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1954 1956 Chronology Home MR Index Guide
All- Other Middle Reliever Game Stats Middle Reliever Share of Pitching Results  Win Shares 
Rank Name HOF MVP CY Star Rookie Team Stdg Throws Age Pos RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA   WS  WS/G WSQ Rank Name
1 George Zuverink   DET/BAL 5/7 R 30   36 22 3 6 4      80.67 78 8 39 29 26 29 .279   3.24     7.4 .206   11.13 1 George Zuverink
2 Al Aber   DET 5 L 27   38 22 6 3 3      78.00 82 9 29 27 24 36 .340   3.12     6.3 .166    8.51 2 Al Aber
3 Art Houtteman   CLE 2 R 27   23 12 6 1 0      53.67 55 5 28 20 17 27 .375   3.35     5.0 .217    7.72 3 Art Houtteman
4 Babe Birrer   R DET 5 R 26   33 15 3 1 3      66.33 60 5 30 28 24 26 .310   3.80     4.5 .136    5.50 4 Babe Birrer
5   Bill Harrington         R KC 6 R 27       33 18 3 2 2            73.33 62 6 36 30 40 26 .255   3.68       4.3 .130    5.14 5   Bill Harrington
6 Tom Sturdivant   R NY 1 R 25   32 12 1 2 0      61.33 42 6 22 22 41 47 .566   3.23     3.3 .103    3.51 6 Tom Sturdivant
7 Bill Wight   CLE/BAL 2/7 L 33 SP   22 13 0 1 3      31.00 30 0 10 9 11 12 .293   2.61     2.8 .127    3.31 7 Bill Wight
8 Joe P. Coleman   BAL/DET 7/5 R 32   21 15 2 1 3      31.67 34 4 18 18 21 8 .145   5.12     2.6 .124    3.04 8 Joe P. Coleman
9 Morrie Martin   CHI 3 L 32   37 11 2 3 2      52.00 50 4 27 21 20 22 .314   3.63     3.0 .081    2.83 9 Morrie Martin
10 Bob Chakales   CHI/WAS 3/8 R 27   36 15 2 3 0      67.00 66 6 40 34 31 34 .351   4.57     2.0 .056    1.57 10 Bob Chakales
                           
11 Spec Shea   WAS 8 R 34   23 16 1 0 2      32.33 28 3 19 16 18 11 .239   4.45     1.5 .065    1.27 11 Spec Shea
12 Art Schallock   NY/BAL 1/7 L 31   26 9 2 1 0      56.00 59 3 35 26 31 27 .300   4.18     1.4 .054    1.08 12 Art Schallock
13 Johnny Sain   NY/KC 1/6 R 37   28 14 2 5 1      50.00 60 14 32 31 11 17 .239   5.58     1.3 .046    0.92 13 Johnny Sain
14 Paul Foytack   R DET 5 R 24   21 7 0 0 0      45.67 42 4 25 25 36 37 .474   4.93     0.6 .029    0.34 14 Paul Foytack
15   Chuck Stobbs           WAS 8 L 25 SP     25 13 3 3 3            50.00 57 6 33 31 23 23 .288   5.58       0.5 .020    0.23 15   Chuck Stobbs
T16 Camilo Pascual   WAS 8 R 21 SP   27 12 0 4 3      49.67 65 0 34 30 28 29 .312   5.44     -   .000     -   T16 Camilo Pascual
T16 Don Johnson   BAL 7 R 28   26 12 2 1 1      46.00 56 2 32 30 27 18 .217   5.87     -   .000     -   T16 Don Johnson
T16 Ted Abernathy   R WAS 8 L 22   26 12 1 1 0      45.00 46 4 35 28 24 31 .443   5.60     -   .000     -   T16 Ted Abernathy
League Average Age 28.2
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 24.4 3.8 3.7 2.9
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 75.2 6.9 40.5 35.2 35.0 35.6 .323   4.22
League Average Win Shares/Game .091
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Throws Left   32.9%   174 80 14 12 11           312.00 324 26 169 142 133 151 .330   4.10     14.6 .084 Throws Left  
Throws Right   67.1%     339 170 25 26 19           657.67 648 63 355 313 320 309 .319   4.28     32.5 .095 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 14.5%   74 31 1 5 3     140.33 153 8 94 83 88 97 .402   5.32   0.6 .008 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 49.7%   246 119 26 16 12     495.67 480 45 250 222 227 237 .335   4.03   25.9 .105 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 30.5%   165 86 10 12 14     283.67 279 22 148 119 127 109 .268   3.78   19.3 .117 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.3%     28 14 2 5 1            50.00 60 14 32 31 11 17 .239   5.58     1.3 .046 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     30.9%     145 64 8 6 5           291.67 252 25 148 133 165 167 .400   4.10     12.7 .088 Rookie    
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Splits per 50 Relief Appearances / 75 Innings Splits per 50 Relief Appearances / 75 Innings
Pct of Total
Playing Time RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Throws Left   32.9%   50 23.0 4.0 3.4 3.2            75.00 77.9 6.3 40.6 34.1 32.0 36.3 .330   4.10     3.5 .084 Throws Left  
Throws Right   67.1%     50 25.1 3.7 3.8 2.8            75.00 73.9 7.2 40.5 35.7 36.5 35.2 .319   4.28     3.7 .095 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 14.5%   50 20.9 0.7 3.4 2.0      75.00 81.8 4.3 50.2 44.4 47.0 51.8 .402   5.32   0.3 .008 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 49.7%   50 24.2 5.3 3.3 2.4      75.00 72.6 6.8 37.8 33.6 34.3 35.9 .335   4.03   3.9 .105 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 30.5%   50 26.1 3.0 3.6 4.2      75.00 73.8 5.8 39.1 31.5 33.6 28.8 .268   3.78   5.1 .117 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.3%     50 25.0 3.6 8.9 1.8            75.00 90.0 21.0 48.0 46.5 16.5 25.5 .239   5.58     2.0 .046 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     30.9%     50 22.1 2.8 2.1 1.7            75.00 64.8 6.4 38.1 34.2 42.4 42.9 .400   4.10     3.3 .088 Rookie