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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 62.9%    50.0  25.0   3.1   2.6   2.1        75.00   76.6   3.6   43.8   34.4   31.3   25.0 .232   4.13       2.8 .082
1914    1 Zip Zabel CHI 23     6.66 90.1%    50.0  20.9   3.3   2.2   1.8        75.00   69.0   2.5   34.5   24.5   25.0   29.2 .310   2.94       4.1 .143
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    1 Mike Prendergast CHI 27     8.24 77.1%    50.0  22.0   3.1   4.9   1.8        75.00   74.9   3.1   36.8   26.4   16.1   25.5 .281   3.17       3.7 .109
1917    2 Oscar Horstmann STL 26     4.67 85.5%    50.0  19.3   3.9   2.2   1.1        75.00   69.8   2.0   34.5   26.4   23.2   30.3 .326   3.17       3.5 .114
1918         0.0%                      
1919    1 Speed Martin CHI 25     5.30 65.0%    50.0  28.0   3.9   0.8   2.3        75.00   72.4   1.6   28.8   21.0   24.1   20.2 .210   2.52       5.7 .174
                             
1920    1 Phil Douglas NY 30    12.44 100.0%    50.0  28.9   2.6   4.5   2.3        75.00   85.6   2.0   43.3   36.0   26.9   20.8 .185   4.32       2.2 .071
1921    1 Dana Fillingim BOS 27     6.53 15.1%    50.0  28.6   9.5   2.4   2.4        75.00   80.4   5.1   35.6   28.5   21.4   18.3 .180   3.42       5.2 .243
1922    1 Jesse Winters PHI 28     7.83 90.4%    50.0  31.6   4.9   4.5   1.8        75.00   84.8   3.5   43.1   35.1   25.9   21.4 .193   4.21       4.3 .139
1923    1 Clyde Barfoot STL 31     7.70 89.4%    50.0  29.8   3.8   4.3   1.7        75.00   86.3   4.0   43.2   37.3   25.8   17.4 .155   4.48       2.3 .072
1924    1 Huck Betts PHI 27    11.05 76.6%    50.0  34.8   6.4   4.6   1.5        75.00   77.1   4.4   34.9   30.0   19.1   20.4 .212   3.61       4.7 .174
1925    1 Walter Huntzinger NY 26    10.07 82.8%    50.0  26.3   4.3   2.9   2.2        75.00   84.5   5.8   46.8   37.4   27.4   20.7 .185   4.49       2.7 .077
1926    1 Dutch Ulrich PHI 26    10.26 68.7%    50.0  26.5   3.8   2.7   2.3        75.00   92.2   3.9   49.2   40.2   23.9   17.8 .153   4.82       3.5 .104
1927    2 Rube Ehrhardt BRO 32     5.23 80.4%    50.0  29.7   4.2   5.6   1.6        75.00   91.7   4.8   49.1   43.2   25.1   24.0 .206   5.18       2.3 .070
1928    1 Joe Dawson PIT 31    15.09 76.0%    50.0  28.4   4.9   4.3   3.1        75.00   86.2   3.4   42.6   37.1   31.7   25.2 .214   4.45       3.9 .125
1929    1 Syl Johnson STL 28     6.56 78.8%    50.0  28.5   3.9   3.6   3.9        75.00   81.5   3.4   41.6   35.6   32.8   27.6 .241   4.27       4.7 .131
                             
