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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 Hoyt Wilhelm BBW CLE/BAL 4/6 R 34   29 17 2 5 5 2 .714      56.00 38 1 15 11 19 37 .649   1.77     7.8 .269   11.98 1 Hoyt Wilhelm
2 Tex Clevenger WAS 8 R 25   51 29 9 6 6 3 .667     103.67 88 10 47 43 45 56 .421   3.73     7.4 .145    8.35 2 Tex Clevenger
3 Dick Tomanek CLE/KC 4/7 L 27   46 25 7 5 5 1 .833      83.00 78 7 37 35 35 57 .504   3.80     5.8 .126    6.10 3 Dick Tomanek
4 Ray Herbert KC 7 R 28 SP   26 8 1 3 3 1 .750      64.00 63 9 31 27 24 40 .460   3.80     4.7 .181    5.92 4 Ray Herbert
5   George Zuverink           BAL 6 R 33       45 23 2 2 7 2 .778        69.00 74 4 29 26 17 22 .242   3.39       5.5 .122    5.69 5   George Zuverink
6 Hank Aguirre DET 5 L 27   41 16 2 2 5 1 .833      54.00 44 5 19 19 18 31 .500   3.17     5.1 .124    5.32 6 Hank Aguirre
7 Don Mossi CLE 4 L 29   38 24 7 4 3 0 1.000      75.67 77 4 31 29 23 46 .460   3.45     4.8 .126    5.05 7 Don Mossi
8 Tom Morgan DET 5 R 28   38 11 2 5 1 2 .333      60.67 64 6 25 19 2 33 .500   2.82     4.5 .118    4.58 8 Tom Morgan
9 Vito Valentinetti DET/WAS 5/8 R 29   28 13 1 1 2 0 1.000      50.33 59 10 26 26 24 21 .253   4.65     3.5 .125    3.66 9 Vito Valentinetti
10 Mike Fornieles BOS 3 R 26   30 11 3 3 1 1 .500      69.00 69 5 29 28 20 32 .360   3.65     3.3 .110    3.24 10 Mike Fornieles
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11 Virgil Trucks KC/NY 7/1 R 41   41 25 2 2 4 1 .800      61.67 58 3 31 25 39 41 .423   3.65     3.4 .083    2.90 11 Virgil Trucks
12 Art Ditmar NY 1 R 29   25 13 4 4 4 1 .800      51.67 43 6 33 22 15 25 .431   3.83     2.6 .104    2.48 12 Art Ditmar
13 Ken Lehman BAL 6 L 30   30 16 2 1 0 0 ---      53.00 57 3 23 21 15 32 .444   3.57     2.7 .090    2.40 13 Ken Lehman
T14 Bob Shaw R DET/CHI 5/2 R 25   35 10 5 1 1 1 .500      73.33 72 6 31 30 34 27 .255   3.68     2.7 .077    2.22 T14 Bob Shaw
T14   Bud Byerly           WAS/BOS 8/3 R 37       35 22 3 2 1 2 .333        54.33 65 5 32 24 18 29 .349   3.98       2.7 .077    2.22 T14   Bud Byerly
16 Tom Qualters R CHI 2 R 23   26 10 0 0 0 0 ---      43.00 45 1 22 20 20 14 .215   4.19     1.4 .054    0.96 16 Tom Qualters
17 Bill Fischer CHI/DET 2/5 R 27   36 18 2 6 2 2 .500      59.33 71 10 48 39 25 30 .313   5.92     0.5 .014    0.18 17 Bill Fischer
League Average Age 29.4
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 24.3 4.5 4.3 4.2 1.7 .714
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 73.8 6.6 35.3 30.8 27.2 39.7 .393   3.69
League Average Win Shares/Game .114
Average WS/Team   8.55
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   25.1%   155 81 18 12 13 2 .867       265.67 256 19 110 104 91 166 .478   3.52     18.4 .119 Throws Left  
Throws Right   74.9%     445 210 36 40 37 18 .673       816.00 809 76 399 340 302 407 .366   3.75     50.0 .113 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 4.1%   26 10 0 0 0 0 ---      43.00 45 1 22 20 20 14 .215   4.19   1.4 .054 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 67.4%   394 178 43 40 33 13 .717     744.67 728 78 357 317 265 398 .401   3.83   44.9 .114 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 16.9%   104 56 6 8 12 4 .750     178.00 169 8 67 58 51 91 .414   2.93   16.0 .154 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   11.6%     76 47 5 4 5 3 .625       116.00 123 8 63 49 57 70 .389   3.80     6.1 .080 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     11.9%     61 20 5 1 1 1 .500       116.33 117 7 53 50 54 41 .240   3.87     4.1 .067 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   25.1%   50 26.1 5.8 3.9 4.2 .6 .867        75.00 72.3 5.4 31.1 29.4 25.7 46.9 .478   3.52     5.2 .119 Throws Left  
Throws Right   74.9%     50 23.6 4.0 4.5 4.2 2.0 .673        75.00 74.4 7.0 36.7 31.3 27.8 37.4 .366   3.75     4.6 .113 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 4.1%   50 19.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .0 ---      75.00 78.5 1.7 38.4 34.9 34.9 24.4 .215   4.19   2.4 .054 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 67.4%   50 22.6 5.5 5.1 4.2 1.6 .717      75.00 73.3 7.9 36.0 31.9 26.7 40.1 .401   3.83   4.5 .114 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 16.9%   50 26.9 2.9 3.8 5.8 1.9 .750      75.00 71.2 3.4 28.2 24.4 21.5 38.3 .414   2.93   6.7 .154 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   11.6%     50 30.9 3.3 2.6 3.3 2.0 .625        75.00 79.5 5.2 40.7 31.7 36.9 45.3 .389   3.80     3.9 .080 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     11.9%     50 16.4 4.1 0.8 0.8 .8 .500        75.00 75.4 4.5 34.2 32.2 34.8 26.4 .240   3.87     2.6 .067 Rookie