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See the Annual, Last 5 Year Trend & Cumulative Team Position Index graphs below
Cincinnati Reds Top Ranked Closers
Annual Last 5 Yr Cumulative
Team Pos Trend Team Pos St All- Closer Game Stats Closer Share of Pitching Results  Win Shares 
Year Index Index Index Rank Name MVP CY Star Rookie Throws Age 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
1889 799.031 799.031 799.031    1 Tony Mullane   R 30   9 9 1 0 5       18.67 19 0 11 6 8 10 .370   2.89      3.3 .367   3.30 1889   1 Tony Mullane
1890 0.000 263.789 263.789 No qualifiers         1890 No qualifiers
1891 0.000 120.482 120.482 No qualifiers         1891 No qualifiers
1892 328.820 153.563 153.563 No qualifiers         1892 No qualifiers
1893 512.129 220.110 220.110    2 Frank Dwyer   R 25   7 7 2 2 2       24.00 28 1 16 11 8 4 .111   4.13      2.6 .371   2.63 1893   2 Frank Dwyer
1894 0.000 109.605 162.033 No qualifiers         1894 No qualifiers
1895 474.138 217.157 225.707    1 Bill Phillips   R 26   9 9 3 2 2       31.33 36 2 26 21 13 4 .082   6.03      3.7 .411   4.09 1895   1 Bill Phillips
1896 551.181 324.477 248.261    2 Chauncey Fisher   R 24   12 11 2 2 2       31.33 39 2 22 16 7 5 .109   4.60      2.8 .233   2.42 1896   2 Chauncey Fisher
1897 335.152 326.614 261.203    2 Red Ehret   R 28   15 11 2 1 2       49.00 68 1 36 26 12 11 .138   4.78      4.3 .287   3.74 1897   2 Red Ehret
1898 330.680 305.649 272.275    2 Bill Dammann   L 25   13 13 4 2 2       50.67 62 1 30 20 15 12 .156   3.55      5.4 .415   4.73 1898   2 Bill Dammann
1899 180.305 346.756 260.929    6 Jack B. Taylor   R 26   6 6 1 1 2       18.00 21 1 11 8 4 4 .160   4.00      2.6 .433   2.61 1899   6 Jack B. Taylor
1900 0.000 250.997 237.557 No qualifiers         1900 No qualifiers
1901 0.000 171.524 210.316 No qualifiers         1901 No qualifiers
1902 0.000 124.980 203.130 No qualifiers         1902 No qualifiers
1903 0.000 34.524 171.560 No qualifiers         1903 No qualifiers
1904 149.673 38.896 169.211    4 Win Kellum   R L 28   7 7 2 1 2       25.33 23 0 11 7 5 8 .286   2.49      3.2 .457   2.79 1904   4 Win Kellum
1905 0.000 34.820 152.980 No qualifiers         1905 No qualifiers
1906 65.625 49.408 141.900    6 Charlie Chech   R 28   6 6 0 0 3       20.33 18 0 10 5 7 5 .200   2.21      2.1 .350   1.92 1906   6 Charlie Chech
1907 0.000 43.751 131.962 No qualifiers         1907 No qualifiers
1908 95.726 65.982 128.435    5 Bob Ewing   R 35   5 5 1 1 3       14.33 12 0 5 4 3 5 .333   2.51      2.8 .560   3.19 1908   5 Bob Ewing
1909 0.000 33.849 112.235 No qualifiers         1909 No qualifiers
1910 160.920 71.202 117.702    4 Harry Gaspar   R 27   17 16 1 1 7       44.33 41 1 17 13 12 12 .226   2.64      5.0 .294   5.04 1910   4 Harry Gaspar
1911 79.758 75.271 111.024   11 Harry Gaspar   R 28   12 10 2 2 4       33.00 35 1 15 12 9 10 .227   3.27      3.4 .283   3.07 1911  11 Harry Gaspar
1912 60.047 78.205 106.424    8 George Suggs   R 29   6 6 2 1 3       18.00 19 0 8 6 3 6 .273   3.00      2.8 .467   3.12 1912   8 George Suggs
1913 122.294 84.542 107.821    4 Three Finger Brown 27   R 36   23 21 4 3 6       50.33 51 2 23 16 13 12 .188   2.86      4.8 .209   4.40 1913   4 Three Finger Brown
1914 102.223 101.188 107.459  T2  Red Ames   R 31   10 10 1 3 6       27.33 25 1 12 8 9 12 .353   2.63      4.0 .400   4.35 1914  T2  Red Ames
1915 152.889 102.316 111.319    2 Rube Benton   L 28   14 9 3 1 4       38.00 36 0 17 14 14 18 .360   3.32      4.6 .329   4.83 1915   2 Rube Benton
1916 0.000 93.878 105.408 No qualifiers         1916 No qualifiers
1917 0.000 87.682 100.949 No qualifiers         1917 No qualifiers
1918 0.000 72.510 99.534 No qualifiers         1918 No qualifiers
1919 336.538 103.479 106.638    2 Dolf Luque   R 28   21 15 3 0 3       43.00 36 1 14 13 15 16 .314   2.72      4.2 .200   4.44 1919   2 Dolf Luque
1920 20.796 53.057 99.227    9 Dutch Ruether   L 26   4 4 0 1 3        4.67 3 0 2 2 1 1 .250   3.85      1.5 .375   1.28 1920   9 Dutch Ruether
1921 29.670 52.702 92.624   13 Dolf Luque   R 30   5 5 0 1 3       10.67 5 1 3 3 4 4 .444   2.53      2.6 .520   3.25 1921  13 Dolf Luque
1922 0.000 51.864 89.287 No qualifiers         1922 No qualifiers
1923 46.791 53.049 87.384    6 Pete Donohue   R 22   6 5 2 0 3       11.00 10 0 5 4 5 4 .267   3.27      2.1 .350   2.26 1923   6 Pete Donohue
1924 188.889 47.249 90.903    2 Jakie May   L 28   35 21 2 1 6       77.33 80 1 27 25 21 45 .446   2.91      6.8 .194   6.82 1924   2 Jakie May
1925 0.000 47.178 87.471 No qualifiers         1925 No qualifiers
1926 142.923 75.685 89.613    3 Jakie May   L 30   30 22 5 4 3       66.33 60 1 24 22 13 39 .534   2.99      6.2 .207   6.06 1926   3 Jakie May
1927 71.348 88.708 89.190    4 Art Nehf   L 34   16 14 3 1 4       27.33 28 2 12 10 7 16 .457   3.29      1.9 .119   1.20 1927   4 Art Nehf
1928 0.000 92.038 88.031 No qualifiers         1928 No qualifiers
1929 0.000 41.009 82.929 No qualifiers         1929 No qualifiers
1930 50.522 51.353 81.444    8 Archie Campbell   R R 26   20 12 1 2 4       43.00 48 1 26 25 23 17 .239   5.23      3.0 .150   2.28 1930   8 Archie Campbell
1931 0.000 22.709 78.827 No qualifiers         1931 No qualifiers
1932 0.000 12.054 75.458 No qualifiers         1932 No qualifiers
1933 0.000 10.260 72.421 No qualifiers         1933 No qualifiers
1934 47.968 21.945 71.287    8 Paul Derringer   R 27   16 15 2 4 4       29.00 33 0 14 11 15 19 .396   3.41      3.4 .213   3.04 1934   8 Paul Derringer
1935 86.418 33.974 72.090    7 Don Brennan   R 31   33 18 3 3 5       75.67 63 3 30 27 33 39 .406   3.21      7.4 .224   6.02 1935   7 Don Brennan
1936 207.692 71.494 77.342    4 Peaches Davis   R R 31   11 10 2 1 5       21.67 22 0 4 4 1 6 .261   1.66      4.4 .400   5.06 1936   4 Peaches Davis
1937 117.687 92.098 78.704    6 Al Hollingsworth   L 29   19 12 2 2 5       36.67 34 1 19 14 15 13 .265   3.44      3.6 .189   2.65 1937   6 Al Hollingsworth
1938 25.366 88.334 75.732   10 Joe Cascarella   R 31   32 23 4 6 4       57.67 61 2 29 27 22 27 .325   4.21      2.6 .081   1.36 1938  10 Joe Cascarella
1939 0.000 74.031 71.868 No qualifiers         1939 No qualifiers
1940 306.433 98.162 76.930    1 Joe Beggs 17   R 30   36 27 12 3 7       74.00 62 1 15 13 18 25 .313   1.58     13.1 .364  14.52 1940   1 Joe Beggs
1941 71.030 74.056 76.759    7 Joe Beggs   R 31   37 27 4 3 5       57.33 56 2 29 24 27 19 .229   3.77      4.2 .114   3.02 1941   7 Joe Beggs
1942 132.265 79.342 78.819    4 Joe Beggs   R 32   38 30 6 5 8       88.67 65 4 28 21 33 24 .245   2.13     10.4 .274   8.97 1942   4 Joe Beggs
1943 240.752 130.590 84.693    1 Clyde Shoun T10   L 31   40 29 13 3 7      117.67 100 3 37 36 36 53 .390   2.75     13.7 .343  15.86 1943   1 Clyde Shoun
1944 0.000 159.448 83.408 No qualifiers         1944 No qualifiers
1945 0.000 111.360 81.504 No qualifiers         1945 No qualifiers
1946 105.995 118.122 82.135    3 Harry Gumbert   R 36   26 19 5 1 4       45.00 39 4 13 12 21 22 .367   2.40      6.4 .246   6.30 1946   3 Harry Gumbert
1947 146.310 120.407 83.811    3 Harry Gumbert   R 37   46 34 10 10 10       90.33 88 3 42 39 47 43 .319   3.89      9.2 .200   8.87 1947   3 Harry Gumbert
1948 178.726 100.484 86.469    2 Harry Gumbert   R 38   61 46 10 8 17      106.00 123 5 51 41 34 26 .166   3.48     12.4 .203  12.00 1948   2 Harry Gumbert
1949 12.330 93.008 84.577 No qualifiers         1949 No qualifiers
1950 0.000 88.985 82.433 No qualifiers         1950 No qualifiers
1951 186.301 107.057 85.261    2 Frank Smith   R 23   50 35 5 5 11       76.00 65 7 33 27 22 34 .391   3.20      9.0 .180   9.17 1951   2 Frank Smith
1952 74.667 90.451 84.766    7 Frank Smith   R 24   51 37 12 9 7      106.67 92 11 44 39 34 65 .516   3.29      9.8 .192   8.39 1952   7 Frank Smith
1953 0.000 55.888 81.919 No qualifiers         1953 No qualifiers
1954 118.552 76.259 83.259    3 Frank Smith   R 26   50 43 5 8 20       81.00 60 15 29 24 29 51 .573   2.67     13.1 .262  14.26 1954   3 Frank Smith
1955 133.333 96.241 84.649    2 Hersh Freeman   R 26   52 27 7 4 11       91.67 94 3 31 22 30 37 .298   2.16     11.5 .221  12.11 1955   2 Hersh Freeman
1956 141.176 92.857 86.518    1 Hersh Freeman 13 R 27   64 47 14 5 18      108.67 112 2 44 41 34 50 .342   3.40     15.0 .234  16.48 1956   1 Hersh Freeman
1957 63.570 91.650 85.811    9 Hersh Freeman R 28   52 26 7 2 8 4 .667       83.67 90 14 49 42 14 36 .346   4.52      6.5 .125   5.18 1957   9 Hersh Freeman
1958 81.675 107.639 85.695    8 Hal Jeffcoat R 33   49 34 6 8 9 3 .750       75.00 76 8 34 31 26 35 .343   3.72      7.0 .143   6.11 1958   8 Hal Jeffcoat
1959 48.483 92.100 84.518    7 Brooks Lawrence R 34   29 22 4 5 10 2 .833       49.33 48 4 23 21 13 30 .492   3.83      5.4 .186   5.14 1959   7 Brooks Lawrence
1960 144.795 99.998 87.022    4 Jim Brosnan R 30   55 27 7 2 12 2 .857       95.00 68 4 23 18 19 60 .690   1.71     14.3 .260  14.77 1960   4 Jim Brosnan
1961 161.455 106.742 89.694    3 Jim Brosnan 20 R 31   53 34 10 4 16 4 .800       80.00 77 7 34 27 18 40 .421   3.04     12.5 .236  13.32 1961   3 Jim Brosnan
1962 73.699 106.492 89.134   12 Jim Brosnan R 32   48 34 4 4 13 5 .722       64.67 76 6 27 24 18 51 .543   3.34      7.1 .148   6.25 1962  12 Jim Brosnan
1963 72.902 102.820 88.558   10 Al Worthington R 34   50 32 4 4 10 4 .714       81.33 75 6 34 27 31 55 .519   2.99      7.1 .142   5.51 1963  10 Al Worthington
1964 132.107 116.610 89.793    1 Sammy Ellis 16 R R 23   47 32 7 2 14 2 .875       83.33 60 4 17 15 15 90 1.200   1.62     15.8 .336  20.72 1964   1 Sammy Ellis
1965 66.879 100.769 89.130    8 Billy McCool L 20   60 43 9 8 21 7 .750       96.67 78 8 42 42 45 113 .919   3.91      8.4 .140   6.96 1965   8 Billy McCool
1966 100.421 88.323 89.489    6 Don Nottebart R 30   58 28 5 4 11 6 .647      106.67 93 11 43 38 42 64 .474   3.21      9.8 .169   9.35 1966   6 Don Nottebart
1967 162.618 107.457 91.829    1 Ted Abernathy 20 L 34   70 61 6 3 28 6 .824      106.33 63 1 19 15 41 88 .846   1.27     24.1 .344  31.00 1967   1 Ted Abernathy
1968 160.428 126.350 93.976    5 Ted Abernathy L 35   78 53 10 7 13 8 .619      134.67 111 9 43 37 55 64 .386   2.47     12.5 .160  11.38 1968   5 Ted Abernathy
1969 225.225 141.548 96.954    3 Wayne Granger T15 R R 25   90 55 9 6 27 10 .730      144.67 143 10 64 45 40 68 .372   2.80     14.9 .166  13.71 1969   3 Wayne Granger
1970 197.395 166.757 99.892    3 Wayne Granger 30 8 R 26   67 59 6 5 35 4 .897       84.67 79 5 33 25 27 38 .358   2.66     14.9 .222  15.80 1970   3 Wayne Granger
1971 200.359 187.068 102.593    5 Clay Carroll a R 30   61 40 10 4 15 3 .833       93.67 78 5 26 26 42 64 .533   2.50     12.7 .208  13.22 1971   5 Clay Carroll
1972 177.718 190.549 104.487    5 Clay Carroll T13 T5 a R 31   65 54 6 4 37 3 .925       96.00 89 5 27 24 32 51 .421   2.25     13.3 .205  12.37 1972   5 Clay Carroll
1973 167.265 192.121 106.185    3 Pedro Borbon R 27   80 36 11 4 14 5 .737      121.00 137 4 33 29 35 60 .349   2.16     14.7 .184  14.90 1973   3 Pedro Borbon
1974 108.367 172.875 106.229    5 Pedro Borbon R 28   73 44 10 7 14 6 .700      139.00 133 11 54 50 32 53 .321   3.24     12.2 .167  11.58 1974   5 Pedro Borbon
1975 214.699 176.686 109.046    3 Rawly Eastwick R-T3 R 24   58 40 5 3 22 3 .880       90.00 77 6 26 26 25 61 .598   2.60     12.7 .219  14.53 1975   3 Rawly Eastwick
1976 134.254 161.520 109.819    2 Rawly Eastwick 13 5 R 25   71 59 11 5 26 9 .743      107.67 93 3 30 25 27 70 .583   2.09     16.7 .235  18.34 1976   2 Rawly Eastwick
1977 84.615 137.043 108.858    7 Pedro Borbon R 31   73 54 10 5 18 5 .783      127.00 131 7 48 45 24 48 .310   3.19     13.9 .190  13.08 1977   7 Pedro Borbon
1978 111.159 126.700 108.917    3 Doug Bair R 28   70 56 7 6 28 5 .848      100.33 87 6 23 22 38 91 .728   1.97     18.1 .259  20.32 1978   3 Doug Bair
1979 143.689 132.023 109.750    4 Tom Hume R 26   45 33 5 5 17 3 .850       80.33 73 1 19 18 17 42 .467   2.02     14.4 .320  18.35 1979   4 Tom Hume
1980 85.489 108.320 108.942    3 Tom Hume R 27   78 62 9 10 25 10 .714      137.00 121 6 44 39 38 68 .428   2.56     19.0 .244  21.19 1980   3 Tom Hume
1981 86.986 100.666 108.651    7 Tom Hume R 28   51 40 9 4 13 5 .722       67.67 63 7 27 26 31 27 .287   3.46      7.8 .153   6.95 1981   7 Tom Hume
1982 41.462 90.478 106.652   13 Tom Hume a R 29   46 37 2 6 17 2 .895       63.67 57 2 24 22 21 22 .282   3.11      8.6 .187   8.45 1982  13 Tom Hume
1983 60.940 79.375 105.235   14 Bill Scherrer R L 25   73 32 2 3 10 6 .625       92.00 73 6 31 28 33 57 .538   2.74     11.1 .152   9.67 1983  14 Bill Scherrer
1984 63.501 65.435 104.029    6 Ted Power R 29   78 42 9 7 11 4 .733      108.67 93 4 37 34 46 81 .583   2.82     13.6 .174  12.89 1984   6 Ted Power
1985 169.501 80.868 105.566    3 John Franco L 24   67 33 12 3 12 3 .800       99.00 83 5 27 24 40 61 .496   2.18     16.0 .239  17.63 1985   3 John Franco
1986 155.432 93.672 106.718    5 John Franco a L 25   74 52 6 6 29 9 .763      101.00 90 7 40 33 44 84 .627   2.94     15.0 .203  15.36 1986   5 John Franco
1987 75.686 100.920 105.936    6 John Franco a L 26   68 60 8 5 32 9 .780       82.00 76 6 26 23 27 61 .592   2.52     15.2 .224  15.96 1987   6 John Franco
1988 106.475 111.314 105.948    1 John Franco 12 L 27   70 61 6 6 39 3 .929       86.00 60 3 18 15 27 46 .529   1.57     19.6 .280  24.32 1988   1 John Franco
1989 59.322 112.443 104.957   11 John Franco a L 28   60 50 4 8 32 7 .821       80.67 77 3 35 28 36 60 .531   3.12     10.5 .175   9.78 1989  11 John Franco
1990 197.280 117.229 106.818    1 Rob Dibble a R 26   68 29 8 3 11 6 .647       98.00 62 3 22 19 34 136 1.417   1.74     17.1 .251  19.41 1990   1 Rob Dibble
1991 93.147 104.928 106.529    4 Rob Dibble a R 27   67 57 3 5 31 5 .861       82.33 67 5 32 29 25 124 1.348   3.17     12.6 .188  13.47 1991   4 Rob Dibble
1992 135.910 117.189 107.045    5 Rob Dibble R 28   63 49 3 5 25 5 .833       70.33 48 3 26 24 31 110 1.392   3.07     11.6 .184  12.33 1992   5 Rob Dibble
1993 36.003 105.229 105.881   18 Jeff Reardon R 37   58 32 4 6 8 4 .667       61.67 66 4 34 28 10 35 .461   4.09      5.3 .091   3.62 1993  18 Jeff Reardon
1994 169.390 124.451 106.583    6 Jeff Brantley R 30   50 35 6 6 15 6 .714       65.33 46 6 20 18 28 63 .851   2.48     10.1 .202  10.51 1994   6 Jeff Brantley
1995 106.710 103.761 106.584    5 Jeff Brantley R 31   56 49 3 2 28 4 .875       70.33 53 11 22 22 20 62 .849   2.82     12.5 .223  13.80 1995   5 Jeff Brantley
1996 150.608 118.375 107.407    4 Jeff Brantley R 32   66 61 1 2 44 5 .898       71.00 54 7 21 19 28 76 .927   2.41     14.0 .212  15.28 1996   4 Jeff Brantley
1997 174.370 124.420 108.252    1 Jeff Shaw R 30   78 62 4 2 42 7 .857       94.67 79 7 26 25 12 74 .813   2.38     20.9 .268  27.36 1997   1 Jeff Shaw
1998 121.966 143.191 108.479    4 Jeff Shaw a R 31   39 35 2 4 23 5 .821       49.67 40 2 11 10 12 29 .558   1.81     10.7 .274  12.86 1998   4 Jeff Shaw
1999 227.383 156.516 110.234    3 Scott Williamson a R-1 R 23   62 40 12 7 19 7 .731       93.33 54 8 29 25 43 107 1.103   2.41     16.8 .271  20.26 1999   3 Scott Williamson
2000 125.362 158.597 110.444    1 Danny Graves a R 26   66 57 10 5 30 5 .857       91.33 81 8 31 26 42 53 .431   2.56     17.3 .262  21.57 2000   1 Danny Graves
2001 72.270 142.442 109.878    8 Danny Graves R 27   66 54 6 5 32 7 .821       80.33 83 7 41 37 18 49 .485   4.15     10.8 .164  10.94 2001   8 Danny Graves
2002 146.302 138.188 110.451    9 Danny Graves R 28   64 54 6 3 32 7 .821       79.67 83 6 33 31 22 46 .438   3.50     13.3 .208  13.59 2002   9 Danny Graves
2003 119.259 138.241 110.566   11 Chris Reitsma R 25   54 36 8 4 12 6 .667       66.67 65 9 27 26 15 47 .588   3.51      8.9 .165   8.11 2003  11 Chris Reitsma
2004 54.769 104.483 109.840   15 Danny Graves a R 30   68 59 1 6 41 9 .820       68.33 77 12 39 30 13 40 .444   3.95      7.5 .110   5.50 2004  15 Danny Graves
2005 65.823 93.073 109.269   13 Dave Weathers R 35   73 41 7 4 15 4 .789       77.67 71 7 36 34 29 61 .610   3.94      9.1 .125   7.46 2005  13 Dave Weathers
2006 156.531 110.214 109.901    9 Dave Weathers R 36   67 32 4 4 12 7 .632       73.67 61 12 31 29 34 50 .526   3.54     10.2 .152   9.96 2006   9 Dave Weathers
2007 86.553 96.744 109.556    4 Dave Weathers R 37   70 60 2 6 33 6 .846       77.67 67 4 33 31 27 48 .511   3.59     14.0 .200  15.21 2007   4 Dave Weathers
2008 95.996 92.325 109.400    5 Francisco Cordero R 33   72 63 5 4 34 6 .850       70.33 61 6 28 26 38 78 .788   3.33     12.3 .171  12.87 2008   5 Francisco Cordero
2009 102.124 101.464 109.312    5 Francisco Cordero a R 34   68 59 2 6 39 4 .907       66.67 58 2 21 16 30 58 .659   2.16     13.8 .203  15.16 2009   5 Francisco Cordero
2010 67.144 100.858 108.733   12 Francisco Cordero R 35   75 64 6 5 40 8 .833       72.67 68 5 32 31 36 59 .567   3.84     10.5 .140   9.39 2010  12 Francisco Cordero
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