.8	3.9	2.6	2.6					75.00	83.1	2.5	39.3	35.2	26.5	22.3	.204	4.22		3.2	.101
1927	7	Jim Brillheart	CHI	23	1.25	4.7%			50.0	20.0	-	-	-					75.00	77.3	4.5	38.6	34.1	29.5	27.3	.255	4.09		3.2	.070
1928	8	Pete Appleton	CIN	24	2.00	17.5%			50.0	32.7	4.5	2.7	1.8					75.00	86.5	4.8	39.7	34.9	20.4	23.1	.216	4.19		2.6	.089
1929	6	Cy Moore	BRO	24	2.94	12.0%			50.0	29.3	3.4	1.7	3.4					75.00	83.3	2.8	41.7	38.9	37.5	23.6	.195	4.67		4.3	.107
1930	7	Bruce Cunningham	BOS	24	4.16	14.5%			50.0	27.4	4.0	2.4	-					75.00	92.0	4.2	46.3	42.2	27.3	18.4	.154	5.06		4.0	.110
1931	13	Ed Fallenstin	PHI	22	-	7.7%			50.0	29.2	-	-	-					75.00	100.8	3.6	66.6	59.4	46.8	27.0	.183	7.13		-	.000
1932						0.0%
1933	11	Roy Henshaw	CHI	21	0.46	4.8%			50.0	23.8	4.8	2.4	-					75.00	62.1	-	42.7	34.9	38.8	31.0	.308	4.19		1.6	.038
1934	4	Joe Bowman	NY	24	4.99	4.4%			50.0	37.5	2.5	2.5	7.5					75.00	66.1	3.1	33.0	29.9	34.6	28.3	.281	3.59		5.5	.175
1935	9	Pretzels Pezzullo	PHI	24	0.13	16.2%			50.0	22.0	2.5	0.8	0.8					75.00	96.0	6.4	56.6	45.9	34.4	30.1	.231	5.50		0.4	.008
1936	6	Clay Bryant	CHI	24	4.21	24.4%			50.0	27.3	2.5	4.0	2.9					75.00	77.7	3.7	43.9	38.1	38.7	35.0	.301	4.57		2.9	.069
1937	5	Hugh Mulcahy	PHI	23	7.98	23.2%			50.0	27.6	2.6	5.2	2.1					75.00	83.9	3.3	46.1	39.9	37.0	24.7	.204	4.79		3.9	.099
1938	4	Max Macon	STL	22	4.63	30.3%			50.0	36.9	4.8	3.6	4.2					75.00	76.6	6.3	38.5	30.9	41.4	22.0	.186	3.70		3.7	.104
1939	2	Junior Thompson	CIN	22	9.15	7.8%			50.0	30.6	12.9	1.6	-					75.00	53.8	4.4	25.2	22.0	31.8	40.6	.474	2.63		7.5	.219
1940	4	Ken Raffensberger	CHI	22	4.61	20.1%			50.0	28.1	6.2	4.3	4.8					75.00	84.4	2.5	44.7	37.2	29.7	31.8	.279	4.46		2.9	.076
1941	4	Tom Earley	BOS	24	8.48	26.7%			50.0	27.5	4.1	4.1	2.0					75.00	72.3	2.9	41.0	32.5	38.3	30.7	.278	3.90		3.0	.084
1942	3	Johnny Podgajny	PHI	22	11.04	13.4%			50.0	28.5	8.5	3.1	2.3					75.00	63.2	2.2	31.1	25.1	36.5	36.0	.361	3.01		8.1	.228
1943	3	George Munger	STL	24	5.73	15.2%			50.0	25.0	6.8	2.3	2.3					75.00	76.1	5.0	40.2	35.1	36.8	41.0	.363	4.22		3.8	.102
1944	T9	Ralph Branca	BRO	18	-	6.7%			50.0	25.0	-	2.5	2.5					75.00	67.5	3.5	50.2	48.5	53.7	26.0	.214	5.82		-	.000