1930    1 Bob Osborn CHI 27    10.60 68.2%    50.0  27.4   5.9   3.6   1.7        75.00   94.1   4.8   54.6   47.9   32.3   25.3 .200   5.75       3.3 .087
1931    2 Glenn Spencer PIT 25     6.77 76.6%    50.0  29.0   4.3   3.0   3.0        75.00   87.0   3.5   44.6   37.3   27.4   29.9 .261   4.48       3.0 .084
1932    1 Phil Collins PHI 31    16.78 85.3%    50.0  29.4   5.8   3.6   2.7        75.00   83.9   4.1   40.8   33.4   25.8   29.6 .270   4.00       4.6 .127
1933    1 Bob Smith CIN/BOS 38    10.18 82.9%    50.0  32.8   5.7   2.8   2.0        75.00   75.5   2.9   34.4   27.6   17.2   23.6 .255   3.31       4.4 .131
1934    1 Bud Tinning CHI 28    13.39 82.5%    50.0  26.8   3.9   2.6   2.6        75.00   86.2   6.3   44.0   38.5   27.2   28.9 .255   4.61       3.3 .096
1935    1 Charlie Root CHI 36    14.21 84.5%    50.0  29.3   5.0   3.4   2.2        75.00   87.5   4.8   45.0   37.6   25.4   25.3 .224   4.52       4.1 .130
1936    1 Mace Brown PIT 27     9.80 92.2%    50.0  29.3   5.2   4.5   3.2        75.00   82.7   3.9   41.2   35.1   29.1   29.7 .265   4.21       4.0 .122
1937    1 Ira Hutchinson BOS 26     9.55 83.2%    50.0  27.0   5.6   3.0   2.6        75.00   76.7   3.7   38.7   31.5   33.3   28.8 .262   3.79       5.4 .151
1938    1 Tot Presnell BRO 31    11.92 64.0%    50.0  30.3   5.4   3.7   3.7        75.00   77.1   4.4   34.0   29.8   29.9   25.2 .235   3.57       4.7 .147
1939    2 Junior Thompson CIN 22     9.15 85.7%    50.0  27.3   4.8   2.9   2.2        75.00   77.0   5.2   37.2   33.6   32.6   28.2 .257   4.03       4.2 .113
                             
1940    1 Hugh Casey BRO 26    21.75 59.9%    50.0  25.2   5.4   5.4   3.0        75.00   73.8   4.2   37.2   31.8   29.0   29.6 .288   3.82       4.2 .118
1941    1 Howie Krist STL 25    11.58 69.5%    50.0  26.8   5.2   3.1   2.4        75.00   72.6   4.5   35.6   30.8   33.9   27.1 .255   3.69       4.4 .118
1942    1 Howie Krist STL 26    15.58 76.3%    50.0  26.3   5.8   3.6   2.1        75.00   69.6   3.4   31.8   27.1   30.9   29.4 .293   3.26       5.4 .167
1943    1 Murray Dickson STL 26    10.87 88.3%    50.0  23.7   5.0   3.6   2.7        75.00   73.5   4.4   36.6   32.0   34.6   35.7 .330   3.84       4.6 .127
1944    1 Andy Karl PHI 30    11.07 100.0%    50.0  27.3   4.8   4.5   3.0        75.00   71.4   3.2   35.6   28.6   32.6   26.0 .250   3.44       4.3 .132
1945    1 Johnny Hutchings BOS 29    14.94 92.6%    50.0  25.4   5.1   3.7   2.1        75.00   74.5   5.0   39.8   33.7   31.9   27.2 .255   4.05       3.1 .094
1946    1 Emil Kush CHI 29    14.98 72.1%    50.0  24.8   5.7   3.4   2.5        75.00   67.3   3.4   31.6   26.7   31.5   33.5 .339   3.21       5.2 .148
1947    2 Murray Dickson STL 30    10.81 82.2%    50.0  22.8   3.8   3.3   2.0        75.00   76.4   5.7   38.1   32.4   30.9   28.6 .266   3.89       4.4 .116
1948    1 Jess Dobernic CHI 30     9.24 80.5%    50.0  24.4   4.9   3.4   2.9        75.00   75.1   6.4   41.1   37.0   34.3   33.3 .304   4.44       4.0 .101
1949    1 Jack Banta BRO 24    19.27 78.7%    50.0  23.8   4.0   3.5   1.8        75.00   73.0   6.6   38.0   33.2   35.4   33.9 .313   3.98       4.2 .113
                             
1950    1 Murray Dickson PIT 33    12.74 84.3%    50.0  24.0   5.1   2.9   3.1        75.00   72.5   6.6   36.9   32.8   35.7   37.0 .342   3.93       5.1 .139
1951    1 Dutch Leonard CHI 42    15.32 73.0%    50.0  22.5   4.7   3.1   2.0        75.00   72.0   6.7   39.8   33.5   35.7   32.5 .301   4.02       4.6 .116
1952    4 Andy Hansen PHI 27     6.32 58.9%    50.0  26.3   3.6   5.5   3.2        75.00   74.4   8.6   38.9   34.9   30.3   32.4 .310   4.19       2.6 .062
1953    1 Johnny Hetki PIT 31    12.37 85.0%    50.0  22.5   4.4   3.0   2.6        75.00   78.6   8.6   42.4   37.7   31.5   34.9 .317   4.53       4.3 .109
1954    2 Ernie Johnson MIL 30    11.23 77.4%    50.0  17.4   3.4   3.4   2.2        75.00   80.3   8.0   44.1   39.8   32.2   33.5 .298   4.77       4.0 .103
1955    1 Bob Friend PIT 24    13.84 74.1%    50.0  16.0   4.2   2.2   1.6        75.00   68.8   7.2   35.8   31.0   35.4   36.5 .350   3.71       5.4 .138
1956    1 Roy Face PIT 28    14.27 90.6%    50.0  19.3   4.2   3.7   2.9        75.00   72.9   9.1   37.4   32.6   29.0   39.4 .386   3.91       4.3 .101
1957    1 Ed Roebuck BRO 25    17.63 80.8%    50.0  18.3   4.9   3.1   3.6  1.3 .727        75.00   75.0   7.8   36.1   33.7   29.0   43.4 .418   4.04       5.0 .125
1958    1 Jim Brosnan STL 28    17.13 80.6%    50.0  18.7   3.9   2.8   4.0  1.2 .767        75.00   69.2   6.5   33.1   28.0   31.8   45.8 .453   3.36       6.6 .159
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 92.3%    50.0  18.6   2.9   2.6   2.4  1.3 .649        75.00   75.8   9.4   38.9   34.6   34.0   47.0 .428   4.15       4.5 .099
                             
1960    1 Ernie Broglio STL 24    11.90 55.7%    50.0  24.0   4.8   4.0   1.7  1.5 .533        75.00   72.6   6.1   34.3   29.0   30.5   49.9 .484   3.49       5.2 .107
1961    2 Frank Sullivan PHI 31     9.14 74.8%    50.0  20.5   2.9   2.2   3.3  1.1 .744        75.00   70.9   5.8   36.4   31.2   34.7   45.9 .435   3.75       5.4 .127
1962    1 Jim Umbricht HOU 31    11.69 81.5%    50.0  18.1   3.3   2.8   2.7  1.6 .630        75.00   74.1   7.2   39.6   33.2   31.5   48.8 .462   3.98       4.8 .109
1963    1 Larry Bearnarth NY 21     9.25 86.1%    50.0  22.1   3.4   3.4   3.1  2.4 .571        75.00   67.9   6.7   33.2   28.1   28.2   46.5 .484   3.38       4.4 .092
1964    1 Jim Owens HOU 30    14.31 65.0%    50.0  17.6   3.5   3.1   3.0  1.7 .630        75.00   72.7   6.1   34.4   31.3   29.9   47.7 .465   3.75       4.4 .093
1965    1 Bobby Bolin SF 26    22.49 86.2%    50.0  20.2   3.9   3.5   3.6  1.9 .650        75.00   69.7   5.4   31.6   26.4   27.7   51.0 .524   3.16       5.6 .122
1966    1 Lindy McDaniel SF 30    15.91 73.0%    50.0  18.1   3.9   3.6   3.0  1.4 .685        75.00   77.1   7.0   36.3   31.8   24.1   48.7 .481   3.81       3.9 .089
1967    1 Bill Hands CHI 27    11.76 75.7%    50.0  17.5   3.0   4.8   3.0  2.8 .518        75.00   72.9   5.5   34.2   29.8   26.9   44.5 .445   3.58       3.8 .083
1968    1 Mudcat Grant LA 32    11.22 86.4%    50.0  20.8   3.9   3.2   4.0  1.9 .672        75.00   71.5   4.1   32.1   28.5   25.8   45.5 .468   3.41       4.0 .080
1969    1 Bruce Dal Canton PIT 27     9.43 73.4%    50.0  21.2   3.6   3.4   3.6  1.7 .679        75.00   75.6   6.8   36.9   33.2   29.6   45.8 .436   3.98       3.8 .079
                             
1970    2 Howie Reed MON 33    12.28 76.6%    50.0  17.8   4.1   2.7   3.0  1.4 .677        75.00   75.9   6.9   38.6   34.5   36.5   48.6 .432   4.14       4.4 .098
1971    1 Jim Ray HOU 26    18.42 70.6%    50.0  23.9   4.6   4.8   3.7  2.1 .632        75.00   71.3   5.9   32.4   28.7   32.3   43.4 .419   3.44       5.1 .102
1972    2 George Culver HOU 28    10.39 74.7%    50.0  20.8   3.9   3.1   3.1  1.5 .676        75.00   71.5   5.4   33.6   29.0   34.0   49.1 .466   3.48       4.4 .098
1973    1 Orlando Pena STL 39    10.07 83.7%    50.0  22.6   3.7   4.2   3.8  1.8 .679        75.00   77.8   6.1   39.1   34.6   33.6   45.3 .407   4.15       3.6 .075
1974    1 Clay Carroll CIN 33    16.09 63.1%    50.0  21.7   4.6   2.6   3.0  2.0 .603        75.00   70.6   4.8   32.9   28.7   33.1   41.4 .399   3.45       5.2 .102
1975    1 Larry Demery PIT 22    14.66 64.0%    50.0  19.6   3.3   3.4   3.1  1.4 .694        75.00   72.1   4.3   33.9   29.6   31.5   38.9 .376   3.55       4.6 .100
1976    1 Bob Apodaca NY 26    13.82 64.1%    50.0  22.4   3.4   4.2   3.5  1.8 .658        75.00   72.2   5.4   34.8   30.1   29.6   40.7 .399   3.61       4.3 .086
1977    1 Dave Heaverlo SF 26    11.22 67.1%    50.0  16.6   4.4   2.3   2.7  1.8 .603        75.00   68.5   7.1   32.6   28.7   29.8   39.9 .407   3.45       5.5 .119
1978    1 Warren Brusstar PHI 26    10.83 58.2%    50.0  19.7   4.7   3.6   2.7  2.3 .540        75.00   73.7   5.4   36.0   32.4   31.4   41.5 .395   3.88       4.1 .086
1979    1 Dick Tidrow CHI 32    16.55 75.4%    50.0  18.0   4.1   3.4   3.4  1.9 .641        75.00   76.0   5.4   35.5   30.7   31.9   46.9 .435   3.69       4.6 .097
                             
1980    1 Bill Caudill CHI 23    13.26 64.5%    50.0  16.8   3.1   3.9   2.7  1.0 .731        75.00   64.8   4.5   29.2   25.9   31.7   50.4 .522   3.11       5.4 .121
1981    1 Jeff Reardon NY/MON 25    13.21 62.2%    50.0  23.6   4.0   3.7   4.1  2.8 .600        75.00   68.6   4.3   30.3   26.9   28.6   41.5 .427   3.23       5.3 .103
1982    1 Doug Bair STL 32    12.98 65.8%    50.0  16.6   4.4   3.5   2.9  1.8 .614        75.00   69.6   4.7   30.4   27.1   27.8   41.3 .424   3.25       5.7 .128
1983    2 Warren Brusstar CHI 31     8.15 71.3%    50.0  15.9   3.2   3.2   2.7  1.1 .705        75.00   71.1   6.2   33.1   28.6   29.6   43.3 .430   3.43       4.5 .098
1984    2 Dave Smith HOU 29     9.56 67.7%    50.0  17.3   3.8   3.5   2.3  2.0 .534        75.00   69.6   4.6   34.3   29.9   30.1   47.6 .478   3.59       4.4 .094
1985    1 Tim Burke MON 26    18.48 66.2%    50.0  18.9   3.9   4.1   2.1  1.9 .525        75.00   72.5   5.5   38.4   33.7   33.9   42.0 .394   4.05       3.5 .071
1986    1 Andy McGaffigan MON 29    15.81 54.5%    50.0  17.9   4.0   2.9   2.8  2.2 .568        75.00   68.0   5.3   31.2   26.8   31.6   51.5 .517   3.21       5.6 .116
1987    1 Frank Williams CIN 29    12.87 59.9%    50.0  18.1   3.2   2.9   2.5  2.8 .463        75.00   71.9   6.6   34.7   30.6   29.1   47.9 .474   3.67       5.3 .103
1988    1 Brian Holton LA 28    14.23 65.1%    50.0  17.7   3.9   2.8   2.3  2.0 .526        75.00   70.6   4.4   27.5   24.2   28.5   50.8 .512   2.90       5.8 .117
1989    1 Rob Dibble CIN 25    18.64 72.0%    50.0  20.4   3.5   3.5   2.4  2.3 .505        75.00   67.0   5.3   29.6   26.9   27.9   55.5 .585   3.22       5.3 .104
                             
1990    1 Larry Andersen HOU 37    14.15 58.6%    50.0  20.7   3.6   3.4   3.2  1.6 .667        75.00   73.1   6.7   35.1   31.0   31.1   52.6 .505   3.72       4.8 .090
1991    2 Les Lancaster CHI 29    15.75 64.9%    50.0  19.9   3.6   3.0   1.9  1.8 .519        75.00   66.1   5.7   30.8   28.0   28.6   51.9 .548   3.36       5.5 .100
1992    1 Mike Perez STL 27    14.11 60.1%    50.0  19.0   4.7   4.3   2.0  3.0 .394        75.00   67.2   4.7   27.4   25.1   30.3   52.5 .539   3.01       6.0 .102
1993    1 Pedro Martinez LA 21    17.53 59.6%    50.0  17.8   5.1   3.6   1.0  2.0 .348        75.00   67.1   6.6   31.8   28.6   28.8   56.6 .590   3.43       6.2 .104
1994    1 Todd Jones HOU 26    12.05 68.7%    50.0  18.6   4.6   3.6   1.8  2.5 .417        75.00   73.6   6.0   35.9   31.6   31.8   59.5 .564   3.79       5.4 .091
1995    1 Steve Reed COL 29    17.25 79.0%    50.0  16.7   4.3   3.8   1.8  2.4 .427        75.00   70.2   7.3   34.2   31.1   30.1   60.6 .605   3.73       5.7 .097
1996    1 Antonio Osuna LA 23    13.09 80.4%    50.0  15.7   4.5   3.7   1.2  3.2 .268        75.00   71.2   7.2   37.5   33.1   33.3   61.1 .585   3.97       5.1 .084
1997    1 Scott Sullivan CIN 26    12.79 69.3%    50.0  18.1   4.1   3.8   1.8  2.5 .426        75.00   71.6   7.0   35.7   32.3   32.7   62.4 .599   3.87       5.3 .084
1998    1 Turk Wendell NY 31    12.22 71.6%    50.0  18.4   4.6   3.9   1.6  2.9 .358        75.00   70.7   7.5   35.2   32.4   33.3   59.4 .571   3.89       5.2 .087
1999    2 Scott Sullivan CIN 28    14.23 68.7%    50.0  17.2   3.8   3.5   1.2  2.5 .317        75.00   74.7   8.3   38.6   34.4   34.2   58.9 .541   4.13       5.5 .087
                             
2000    2 Matt Herges LA 30    13.94 71.8%    50.0  17.5   4.3   4.3   1.4  3.2 .312        75.00   72.5   9.0   37.9   34.5   34.2   57.0 .534   4.14       5.5 .088
2001    1 Octavio Dotel HOU 27    19.46 66.2%    50.0  17.1   4.1   3.6   1.3  2.8 .320        75.00   69.8   7.4   34.4   31.0   30.5   61.7 .616   3.71       6.3 .096
2002    4 Brian Boehringer PIT 33    11.21 65.5%    50.0  17.6   4.2   3.7   0.9  2.6 .252        75.00   69.0   7.1   33.4   30.6   29.7   58.8 .595   3.67       5.7 .085
2003    1 Guillermo Mota LA 29    21.79 60.2%    50.0  17.2   4.8   3.4   1.2  2.7 .309        75.00   68.9   7.6   33.6   31.0   31.1   60.1 .601   3.72       6.2 .092
2004    1 Ryan Madson PHI 23    15.99 74.5%    50.0  16.7   4.6   4.0   1.0  3.4 .227        75.00   72.4   8.2   33.6   29.9   27.1   58.4 .587   3.59       6.0 .089
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 77.7%    50.0  17.0   4.4   3.6   1.2  2.7 .309        75.00   70.5   6.6   34.5   31.2   28.4   60.5 .612   3.75       5.7 .084
2006    1 Cla Meredith SD 23    13.69 70.7%    50.0  17.7   4.0   3.1   0.8  2.8 .223        75.00   71.9   7.9   34.4   31.1   28.2   57.2 .571   3.73       6.1 .088
2007    1 Heath Bell SD 29    19.74 72.7%    50.0  16.5   4.2   3.4   0.9  2.8 .236        75.00   70.2   6.6   33.6   29.8   28.3   62.0 .630   3.58       6.1 .086
2008    1 Carlos Marmol CHI 25    19.74 73.8%    50.0  17.0   3.9   4.0   1.0  2.9 .252        75.00   70.9   7.0   34.8   31.6   30.1   62.3 .617   3.79       5.6 .079
2009    1 Nick Masset CIN 27    14.97 72.4%    50.0  17.0   3.9   3.8   1.0  3.0 .245        75.00   67.8   6.5   33.1   29.9   32.1   61.7 .617   3.58       5.6 .077
                             
2010    1 Matt Belisle COL 30    16.12 70.0%    50.0  11.4   2.6   2.2   0.7  1.5 .302        75.00   67.3   7.1   32.8   30.2   27.9   65.6 .689   3.63       5.7 .077
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia