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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	37.1%			50.0	34.1	7.3	2.4	1.2					75.00	77.4	1.8	38.2	26.7	28.5	26.7	.252	3.20		4.1	.112
1914	1	Zip Zabel	CHI	23	6.66	54.6%			50.0	38.2	6.1	3.3	2.8					75.00	65.5	2.1	34.0	24.1	27.6	30.5	.328	2.89		3.8	.135
1915	2	Ed Appleton	BRO	23	2.07	82.5%			50.0	33.1	3.0	3.8	0.8					75.00	77.3	2.2	42.4	32.8	28.7	35.9	.339	3.93		1.0	.036
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	2	Oscar Horstmann	STL	26	4.67	58.5%			50.0	34.0	7.4	3.2	2.1					75.00	66.5	1.5	35.1	25.5	24.9	31.4	.343	3.07		3.8	.130
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920	2	Huck Betts	PHI	23	3.10	26.3%			50.0	35.2	-	1.1	-					75.00	68.4	2.1	36.9	29.4	35.6	20.5	.197	3.53		2.9	.095
1921	4	Lefty York	CHI	28	5.24	34.1%			50.0	29.3	5.2	3.4	0.9					75.00	81.8	1.5	36.5	31.7	34.1	38.5	.332	3.80		2.4	.084
1922	2	Art Decatur	BRO	28	7.29	44.2%			50.0	31.7	4.0	3.4	0.9					75.00	85.7	2.3	44.8	36.9	26.0	21.3	.191	4.43		3.2	.094
1923	3	Nick Dumovich	CHI	21	5.14	33.9%			50.0	25.7	5.1	3.7	0.7					75.00	91.1	2.0	44.0	38.0	32.8	20.0	.161	4.56		1.6	.059
1924	4	Rip Wheeler	CHI	26	5.18	47.5%			50.0	33.8	3.1	3.1	0.4					75.00	74.6	3.7	36.6	31.9	18.4	16.1	.173	3.83		3.1	.104
1925	1	Walter Huntzinger	NY	26	10.07	24.7%			50.0	25.4	4.5	2.2	1.5					75.00	77.3	1.1	38.9	31.0	27.3	22.1	.211	3.72		4.7	.134
1926	2	Bunny L. Hearn	BOS	22	5.54	44.2%			50.0	27.6	3.6	3.1	2.6					75.00	79.1	2.2	41.6	34.6	29.2	18.2	.168	4.16		3.7	.104
1927	1	Watty Clark	BRO	25	8.63	7.7%			50.0	39.6	10.4	4.2	4.2					75.00	69.5	1.5	24.2	22.6	18.1	33.2	.379	2.72		8.2	.225
1928	6	Jim Faulkner	NY	28	4.85	31.1%			50.0	31.1	5.7	4.7	2.4					75.00	83.6	4.2	40.6	33.8	23.4	19.6	.183	4.06		3.4	.108
1929	5	Hal Elliott	PHI	30	3.51	36.6%			50.0	28.3	3.0	2.4	3.6					75.00	84.3	2.2	43.5	37.7	32.4	24.4	.209	4.53		4.2	.114
1930	4	Al Grabowski	STL	28	5.29	20.6%			50.0	27.5	3.3	3.3	0.5					75.00	90.2	5.4	43.4	38.9	25.6	26.9	.232	4.67		4.7	.125
1931	3	Allyn Stout	STL	26	5.44	23.6%			50.0	28.6	3.2	-	3.2					75.00	87.3	3.1	50.3	43.7	38.5	30.3	.241	5.24		4.0	.101
1932	2	Tex Carleton	STL	25	9.05	5.8%			50.0	36.4	6.8	4.5	-					75.00	73.6	1.4	27.4	27.4	20.2	53.4	.569	3.29		8.5	.268
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	13.7%			50.0	27.3	2.3	1.6	2.3					75.00	83.3	3.4	50.6	43.3	45.6	32.1	.249	5.20		2.0	.055