1945	4	Howie Fox	CIN	24	3.53	38.6%			50.0	25.9	5.2	3.9	1.3					75.00	75.9	4.8	42.3	35.0	33.9	26.3	.239	4.20		2.0	.061
1946	2	Johnny Hetki	CIN	24	10.69	6.1%			50.0	35.7	4.8	2.4	2.4					75.00	58.4	-	20.5	17.5	14.6	24.8	.340	2.10		9.9	.324
1947	1	Kent Peterson	CIN	21	13.35	16.6%			50.0	23.6	4.2	3.7	0.9					75.00	67.5	3.5	28.9	23.3	36.5	31.6	.304	2.80		7.8	.206
1948	3	Andy Hansen	NY	23	8.49	19.2%			50.0	20.9	4.0	3.6	2.3					75.00	66.8	5.9	33.3	28.2	29.2	32.4	.338	3.38		5.8	.142
1949	1	Jack Banta	BRO	24	19.27	24.3%			50.0	20.5	3.8	5.4	1.9					75.00	62.1	6.4	32.6	28.9	35.7	32.4	.331	3.47		5.7	.151
1950	5	Frank Smith	CIN	22	7.82	17.9%			50.0	24.0	3.4	3.9	2.9					75.00	63.2	5.1	32.3	28.9	36.4	46.9	.471	3.47		5.2	.150
1951	2	Carl Erskine	BRO	24	10.29	20.0%			50.0	26.0	7.8	3.1	3.1					75.00	74.5	6.4	36.0	32.5	35.7	37.4	.340	3.90		6.1	.181
1952	1	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	23	9.22	7.9%			50.0	32.8	1.6	3.1	1.6					75.00	58.6	3.5	19.9	19.9	37.5	44.5	.463	2.39		7.4	.197
1953	4	Steve Ridzik	PHI	24	9.21	3.8%			50.0	21.7	11.7	1.7	-					75.00	63.8	4.8	25.3	25.3	27.7	24.1	.263	3.03		7.8	.217
1954	5	Vern Law	PIT	24	6.91	17.1%			50.0	29.1	3.8	1.9	4.4					75.00	78.8	3.2	41.4	38.6	32.1	27.2	.245	4.63		5.0	.156
1955	1	Bob Friend	PIT	24	13.84	15.9%			50.0	23.2	7.6	3.0	3.0					75.00	63.2	6.0	30.5	25.6	31.9	39.0	.410	3.07		7.0	.202
1956	2	Lindy McDaniel	STL	20	8.93	19.5%			50.0	20.6	7.3	5.5	1.4					75.00	67.5	8.4	37.3	29.2	28.2	49.0	.512	3.51		5.0	.137
1957	7	Lloyd Merritt	STL	24	5.59	9.2%			50.0	18.8	0.6	1.9	5.2	-	1.000			75.00	73.7	5.2	35.9	31.3	30.7	43.7	.419	3.76		4.4	.088
1958	2	Glen Hobbie	CHI	22	11.02	11.8%			50.0	24.0	5.3	0.7	3.3	0.7	.833			75.00	62.2	4.5	31.1	23.7	39.6	43.5	.428	2.85		7.5	.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%			50.0	17.3	1.9	1.9	1.9	-	1.000			75.00	84.6	8.5	35.5	30.5	25.4	32.1	.292	3.65		4.7	.108
1960	1	Ernie Broglio	STL	24	11.90	26.2%			50.0	24.2	6.4	2.5	3.0	0.8	.778			75.00	62.0	3.2	28.4	23.3	34.3	49.3	.512	2.79		7.5	.162
1961	5	Bobby Bolin	SF	22	6.70	40.0%			50.0	24.4	3.4	2.6	2.6	1.1	.706			75.00	68.0	6.9	36.0	30.5	37.8	49.3	.466	3.66		5.4	.121
1962	2	Bobby Bolin	SF	23	9.30	16.7%			50.0	21.6	3.9	3.4	3.9	2.9	.571			75.00	76.1	8.3	38.2	29.9	30.7	54.0	.506	3.59		6.0	.148
1963	1	Larry Bearnarth	NY	21	9.25	18.1%			50.0	21.6	1.8	3.7	2.3	2.3	.500			75.00	65.8	4.2	31.2	24.7	28.5	37.6	.399	2.96		4.4	.106
1964	3	Billy McCool	CIN	19	12.95	29.7%			50.0	18.6	3.6	3.3	3.3	1.4	.700			75.00	72.2	4.9	32.9	28.4	32.7	48.6	.464	3.41		4.6	.098
1965	4	Don Dennis	STL	23	7.87	17.0%			50.0	18.2	2.7	2.7	3.8	2.7	.579			75.00	71.8	3.8	33.1	26.9	25.5	41.8	.429	3.23		5.4	.107
1966	5	Nelson Briles	STL	22	7.64	24.6%			50.0	20.5	3.3	3.8	3.8	1.6	.700			75.00	78.8	8.5	36.2	32.4	30.7	46.1	.421	3.89		3.6	.079
1967	3	Dick Selma	NY	23	9.96	20.4%			50.0	20.5	3.0	3.5	3.5	2.7	.560			75.00	68.9	4.5	30.3	27.9	33.9	58.9	.573	3.35		4.8	.091
1968	2	Luke Walker	PIT	24	7.55	23.0%			50.0	19.6	2.2	2.8	3.8	2.2	.632			75.00	57.1	3.3	22.8	19.9	30.0	60.7	.697	2.39		5.9	.115
1969	9	Gary Ross	CHI/SD	21	4.81	8.4%			50.0	22.9	3.2	5.9	5.3	3.2	.625			75.00	69.1	2.1	35.1	30.9	42.4	44.5	.399	3.70		3.9	.080
1970	1	Don Gullett	CIN	19	16.58	22.9%			50.0	16.7	3.8	2.8	2.3	1.2	.667			75.00	70.7	7.3	38.2	34.5	40.6	62.5	.562	4.14		4.3	.100
1971	18	Bill Bonham	CHI	22	0.96	3.2%			50.0	6.5	3.2	-	-	1.6	.000			75.00	72.1	7.2	40.4	33.2	40.4	53.4	.474	3.98		2.0	.045
1972	1	Tom Hall	CIN	24	11.03	33.5%			50.0	21.6	3.5	2.3	4.0	1.4	.743			75.00	69.2	5.2	30.6	27.1	35.3	56.5	.540	3.25		4.9	.102
1973	3	Al Hrabosky	STL	23	7.01	18.1%			50.0	20.9	3.4	3.1	3.1	0.9	.769			75.00	73.0	4.3	32.4	26.9	31.7	61.7	.589	3.22		5.8	.118
1974	6	Max Leon	ATL	24	8.72	10.9%			50.0	20.5	5.8	4.5	2.7	2.2	.545			75.00	69.0	4.3	32.3	30.9	24.4	39.5	.423	3.71		4.6	.113
1975	1	Larry Demery	PIT	22	14.66	18.8%			50.0	25.4	3.9	3.9	2.8	1.7	.625			75.00	66.6	3.2	27.4	25.2	32.8	41.7	.419	3.02		6.3	.141
1976	9	Gene Pentz	HOU	23	3.94	13.9%			50.0	23.3	2.6	5.6	4.9	2.3	.684			75.00	86.4	4.3	37.8	32.7	30.0	33.5	.288	3.92		2.8	.053
1977	2	Bill Atkinson	MON	22	10.06	29.6%			50.0	22.2	4.2	2.7	3.6	1.4	.714			75.00	66.9	7.2	32.9	29.3	33.6	39.8	.396	3.51		5.4	.116
1978	4	Donnie Moore	CHI	24	7.64	22.8%			50.0	18.8	5.9	4.3	4.1	2.7	.600			75.00	72.0	6.5	35.4	32.5	31.3	47.0	.455	3.89		5.0	.098
1979	2	Joey McLaughlin	ATL	22	12.67	18.2%			50.0	22.5	5.5	3.8	5.3	1.3	.808			75.00	70.6	4.9	34.4	29.2	33.9	50.6	.484	3.50		5.6	.119
1980	1	Bill Caudill	CHI	23	13.26	21.6%			50.0	18.6	3.5	5.7	3.5	2.2	.615			75.00	58.5	4.4	28.8	25.7	37.4	56.8	.592	3.08		5.5	.127
1981	3	Joe Price	CIN	24	8.27	11.5%			50.0	17.4	5.8	4.0	4.9	3.1	.611			75.00	64.7	3.8	29.0	24.3	28.1	53.8	.579	2.91		7.1	.134
1982						0.0%
1983	4	Cecilio Guante	PIT	23	8.07	10.1%			50.0	18.9	2.6	4.2	5.8	1.1	.846			75.00	71.6	3.6	32.0	27.6	31.6	45.8	.444	3.31		5.2	.124
1984	1	John Franco	CIN	23	11.59	17.0%			50.0	19.3	4.0	2.3	2.3	3.0	.429			75.00	73.0	3.9	29.5	25.1	31.7	45.4	.434	3.02		6.2	.127
1985	19	Randy St. Claire	MON	24	3.04	3.0%			50.0	16.7	6.0	3.6	-	1.2	.000			75.00	75.4	3.3	34.9	32.8	28.4	27.3	.263	3.93		3.4	.074
1986	21	Pat Clements	PIT	24	3.19	2.7%			50.0	14.6	-	3.1	1.5	2.3	.400			75.00	65.2	1.2	24.6	23.4	39.3	38.1	.365	2.80		5.0	.063
1987	11	Mike Jackson	PHI	22	6.71	16.6%			50.0	15.3	3.4	4.5	2.6	1.7	.600			75.00	70.7	8.5	40.9	37.5	35.5	64.1	.604	4.50		3.9	.069
1988	5	Rob Dibble	CIN	24	8.89	9.4%			50.0	15.0	3.5	3.8	1.0	1.6	.375			75.00	60.0	4.7	32.0	26.3	40.3	56.7	.565	3.16		5.1	.097
1989	11	Bob Kipper	PIT	24	7.03	9.7%			50.0	14.5	3.1	2.3	2.3	2.3	.500			75.00	67.2	5.0	30.3	26.3	27.8	46.9	.493	3.15		5.7	.103
1990	33	Xavier Hernandez	HOU	24	1.04	2.0%			50.0	15.2	3.0	-	-	1.5	.000			75.00	72.0	10.5	40.6	37.9	24.9	31.4	.324	4.55		2.0	.045
1991	1	Chuck McElroy	CHI	23	15.79	11.2%			50.0	16.1	3.8	2.2	3.2	1.6	.667			75.00	58.9	5.3	29.4	23.1	34.7	61.0	.652	2.78		6.8	.122
1992	14	Kent Mercker	ATL	24	6.37	4.7%			50.0	12.7	2.9	2.5	3.9	2.5	.615			75.00	59.2	5.9	32.2	31.1	41.0	63.9	.637	3.73		4.4	.074
1993	1	Pedro Martinez	LA	21	17.53	13.5%			50.0	16.4	3.6	2.3	0.7	0.7	.500			75.00	62.8	4.4	31.1	29.1	32.1	64.6	.681	3.49		5.6	.093
1994	3	Hector Carrasco	CIN	24	8.72	14.4%			50.0	16.8	5.5	2.9	2.1	1.6	.571			75.00	67.2	5.1	33.3	27.8	36.4	57.3	.553	3.33		6.5	.099
1995	5	Brad Clontz	ATL	24	10.06	2.9%			50.0	11.9	6.8	0.8	3.4	1.7	.667			75.00	77.2	5.4	31.5	30.4	23.9	59.8	.591	3.65		8.7	.136
1996	1	Antonio Osuna	LA	23	13.09	13.5%			50.0	12.8	3.0	3.2	1.6	2.7	.370			75.00	66.6	6.7	35.0	31.4	35.6	66.6	.652	3.77		5.8	.093
1997	7	Antonio Osuna	LA	24	9.17	14.7%			50.0	11.8	2.8	2.7	0.3	1.2	.182			75.00	76.1	7.8	38.3	34.8	31.4	60.9	.567	4.17		4.0	.061
1998	7	Danny Graves	CIN	24	9.71	5.8%			50.0	19.4	1.7	1.4	3.4	1.4	.706			75.00	61.9	4.9	30.3	28.1	37.4	58.4	.587	3.37		6.9	.087
1999	9	Kevin McGlinchy	ATL	22	9.37	10.9%			50.0	11.7	2.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	.190			75.00	70.6	7.2	36.4	31.8	42.9	67.8	.597	3.81		5.8	.075
2000	22	Vicente Padilla	ARI/PHI	22	5.87	6.5%			50.0	11.6	3.1	3.3	0.7	2.4	.214			75.00	72.6	7.0	43.9	36.6	42.9	64.6	.559	4.39		4.6	.061
2001	30	Jose Nunez	LA/SD	22	3.82	1.7%			50.0	8.1	3.2	1.6	-	1.6	.000			75.00	78.8	8.9	44.5	38.1	31.8	76.3	.690	4.58		5.3	.068
2002	14	Carlos Silva	PHI	23	8.29	5.8%			50.0	15.3	3.4	0.9	1.7	2.0	.462			75.00	74.4	5.0	31.3	27.8	30.1	44.2	.423	3.34		6.6	.099
2003	5	Oscar Villarreal	ARI	21	15.03	5.8%			50.0	11.3	5.0	2.6	0.5	2.1	.200			75.00	69.8	6.7	35.1	31.2	34.7	53.5	.512	3.75		6.0	.099
2004	1	Ryan Madson	PHI	23	15.99	8.2%			50.0	14.5	3.3	2.4	0.4	1.1	.250			75.00	74.6	9.6	35.6	31.7	28.5	52.3	.507	3.81		4.9	.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%			50.0	8.9	4.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	.133			75.00	80.2	6.8	40.3	36.4	26.5	55.6	.521	4.37		4.7	.069
2006	1	Cla Meredith	SD	23	13.69	15.7%			50.0	11.1	3.2	1.7	1.0	1.7	.364			75.00	67.9	7.3	31.2	28.4	29.5	64.6	.663	3.41		6.9	.101
2007	2	Carlos Marmol	CHI	24	18.88	10.7%			50.0	8.8	3.4	2.3	0.7	2.3	.222			75.00	66.9	6.7	30.6	28.0	31.7	77.8	.789	3.36		6.9	.093
2008	28	Joe Smith	NY	24	5.76	4.2%			50.0	7.7	2.7	2.9	0.5	1.8	.200			75.00	67.4	7.3	38.1	34.7	35.1	64.7	.632	4.16		5.1	.060
2009	18	Tyler Clippard	WAS	24	6.52	7.4%			50.0	8.1	2.7	2.3	0.2	1.5	.100			75.00	70.1	7.6	33.3	28.6	33.8	65.5	.630	3.44		5.3	.065
2010	21	Drew Storen	WAS	22	6.06	11.6%			50.0	12.2	2.0	2.5	0.7	1.4	.333			75.00	53.2	4.6	26.8	23.8	22.3	42.2	.558	4.23		2.4	.047
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia