1978 Season
1977 / 1979
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1978 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rollie Fingers
SDN
RP
31.9
2.5
16.9
11.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Doug Bair
CIN
RP
28.9
4.1
17.5
12.4
2 Gene Garber
MULT
RP
30.6
3.9
20.7
14.9
3 Kent Tekulve
PIT
RP
31.3
3.4
19.7
12.9
4 Ken Forsch
HOU
RP
31.8
2.7
12.5
6.7
5 John D'Acquisto
SDN
RP
26.5
2.5
10.3
6.1
6 Rollie Fingers
SDN
RP
31.9
2.5
16.9
11.5
7 Darold Knowles
MON
RP
36.6
1.6
6.8
3.2
8 Mark Littell
SLN
RP
25.5
1.6
9.0
3.9
9 Terry Forster
LAN
RP
26.5
1.6
10.8
7.5
10 Ron Reed
PHI
RP
35.7
1.5
13.9
8.5
11 Warren Brusstar
PHI
RP
26.4
1.3
8.4
3.9
12 Joe Sambito
HOU
RP
26.0
1.2
7.5
3.0
13 Bruce Sutter
CHN
RP
25.5
1.2
15.5
10.6
14 Grant Jackson
PIT
RP
35.8
1.1
6.0
2.1
15 Mickey Lolich
SDN
RP
37.8
1.1
4.0
2.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1978 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rich Gossage
NYA
RP
27.0
3.2
20.2
13.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Stanley
BOS
RP
23.6
4.1
17.4
10.6
2 Rich Gossage
NYA
RP
27.0
3.2
20.2
13.2
3 John Hiller
DET
RP
35.2
3.1
14.9
10.1
4 Mike Marshall
MIN
RP
35.5
3.0
14.7
9.5
5 Victor Cruz*
TOR
RP
20.5
2.8
9.9
7.5
6 Jim Kern
CLE
RP
29.3
2.7
10.8
5.6
7 Elias Sosa
OAK
RP
28.1
2.7
14.1
8.4
8 Dave LaRoche
CAL
RP
30.1
2.1
14.1
9.1
9 Dyar Miller
CAL
RP
32.1
1.8
7.5
3.1
10 Bill Castro
ML4
RP
26.3
1.8
7.6
5.0
11 Al Hrabosky
KCA
RP
28.9
1.8
12.0
8.1
12 Dave Heaverlo
OAK
RP
27.9
1.8
9.8
3.1
13 Dick Drago
BOS
RP
33.0
1.6
7.7
3.9
14 Enrique Romo
SEA
RP
31.0
1.4
10.8
5.3
15 Bob Lacey
OAK
RP
24.9
1.4
10.4
4.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James