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All- Other Closer Game Stats Closer 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 Trevor Hoffman 7 2 a SD 1W R 30   66 61 4 2 53 1 .981       73.00 41 2 12 12 21 86 1.387   1.48    20.1 .305   27.06 1 Trevor Hoffman
2 Robb Nen a SF 2W R 28   78 67 7 7 40 5 .889       88.67 59 4 21 15 25 110 1.310   1.52    19.1 .245   23.06 2 Robb Nen
3 Ugueth Urbina a MON 4E R 24   64 59 6 3 34 4 .895       69.33 37 2 11 10 33 94 1.343   1.30    16.5 .258   20.44 3 Ugueth Urbina
4 Jeff Shaw a CIN/LA 4C/3W R 31   73 69 3 8 48 9 .842       85.00 75 8 22 20 19 55 .585   2.12    16.6 .227   19.31 4 Jeff Shaw
5   Kerry Ligtenberg         R-4 ATL 1E R 27       75 56 3 2 30 4 .882         73.00 51 6 24 22 24 79 1.053   2.71      14.7 .196   15.88 5   Kerry Ligtenberg
6 Mark Leiter PHI 3E R 35   69 50 7 5 23 12 .657       88.67 67 8 36 35 47 84 .737   3.55    13.7 .199   14.89 6 Mark Leiter
7 Jerry Dipoto COL 4W R 30   68 51 3 4 19 4 .826       71.33 61 8 31 28 25 49 .570   3.53    12.6 .185   13.23 7 Jerry Dipoto
8 Rod Beck 18 CHI 2C R 29   81 70 3 4 51 7 .879       80.33 86 11 33 27 20 81 .764   3.03    12.9 .159   12.56 8 Rod Beck
9 Gregg Olson ARI 5W R 31   64 49 3 4 30 4 .882       68.67 56 4 25 23 25 55 .679   3.01    11.8 .184   12.36 9 Gregg Olson
10 Dave Veres COL 4W R 31   63 26 3 1 8 5 .615       76.33 67 6 26 24 27 74 .787   2.83    11.3 .179   11.68 10 Dave Veres
                               
11 Billy Wagner HOU 1C L 26   58 50 4 3 30 5 .857       60.00 46 6 19 18 25 97 1.366   2.70    10.9 .188   11.53 11 Billy Wagner
12 Bob Wickman MIL 5C R 29   72 51 6 9 25 7 .781       82.33 79 5 38 34 39 71 .602   3.72    11.0 .153   10.49 12 Bob Wickman
13 Juan Acevedo STL 3C R 28   41 29 4 2 15 1 .938       48.33 34 2 16 15 21 26 .473   2.79     8.4 .205    9.28 13 Juan Acevedo
14 Jason Christiansen PIT 6C L 28   60 19 3 3 6 4 .600       64.67 51 2 22 18 27 71 .910   2.51     9.0 .150    8.50 14 Jason Christiansen
15   Ricardo Rincon           PIT 6C L 28       60 27 0 2 14 3 .824         65.00 50 6 31 21 29 64 .810   2.91       8.7 .145    8.08 15   Ricardo Rincon
16 Gabe White CIN 4C L 26   66 29 5 3 9 4 .692       83.33 63 15 34 32 24 74 .851   3.46     8.8 .133    7.84 16 Gabe White
17 Scott Radinsky LA 3W L 30   62 30 6 6 13 11 .542       61.67 63 5 21 18 20 45 .542   2.63     8.5 .137    7.68 17 Scott Radinsky
18 John Franco NY 2E L 37   61 54 0 8 38 8 .826       64.67 66 4 28 26 29 59 .621   3.62     8.3 .136    7.47 18 John Franco
19 Antonio Osuna LA 3W R 25   54 25 7 1 6 5 .545       64.67 50 8 26 22 32 72 .878   3.06     7.8 .144    7.23 19 Antonio Osuna
20 Rich Loiselle PIT 6C R 26   54 43 2 7 19 8 .704       55.00 56 2 26 21 36 48 .522   3.44     6.1 .113    5.00 20 Rich Loiselle
                               
21 Matt Mantei R FLA 5E R 24   42 23 3 4 9 3 .750       54.67 38 1 19 18 23 63 1.033   2.96     4.6 .110    3.71 21 Matt Mantei
22 Jeff Brantley STL 3C R 34   48 33 0 5 14 8 .636       50.67 40 12 26 25 18 48 .828   4.44     4.8 .100    3.70 22 Jeff Brantley
23 Rich Croushore R STL 3C R 27   41 15 0 3 8 3 .727       54.33 44 6 31 30 29 47 .644   4.97     3.2 .078    2.18 23 Rich Croushore
24 Doug Jones MIL 5C R 41   46 34 3 4 12 8 .600       54.00 65 15 32 31 11 43 .566   5.17     3.1 .067    1.96 24 Doug Jones
25 Antonio Alfonseca R FLA 5E R 26   58 27 4 6 8 6 .571       70.67 75 10 32 32 33 46 .426   4.08     3.3 .057    1.92 25 Antonio Alfonseca
League Average Age  29.2
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 34.4 2.9 3.5 18.4 4.6 .802
League Average per 75 Innings     75.00 62.3 6.9 28.2 25.3 29.1 72.0 .788   3.04
League Average Win Shares/Game .168
Average WS/Team  15.99
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   23.8%   367 209 18 25 110 35 .759        399.33 339 38 155 133 154 410 .832   3.00     54.2 .148 Throws Left  
Throws Right   76.2%     1157 838 71 81 452 104 .813      1,309.00 1081 120 487 444 508 1231 .775   3.05     201.6 .174 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 6.6%   106 82 9 7 43 7 .860      124.00 75 3 30 28 56 157 1.198   2.03   21.1 .199 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   798 508 48 52 261 62 .808      890.33 744 83 353 307 364 886 .800   3.10   123.9 .155 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 29.5%   444 319 22 30 185 42 .815      486.67 403 45 163 150 155 412 .738   2.77   85.7 .193 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   13.5%     176 138 10 17 73 28 .723        207.33 198 27 96 92 87 186 .653   3.99     25.1 .143 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     13.0%     216 121 10 15 55 16 .775        252.67 208 23 106 102 109 235 .741   3.63     25.8 .119 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   23.8%   50 28.5 2.5 3.4 15.0 4.8 .759         75.00 63.7 7.1 29.1 25.0 28.9 77.0 .832   3.00     10.2 .148 Throws Left  
Throws Right   76.2%     50 36.2 3.1 3.5 19.5 4.5 .813         75.00 61.9 6.9 27.9 25.4 29.1 70.5 .775   3.05     11.6 .174 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 6.6%   50 38.7 4.2 3.3 20.3 3.3 .860       75.00 45.4 1.8 18.1 16.9 33.9 95.0 1.198   2.03   12.8 .199 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   50 31.8 3.0 3.3 16.4 3.9 .808       75.00 62.7 7.0 29.7 25.9 30.7 74.6 .800   3.10   10.4 .155 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 29.5%   50 35.9 2.5 3.4 20.8 4.7 .815       75.00 62.1 6.9 25.1 23.1 23.9 63.5 .738   2.77   13.2 .193 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   13.5%     50 39.2 2.8 4.8 20.7 8.0 .723         75.00 71.6 9.8 34.7 33.3 31.5 67.3 .653   3.99     9.1 .143 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     13.0%     50 28.0 2.3 3.5 12.7 3.7 .775         75.00 61.7 6.8 31.5 30.3 32.4 69.8 .741   3.63     7.7 .119 Rookie