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All- Other Closer Game Stats Closer Share of Pitching Results
Year 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 Adj WSQ Year Rank Name
1977 6 Enrique Romo R SEA 6W R 29   55 39 8 9 16 7 .696      98.67 81 7 37 33 32 92 .814   3.01     12.7 .231   13.24 1977 6 Enrique Romo
     
1978 10 Enrique Romo SEA 7W R 30   56 42 11 7 10 12 .455     107.33 88 12 46 44 39 62 .488   3.69     10.3 .184    9.72 1978 10 Enrique Romo
     
1979 5 Byron McLaughlin SEA 6W R 23   40 31 6 2 14 3 .824      89.67 80 6 32 32 43 54 .439   3.21     11.7 .293   13.16 1979 5 Byron McLaughlin
1979 14 Shane Rawley SEA 6W L 23   45 30 5 9 11 5 .688      75.67 75 2 31 29 34 41 .376   3.45      8.9 .198    8.23 1979 14 Shane Rawley
     
1980 10 Shane Rawley SEA 7W L 24   59 39 7 7 13 9 .591     113.67 103 3 44 42 63 68 .410   3.33     12.2 .207   11.65 1980 10 Shane Rawley
     
1981 11 Shane Rawley SEA 6W L 25   46 28 4 6 8 7 .533      68.33 64 1 31 30 38 35 .343   3.95      5.3 .115    3.72 1981 11 Shane Rawley
     
1982 4 Bill Caudill 29 T7 SEA 4W R 25   70 64 12 9 26 6 .813      95.67 65 9 25 25 35 111 1.110   2.35     19.8 .283   21.39 1982 4 Bill Caudill
1982 18 Mike T. Stanton SEA 4W R 29   55 18 2 3 7 3 .700      66.67 64 3 31 27 19 46 .554   3.64      5.9 .107    3.93 1982 18 Mike T. Stanton
     
1983 17 Bill Caudill SEA 7W R 26   63 54 2 8 26 3 .897      72.67 70 10 39 38 38 73 .676   4.71      6.3 .100    4.22 1983 17 Bill Caudill
     
1984 18 Mike T. Stanton SEA T5W R 31   54 30 4 4 8 5 .615      61.00 55 3 28 24 22 55 .714   3.54      6.8 .126    5.36 1984 18 Mike T. Stanton
1984 17 Ed Vande Berg SEA T5W L 25 SP   33 13 3 1 7 5 .583      35.33 34 4 12 9 22 25 .446   2.29      5.9 .179    5.54 1984 17 Ed Vande Berg
     
1985 11 Edwin Nunez SEA 6W R 22   70 53 7 3 16 5 .762      90.33 79 13 36 31 34 58 .513   3.09     11.5 .164   10.06 1985 11 Edwin Nunez
     
1986 11 Matt Young SEA 7W L 27   60 32 6 3 13 12 .520      83.67 81 5 31 30 33 72 .632   3.23     10.7 .178   10.06 1986 11 Matt Young
     
1987 11 Bill Wilkinson R SEA 4W L 22   56 29 3 4 10 2 .833      76.33 61 8 33 31 21 73 .890   3.66      9.8 .175    9.36 1987 11 Bill Wilkinson
1987 16 Edwin Nunez SEA 4W R 24   48 40 3 4 12 5 .706      47.33 45 7 20 20 18 34 .540   3.80      6.8 .142    5.84 1987 16 Edwin Nunez
     
1988 14 Mike Jackson SEA 7W R 23   62 29 6 5 4 7 .364      99.33 74 10 37 29 43 76 .650   2.63     10.0 .161    9.12 1988 14 Mike Jackson
1988 20 Mike Schooler R-7 SEA 7W R 25   40 33 5 8 15 6 .714      48.33 45 4 21 19 24 54 .783   3.54      6.3 .158    5.67 1988 20 Mike Schooler
     
1989 21 Mike Jackson SEA 6W R 24   65 27 4 6 7 3 .700      99.33 81 8 43 35 54 94 .696   3.17      8.1 .125    6.54 1989 21 Mike Jackson
1989 11 Mike Schooler R SEA 6W R 26   67 60 1 7 33 7 .825      77.00 81 2 27 24 19 69 .690   2.81     11.1 .166   10.32 1989 11 Mike Schooler
     
1990 22 Mike Jackson SEA 5W R 25   63 28 5 7 3 9 .250      77.33 64 8 42 39 44 69 .639   4.54      4.0 .063    2.34 1990 22 Mike Jackson
1990 11 Mike Schooler SEA 5W R 27   49 45 1 4 30 4 .882      56.00 47 5 18 14 16 45 .714   2.25      9.9 .202   10.31 1990 11 Mike Schooler
     
1991 5 Bill Swift SEA 5W R 29   71 30 1 2 17 1 .944      90.33 74 3 22 20 26 48 .480   1.99     14.1 .199   14.25 1991 5 Bill Swift
1991 12 Mike Jackson SEA 5W R 26   72 35 7 7 14 8 .636      88.67 64 5 35 32 34 74 .755   3.25     11.0 .153    9.75 1991 12 Mike Jackson
1991 18 Mike Schooler SEA 5W R 28   34 23 3 3 7 3 .700      34.33 25 2 14 14 10 31 .886   3.67      4.6 .135    3.83 1991 18 Mike Schooler
     
1992 22 Jeff Nelson R SEA 7W R 25   66 27 1 7 6 8 .429      81.00 71 7 34 31 44 46 .400   3.44      5.5 .083    3.75 1992 22 Jeff Nelson
1992 25 Mike Schooler SEA 7W R 29   53 36 2 7 13 5 .722      51.67 55 7 29 27 24 33 .418   4.70      2.9 .055    1.60 1992 25 Mike Schooler
1992 18 Russ Swan SEA 7W L 28   46 26 1 5 9 2 .818      53.00 54 4 21 20 23 24 .312   3.40      6.0 .130    5.12 1992 18 Russ Swan
     
All- Other Closer Game Stats Closer Share of Pitching Results
Year 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 Adj WSQ Year Rank Name
1993 22 Jeff Nelson SEA 4W R 26   71 13 5 3 1 10 .091      60.00 57 5 30 29 34 61 .670   4.35      4.2 .059    2.40 1993 22 Jeff Nelson
1993 12 Norm Charlton SEA 4W L 30   34 29 1 3 18 3 .857      34.67 22 4 12 9 17 48 1.231   2.34      6.7 .197    6.99 1993 12 Norm Charlton
1993 21 Ted Power SEA 4W R 38   25 18 2 2 13 2 .867      25.33 27 1 11 11 9 16 .444   3.91      3.9 .156    2.70 1993 21 Ted Power
     
1994 1 Bobby Ayala SEA 3W R 24   46 40 4 3 18 6 .750      56.67 42 2 25 18 26 76 1.118   2.86     10.1 .220   11.48 1994 1 Bobby Ayala
     
1995 11 Bobby Ayala SEA 1W R 25   63 50 6 5 19 8 .704      71.00 73 9 42 35 30 77 .748   4.44      6.9 .110    5.25 1995 11 Bobby Ayala
1995 2 Norm Charlton SEA 1W L 32   30 22 2 1 14 1 .933      47.67 23 2 12 8 16 58 1.487   1.51     12.7 .423   18.98 1995 2 Norm Charlton
     
1996 10 Norm Charlton SEA 2W L 33   70 50 4 7 20 7 .741      75.67 68 7 37 34 38 73 .689   4.04      9.4 .134    8.15 1996 10 Norm Charlton
     
1997 16 Bobby Ayala SEA 1W R 27   71 33 10 5 8 4 .667      96.67 91 14 45 41 41 92 .697   3.82      9.2 .130    7.84 1997 16 Bobby Ayala
1997 24 Norm Charlton SEA 1W L 34   71 38 3 8 14 11 .560      69.33 89 7 59 56 47 55 .404   7.27      -   .000     -   1997 24 Norm Charlton
1997 23 Heathcliff Slocumb SEA 1W R 31   27 24 0 4 10 1 .909      28.33 26 2 13 13 15 28 .683   4.13      4.5 .167    2.59 1997 23 Heathcliff Slocumb
     
1998 7 Mike Timlin SEA 3W R 32   70 40 3 3 19 5 .792      79.33 78 5 26 26 16 60 .638   2.95     12.0 .171   11.61 1998 7 Mike Timlin
1998 19 Bobby Ayala SEA 3W R 28   62 36 1 10 8 9 .471      75.33 100 9 66 61 26 68 .540   7.29      -   .000     -   1998 19 Bobby Ayala
     
1999 18 Jose Mesa SEA 3W R 33   68 60 3 6 33 5 .868      68.67 84 11 42 38 40 42 .339   4.98      5.2 .076    3.36 1999 18 Jose Mesa
1999 17 Jose Paniagua SEA 3W R 25   59 16 6 11 3 9 .250      77.67 75 5 37 35 52 74 .583   4.06      6.6 .112    5.16 1999 17 Jose Paniagua
     
2000 10 Kazuhiro Sasaki R-1 SEA 2W R 32   63 58 2 5 37 3 .925      62.67 42 10 25 22 31 78 1.068   3.16     10.7 .170   10.61 2000 10 Kazuhiro Sasaki
     
2001 8 Kazuhiro Sasaki T19 s SEA 1W R 33   69 63 0 4 45 7 .865      66.67 48 6 24 24 11 62 1.051   3.24     11.8 .171   11.67 2001 8 Kazuhiro Sasaki
     
2002 T8 Kazuhiro Sasaki a SEA 4W R 34   61 55 4 5 37 8 .822      60.67 44 6 24 17 20 73 1.141   2.52     10.7 .175   10.85 2002 T8 Kazuhiro Sasaki
     
2003 5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa a SEA 2W R 34   63 36 2 4 16 1 .941      73.00 62 5 12 12 18 32 .400   1.48     13.4 .213   14.57 2003 5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
2003 16 Jeff Nelson SEA 2W R 36   46 25 3 2 7 4 .636      37.67 34 3 16 14 14 47 .979   3.34      4.5 .098    3.27 2003 16 Jeff Nelson
2003 19 Kazuhiro Sasaki SEA 2W R 35   35 25 1 2 10 4 .714      33.33 31 2 17 15 15 29 .630   4.05      3.6 .103    2.72 2003 19 Kazuhiro Sasaki
     
2004 22 J.J. Putz R SEA 4W R 27   54 30 0 3 9 4 .692      63.00 66 10 35 33 24 47 .522   4.71      3.2 .059    1.80 2004 22 J.J. Putz
2004 12 Eddie Guardado SEA 4W L 33   41 35 2 2 18 7 .720      45.33 31 8 14 14 14 45 1.000   2.78      7.9 .193    8.02 2004 12 Eddie Guardado
     
2005 10 Eddie Guardado SEA 4W L 34   58 55 2 3 36 5 .878      56.33 52 7 23 17 15 48 .716   2.72      9.9 .171    9.36 2005 10 Eddie Guardado
     
2006 4 J.J. Putz SEA 4W R 29   72 57 4 1 36 7 .837      78.33 59 4 20 20 13 104 1.444   2.30     17.0 .236   17.98 2006 4 J.J. Putz
     
2007 1 J.J. Putz 13 a SEA 2W R 30   68 65 6 1 40 2 .952      71.67 37 6 11 11 13 82 1.640   1.38     20.2 .297   25.18 2007 1 J.J. Putz
     
2008 16 J.J. Putz SEA 4W R 31   47 35 6 5 15 8 .652      46.33 46 4 20 20 28 56 .757   3.89      4.9 .104    3.56 2008 16 J.J. Putz
2008 11 Brandon Morrow SEA 4W R 23   40 24 1 2 10 2 .833      36.67 18 5 8 6 15 47 1.424   1.47      7.3 .183    7.03 2008 11 Brandon Morrow
     
All- Other Closer Game Stats Closer Share of Pitching Results
Year 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 Adj WSQ Year Rank Name
2009 15 Mark Lowe SEA 3W R 26   75 18 2 7 3 10 .231      80.00 71 7 39 29 29 69 .690   3.26      7.4 .099    5.48 2009 15 Mark Lowe
2009 4 David Aardsma SEA 3W R 27   73 53 3 6 38 4 .905      71.33 49 4 23 20 34 80 .964   2.52     15.8 .216   17.31 2009 4 David Aardsma
     
2010 16 Brandon League SEA 4W R 27   70 30 9 7 6 6 .500      79.00 67 7 38 30 27 56 .596   3.42      7.8 .111    6.08 2010 16 Brandon League
2010 15 David Aardsma SEA 4W R 28   53 43 0 6 31 5 .861      49.67 33 5 19 19 25 49 .845   3.44      7.8 .147    6.99 2010 15 David Aardsma
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia