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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 Gerry Staley CHI 2 R 36   47 24 5 1 7 1 .875     105.00 95 7 27 24 27 44 .361   2.06    12.0 .255   15.54 1 Gerry Staley
2 Art Ditmar NY 1 R 28   35 12 6 1 6 3 .667      77.33 54 3 21 15 23 44 .571   1.75    10.4 .297   14.54 2 Art Ditmar
3 Cal McLish CLE 6 R 31   35 19 7 5 1 0 1.000      95.67 76 8 30 27 47 64 .520   2.54     9.1 .260   11.90 3 Cal McLish
4 Ken Lehman BAL 5 L 29   27 18 7 1 6 2 .750      48.00 34 0 11 11 17 21 .412   2.06     7.9 .293   10.97 4 Ken Lehman
5   Bud Byerly           WAS 8 R 36       47 33 6 6 6 2 .750        95.00 94 6 38 33 22 39 .336   3.13       7.9 .168    8.31 5   Bud Byerly
6 Wally Burnette KC 7 R 28   29 13 5 6 1 1 .500      71.33 68 4 26 20 25 31 .333   2.52     6.0 .207    7.00 6 Wally Burnette
7 Harry Byrd DET 4 R 32   36 18 4 3 5 1 .833      59.00 49 5 19 18 28 20 .260   2.75     5.9 .164    6.13 7 Harry Byrd
8 Tom Morgan KC 7 R 27   33 24 6 2 7 2 .778      55.67 70 7 30 29 20 12 .133   4.69     5.5 .167    5.76 8 Tom Morgan
9 Tom Gorman KC 7 R 32   26 12 1 5 3 1 .750      53.67 53 8 25 21 15 34 .500   3.52     4.6 .177    4.96 9 Tom Gorman
10 Lou Sleater DET 4 L 30   41 19 3 3 2 2 .500      69.33 61 9 33 29 28 43 .483   3.76     4.5 .110    3.83 10 Lou Sleater
                               
11 Dick Hyde R WAS 8 R 28   50 23 4 3 1 3 .250      96.33 93 3 47 44 46 38 .273   4.11     4.5 .090    3.46 11 Dick Hyde
12 Tommy Byrne NY 1 L 37   26 16 4 4 2 1 .667      65.00 52 7 29 29 51 49 .476   4.02     2.5 .096    1.99 12 Tommy Byrne
13 Rudy Minarcin BOS 3 R 27   26 15 0 0 2 0 1.000      44.67 44 5 30 22 30 20 .270   4.43     1.4 .054    0.83 13 Rudy Minarcin
14 Mickey McDermott KC 7 L 29   25 14 1 2 0 2 .000      54.00 49 4 31 26 34 23 .277   4.33     0.7 .028    0.30 14 Mickey McDermott
T15   Dick Tomanek         R CLE 6 L 26       32 16 2 1 0 0 ---        63.67 56 9 42 36 33 46 .517   5.09       -   .000     -   T15   Dick Tomanek
T15 Al Aber DET/KC 4/7 L 29   31 13 3 3 1 2 .333      40.00 52 8 37 32 13 15 .231   7.20     -   .000     -   T15 Al Aber
League Average Age 30.5
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 26.5 5.9 4.2 4.6 2.1 .685
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 68.6 6.4 32.6 28.5 31.5 37.2 .372   3.42
League Average Win Shares/Game .152
Average WS/Team  10.36
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   32.0%   182 96 20 14 11 9 .550       340.00 304 37 183 163 176 197 .410   4.31     15.6 .086 Throws Left  
Throws Right   68.0%     364 193 44 32 39 14 .736       753.67 696 56 293 253 283 346 .353   3.02     67.3 .185 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 0.0%                         Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 51.4%   288 148 34 19 24 15 .615     551.00 520 43 275 235 241 250 .329   3.84   36.4 .126 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 25.3%   138 68 15 16 11 4 .733     277.67 239 30 107 95 118 161 .451   3.08   24.1 .175 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   23.3%     120 73 15 11 15 4 .789       265.00 241 20 94 86 100 132 .387   2.92     22.4 .187 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     14.8%     82 39 6 4 1 3 .250       160.00 149 12 89 80 79 84 .368   4.50     4.5 .055 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   32.0%   50 26.4 5.5 3.8 3.0 2.5 .550        75.00 67.1 8.2 40.4 36.0 38.8 43.5 .410   4.31     3.4 .086 Throws Left  
Throws Right   68.0%     50 26.5 6.0 4.4 5.4 1.9 .736        75.00 69.3 5.6 29.2 25.2 28.2 34.4 .353   3.02     6.7 .185 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 0.0%                         Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 51.4%   50 25.7 5.9 3.3 4.2 2.6 .615      75.00 70.8 5.9 37.4 32.0 32.8 34.0 .329   3.84   5.0 .126 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 25.3%   50 24.6 5.4 5.8 4.0 1.4 .733      75.00 64.6 8.1 28.9 25.7 31.9 43.5 .451   3.08   6.5 .175 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   23.3%     50 30.4 6.3 4.6 6.3 1.7 .789        75.00 68.2 5.7 26.6 24.3 28.3 37.4 .387   2.92     6.3 .187 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     14.8%     50 23.8 3.7 2.4 0.6 1.8 .250        75.00 69.8 5.6 41.7 37.5 37.0 39.4 .368   4.50     2.1 .055 Rookie