1935	2	Ed Heusser	STL	26	12.76	49.1%			50.0	24.4	3.5	1.3	1.3					75.00	90.4	5.1	46.1	37.5	27.1	25.3	.216	4.50		3.3	.096
1936	2	Harry Gumbert	NY	26	9.13	48.7%			50.0	29.9	4.5	3.8	2.7					75.00	79.9	4.6	41.1	35.2	34.4	31.9	.279	4.22		3.9	.119
1937	1	Ira Hutchinson	BOS	26	9.55	14.0%			50.0	23.9	5.6	2.1	0.7					75.00	76.3	5.7	33.7	29.2	34.3	32.4	.293	3.51		5.1	.114
1938	1	Tot Presnell	BRO	31	11.92	18.2%			50.0	37.0	6.0	6.0	5.0					75.00	71.3	3.9	31.4	24.9	31.4	29.4	.287	2.98		7.6	.232
1939	2	Junior Thompson	CIN	22	9.15	35.2%			50.0	28.0	5.5	1.7	1.3					75.00	69.1	5.0	36.2	33.2	34.3	28.7	.278	3.98		4.6	.142
1940	4	Ken Raffensberger	CHI	22	4.61	35.2%			50.0	26.7	4.8	4.3	2.9					75.00	84.5	4.2	45.0	35.8	29.4	31.6	.277	4.30		2.4	.063
1941	1	Howie Krist	STL	25	11.58	47.1%			50.0	26.9	5.6	2.5	1.9					75.00	73.3	3.7	38.6	32.7	36.9	24.0	.218	3.93		4.1	.113
1942	2	Murray Dickson	STL	25	12.05	19.8%			50.0	26.3	8.4	2.6	2.6					75.00	57.8	1.6	24.0	20.5	35.4	36.4	.390	2.45		6.6	.215
1943	3	George Munger	STL	24	5.73	34.3%			50.0	24.8	4.3	3.4	2.6					75.00	71.7	2.6	37.9	31.2	30.1	38.2	.376	3.74		4.8	.111
1944	4	Blix Donnelly	STL	30	5.48	21.5%			50.0	26.1	0.7	3.0	2.2					75.00	65.1	2.2	43.1	32.8	47.9	34.5	.305	3.94		2.4	.067
1945	3	Slim Emmerich	NY	25	4.70	34.7%			50.0	28.2	6.4	3.2	1.6					75.00	78.4	3.6	39.4	33.9	30.7	21.3	.195	4.07		3.3	.109
1946	1	Emil Kush	CHI	29	14.98	37.7%			50.0	27.8	5.3	3.9	3.5					75.00	62.7	3.7	26.8	22.2	28.2	30.1	.331	2.66		6.9	.210
1947	1	Kent Peterson	CIN	21	13.35	22.5%			50.0	22.1	3.9	2.3	1.0					75.00	69.5	3.7	30.7	25.7	38.0	31.7	.295	3.08		7.0	.173
1948	1	Jess Dobernic	CHI	30	9.24	32.7%			50.0	21.5	6.1	3.6	2.4					75.00	70.1	6.2	38.0	33.5	37.4	36.9	.343	4.02		4.4	.104
1949	7	Bob Hall	BOS	25	4.62	16.7%			50.0	25.4	3.4	1.3	-					75.00	70.6	4.3	43.7	36.5	44.8	42.3	.366	4.39		2.6	.062
1950	5	Frank Smith	CIN	22	7.82	22.5%			50.0	26.0	3.9	2.7	3.1					75.00	64.8	8.1	38.6	34.6	41.2	46.4	.438	4.15		4.0	.108
1951	4	Bob Kelly	CHI	23	7.30	15.3%			50.0	20.3	1.5	0.5	1.5					75.00	71.4	5.0	40.2	33.9	43.4	32.1	.280	4.07		4.5	.099
1952	1	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	23	9.22	17.5%			50.0	29.0	0.7	6.5	2.2					75.00	63.3	6.8	31.9	31.4	37.2	46.6	.464	3.77		3.3	.091
1953	2	Bob Milliken	BRO	26	11.08	17.7%			50.0	22.4	3.3	2.9	0.7					75.00	73.4	9.6	45.1	39.7	32.5	39.4	.372	4.77		3.8	.093
1954	3	Jim Davis	CHI	29	8.11	29.0%			50.0	20.3	3.6	3.9	3.1					75.00	71.6	7.7	42.4	37.1	35.2	33.0	.309	4.45		4.1	.107
