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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	3	Jimmy Lavender	CHI	29	2.24	44.7%			50.0	38.0	3.3	4.3	3.3					75.00	77.0	3.7	47.8	38.1	35.9	26.2	.232	4.57		1.6	.046
1914	2	Dan Griner	STL	26	5.22	43.0%			50.0	36.0	4.1	5.2	3.5					75.00	69.7	1.8	36.3	25.2	22.4	26.7	.290	3.03		3.8	.124
1915						0.0%
1916	1	Mike Prendergast	CHI	27	8.24	47.6%			50.0	30.9	7.4	8.5	4.3					75.00	67.1	1.9	29.4	22.4	20.5	30.0	.343	2.68		5.2	.172
1917	1	Gene Packard	CHI/STL	29	7.69	53.8%			50.0	25.8	7.2	2.1	2.1					75.00	70.5	3.0	31.6	26.9	19.6	26.3	.292	3.23		4.6	.143
1918						0.0%
1919	1	Speed Martin	CHI	25	5.30	65.0%			50.0	42.9	6.0	1.2	3.6					75.00	72.4	1.6	28.8	21.0	24.1	20.2	.210	2.52		5.7	.174
1920	3	Jesse Winters	NY	26	1.82	66.8%			50.0	26.4	1.9	4.2	2.4					75.00	91.5	1.9	48.6	42.9	28.3	19.7	.164	5.15		0.6	.018
1921	1	Dana Fillingim	BOS	27	6.53	30.0%			50.0	29.0	8.0	1.0	2.0					75.00	74.5	3.0	30.0	24.5	27.5	28.5	.279	2.94		5.0	.200
1922	1	Jesse Winters	PHI	28	7.83	35.5%			50.0	33.2	4.8	4.4	2.4					75.00	79.6	4.0	37.3	29.7	28.2	22.7	.211	3.56		5.6	.182
1923	4	Virgil Barnes	NY	26	1.70	39.8%			50.0	26.6	3.8	4.3	0.5					75.00	90.3	2.5	45.1	38.1	30.7	18.7	.155	4.57		1.1	.035
1924	1	Huck Betts	PHI	27	11.05	40.8%			50.0	35.9	8.3	7.1	1.9					75.00	72.0	3.3	32.4	26.8	19.0	20.9	.230	3.22		5.8	.264
1925	1	Walter Huntzinger	NY	26	10.07	81.1%			50.0	26.7	3.9	3.6	2.2					75.00	85.1	5.1	46.8	37.0	27.5	23.9	.212	4.44		2.5	.069
1926	1	Dutch Ulrich	PHI	26	10.26	44.6%			50.0	22.9	3.3	4.2	1.9					75.00	83.7	1.5	44.3	33.9	24.3	16.6	.154	4.07		4.8	.121
1927	1	Watty Clark	BRO	25	8.63	51.9%			50.0	28.7	4.7	5.1	2.0					75.00	88.7	4.5	45.3	37.8	29.3	23.9	.203	4.53		2.8	.081
1928	2	Watty Clark	BRO	26	11.99	50.4%			50.0	27.2	5.2	5.2	3.8					75.00	82.9	2.5	39.9	34.2	31.4	28.2	.247	4.10		5.4	.166
1929	1	Syl Johnson	STL	28	6.56	28.4%			50.0	32.2	6.2	3.4	4.8					75.00	72.3	2.2	31.2	25.7	27.9	32.8	.328	3.09		6.3	.158
1930	1	Bob Osborn	CHI	27	10.60	68.0%			50.0	27.2	5.8	3.7	2.7					75.00	89.9	5.3	50.9	43.1	33.2	28.0	.228	5.17		4.3	.123
1931	2	Glenn Spencer	PIT	25	6.77	47.1%			50.0	28.8	5.6	1.7	2.8					75.00	86.5	3.7	43.6	37.6	29.7	27.7	.238	4.51		3.7	.103
1932	2	Tex Carleton	STL	25	9.05	36.8%			50.0	27.0	5.6	3.6	1.3					75.00	80.7	3.9	39.0	32.4	28.0	32.4	.298	3.88		3.8	.111
1933	2	Benny Frey	CIN	27	7.78	31.3%			50.0	33.3	5.9	2.2	1.1					75.00	79.7	3.0	37.4	30.0	21.5	16.3	.161	3.60		4.0	.117
1934	1	Bud Tinning	CHI	28	13.39	41.4%			50.0	26.1	3.0	2.5	2.2					75.00	88.5	6.7	47.7	40.8	34.0	27.1	.221	4.90		2.7	.077
1935	2	Ed Heusser	STL	26	12.76	48.4%			50.0	25.5	4.9	2.6	2.3					75.00	89.8	4.9	44.8	36.3	26.2	21.5	.185	4.35		5.1	.148
1936	1	Mace Brown	PIT	27	9.80	55.5%			50.0	28.8	7.4	4.3	2.7					75.00	83.9	3.9	41.3	33.9	27.3	28.1	.253	4.06		4.2	.147
1937	1	Ira Hutchinson	BOS	26	9.55	46.7%			50.0	25.2	5.1	1.9	2.6					75.00	74.0	4.7	39.6	32.9	39.2	29.3	.259	3.95		5.0	.130
1938	3	Clyde Shoun	STL	26	6.54	22.0%			50.0	26.0	3.9	4.5	3.2					75.00	81.7	6.5	38.8	37.0	28.2	27.6	.251	4.44		4.3	.095
1939	4	Ira Hutchinson	BRO	28	5.56	40.8%			50.0	25.9	4.5	3.4	1.1					75.00	77.5	6.4	41.2	38.1	37.6	28.6	.248	4.57		2.6	.077
1940	1	Hugh Casey	BRO	26	21.75	41.1%			50.0	26.9	6.4	4.0	2.7					75.00	73.5	3.7	34.6	29.2	27.6	30.0	.297	3.51		5.4	.159
1941	1	Howie Krist	STL	25	11.58	41.4%			50.0	26.2	5.0	1.6	2.4					75.00	75.6	4.9	32.7	28.2	27.7	23.4	.226	3.39		5.6	.151
1942	1	Howie Krist	STL	26	15.58	49.8%			50.0	27.1	5.0	4.8	1.6					75.00	68.6	2.8	32.0	28.6	32.3	27.7	.274	3.43		4.8	.149
1943	1	Murray Dickson	STL	26	10.87	48.3%			50.0	25.5	4.3	3.3	2.3					75.00	71.3	3.1	33.8	28.9	33.8	32.7	.311	3.47		4.9	.126
1944	6	Les Webber	BRO	29	2.76	21.0%			50.0	28.0	8.5	4.2	4.2					75.00	66.3	3.3	32.6	28.2	38.1	22.1	.212	3.38		3.0	.093
1945	1	Johnny Hutchings	BOS	29	14.94	43.8%			50.0	23.4	5.3	3.5	2.5					75.00	71.0	3.7	36.0	30.4	35.0	29.7	.280	3.65		4.2	.129
1946	1	Emil Kush	CHI	29	14.98	60.7%			50.0	23.3	4.3	2.8	2.8					75.00	71.7	3.8	34.2	29.0	33.5	32.8	.312	3.48		4.2	.119
1947	11	Al Jurisich	PHI	25	3.25	25.9%			50.0	22.1	2.6	0.9	2.1					75.00	72.1	6.0	43.0	37.2	37.7	33.5	.305	4.46		2.3	.059
1948	2	Bobby Hogue	BOS	27	9.09	20.7%			50.0	24.6	7.5	2.9	3.9					75.00	76.9	4.4	32.8	29.0	26.7	31.1	.300	3.48		5.8	.144
1949	3	Bobby Hogue	BOS	28	7.30	43.1%			50.0	24.1	3.3	2.1	1.8					75.00	77.4	5.2	39.3	34.8	37.7	34.9	.304	4.17		3.6	.087
1950	3	Doyle Lade	CHI	29	8.83	39.7%			50.0	25.5	3.4	2.2	2.7					75.00	81.5	10.5	44.9	41.0	35.8	30.9	.264	4.92		3.2	.079
1951	6	Bud Podbielan	BRO	27	4.95	31.1%			50.0	19.5	2.1	2.3	1.9					75.00	69.7	5.2	39.8	33.5	38.7	32.7	.301	4.02		3.5	.076
1952	3	Bob Schultz	CHI	28	6.43	41.0%			50.0	23.8	4.7	3.8	2.4					75.00	73.3	7.8	37.4	32.5	32.8	28.2	.265	3.90		3.9	.096
1953	2	Bob Milliken	BRO	26	11.08	67.9%			50.0	22.7	4.1	2.9	2.5					75.00	78.9	9.5	44.6	39.3	33.1	35.4	.316	4.71		3.9	.098
1954	1	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	25	11.57	46.5%			50.0	19.6	6.5	4.8	2.2					75.00	73.8	7.6	39.0	34.5	31.5	36.4	.345	4.13		5.1	.130
1955	2	Bob J. Miller	PHI	29	13.73	39.8%			50.0	20.3	4.4	2.5	2.0					75.00	71.3	7.9	37.7	33.0	33.9	33.6	.319	3.95		5.1	.116
1956	1	Roy Face	PIT	28	14.20	42.1%			50.0	23.8	5.3	4.3	3.0					75.00	72.6	8.3	35.8	31.8	28.9	40.1	.395	3.82		4.8	.108
1957	1	Ed Roebuck	BRO	25	17.63	60.6%			50.0	22.2	6.4	4.3	3.6	2.0	.644			75.00	73.7	8.0	36.5	33.9	30.1	44.4	.428	4.07		4.8	.123
1958	1	Jim Brosnan	STL	28	17.13	65.3%			50.0	23.0	4.7	3.6	5.6	1.6	.772			75.00	69.2	6.7	34.8	30.9	32.7	48.3	.474	3.70		6.0	.140
						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	1	Jim Brosnan	STL/CIN	29	13.57	51.8%			50.0	20.9	3.4	3.6	3.2	1.6	.667			75.00	70.0	8.9	36.4	31.6	32.8	49.0	.476	3.79		5.1	.124
1960	2	Marshall Bridges	STL/CIN	29	8.80	34.8%			50.0	22.0	7.0	4.5	3.5	3.8	.476			75.00	68.7	7.5	27.7	24.7	28.3	51.2	.528	2.96		7.0	.162
1961	3	Don Nottebart	MIL	25	8.74	22.6%			50.0	21.4	3.4	2.5	2.5	1.7	.600			75.00	74.4	6.4	36.9	32.5	26.7	48.4	.478	3.90		4.6	.113
1962	4	Jack Lamabe	PIT	25	6.71	36.9%			50.0	17.9	2.8	3.6	2.4	1.8	.571			75.00	76.2	7.6	44.8	37.2	37.3	47.9	.422	4.46		3.1	.071
1963	4	Galen Cisco	NY	27	6.08	39.1%			50.0	21.7	3.8	4.0	3.0	2.5	.538			75.00	76.2	8.2	40.8	33.9	27.6	49.2	.474	4.07		2.7	.056
1964	4	Claude Raymond	HOU	27	8.06	14.6%			50.0	18.9	5.8	3.9	3.9	1.9	.667			75.00	63.3	6.4	28.8	26.4	26.0	53.6	.601	3.17		6.6	.161
1965	1	Bobby Bolin	SF	26	22.49	57.0%			50.0	21.7	5.1	3.8	3.7	1.2	.750			75.00	65.2	5.3	30.5	25.9	28.5	55.1	.588	3.11		5.8	.134
1966	3	Bob Hendley	CHI	27	9.93	45.4%			50.0	18.8	4.5	3.6	3.3	1.2	.733			75.00	75.4	7.5	35.9	31.1	22.8	47.8	.487	3.73		4.2	.100
1967	1	Bill Hands	CHI	27	11.76	48.9%			50.0	20.6	2.5	5.0	3.2	2.6	.551			75.00	75.6	5.7	37.8	32.7	28.9	40.1	.384	3.92		3.0	.062
1968	6	Steve Shea	HOU	25	4.82	37.8%			50.0	21.8	3.9	3.2	4.6	1.8	.714			75.00	74.7	3.3	34.4	29.3	26.3	50.9	.504	3.52		3.8	.070
1969	1	Bruce Dal Canton	PIT	27	9.43	46.7%			50.0	21.1	3.8	3.8	4.0	1.7	.695			75.00	71.1	6.3	35.5	31.9	33.6	51.2	.489	3.83		4.1	.086
1970	3	Jim Ray	HOU	25	10.75	60.1%			50.0	20.0	4.2	2.8	3.3	1.9	.632			75.00	78.6	6.6	40.3	35.3	37.2	46.1	.398	4.24		4.2	.085
1971	1	Jim Ray	HOU	26	18.42	32.8%			50.0	24.4	5.1	4.1	4.6	1.7	.730			75.00	61.5	4.2	26.6	23.9	30.6	44.2	.480	2.86		7.0	.141
1972	2	George Culver	HOU	28	10.39	27.2%			50.0	22.4	2.4	3.1	2.4	0.8	.750			75.00	72.8	5.7	38.1	33.8	35.3	51.3	.475	4.05		2.7	.058
1973	2	Charlie Hough	LA	25	9.83	59.5%			50.0	24.9	4.1	4.1	4.1	2.3	.635			75.00	76.8	7.1	40.8	36.6	35.7	42.7	.379	4.40		3.4	.067
1974	2	Mike Garman	STL	25	12.24	59.3%			50.0	19.5	4.0	3.1	2.8	2.2	.562			75.00	69.1	5.7	33.7	30.3	34.5	45.3	.437	3.63		5.0	.097
1975	3	Pedro Borbon	CIN	29	11.96	58.9%			50.0	17.7	3.5	3.2	2.6	1.7	.608			75.00	75.9	5.0	37.2	31.9	31.4	40.9	.382	3.82		3.8	.079
1976	1	Bob Apodaca	NY	26	13.82	63.6%			50.0	20.0	2.4	3.2	2.8	1.7	.619			75.00	74.1	4.5	34.4	30.0	28.1	43.6	.426	3.60		4.1	.080
1977	1	Dave Heaverlo	SF	26	11.22	49.8%			50.0	15.3	4.3	2.1	1.6	1.7	.486			75.00	72.1	5.7	31.0	27.5	27.3	41.2	.415	3.30		5.1	.103
1978	1	Warren Brusstar	PHI	26	10.83	48.5%			50.0	21.2	4.2	2.8	2.4	2.3	.510			75.00	75.4	4.2	36.8	32.1	34.6	42.8	.389	3.85		3.9	.076
1979	4	Greg Minton	SF	27	10.55	42.8%			50.0	18.3	2.5	4.0	2.6	2.1	.548			75.00	83.0	5.7	39.0	33.9	28.7	40.8	.365	4.06		3.3	.068
1980	2	Bobby Castillo	LA	25	11.97	37.0%			50.0	16.2	3.6	4.1	1.5	1.1	.579			75.00	67.5	3.7	30.8	27.5	30.8	43.2	.440	3.30		4.5	.103
1981	1	Jeff Reardon	NY/MON	25	13.21	42.4%			50.0	22.4	3.6	2.4	4.4	1.9	.696			75.00	66.7	3.6	28.0	25.4	34.5	45.3	.448	3.05		5.5	.110
1982	2	Jesse Orosco	NY	25	12.34	47.2%			50.0	17.2	4.8	3.9	2.7	1.6	.634			75.00	70.1	4.7	30.2	26.0	26.4	47.8	.496	3.12		5.4	.125
1983	1	Carlos Diaz	NY	25	11.46	48.9%			50.0	17.2	3.3	2.8	2.6	0.9	.737			75.00	70.2	5.4	31.0	26.1	29.8	45.7	.457	3.13		5.3	.108
1984	2	Dave Smith	HOU	29	9.56	51.9%			50.0	18.0	4.5	3.0	2.2	1.7	.569			75.00	67.0	4.9	33.1	29.8	30.2	52.2	.537	3.58		4.3	.089
1985	1	Tim Burke	MON	26	18.48	49.7%			50.0	19.7	4.1	4.1	2.2	2.2	.492			75.00	69.9	5.3	34.2	29.5	32.8	47.3	.461	3.54		4.1	.085
1986	1	Andy McGaffigan	MON	29	15.81	60.1%			50.0	18.2	3.6	3.2	2.5	2.3	.526			75.00	66.2	5.8	30.8	26.4	30.6	54.2	.560	3.17		5.7	.109
1987	1	Frank Williams	CIN	29	12.87	54.5%			50.0	16.6	3.1	2.2	2.5	2.6	.495			75.00	69.6	6.9	33.8	29.6	29.4	47.9	.485	3.55		5.9	.107
1988	1	Brian Holton	LA	28	14.23	38.8%			50.0	16.5	3.2	3.3	1.9	1.9	.500			75.00	72.0	4.8	31.5	26.8	26.7	47.6	.482	3.22		5.1	.094
1989	1	Rob Dibble	CIN	25	18.64	42.2%			50.0	16.9	4.2	3.1	1.8	2.2	.446			75.00	65.4	5.6	30.7	27.9	28.6	62.3	.663	3.35		5.4	.109
1990	2	Steve Frey	MON	26	12.14	50.2%			50.0	15.3	4.0	3.1	2.5	1.6	.608			75.00	72.4	6.1	34.5	30.7	32.8	53.2	.505	3.68		5.0	.095
1991	2	Les Lancaster	CHI	29	15.75	48.3%			50.0	18.2	3.2	2.3	1.6	1.6	.500			75.00	65.0	6.3	31.6	28.7	29.0	47.8	.508	3.45		5.3	.094
1992	1	Mike Perez	STL	27	14.11	53.4%			50.0	15.0	4.6	3.7	0.9	2.6	.250			75.00	68.5	5.5	29.8	27.0	29.6	50.1	.511	3.24		5.3	.085
1993	2	Bruce Ruffin	COL	29	17.13	44.3%			50.0	12.9	4.0	2.8	1.2	1.9	.397			75.00	67.4	7.3	33.1	29.8	30.6	58.8	.600	3.58		6.2	.103
1994	1	Todd Jones	HOU	26	12.05	51.0%			50.0	14.8	3.4	2.5	1.5	2.1	.422			75.00	71.8	5.6	36.1	31.4	34.2	60.5	.570	3.77		6.0	.099
1995	1	Steve Reed	COL	29	17.25	69.8%			50.0	14.0	3.1	2.7	1.2	2.2	.356			75.00	70.7	6.7	35.7	32.2	32.9	60.8	.587	3.87		5.5	.083
1996	3	Greg McMichael	ATL	29	11.16	53.9%			50.0	12.2	3.4	2.6	0.8	2.3	.253			75.00	71.7	7.1	37.8	32.7	34.7	61.6	.579	3.92		5.1	.076
1997	1	Scott Sullivan	CIN	26	12.79	45.9%			50.0	14.1	3.7	2.4	1.5	1.6	.487			75.00	70.6	6.0	34.1	30.6	32.8	62.5	.605	3.67		6.3	.093
1998	5	Mike DeJean	COL	27	10.46	49.6%			50.0	12.8	3.5	3.3	1.0	2.2	.326			75.00	72.1	7.2	36.6	33.4	34.4	61.3	.576	4.01		4.7	.076
1999	2	Scott Sullivan	CIN	28	14.23	40.4%			50.0	14.3	2.6	2.8	0.9	1.6	.371			75.00	74.8	8.9	40.5	36.7	34.7	59.0	.539	4.40		4.8	.073
2000	1	Gabe White	CIN/COL	28	24.97	42.9%			50.0	13.0	3.7	2.8	0.9	2.3	.271			75.00	70.8	7.7	38.8	35.2	38.2	61.8	.567	4.23		5.5	.083
2001	1	Octavio Dotel	HOU	27	19.46	43.3%			50.0	11.3	2.4	2.3	0.8	1.6	.342			75.00	69.1	8.8	33.6	31.8	30.1	67.9	.685	3.81		6.0	.084
2002	7	Luis Vizcaino	MIL	27	10.93	39.7%			50.0	12.2	2.7	2.4	0.6	1.6	.286			75.00	68.9	7.1	35.3	32.9	33.3	60.8	.595	3.95		4.9	.070
2003	1	Guillermo Mota	LA	29	21.79	42.1%			50.0	11.2	3.6	2.1	0.8	1.9	.314			75.00	68.3	7.9	34.4	31.9	31.4	61.7	.619	3.83		6.4	.090
2004	5	Luis Ayala	MON	26	12.70	42.5%			50.0	12.0	2.8	2.5	0.5	2.4	.168			75.00	75.4	8.5	36.8	33.5	28.3	61.4	.592	4.02		5.2	.071
						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	1	Scott Linebrink	SD	28	15.59	39.4%			50.0	12.0	3.0	2.5	0.8	1.7	.323			75.00	68.3	6.2	33.3	30.1	28.8	61.0	.628	3.61		6.0	.087
2006	2	Geoff Geary	PHI	29	12.32	38.0%			50.0	11.0	2.8	1.8	0.3	1.9	.131			75.00	71.1	7.6	34.1	31.1	29.0	58.0	.580	3.73		6.0	.087
2007	1	Heath Bell	SD	29	19.74	47.2%			50.0	10.9	2.7	2.3	0.5	1.9	.223			75.00	68.8	5.9	33.7	30.4	31.8	64.2	.639	3.65		6.3	.081
2008	1	Carlos Marmol	CHI	25	19.74	42.5%			50.0	12.1	2.2	2.2	0.9	1.7	.333			75.00	69.0	7.9	34.8	31.6	31.7	65.4	.650	3.79		5.6	.075
2009	1	Nick Masset	CIN	27	14.97	54.5%			50.0	11.4	2.4	2.3	0.6	1.8	.263			75.00	67.8	6.5	32.5	29.3	31.9	64.3	.644	3.51		5.8	.077
2010	5	Luke Gregerson	SD	26	11.57	44.2%			50.0	11.1	2.3	2.4	0.6	1.5	.282			75.00	41.9	4.2	19.9	18.0	17.3	44.6	.754	3.36		3.9	.078
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia