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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 Jess Dobernic   R CHI 8 R 30   54 27 7 2 1       85.67 67 8 33 30 41 47 .435   3.15     8.0 .148    9.24 1 Jess Dobernic
2 Bobby Hogue   R BOS 1 R 27   39 15 8 2 2       84.33 83 4 32 29 20 44 .427   3.09     7.1 .182    9.09 2 Bobby Hogue
3 Andy Hansen   NY 5 R 23   27 11 2 0 1       50.00 33 2 12 10 14 15 .319   1.80     6.0 .222    8.49 3 Andy Hansen
4 Jim Hearn   STL 2 R 27   21 17 4 2 1       30.33 24 0 8 7 16 9 .225   2.08     5.4 .257    8.22 4 Jim Hearn
5   Red Barrett           BOS 1 R 33       21 8 2 3 0             48.67 43 3 17 14 14 18 .316   2.59       4.6 .219    6.46 5   Red Barrett
6 Paul Minner   R BRO 3 L 24   26 11 3 3 1       50.00 44 3 18 14 22 17 .258   2.52     4.7 .181    6.00 6 Paul Minner
7 Vic Lombardi   PIT 4 L 25 SP   21 15 3 1 4       39.33 48 5 19 18 17 17 .262   4.12     3.9 .186    5.05 7 Vic Lombardi
8 Clyde Shoun   BOS 1 L 36   34 16 4 1 4       62.33 64 7 30 27 18 21 .256   3.90     4.4 .129    4.74 8 Clyde Shoun
9 Erv Palica   R BRO 3 R 20   31 14 3 3 3       65.00 53 7 32 32 34 34 .391   4.43     4.2 .135    4.63 9 Erv Palica
10 Kent Peterson   CIN 7 L 22 SP   26 12 0 3 1       37.67 32 1 15 11 11 17 .395   2.63     3.9 .150    4.53 10 Kent Peterson
                           
11 Bob Chipman   CHI 8 L 29   31 13 2 0 4       57.67 60 3 23 18 22 17 .207   2.81     3.7 .119    3.83 11 Bob Chipman
12 Hank Borowy   CHI 8 R 32 SP   22 12 1 0 1       40.00 44 4 23 22 18 22 .355   4.95     3.0 .136    3.32 12 Hank Borowy
T13 Emil Kush   CHI 8 R 31   33 17 1 3 3       67.00 65 4 32 28 38 27 .262   3.76     3.2 .097    2.99 T13 Emil Kush
T13 Elmer Singleton   PIT 4 R 30   33 17 3 4 2       64.67 62 8 34 34 21 34 .410   4.73     3.2 .097    2.99 T13 Elmer Singleton
15   Bob Rush           CHI 8 R 22 SP     20 9 2 0 0             46.33 50 3 21 18 13 30 .476   3.50       2.7 .135    2.98 15   Bob Rush
16 Monk Dubiel   PHI 6 R 30 SP   20 10 1 3 4       44.67 39 4 24 22 19 13 .224   4.43     2.5 .125    2.65 16 Monk Dubiel
17 Ed Heusser   PHI 6 R 39   33 21 3 2 3       74.00 89 9 46 41 28 22 .188   4.99     2.1 .064    1.59 17 Ed Heusser
18 Willie Ramsdell   R BRO 3 R 32   26 14 4 3 4       43.33 39 4 31 25 40 31 .392   5.19     1.2 .046    0.77 18 Willie Ramsdell
19 Walker Cress   R CIN 7 R 31   28 13 0 0 0       44.00 47 2 25 23 35 20 .244   4.70     1.2 .043    0.75 19 Walker Cress
20 Ken Burkhart   STL/CIN 2/7 R 31   36 16 0 3 1       79.00 92 7 58 55 30 30 .246   6.27     0.4 .011    0.13 20 Ken Burkhart
                           
T21 Sam Nahem   PHI 6 R 32   27 17 3 2 0       58.67 64 4 49 43 45 30 .275   6.60     -   .000     -   T21 Sam Nahem
T21 Gerry Staley   R STL 2 R 27   28 9 4 3 0       46.67 50 3 31 28 17 20 .299   5.40     -   .000     -   T21 Gerry Staley
T21 Hugh Casey   BRO 3 R 34   22 11 3 0 4       36.00 59 6 36 32 17 7 .092   8.00     -   .000     -   T21 Hugh Casey
T21 Alex Konikowski   R NY 5 R 20   21 6 2 2 1       30.67 37 6 26 20 15 8 .154   5.87     -   .000     -   T21 Alex Konikowski
League Average Age 28.9
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 24.3 4.8 3.3 3.3
League Average per 75 Innings     75.00 75.1 6.2 39.4 35.1 33.0 32.1 .297   4.21
League Average Win Shares/Game .111
Average WS/Team   9.43
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   19.5%   138 67 12 8 14            247.00 248 19 105 88 90 89 .263   3.21     20.6 .149 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.5%     542 264 53 37 31          1,039.00 1040 88 570 513 475 461 .304   4.44     54.8 .101 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 19.2%   151 63 12 11 7      279.67 249 22 124 105 109 121 .338   3.38   21.5 .142 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 20.7%   140 69 21 8 11      258.33 265 15 113 100 92 107 .300   3.48   20.1 .144 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 48.4%   322 162 25 23 20      611.67 621 54 362 328 318 279 .297   4.83   27.3 .085 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   11.7%     67 37 7 3 7            136.33 153 16 76 68 46 43 .216   4.49     6.5 .097 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     32.7%     253 109 31 18 12            449.67 420 37 228 201 224 221 .343   4.02     26.4 .104 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   19.5%   50 24.3 4.3 2.9 5.1             75.00 75.3 5.8 31.9 26.7 27.3 27.0 .263   3.21     6.3 .149 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.5%     50 24.4 4.9 3.4 2.9             75.00 75.1 6.4 41.1 37.0 34.3 33.3 .304   4.44     4.0 .101 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 19.2%   50 20.9 4.0 3.6 2.3       75.00 66.8 5.9 33.3 28.2 29.2 32.4 .338   3.38   5.8 .142 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 20.7%   50 24.6 7.5 2.9 3.9       75.00 76.9 4.4 32.8 29.0 26.7 31.1 .300   3.48   5.8 .144 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 48.4%   50 25.2 3.9 3.6 3.1       75.00 76.1 6.6 44.4 40.2 39.0 34.2 .297   4.83   3.3 .085 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   11.7%     50 27.6 5.2 2.2 5.2             75.00 84.2 8.8 41.8 37.4 25.3 23.7 .216   4.49     3.6 .097 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     32.7%     50 21.5 6.1 3.6 2.4             75.00 70.1 6.2 38.0 33.5 37.4 36.9 .343   4.02     4.4 .104 Rookie