1955	5	Don Bessent	BRO	24	8.73	24.2%			50.0	20.8	4.4	2.2	2.2					75.00	74.3	10.1	40.3	36.3	34.2	37.7	.347	4.36		4.4	.103
1956	2	Lindy McDaniel	STL	20	8.93	13.9%			50.0	19.4	7.6	3.5	0.7					75.00	67.0	6.3	35.1	26.1	26.5	31.5	.337	3.13		5.0	.156
1957	7	Lloyd Merritt	STL	24	5.59	14.1%			50.0	19.1	1.7	2.2	5.7	1.3	.813			75.00	73.6	6.3	38.9	34.3	30.5	44.0	.423	4.11		4.5	.093
1958	2	Glen Hobbie	CHI	22	11.02	29.4%			50.0	25.7	5.8	2.6	5.2	1.2	.818			75.00	70.4	5.6	36.6	31.7	39.7	45.1	.409	3.81		5.6	.127
						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	3	Orlando Pena	CIN	25	5.16	10.1%			50.0	21.1	2.6	5.3	6.6	1.3	.833			75.00	75.3	12.8	41.1	35.1	23.1	43.6	.443	4.21		3.9	.121
1960	4	Chris Short	PHI	22	7.11	31.9%			50.0	23.7	6.6	4.4	3.3	2.2	.600			75.00	68.8	4.5	28.8	26.0	30.2	45.8	.463	3.13		6.9	.145
1961	3	Don Nottebart	MIL	25	8.74	41.1%			50.0	24.7	3.9	2.8	2.6	1.3	.667			75.00	70.8	6.8	36.1	31.5	33.4	48.0	.461	3.77		5.2	.116
1962	2	Bobby Bolin	SF	23	9.30	35.2%			50.0	19.0	3.1	2.9	2.4	2.0	.550			75.00	77.0	9.6	43.7	35.6	35.4	49.4	.440	4.28		3.9	.095
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	21.0%			50.0	18.6	3.4	2.1	4.9	1.8	.727			75.00	63.1	5.7	28.6	24.6	30.0	56.8	.610	2.95		5.9	.126
1965	3	Gary Wagner	PHI	25	10.25	29.9%			50.0	21.7	3.4	3.6	5.8	1.4	.806			75.00	66.0	4.4	30.8	25.8	28.5	55.2	.585	3.09		6.4	.133
1966	7	Bob Priddy	SF	26	5.98	15.4%			50.0	19.1	4.7	2.5	2.5	0.4	.857			75.00	66.7	8.0	32.7	28.7	30.7	48.7	.500	3.44		4.2	.106
1967	6	Don Shaw	NY	23	5.73	17.6%			50.0	20.9	2.4	4.1	3.5	2.9	.545			75.00	74.5	6.6	36.7	32.5	29.8	59.4	.569	3.90		3.1	.056
1968	2	Luke Walker	PIT	24	7.55	29.4%			50.0	21.1	2.4	2.9	3.7	1.9	.667			75.00	62.1	2.8	26.0	21.3	31.0	61.2	.658	2.56		5.2	.101
1969	1	Bruce Dal Canton	PIT	27	9.43	31.1%			50.0	19.6	3.4	3.9	4.4	2.3	.660			75.00	69.4	4.6	32.4	29.3	36.2	52.2	.494	3.51		5.2	.107
1970	1	Don Gullett	CIN	19	16.58	35.4%			50.0	19.0	4.4	2.0	3.4	1.1	.759			75.00	74.6	6.6	38.2	33.5	38.9	56.2	.495	4.02		4.8	.105
1971	10	Ray Newman	CHI	26	3.55	9.5%			50.0	19.8	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.0	.714			75.00	64.0	6.9	35.2	32.3	38.1	53.1	.520	3.88		4.3	.078
1972	5	Tom Walker	MON	23	7.78	25.8%			50.0	22.9	2.1	3.2	2.5	0.8	.750			75.00	78.2	5.4	34.6	32.1	33.3	50.2	.450	3.85		3.1	.061
1973	2	Charlie Hough	LA	25	9.83	17.1%			50.0	21.5	3.1	2.8	4.3	1.5	.737			75.00	63.6	5.9	28.9	26.8	35.3	65.7	.664	3.22		6.0	.125
