1985 Season
1984 / 1986
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1985 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jeff Reardon
MON
RP
29.8
1.1
12.2
7.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Franco
CIN
RP
24.8
3.1
14.9
9.7
2 Tim Burke*
MON
RP
26.4
2.9
13.1
6.8
3 Don Carman*
PHI
RP
25.9
2.8
11.7
7.2
4 Lee Smith
CHN
RP
27.6
2.6
16.2
11.0
5 Rich Gossage
SDN
RP
34.0
2.5
14.2
10.1
6 Cecilio Guante
PIT
RP
25.4
2.4
10.0
4.3
7 Jeff Lahti
SLN
RP
28.7
2.3
10.8
7.2
8 Tom Niedenfuer
LAN
RP
25.9
2.2
13.2
7.6
9 Roger McDowell*
NYN
RP
24.5
2.1
13.0
6.7
10 Scott Garrelts
SFN
RP
23.7
2.0
12.9
7.3
11 Jesse Orosco
NYN
RP
28.2
1.8
9.9
5.8
12 Ted Power
CIN
RP
30.4
1.6
13.3
9.1
13 Dave Smith
HOU
RP
30.4
1.6
12.4
8.3
14 Terry Forster
ATL
RP
33.5
1.3
5.2
2.1
15 Ricky Horton
SLN
RP
25.9
1.3
6.1
1.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1985 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dan Quisenberry
KCA
RP
32.4
4.3
23.1
15.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Quisenberry
KCA
RP
32.4
4.3
23.1
15.7
2 Bob James
CHA
RP
26.9
4.3
21.9
15.6
3 Donnie Moore
CAL
RP
31.4
3.6
19.8
13.9
4 Greg Harris
TEX
RP
29.7
3.3
14.9
8.4
5 Stew Cliburn*
CAL
RP
28.5
3.1
13.2
7.5
6 Bob Stanley
BOS
RP
30.6
3.0
10.0
5.0
7 Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
26.6
2.5
15.5
9.3
8 Steve Ontiveros*
OAK
RP
24.3
2.5
8.7
4.4
9 Jay Howell
OAK
RP
29.6
2.4
12.0
6.3
10 Brian Fisher*
NYA
RP
23.3
2.4
12.1
6.4
11 Willie Hernandez
DET
RP
30.6
2.0
19.1
13.0
12 Roy Thomas
SEA
RP
32.0
2.0
8.4
3.0
13 Edwin Nunez
SEA
RP
22.1
1.8
11.8
6.6
14 Dave Schmidt
TEX
RP
28.2
1.5
8.6
4.3
15 Dan Spillner
CHA
RP
33.6
1.5
6.7
2.0
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.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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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