1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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Niekro

1979 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bruce Sutter
CHN
RP
26.5
4.9
21.6
16.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bruce Sutter
CHN
RP
26.5
4.9
21.6
16.5
2 Kent Tekulve
PIT
RP
32.3
3.3
19.5
12.7
3 Joe Sambito
HOU
RP
27.0
3.2
16.0
11.3
4 Elias Sosa
MON
RP
29.1
3.1
15.2
10.3
5 Mark Littell
SLN
RP
26.5
2.9
12.9
8.7
6 Gary Lavelle
SFN
RP
30.5
2.7
11.5
6.6
7 Skip Lockwood
NYN
RP
32.9
2.2
6.9
4.7
8 Joey McLaughlin*
ATL
RP
23.0
2.0
8.2
4.7
9 Enrique Romo
PIT
RP
32.0
1.9
10.9
4.4
10 Greg Minton
SFN
RP
27.9
1.7
8.0
4.0
11 Adrian Devine
ATL
RP
27.6
1.4
4.5
1.1
12 Grant Jackson
PIT
RP
36.8
1.2
9.6
5.4
13 Stan Bahnsen
MON
RP
34.5
1.2
7.4
2.6
14 Ed Glynn
NYN
RP
26.1
1.2
4.5
1.5
15 Bert Roberge*
HOU
RP
24.7
1.0
5.3
3.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1979 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jim Kern
TEX
RP
30.3
6.2
25.3
17.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Kern
TEX
RP
30.3
6.2
25.3
17.9
2 Sid Monge
CLE
RP
28.2
5.6
21.2
14.4
3 Aurelio Lopez
DET
RP
30.8
5.3
19.3
12.7
4 Mike Marshall
MIN
RP
36.5
4.5
22.7
15.4
5 Dick Drago
BOS
RP
34.0
2.4
13.0
8.5
6 Ron Davis*
NYA
RP
23.9
2.2
11.9
7.5
7 Tim Stoddard*
BAL
RP
26.4
2.2
8.4
5.4
8 Rich Gossage
NYA
RP
28.0
1.8
10.9
7.8
9 Mark Clear*
CAL
RP
23.1
1.8
10.6
5.0
10 Tom Burgmeier
BOS
RP
35.9
1.8
9.4
4.8
11 Don Stanhouse
BAL
RP
28.4
1.7
12.6
8.9
12 Sammy Stewart*
BAL
RP
24.7
1.6
9.0
3.6
13 Dave Heaverlo
OAK
RP
28.9
1.5
6.2
1.7
14 Bill Castro
ML4
RP
27.3
1.5
7.3
5.0
15 Tom Buskey
TOR
RP
32.4
1.5
8.3
4.3
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