1974	5	Ken Frailing	CHI	26	9.27	29.5%			50.0	17.0	3.9	2.8	2.2	1.7	.571			75.00	71.1	4.3	33.1	29.9	33.9	41.5	.395	3.59		5.2	.106
1975	4	Dave Heaverlo	SF	24	8.74	10.3%			50.0	18.5	3.7	1.4	2.8	1.9	.600			75.00	68.2	3.3	25.6	21.1	31.8	36.4	.364	2.53		7.1	.158
1976	8	Paul Reuschel	CHI	29	4.55	19.9%			50.0	22.3	2.8	3.6	3.1	1.6	.667			75.00	79.7	6.2	33.7	30.2	30.2	42.1	.383	3.62		4.1	.086
1977	2	Bill Atkinson	MON	22	10.06	21.2%			50.0	16.7	5.7	2.4	3.5	0.9	.789			75.00	67.4	6.5	28.1	24.2	28.3	45.6	.476	2.90		6.9	.151
1978	7	Ed Whitson	PIT	23	6.61	16.2%			50.0	17.3	4.1	2.7	3.2	1.4	.706			75.00	70.3	4.2	33.2	28.7	31.6	39.3	.385	3.44		5.0	.101
1979	2	Joey McLaughlin	ATL	22	12.67	16.4%			50.0	21.2	4.9	3.8	5.8	1.4	.808			75.00	72.1	3.6	32.3	26.8	34.6	47.9	.449	3.22		6.3	.133
1980	6	Joe Beckwith	LA	25	6.72	8.4%			50.0	21.3	3.2	3.7	2.1	1.6	.571			75.00	71.1	2.6	24.1	18.3	29.3	47.0	.468	2.19		7.8	.127
1981	5	Dave Stewart	LA	24	6.42	17.3%			50.0	16.1	4.3	3.3	3.3	1.6	.667			75.00	68.2	3.4	28.7	24.0	29.9	45.8	.467	2.88		5.5	.117
1982	3	Eric Show	SD	26	10.68	14.1%			50.0	16.2	6.7	4.2	2.5	0.7	.778			75.00	68.2	4.4	31.9	27.3	25.3	44.1	.472	3.27		4.6	.113
1983	1	Carlos Diaz	NY	25	11.46	24.9%			50.0	16.6	2.9	3.3	2.9	0.5	.842			75.00	69.2	5.8	30.6	27.2	30.2	49.5	.498	3.27		5.4	.112
1984	1	John Franco	CIN	23	11.59	23.1%			50.0	18.2	4.2	2.7	2.2	2.5	.462			75.00	69.0	3.5	31.9	27.2	33.1	49.1	.481	3.27		4.8	.104
1985	1	Tim Burke	MON	26	18.48	12.4%			50.0	18.9	4.8	3.6	3.3	2.0	.619			75.00	66.2	4.3	27.3	25.8	29.6	45.7	.476	3.10		5.8	.118
1986	3	Rob Murphy	CIN	26	13.41	9.9%			50.0	18.1	2.9	1.4	1.4	0.9	.625			75.00	59.2	4.8	28.9	26.4	34.3	52.7	.564	3.16		5.7	.115
1987	11	Mike Jackson	PHI	22	6.71	28.1%			50.0	17.0	3.2	3.5	2.2	1.9	.541			75.00	72.2	7.7	38.2	35.5	34.9	60.7	.567	4.26		4.1	.074
1988	2	Jose Alvarez	ATL	32	11.57	15.3%			50.0	14.8	4.1	2.7	0.9	1.1	.444			75.00	70.7	5.3	28.4	25.8	31.3	57.9	.567	3.10		5.9	.118
1989	2	Greg W. Harris	SD	25	15.82	15.5%			50.0	14.7	4.4	2.4	2.0	1.8	.524			75.00	65.9	5.5	30.4	27.0	27.0	50.5	.544	3.24		5.7	.110
1990	2	Steve Frey	MON	26	12.14	22.9%			50.0	16.2	4.2	2.3	2.4	1.3	.645			75.00	76.9	5.9	32.4	29.2	30.1	49.4	.462	3.50		5.2	.096
1991	1	Chuck McElroy	CHI	23	15.79	15.3%			50.0	13.9	2.9	1.3	1.1	1.5	.417			75.00	60.5	5.0	31.7	26.0	37.0	50.9	.522	3.11		5.3	.093
1992	1	Mike Perez	STL	27	14.11	8.3%			50.0	10.2	4.6	2.4	0.5	2.7	.167			75.00	60.4	5.4	26.1	24.2	27.6	54.3	.617	2.90		5.7	.097
1993	1	Pedro Martinez	LA	21	17.53	27.8%			50.0	16.4	4.6	3.2	1.2	1.5	.452			75.00	66.3	6.4	32.0	29.0	31.5	62.5	.639	3.48		6.3	.110
1994	1	Todd Jones	HOU	26	12.05	24.0%			50.0	16.8	4.5	2.3	2.5	2.3	.516			75.00	61.0	5.5	30.4	25.5	37.8	57.2	.579	3.06		7.6	.123
1995	2	Ricky Bottalico	PHI	25	16.25	34.0%			50.0	12.9	3.2	2.1	1.2	2.1	.360			75.00	70.1	7.0	34.7	31.9	34.1	61.8	.592	3.83		5.5	.084
1996	1	Antonio Osuna	LA	23	13.09	23.9%			50.0	11.9	3.1	2.5	1.2	2.1	.368			75.00	66.4	7.1	35.6	31.8	36.5	60.8	.591	3.82		5.5	.087
1997	1	Scott Sullivan	CIN	26	12.79	23.5%			50.0	14.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	1.4	.393			75.00	73.2	6.4	33.8	30.6	33.2	61.8	.581	3.67		5.9	.094
1998	13	Wayne Gomes	PHI	25	7.90	16.0%			50.0	11.9	2.6	4.0	0.6	1.9	.238			75.00	72.2	7.0	38.4	34.9	34.6	61.6	.576	4.19		3.9	.065
1999	3	Scott Sauerbeck	PIT	27	12.36	12.0%			50.0	14.6	2.5	2.5	0.8	1.5	.333			75.00	67.8	7.4	31.2	27.2	40.3	59.8	.553	3.26		6.7	.100
2000	2	Matt Herges	LA	30	13.94	14.1%			50.0	13.0	3.8	1.9	0.6	1.6	.286			75.00	70.9	7.5	40.6	37.2	36.2	62.4	.583	4.47		4.9	.070
2001	12	Mike Matthews	STL	27	8.01	15.8%			50.0	9.7	1.7	2.3	1.1	1.8	.382			75.00	74.8	9.3	36.3	33.1	30.4	60.5	.576	3.97		5.5	.069
2002	13	Mike Koplove	ARI	25	8.47	15.3%			50.0	13.4	2.9	1.7	0.6	1.4	.300			75.00	70.6	6.6	33.9	30.5	35.2	55.3	.523	3.66		5.3	.076
2003	3	Luis Ayala	MON	25	18.79	21.8%			50.0	12.2	4.2	2.3	1.1	1.6	.400			75.00	70.9	8.0	35.2	32.1	32.6	62.2	.601	3.85		6.7	.099
2004	1	Ryan Madson	PHI	23	15.99	26.4%			50.0	11.7	2.9	2.3	0.6	2.4	.194			75.00	73.3	9.2	34.9	31.6	28.8	60.2	.590	3.80		5.6	.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	11	Chad Qualls	HOU	26	8.01	27.5%			50.0	10.9	3.2	2.1	0.6	1.7	.262			75.00	74.3	6.5	36.5	32.6	29.0	57.5	.557	3.91		5.4	.072
2006	1	Cla Meredith	SD	23	13.69	21.8%			50.0	11.6	2.7	1.9	1.1	1.9	.373			75.00	68.3	7.5	34.0	30.7	33.7	65.0	.638	3.69		6.4	.088
2007	4	Tony Pena	ARI	25	15.49	17.8%			50.0	10.3	2.7	1.9	0.4	1.4	.233			75.00	65.3	5.0	30.6	26.4	33.4	63.1	.639	3.17		6.7	.081
2008	4	Cory Wade	LA	25	10.74	16.4%			50.0	11.7	2.3	2.4	0.5	1.6	.226			75.00	68.2	8.2	37.6	33.5	33.2	63.8	.630	4.02		5.1	.063
2009	8	Jeff Fulchino	HOU	29	8.79	37.2%			50.0	11.0	2.8	2.2	0.5	1.9	.203			75.00	68.0	6.4	32.0	28.6	32.4	67.8	.675	3.43		5.8	.076
2010	2	Hisanori Takahashi	NY	35	15.14	19.3%			50.0	12.2	2.7	2.0	1.2	1.4	.455			75.00	71.3	5.1	33.0	28.5	28.5	64.3	.644	3.42		4.0	.080
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia