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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						0.0%
1914	3	Art Fromme	NY	30	5.08	23.8%			50.0	37.0	5.4	1.1	3.3					75.00	78.9	3.6	34.7	25.3	23.9	33.3	.324	3.04		4.3	.128
1915						0.0%
1916	3	Elmer Knetzer	BOS/CIN	30	1.31	23.1%			50.0	31.8	-	11.4	2.3					75.00	79.7	3.1	43.8	28.1	20.3	31.3	.313	3.38		2.5	.073
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920	1	Phil Douglas	NY	30	12.44	17.0%			50.0	30.0	8.0	8.0	4.0					75.00	75.7	2.1	27.3	18.9	21.0	26.3	.272	2.27		6.8	.260
1921	5	Fritz Coumbe	CIN	31	3.94	11.4%			50.0	38.6	2.3	2.3	2.3					75.00	76.6	-	35.1	25.5	17.6	8.0	.085	3.06		5.9	.168
1922	4	Joe Oeschger	BOS	31	5.25	35.4%			50.0	30.7	4.6	6.4	2.3					75.00	88.5	3.6	45.0	35.5	22.9	17.7	.159	4.26		4.3	.155
1923	1	Clyde Barfoot	STL	31	7.70	40.4%			50.0	32.8	3.4	5.2	2.3					75.00	89.4	5.7	45.9	41.3	22.2	17.2	.154	4.95		2.7	.085
1924	2	Tom Sheehan	CIN	30	9.91	30.9%			50.0	32.9	10.7	3.6	1.4					75.00	75.9	3.6	30.0	24.8	20.0	18.8	.196	2.97		6.6	.236
1925	2	Johnny Couch	PHI	34	5.98	10.9%			50.0	25.9	7.4	1.9	3.7					75.00	82.5	10.0	47.5	40.0	25.0	8.8	.081	4.80		5.3	.156
1926	T7	Jack Knight	PHI	31	-	14.7%			50.0	30.0	2.5	2.5	5.0					75.00	114.6	8.5	65.1	53.8	21.2	22.6	.167	6.45		-	.000
1927	2	Rube Ehrhardt	BRO	32	5.23	32.2%			50.0	30.0	5.6	5.0	1.7					75.00	83.5	4.7	46.8	43.2	22.7	22.0	.207	5.18		2.7	.083
1928	1	Joe Dawson	PIT	31	15.09	32.1%			50.0	29.0	6.5	5.6	4.2					75.00	82.0	1.9	40.2	32.5	34.2	21.6	.186	3.90		5.2	.177
1929	2	Carmen Hill	PIT/STL	33	6.16	49.3%			50.0	24.0	2.9	2.9	2.9					75.00	89.1	3.9	49.7	41.0	39.7	23.9	.185	4.92		3.0	.088
1930	8	Hal Haid	STL	32	3.75	17.5%			50.0	27.8	4.9	2.5	1.2					75.00	108.0	3.6	66.3	57.9	35.2	30.4	.213	6.95		2.1	.044
1931	1	Fred Heimach	BRO	30	7.53	30.9%			50.0	29.4	3.9	5.6	3.3					75.00	87.1	4.5	43.9	35.2	18.9	34.5	.325	4.23		3.1	.090
1932	1	Phil Collins	PHI	31	16.78	43.5%			50.0	34.2	6.1	3.3	3.0					75.00	89.2	4.8	45.5	36.0	22.0	23.5	.212	4.32		4.6	.124
1933	3	Leon Chagnon	PIT	30	4.98	33.3%			50.0	31.0	4.8	2.9	2.9					75.00	75.4	3.6	38.4	28.9	16.4	24.3	.264	3.46		3.1	.089
1934	5	Leo Chagnon	PIT	31	2.93	23.8%			50.0	28.0	4.1	3.2	3.2					75.00	87.0	7.4	46.0	38.2	26.4	31.1	.275	4.59		2.4	.065
1935						0.0%
1936	3	Ben Cantwell	BOS	34	7.59	10.5%			50.0	39.5	8.1	7.0	4.7					75.00	81.6	3.8	37.4	32.0	21.4	25.2	.244	3.84		5.0	.152
1937	2	Mike Ryba	STL	34	8.95	25.2%			50.0	28.2	10.1	5.3	1.6					75.00	79.8	3.1	35.5	26.1	24.4	34.5	.331	3.13		6.9	.210
1938	1	Tot Presnell	BRO	31	11.92	47.7%			50.0	28.6	4.8	4.0	2.8					75.00	80.4	3.2	38.3	33.1	26.5	29.9	.280	3.98		4.8	.156
1939	1	Milt Shoffner	BOS/CIN	33	9.92	51.3%			50.0	28.3	3.9	3.3	3.6					75.00	80.3	4.0	34.2	29.9	26.6	25.9	.242	3.58		5.1	.139
1940	3	Jack Russell	STL	34	5.95	30.3%			50.0	22.9	3.7	6.5	2.8					75.00	79.5	5.0	43.7	37.2	27.8	27.1	.253	4.47		2.5	.066
1941	5	Tot Presnell	CHI	34	6.97	21.8%			50.0	23.0	7.8	4.4	2.9					75.00	73.4	4.5	33.4	27.9	36.5	25.5	.232	3.35		4.9	.138
1942	4	Larry French	BRO	34	8.90	30.5%			50.0	28.3	6.6	2.9	1.8					75.00	65.2	3.6	24.3	19.0	25.0	28.5	.317	2.28		6.9	.215
1943	2	Van Lingle Mungo	NY	32	8.23	19.1%			50.0	21.3	0.8	3.3	3.3					75.00	74.6	4.5	42.7	39.5	33.1	39.5	.367	4.74		4.1	.105
1944	1	Andy Karl	PHI	30	11.07	47.6%			50.0	25.7	4.0	4.0	1.8					75.00	69.7	2.5	33.6	24.1	31.6	26.1	.257	2.89		5.5	.160
1945						0.0%
1946	3	Ted Wilks	STL	30	8.17	33.2%			50.0	23.3	7.4	4.7	0.8					75.00	70.0	2.8	32.4	27.1	28.5	32.9	.334	3.25		4.3	.119
1947	2	Murray Dickson	STL	30	10.81	40.9%			50.0	24.8	4.9	4.0	2.8					75.00	79.5	5.8	35.5	31.3	28.8	28.2	.260	3.75		5.5	.144
1948	1	Jess Dobernic	CHI	30	9.24	48.4%			50.0	25.2	3.9	3.6	3.1					75.00	76.1	6.6	44.4	40.2	39.0	34.2	.297	4.83		3.3	.085
1949	2	Murray Dickson	PIT	32	13.60	29.2%			50.0	27.4	3.9	3.9	1.5					75.00	75.9	7.9	42.5	35.7	34.2	35.5	.322	4.28		4.1	.118
1950	1	Murray Dickson	PIT	33	12.74	31.8%			50.0	22.8	5.9	3.4	3.4					75.00	68.0	5.2	34.3	30.5	38.7	37.7	.353	3.66		6.1	.171
1951	3	Monk Dubiel	CHI	33	9.68	38.0%			50.0	24.3	3.7	4.2	2.0					75.00	78.1	8.1	43.4	37.3	34.3	31.0	.275	4.47		3.5	.086
1952	2	Monte Kennedy	NY	30	7.15	34.4%			50.0	20.9	1.6	4.6	1.3					75.00	68.8	8.2	38.5	32.7	34.3	43.8	.425	3.92		2.4	.058
1953	1	Johnny Hetki	PIT	31	12.37	28.3%			50.0	23.7	3.9	4.6	3.1					75.00	79.0	6.3	39.8	35.6	27.7	33.8	.317	4.27		4.6	.119
1954	2	Ernie Johnson	MIL	30	11.23	30.7%			50.0	18.6	3.6	4.2	2.2					75.00	80.2	10.4	48.1	42.1	34.2	39.0	.341	5.05		2.7	.071
1955	3	Paul LaPalme	STL	31	10.55	44.2%			50.0	19.6	5.0	3.1	2.8					75.00	69.1	7.1	37.7	32.9	39.1	38.5	.356	3.95		5.2	.119
1956	7	Joe Black	CIN	32	3.38	33.3%			50.0	20.3	3.2	3.7	4.2					75.00	72.3	10.8	39.4	35.7	34.2	40.9	.384	4.28		3.1	.069
1957	3	Bob J. Miller	PHI	31	9.06	26.1%			50.0	20.3	4.2	4.0	4.2	1.4	.750			75.00	83.0	9.4	40.4	38.2	25.3	48.1	.444	4.58		3.3	.075
1958	3	Bob Porterfield	PIT	34	8.74	10.0%			50.0	20.0	3.6	5.7	3.6	1.4	.714			75.00	60.1	6.2	24.8	20.5	26.0	39.0	.453	2.45		8.1	.186
						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	5	Willard Schmidt	CIN	31	4.40	26.1%			50.0	20.5	2.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	.714			75.00	81.2	10.4	41.2	39.2	41.2	46.2	.377	4.71		3.4	.070
1960	7	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	31	3.16	39.0%			50.0	19.8	2.7	4.4	1.3	1.7	.444			75.00	79.9	5.6	34.8	30.7	23.7	50.9	.492	3.69		3.7	.085
1961	1	Don Ferrarese	PHI	32	10.04	20.7%			50.0	21.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	2.0	.667			75.00	64.3	5.4	33.2	28.8	34.2	48.0	.488	3.45		6.1	.146
1962	1	Jim Umbricht	HOU	31	11.69	39.9%			50.0	23.0	4.8	3.3	2.7	1.4	.667			75.00	74.3	6.0	34.6	30.4	28.9	48.4	.469	3.65		5.5	.125
1963	2	Jim Umbricht	HOU	32	9.21	30.3%			50.0	26.5	4.1	3.2	4.1	2.9	.586			75.00	61.2	7.0	28.5	25.7	28.0	49.4	.555	3.09		5.8	.113
1964	1	Jim Owens	HOU	30	14.31	23.2%			50.0	24.0	4.2	1.9	4.9	1.6	.750			75.00	75.5	5.8	32.0	29.7	18.7	46.8	.497	3.56		5.6	.112
1965	7	Dan Osinski	MIL	31	6.19	12.4%			50.0	23.3	2.4	2.9	4.3	1.4	.750			75.00	76.5	3.4	30.9	25.3	30.9	46.7	.435	3.04		5.6	.094
1966	1	Lindy McDaniel	SF	30	15.91	28.3%			50.0	24.5	4.2	4.0	4.0	1.9	.679			75.00	71.8	5.0	33.3	27.9	24.7	47.6	.493	3.34		5.5	.102
1967	2	Don Nottebart	CIN	31	11.46	30.7%			50.0	16.8	3.4	5.1	3.0	2.7	.531			75.00	71.4	5.9	33.3	28.9	26.0	49.5	.508	3.47		3.7	.081
1968	1	Mudcat Grant	LA	32	11.22	32.3%			50.0	19.3	3.5	3.7	3.5	1.1	.765			75.00	71.7	3.2	34.4	30.4	29.9	36.8	.362	3.65		3.5	.070
1969	10	Ron Herbel	SF	31	4.59	27.8%			50.0	20.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	1.3	.704			75.00	79.5	7.9	43.5	38.6	28.5	43.8	.405	4.64		2.9	.056
1970	2	Howie Reed	MON	33	12.28	13.9%			50.0	21.1	5.8	3.3	4.5	1.7	.733			75.00	71.9	6.1	33.9	30.7	34.7	43.7	.410	3.68		5.7	.131
1971	4	Frank Linzy	STL	30	9.05	50.4%			50.0	24.7	2.9	4.6	2.8	1.9	.595			75.00	79.9	6.5	35.0	31.4	32.2	39.1	.349	3.76		3.8	.073
1972	3	Pat Jarvis	ATL	31	9.47	29.0%			50.0	23.7	6.4	4.4	5.0	2.5	.667			75.00	71.1	4.6	32.1	26.3	32.9	45.5	.438	3.15		5.5	.134
1973	7	Bob Johnson	PIT	30	4.97	18.0%			50.0	19.0	2.7	3.6	3.3	0.6	.846			75.00	78.5	8.1	43.6	40.7	33.9	44.3	.394	4.88		2.3	.042
1974	1	Clay Carroll	CIN	33	16.09	20.9%			50.0	24.7	4.2	2.1	3.2	1.3	.708			75.00	71.2	4.0	30.0	25.6	30.0	38.6	.382	3.07		6.3	.102
1975	2	Tom Hilgendorf	PHI	33	13.26	22.3%			50.0	21.0	4.9	3.2	3.0	2.1	.583			75.00	72.1	4.5	31.9	26.2	30.8	43.0	.417	3.14		5.6	.114
1976	6	Bruce Dal Canton	ATL	34	4.90	15.4%			50.0	21.5	3.8	3.8	1.7	0.9	.667			75.00	72.6	7.3	37.7	32.8	28.5	31.8	.315	3.93		3.5	.066
1977	5	Joe Niekro	HOU	32	8.55	15.4%			50.0	19.5	4.8	4.1	4.5	3.4	.565			75.00	64.8	6.2	33.8	30.5	32.9	42.6	.436	3.66		5.6	.130
1978	12	Stan Bahnsen	MON	33	4.21	18.4%			50.0	19.8	4.1	3.1	3.6	1.3	.737			75.00	75.2	5.9	40.0	35.7	28.3	36.2	.350	4.28		3.6	.073
1979	1	Dick Tidrow	CHI	32	16.55	38.9%			50.0	19.2	5.0	2.9	3.1	2.3	.580			75.00	71.8	5.6	32.0	27.6	30.6	46.5	.454	3.31		5.3	.104
1980	5	Tom Griffin	SF	32	6.90	29.4%			50.0	23.1	3.2	3.3	3.5	1.5	.700			75.00	70.9	5.9	31.0	27.7	29.7	48.8	.485	3.32		5.7	.102
1981	4	Kent Tekulve	PIT	34	7.21	30.6%			50.0	22.6	3.7	4.4	3.3	3.3	.500			75.00	71.9	4.3	31.4	26.9	23.5	40.1	.420	3.23		5.2	.106
1982	1	Doug Bair	STL	32	12.98	39.0%			50.0	16.9	4.3	3.7	3.4	2.4	.585			75.00	65.9	5.6	31.3	28.3	29.9	42.5	.443	3.40		5.6	.115
1983	2	Warren Brusstar	CHI	31	8.15	31.3%			50.0	17.0	4.6	3.3	2.2	1.4	.615			75.00	68.8	7.1	31.3	28.9	30.4	40.9	.412	3.47		4.8	.094
1984	3	Burt Hooton	LA	34	8.36	26.9%			50.0	20.7	2.2	4.5	2.4	1.7	.583			75.00	76.6	5.2	35.2	31.2	28.3	42.6	.407	3.74		4.0	.086
1985	5	Tom Hume	CIN	32	6.74	39.8%			50.0	19.1	3.2	3.9	2.4	2.3	.509			75.00	73.2	6.5	39.3	34.5	35.4	41.6	.383	4.14		3.1	.062
1986	9	Juan Berenguer	SF	31	8.11	29.1%			50.0	18.1	3.1	3.9	2.5	1.8	.575			75.00	71.5	5.4	33.3	29.0	35.2	50.9	.477	3.48		4.4	.085
1987	4	Larry Andersen	HOU	34	10.42	21.4%			50.0	16.5	3.4	2.3	2.3	1.9	.552			75.00	72.6	6.1	36.4	32.6	31.9	55.4	.530	3.92		5.3	.100
1988	2	Jose Alvarez	ATL	32	11.57	37.2%			50.0	17.5	3.4	2.9	2.8	1.6	.644			75.00	71.1	5.3	29.8	26.2	31.3	54.2	.528	3.14		5.2	.104
1989	4	Frank DiPino	STL	32	10.86	33.1%			50.0	18.4	3.5	3.5	1.7	2.2	.442			75.00	70.0	4.7	31.0	28.4	28.7	52.0	.527	3.40		4.6	.083
1990	3	Bob Patterson	PIT	31	10.24	38.8%			50.0	19.3	3.5	3.2	3.2	2.3	.582			75.00	72.5	6.9	34.6	30.9	27.8	47.6	.474	3.71		5.1	.088
1991	5	Scott Terry	STL	31	7.11	32.9%			50.0	15.6	3.0	2.8	1.6	1.9	.448			75.00	72.6	5.5	34.5	31.3	28.8	53.5	.528	3.76		4.2	.073
1992	3	Mike Maddux	SD	30	12.35	35.4%			50.0	14.4	2.6	2.8	1.7	2.1	.440			75.00	71.2	4.3	31.1	28.7	30.5	56.0	.551	3.44		4.8	.079
1993	12	Jeff Fassero	MON	30	7.30	36.3%			50.0	15.2	2.6	2.9	1.1	1.9	.354			75.00	76.9	7.6	38.0	32.9	31.4	50.0	.462	3.95		4.4	.064
1994	13	John Habyan	STL	30	4.47	28.3%			50.0	13.8	3.2	2.3	1.0	2.3	.308			75.00	77.9	8.5	37.8	34.6	32.3	57.5	.521	4.15		4.9	.067
1995	6	Mike Jackson	CIN	30	9.36	25.4%			50.0	13.5	3.7	4.0	1.5	1.9	.432			75.00	69.7	8.9	36.8	34.4	29.4	60.6	.612	4.13		5.4	.086
1996	4	Mark Guthrie	LA	30	10.04	28.7%			50.0	12.6	3.2	2.9	0.5	2.7	.167			75.00	71.7	7.8	38.1	34.6	28.7	59.3	.591	4.16		5.0	.079
1997	6	Anthony Telford	MON	31	9.47	36.1%			50.0	13.6	2.2	3.1	1.4	2.0	.403			75.00	74.4	7.9	38.2	34.8	32.7	59.9	.559	4.18		4.6	.066
1998	1	Turk Wendell	NY	31	12.22	34.4%			50.0	15.5	3.5	2.9	1.3	2.3	.362			75.00	67.7	7.0	33.2	30.4	34.5	61.2	.599	3.64		6.3	.092
1999	1	Mike Remlinger	ATL	33	17.32	41.9%			50.0	11.5	3.2	2.0	0.9	2.0	.318			75.00	72.7	7.9	36.0	32.5	34.5	60.1	.561	3.90		6.5	.093
2000	2	Matt Herges	LA	30	13.94	37.9%			50.0	14.5	3.0	3.4	1.0	2.3	.312			75.00	71.5	9.2	36.9	34.2	31.0	58.2	.567	4.11		5.7	.084
2001	3	Chad Fox	MIL	30	12.68	42.2%			50.0	13.6	3.3	3.0	0.8	2.2	.277			75.00	69.3	7.4	34.2	30.7	30.3	61.3	.616	3.69		6.0	.084
2002	3	Joey Eischen	MON	32	12.45	34.8%			50.0	12.0	3.4	2.3	0.6	1.7	.250			75.00	72.5	7.5	33.7	30.9	29.8	61.0	.597	3.71		6.1	.082
2003	6	Paul Quantrill	LA	34	14.70	34.4%			50.0	12.3	2.5	2.4	0.9	1.8	.324			75.00	70.7	7.1	35.3	32.5	32.6	58.0	.561	3.90		5.6	.070
2004	2	Akinori Otsuka	SD	32	15.83	33.0%			50.0	10.6	2.9	2.8	1.0	2.3	.296			75.00	67.6	7.9	31.4	28.2	29.2	59.0	.609	3.38		6.7	.086
						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	4	Al Reyes	STL	34	12.91	24.4%			50.0	12.7	2.4	2.4	1.0	2.0	.340			75.00	65.1	7.1	32.0	29.9	30.5	64.3	.673	3.59		6.7	.082
2006	5	Bobby Howry	CHI	32	11.05	28.5%			50.0	12.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	1.6	.296			75.00	74.7	8.2	35.6	32.2	30.0	62.2	.594	3.86		6.0	.071
2007	7	J.C. Romero	PHI	31	10.43	28.7%			50.0	9.7	1.9	1.7	0.7	1.5	.308			75.00	74.5	6.6	36.4	32.5	27.7	53.1	.520	3.90		5.3	.063
2008	3	Chad Durbin	PHI	30	10.75	38.9%			50.0	10.6	2.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	.217			75.00	71.3	7.1	34.1	31.9	32.3	62.0	.598	3.83		5.6	.071
2009	2	Jeremy Affeldt	SF	30	13.33	25.3%			50.0	9.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	1.8	.245			75.00	66.4	5.8	31.2	28.5	34.0	61.3	.611	3.42		6.6	.081
2010	1	Matt Belisle	COL	30	16.12	29.2%			50.0	9.6	2.8	1.6	0.5	1.3	.273			75.00	39.5	3.4	18.4	16.8	18.9	35.6	.608	3.51		3.5	.071
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia