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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 Tommy Byrne NY 1 L 36   29 18 6 2 6      70.67 57 2 21 15 44 41 .406   1.91    10.7 .369   17.76 1 Tommy Byrne
2 Ray Narleski a-inj CLE 2 R 27   32 21 3 2 4      59.33 36 5 11 10 19 42 .764   1.52     8.9 .278   12.82 2 Ray Narleski
3 Paul LaPalme CHI 3 L 32   29 14 3 1 2      45.67 31 2 14 12 27 23 .397   2.36     6.4 .221    8.22 3 Paul LaPalme
4 Tom Gorman KC 8 R 31   39 23 6 3 3      90.33 84 9 40 38 38 30 .246   3.79     7.0 .179    8.09 4 Tom Gorman
T5   Dave Sisler         R BOS 4 R 24       25 15 3 3 3            52.33 47 4 25 23 32 33 .418   3.96       6.0 .240    8.03 T5   Dave Sisler
T5 Bud Byerly WAS 7 R 35   25 17 2 4 4      51.67 45 6 19 17 14 19 .322   2.96     6.0 .240    8.03 T5 Bud Byerly
7 Bob Chakales WAS 7 R 28   42 23 4 4 4      91.33 88 1 49 39 56 31 .215   3.84     7.0 .167    7.81 7 Bob Chakales
8 Steve Gromek DET 5 R 36   27 12 3 0 4      57.00 54 11 24 22 22 35 .461   3.47     5.9 .219    7.54 8 Steve Gromek
9 Ellis Kinder CHI 3 R 41   29 19 3 1 3      29.67 33 2 10 9 8 19 .463   2.73     3.7 .128    3.62 9 Ellis Kinder
10 Jack Crimian R KC 8 R 30   47 16 3 3 3      85.67 90 11 59 51 36 46 .365   5.36     3.6 .077    2.73 10 Jack Crimian
                           
11 Harry Dorish BAL/BOS 6/4 R 34   28 15 0 2 0      42.33 45 4 20 18 13 15 .259   3.83     2.6 .093    2.17 11 Harry Dorish
12 Tom Hurd BOS 4 R 32   40 18 3 4 5      76.00 84 5 52 45 47 34 .260   5.33     2.9 .073    2.14 12 Tom Hurd
13 Dixie Howell CHI 3 R 36   33 18 4 6 4      58.67 69 3 37 31 34 25 .243   4.76     2.3 .070    1.66 13 Dixie Howell
14 Mike Fornieles CHI/BAL 3/6 R 24   25 9 3 2 1      57.00 60 6 33 27 15 27 .360   4.26     1.8 .072    1.32 14 Mike Fornieles
15   Walt Masterson           DET 5 R 36       35 18 1 1 0            49.67 54 2 28 23 32 28 .326   4.17       1.9 .054    1.21 15   Walt Masterson
16 Sandy Consuegra CHI/BAL 3/6 R 35   30 13 1 2 3      39.33 42 1 21 18 9 7 .137   4.12     1.7 .057    1.11 16 Sandy Consuegra
T17 Connie Grob R WAS 7 R 23   36 15 4 5 1      72.33 116 12 76 66 25 23 .163   8.21     -   .000     -   T17 Connie Grob
T17 Cal McLish CLE 2 R 30   35 17 1 3 1      51.33 55 5 31 31 28 22 .265   5.44     -   .000     -   T17 Cal McLish
League Average Age 31.5
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 25.7 4.5 4.1 4.4
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 75.7 6.3 39.6 34.4 34.6 34.7 .315   4.12
League Average Win Shares/Game .134
Average WS/Team   9.80
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   10.4%   58 32 9 3 8           116.33 88 4 35 27 71 64 .403   2.09     17.1 .295 Throws Left  
Throws Right   89.6%     528 269 44 45 43           964.00 1002 87 535 468 428 436 .305   4.37     61.3 .116 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 15.9%   86 39 10 10 5     181.67 223 22 134 116 72 83 .281   5.75   7.8 .091 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 13.4%   74 44 7 6 8     150.67 124 6 60 49 75 73 .367   2.93   15.9 .215 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 36.7%   218 103 16 16 14     391.33 389 36 216 195 189 170 .294   4.48   22.5 .103 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   34.1%     208 115 20 16 24           356.67 354 27 160 135 163 174 .337   3.41     32.2 .155 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     28.8%     108 46 10 11 7           210.33 253 27 160 140 93 102 .295   5.99     9.6 .089 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   10.4%   50 27.6 7.8 2.6 6.9            75.00 56.7 2.6 22.6 17.4 45.8 41.3 .403   2.09     11.0 .295 Throws Left  
Throws Right   89.6%     50 25.5 4.2 4.3 4.1            75.00 78.0 6.8 41.6 36.4 33.3 33.9 .305   4.37     4.8 .116 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 15.9%   50 22.7 5.8 5.8 2.9      75.00 92.1 9.1 55.3 47.9 29.7 34.3 .281   5.75   3.2 .091 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 13.4%   50 29.7 4.7 4.1 5.4      75.00 61.7 3.0 29.9 24.4 37.3 36.3 .367   2.93   7.9 .215 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 36.7%   50 23.6 3.7 3.7 3.2      75.00 74.6 6.9 41.4 37.4 36.2 32.6 .294   4.48   4.3 .103 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   34.1%     50 27.6 4.8 3.8 5.8            75.00 74.4 5.7 33.6 28.4 34.3 36.6 .337   3.41     6.8 .155 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     28.8%     50 21.3 4.6 5.1 3.2            75.00 90.2 9.6 57.1 49.9 33.2 36.4 .295   5.99     3.4 .089 Rookie