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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 Joe Nuxhall   CIN 5 L 25   21 10 5 1 0      68.00 66 4 27 26 29 39 .411   3.44     6.9 .329   11.57 1 Joe Nuxhall
2 Ernie Johnson   MIL 3 R 30   36 13 4 1 2      78.00 58 9 24 21 29 51 .586   2.42     8.1 .225   11.23 2 Ernie Johnson
3 Jim Davis   R CHI 7 L 29   34 18 6 2 4      56.00 42 6 24 19 20 21 .339   3.05     6.4 .188    8.11 3 Jim Davis
4 Windy McCall   R NY 1 L 28   29 9 2 3 2      50.00 38 4 16 14 22 37 .617   2.52     5.5 .190    7.01 4 Windy McCall
5   Vern Law           PIT 8 R 24 SP     21 17 4 0 3            62.33 76 4 37 34 20 23 .240   4.91       4.9 .233    6.91 5   Vern Law
6 Jim Konstanty   PHI 4 R 37   32 19 2 3 3      46.33 59 7 25 19 12 9 .127   3.69     5.2 .163    6.14 6 Jim Konstanty
7 Bob Milliken   BRO 2 R 27   21 6 5 0 2      47.67 42 10 21 20 11 21 .396   3.78     4.2 .200    5.49 7 Bob Milliken
8 Bob Purkey   R PIT 8 R 24   25 7 1 1 0      71.00 73 1 38 37 31 23 .221   4.69     4.3 .172    5.21 8 Bob Purkey
9 Howie Judson   CIN 5 R 28   29 10 1 3 3      47.67 37 2 23 19 21 16 .276   3.59     4.4 .152    5.02 9 Howie Judson
10 Jackie Collum   CIN 5 L 27   34 10 7 2 0      64.33 70 8 38 28 21 24 .264   3.92     3.8 .112    3.72 10 Jackie Collum
                           
11 Steve Ridzik   PHI 4 R 25   29 15 4 1 0      53.67 43 3 25 23 24 28 .418   3.86     3.3 .114    3.26 11 Steve Ridzik
12 Gerry Staley   STL 6 R 33 SP   28 15 3 6 2      43.00 45 2 22 18 13 14 .241   3.77     3.2 .114    3.16 12 Gerry Staley
13 Bill Tremel   R CHI 7 R 24   33 22 1 2 4      51.33 45 3 27 24 28 21 .288   4.21     3.1 .094    2.78 13 Bill Tremel
14 Warren Hacker   CHI 7 R 29 SP   21 12 1 6 2      41.33 48 3 22 20 15 22 .349   4.36     2.2 .105    2.08 14 Warren Hacker
15   Karl Drews           PHI/CIN 4/5 R 34       21 8 2 1 0            33.33 40 3 21 20 16 18 .321   5.40       1.2 .057    0.84 15   Karl Drews
16 Al Corwin   NY 1 R 27   20 5 1 3 0      31.33 35 4 19 14 14 14 .286   4.02     1.0 .050    0.65 16 Al Corwin
17 Ben Wade   BRO/STL 2/6 R 31   36 14 1 1 3      68.00 89 12 61 55 36 44 .352   7.28     0.3 .008    0.08 17 Ben Wade
T18 Cot Deal   R STL 6 R 31   33 12 2 3 1      71.67 85 14 56 50 36 25 .207   6.28     -   .000     -   T18 Cot Deal
T18 Erv Palica   BRO 2 R 26   22 9 3 2 0      52.00 62 7 34 33 25 18 .207   5.71     -   .000     -   T18 Erv Palica
T18 Royce Lint   R STL 6 L 33   26 5 1 3 0      52.00 53 8 38 30 28 28 .346   5.19     -   .000     -   T18 Royce Lint
                           
T18 Joe Presko   STL 6 R 25   31 10 3 5 0      38.67 59 5 37 37 29 27 .307   8.61     -   .000     -   T18 Joe Presko
League Average Age 28.6
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 21.1 5.1 4.2 2.7
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 77.5 7.9 42.2 37.3 31.9 34.8 .318   4.48
League Average Win Shares/Game .117
Average WS/Team   8.50
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   22.6%   144 52 21 11 6           290.33 269 30 143 117 120 149 .383   3.63     22.6 .157 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.4%     438 194 38 38 25           837.33 896 89 492 444 360 374 .298   4.77     45.4 .103 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 17.1%   79 46 6 3 7     184.67 194 8 102 95 79 67 .245   4.63   12.3 .156 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.5%   291 114 38 28 13     550.67 542 56 286 253 231 267 .345   4.13   37.7 .130 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 30.7%   180 67 13 15 8     346.00 370 48 222 194 158 180 .341   5.05   12.8 .071 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.7%     32 19 2 3 3            46.33 59 7 25 19 12 9 .127   3.69     5.2 .163 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     29.0%     180 73 13 14 11           352.00 336 36 199 174 165 155 .309   4.45     19.3 .107 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   22.6%   50 13.4 5.4 2.8 1.5            75.00 69.5 7.7 36.9 30.2 31.0 38.5 .383   3.63     5.8 .157 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.4%     50 17.4 3.4 3.4 2.2            75.00 80.3 8.0 44.1 39.8 32.2 33.5 .298   4.77     4.0 .103 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 17.1%   50 29.1 3.8 1.9 4.4      75.00 78.8 3.2 41.4 38.6 32.1 27.2 .245   4.63   5.0 .156 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.5%   50 19.6 6.5 4.8 2.2      75.00 73.8 7.6 39.0 34.5 31.5 36.4 .345   4.13   5.1 .130 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 30.7%   50 18.6 3.6 4.2 2.2      75.00 80.2 10.4 48.1 42.1 34.2 39.0 .341   5.05   2.7 .071 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.7%     50 29.7 3.1 4.7 4.7            75.00 95.5 11.3 40.5 30.8 19.4 14.6 .127   3.69     8.4 .163 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     29.0%     50 20.3 3.6 3.9 3.1            75.00 71.6 7.7 42.4 37.1 35.2 33.0 .309   4.45     4.1 .107 Rookie