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											National League
						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						0.0%
1915						0.0%
1916						0.0%
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920						0.0%
1921	3	Slim Sallee	NY	36	5.66	22.3%			37	19	6	4	2					96.33	115	7	48	39	14	23	.178	3.64		5.6	.151
1922						0.0%
1923						0.0%
1924						0.0%
1925						0.0%
1926						0.0%
1927	3	Jack Scott	PHI	35	5.20	11.2%			23	18	2	6	1					55.00	82	3	39	34	18	23	.230	5.56		3.8	.165
1928						0.0%
1929	4	Jack Scott	NY	37	3.88	10.3%			24	16	4	4	1					54.33	49	6	27	25	22	27	.380	4.14		3.5	.146
1930						0.0%
1931	4	Jakie May	CHI	35	4.85	14.2%			47	23	5	5	3					99.67	108	1	38	36	48	35	.224	3.25		5.6	.119
1932	6	Bob Smith	CHI	37	3.87	19.7%			86	43	5	5	6					168.33	190	8	91	77	58	66	.266	4.12		8.6	.100
1933	1	Bob Smith	CIN/BOS	38	10.18	30.6%			92	60	11	6	4					208.00	211	6	91	70	47	80	.310	3.03		14.8	.161
1934	2	Charlie Root	CHI	35	8.32	30.4%			128	62	12	6	5					290.33	352	21	177	155	95	102	.228	4.80		13.0	.102
1935	1	Charlie Root	CHI	36	14.21	35.5%			94	66	11	10	4					247.00	281	14	148	126	74	93	.262	4.59		11.3	.120
1936	5	Charlie Root	CHI	37	4.56	9.6%			50	26	3	5	3					91.67	105	3	44	41	26	44	.336	4.03		5.3	.106
1937	11	Jim Lindsey	BRO	41	2.30	4.9%			20	11	0	1	2					38.33	43	4	22	15	12	15	.273	3.52		2.4	.120
1938						0.0%
1939						0.0%
1940	6	Charlie Root	CHI	41	4.50	8.6%			55	23	6	2	3					109.00	104	7	39	33	39	39	.273	2.72		7.9	.144
1941	12	Vance Page	CHI	35	1.73	10.1%			49	30	2	4	1					92.33	87	8	44	42	44	37	.282	4.09		3.2	.065
1942	15	Boom-Boom Beck	PHI	37	0.22	6.2%			25	12	0	0	0					48.33	61	2	25	23	14	10	.133	4.28		0.6	.024
1943	5	Johnny Allen	BRO/NY	37	4.93	17.5%			55	28	8	5	4					106.33	101	8	45	32	47	51	.345	2.71		7.7	.140
1944	3	Paul Derringer	CHI	37	6.03	24.8%			52	33	5	7	5					140.00	151	8	71	61	43	55	.284	3.92		7.8	.150
1945	6	Hi Vandenburg	CHI	38	1.69	17.6%			51	29	3	3	3					109.00	120	10	63	53	30	29	.193	4.38		1.8	.035
1946						0.0%
1947	5	Si Johnson	BOS	40	6.31	16.5%			98	42	10	7	5					191.33	206	17	104	87	53	64	.247	4.09		11.9	.121
1948	8	Clyde Shoun	BOS	36	4.74	11.7%			67	37	7	3	7					136.33	153	16	76	68	46	43	.216	4.49		6.5	.097
1949	18	Rip Sewell	PIT	42	0.23	3.4%			22	9	4	1	1					40.00	45	6	25	23	23	16	.235	5.18		0.5	.023
1950	9	Johnny Vander Meer	CHI	35	4.09	10.6%			54	33	7	1	1					104.67	104	7	60	38	61	42	.255	3.27		5.8	.107
1951	1	Dutch Leonard	CHI	42	15.32	10.9%			63	41	13	9	5					117.00	95	5	49	39	54	43	.289	3.00		12.2	.194
1952	5	Ted Wilks	PIT	36	5.57	16.7%			66	47	6	7	5					108.00	102	10	46	42	39	43	.305	3.50		7.2	.109
1953						0.0%
1954	6	Jim Konstanty	PHI	37	6.14	5.7%			32	19	2	3	3					46.33	59	7	25	19	12	9	.127	3.69		5.2	.163
1955						0.0%
1956	13	Jim Konstanty	STL	39	1.36	5.1%			27	16	1	1	5					39.33	46	4	20	20	6	7	.135	4.58		1.7	.063
1957	8	Jim Hearn	PHI	36	5.48	4.1%			32	13	4	0	3	0	1.000			52.67	50	5	22	20	11	37	.607	3.42		4.7	.147
1958	15	Jim Hearn	PHI	37	1.14	12.9%			72	24	6	4	2	1	.667			120.67	144	13	78	63	56	52	.260	4.70		3.3	.046
						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	11	Bob Porterfield	PIT/CHI	35	1.14	16.4%			76	31	4	6	3	3	.500			108.67	135	12	70	64	45	66	.367	5.30		3.1	.041
1960						0.0%
1961	4	Clem Labine	PIT	35	7.92	16.6%			92	44	7	2	10	3	.769			143.67	152	7	64	55	48	88	.440	3.45		12.5	.136
1962	3	Barney Schultz	CHI	35	8.32	6.6%			51	24	5	5	5	4	.556			77.67	66	7	36	33	23	58	.652	3.82		7.3	.143
1963	6	Barney Schultz	CHI/STL	36	4.99	12.6%			87	31	6	4	4	7	.364			129.67	123	17	50	48	36	112	.704	3.33		8.5	.098
1964	2	Bill Henry	CIN	36	13.86	32.5%			261	108	13	16	21	17	.553			348.00	322	34	156	140	122	230	.518	3.62		23.2	.089
1965	10	Bill Henry	CIN/SF	37	4.50	13.5%			112	48	7	8	9	9	.500			153.67	156	16	73	61	45	108	.537	3.57		9.5	.085
1966	12	Bill Henry	SF	38	1.93	1.6%			35	9	1	1	1	3	.250			22.00	15	3	6	6	10	15	.600	2.45		2.3	.066
1967						0.0%
1968	13	Dick Hall	PHI	37	0.45	6.9%			32	18	4	1	0	2	.000			46.00	53	6	26	25	5	31	.534	4.89		0.8	.025
1969	3	Ted Abernathy	CHI	36	8.75	17.1%			187	83	12	9	12	8	.600			264.00	274	29	113	102	96	148	.400	3.48		19.5	.104
1970	17	Joe Gibbon	PIT	35	0.67	3.2%			41	13	0	1	5	1	.833			41.00	44	2	25	22	24	26	.382	4.83		1.2	.029
1971	6	Steve Hamilton	SF	35	4.95	13.7%			137	54	18	8	10	8	.556			173.00	161	18	93	88	72	149	.639	4.58		9.4	.069
1972	13	Don McMahon	SF	42	4.08	10.3%			104	58	5	4	7	3	.700			125.67	121	13	63	56	52	82	.474	4.01		6.3	.061
1973	1	Orlando Pena	STL	39	10.07	4.5%			42	16	4	4	6	1	.857			62.00	60	3	17	15	14	38	.514	2.18		6.9	.164
1974	13	Orlando Pena	STL	40	3.94	9.0%			100	54	7	4	3	4	.429			123.00	134	2	54	44	59	58	.301	3.22		7.8	.078
1975						0.0%
1976	11	Ramon Hernandez	PIT/CHI	35	3.51	7.1%			79	39	7	6	9	5	.643			103.00	103	8	48	45	43	42	.288	3.93		6.4	.081
1977	4	Clay Carroll	STL	36	9.84	5.1%			50	16	4	2	4	4	.500			90.00	77	8	28	25	24	34	.337	2.50		8.2	.164
1978	3	Darold Knowles	MON	36	7.89	10.3%			120	52	10	8	11	6	.647			149.33	152	10	52	47	62	79	.369	2.83		13.0	.108
1979						0.0%
1980	4	Stan Bahnsen	MON	35	7.14	11.9%			132	50	10	9	12	4	.750			179.33	163	11	86	71	70	94	.403	3.56		13.1	.099
1981	12	Jim Kaat	STL	42	3.45	15.5%			133	55	17	13	10	9	.526			167.33	180	8	79	71	69	58	.233	3.82		10.8	.081
1982	5	Dick Tidrow	CHI	35	9.34	13.8%			159	48	16	9	10	8	.556			206.33	226	14	106	92	63	104	.360	4.01		10.2	.064
1983	16	Jim Barr	SF	35	3.54	9.8%			86	32	7	3	2	3	.400			145.33	160	10	68	60	37	76	.386	3.72		7.3	.085
1984	16	Bill Campbell	PHI	35	3.98	4.3%			57	24	6	5	1	4	.200			81.33	68	2	43	31	35	52	.505	3.43		4.4	.077
1985	2	Gene Garber	ATL	37	8.51	7.5%			109	49	11	9	5	3	.625			161.67	153	13	73	64	46	107	.538	3.56		11.0	.101
1986	2	Kent Tekulve	PHI	39	14.90	8.0%			118	56	14	8	11	3	.786			188.00	163	8	67	61	50	101	.474	2.92		18.2	.154
1987	2	Kent Tekulve	PHI	40	12.68	7.6%			142	54	12	5	8	4	.667			157.33	143	16	68	56	49	93	.484	3.20		16.7	.118
1988	9	Larry Andersen	HOU	35	6.92	14.6%			189	86	9	14	12	8	.600			230.67	258	14	107	103	56	147	.468	4.02		11.9	.063
1989	3	Larry Andersen	HOU	36	15.34	15.0%			235	115	11	12	15	8	.652			329.00	281	15	114	97	116	233	.587	2.65		28.8	.123
1990	1	Larry Andersen	HOU	37	14.15	9.0%			171	74	10	7	16	2	.889			227.00	199	13	80	70	81	169	.604	2.78		20.4	.119
1991	8	Ted Power	CIN	36	6.30	7.6%			127	32	6	4	5	4	.556			120.67	118	9	53	49	42	89	.556	3.65		8.9	.070
1992	8	Jay Howell	LA	36	8.01	6.5%			162	53	5	10	9	4	.692			126.00	113	9	39	35	56	83	.491	2.50		12.8	.079
1993	8	Steve Bedrosian	ATL	35	8.31	6.0%			167	47	11	7	0	7	.000			169.67	136	11	49	44	51	137	.733	2.33		19.8	.119
1994	15	Roger Mason	PHI/NY	35	3.93	6.3%			93	21	3	7	1	3	.250			106.00	96	12	49	42	43	76	.547	3.57		7.3	.078
1995	19	Greg A. Harris	MON	39	4.54	2.0%			45	12	2	3	0	1	.000			48.33	45	6	18	14	16	47	.770	2.61		4.3	.096
1996	8	Rick Honeycutt	STL	42	8.20	3.9%			104	29	5	5	6	7	.462			91.67	91	7	35	35	30	65	.537	3.44		11.0	.106
1997	16	Bob Patterson	CHI	38	6.64	3.3%			126	19	4	13	2	7	.222			116.67	103	18	56	48	31	118	.881	3.70		9.3	.074
1998	4	Dennis Cook	NY	35	11.44	10.2%			304	74	21	16	9	13	.409			326.33	314	27	144	126	105	251	.599	3.48		27.5	.090
1999	13	Dennis Cook	NY	36	8.23	6.8%			254	54	18	10	3	8	.273			254.67	244	40	130	127	120	220	.604	4.49		17.6	.069
2000	6	Greg Swindell	ARI	35	8.75	12.6%			435	120	33	23	18	16	.529			441.33	398	53	205	190	208	371	.612	3.87		40.7	.094
2001	6	Mike Remlinger	ATL	35	10.77	12.8%			435	100	21	23	13	26	.333			411.67	417	65	199	187	113	356	.672	4.09		32.2	.074
2002	1	Chris Hammond	ATL	36	19.67	19.7%			820	173	55	51	14	33	.298			779.67	671	73	305	277	295	632	.654	3.20		72.3	.088
2003	2	Rheal Cormier	PHI	36	20.69	17.8%			713	196	36	35	15	28	.349			633.00	579	81	280	254	288	503	.580	3.61		53.6	.075
2004	13	Giovanni Carrara	LA	36	9.30	16.2%			689	142	42	44	9	41	.180			696.33	667	68	316	287	268	519	.555	3.71		55.8	.081
						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	10	Hector Carrasco	WAS	35	8.40	25.3%			809	200	55	41	11	34	.244			829.00	798	83	395	351	310	631	.569	3.81		55.6	.069
2006	13	Darren Oliver	NY	35	8.28	17.7%			713	164	21	28	10	25	.286			652.67	657	68	320	286	257	455	.498	3.94		47.2	.066
2007	11	Russ Springer	STL	38	8.88	13.4%			495	136	25	16	4	14	.222			475.00	466	44	229	203	173	355	.556	3.85		33.1	.067
2008	9	Doug Brocail	HOU	41	8.33	14.4%			609	133	34	37	7	20	.259			577.67	579	52	279	242	248	456	.551	3.77		44.6	.073
2009	4	Arthur Rhodes	CIN	39	10.10	12.9%			596	113	26	36	3	21	.125			487.00	402	55	208	189	227	375	.596	3.49		40.3	.068
2010	2	Hisanori Takahashi	NY	35	15.14	15.0%			592	135	30	24	17	12	.586			538.67	455	47	207	193	193	479	.739	3.22		53.8	.091
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		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
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