1981 Season
1980 / 1982
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1981 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bruce Sutter
SLN
RP
28.5
1.6
12.2
8.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rick Camp
ATL
RP
28.1
2.8
13.9
10.0
2 Al Holland
SFN
RP
28.9
2.2
9.7
5.1
3 Gary Lucas
SDN
RP
26.6
2.1
9.8
5.2
4 Kent Tekulve
PIT
RP
34.3
2.1
6.1
2.8
5 Jeff Reardon
MULT
RP
25.8
2.0
9.3
5.7
6 Greg Minton
SFN
RP
29.9
1.7
9.4
5.1
7 Bruce Sutter
SLN
RP
28.5
1.6
12.2
8.0
8 Joe Sambito
HOU
RP
29.0
1.3
8.5
5.3
9 Tug McGraw
PHI
RP
36.8
1.2
5.8
3.6
10 Al Hrabosky
ATL
RP
31.9
1.2
4.4
2.7
11 John Urrea
SDN
RP
26.4
1.1
3.8
1.3
12 Steve Howe
LAN
RP
23.3
1.1
6.5
3.8
13 Doug Capilla
CHN
RP
29.5
1.0
3.3
0.7
14 Rawly Eastwick
CHN
RP
30.7
1.0
3.4
1.2
15 Fred Breining*
SFN
RP
25.6
1.0
6.0
2.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1981 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rollie Fingers
ML4
RP
34.9
4.2
17.2
12.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rollie Fingers
ML4
RP
34.9
4.2
17.2
12.9
2 Sammy Stewart
BAL
RP
26.7
3.2
10.7
5.4
3 Doug Corbett
MIN
RP
28.7
2.8
11.7
6.9
4 Rich Gossage
NYA
RP
30.0
2.3
11.5
8.9
5 Don Aase
CAL
RP
26.8
2.3
7.6
4.0
6 Dan Quisenberry
KCA
RP
28.4
2.1
10.2
6.7
7 Ron Davis
NYA
RP
25.9
1.6
7.6
3.6
8 Kevin Saucier
DET
RP
24.9
1.6
10.5
7.8
9 Roy Lee Jackson
TOR
RP
27.2
1.4
6.2
2.8
10 Larry Andersen*
SEA
RP
28.2
1.4
6.8
3.1
11 Jerry Garvin
TOR
RP
25.7
1.2
3.7
1.3
12 Tippy Martinez
BAL
RP
31.1
1.2
7.1
3.8
13 Joey McLaughlin
TOR
RP
25.0
1.1
6.9
3.6
14 Luis Aponte*
BOS
RP
28.0
1.1
2.6
1.7
15 Dave Tobik
DET
RP
28.3
1.0
5.0
1.7
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