1988 Season
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1988 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
John Franco
CIN
RP
27.8
3.0
18.5
13.8
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Davis
SDN
RP
27.7
3.1
17.3
11.9
2 John Franco
CIN
RP
27.8
3.0
18.5
13.8
3 Randy Myers
NYN
RP
25.8
2.9
13.0
9.3
4 Jose Alvarez*
ATL
RP
32.2
2.5
8.4
2.7
5 Greg Harris
PHI
RP
32.7
2.5
8.6
2.9
6 Juan Agosto
HOU
RP
30.4
2.2
9.8
4.8
7 Brian Holton
LAN
RP
28.6
2.1
9.2
4.5
8 Jay Howell
LAN
RP
32.6
2.0
12.5
8.9
9 Lance McCullers
SDN
RP
24.3
1.9
9.6
4.3
10 Paul Assenmacher
ATL
RP
27.6
1.9
7.9
3.5
11 Alejandro Pena
LAN
RP
29.0
1.7
11.8
6.6
12 Rob Dibble*
CIN
RP
24.4
1.7
6.2
3.0
13 Jeff Parrett
MON
RP
26.8
1.6
9.6
4.6
14 Todd Worrell
SLN
RP
28.8
1.4
13.9
8.9
15 Andy McGaffigan
MON
RP
31.7
1.4
8.0
3.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1988 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dennis Eckersley
OAK
RP
33.7
2.2
14.9
10.8
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Henneman
DET
RP
26.6
3.3
17.2
12.0
2 Doug Jones
CLE
RP
31.0
3.2
17.7
13.0
3 Steve Farr
KCA
RP
31.6
2.7
12.9
8.3
4 Bryan Harvey*
CAL
RP
25.1
2.5
13.0
8.7
5 Jeff Reardon
MIN
RP
32.8
2.4
13.5
9.3
6 Mike Jackson
SEA
RP
23.5
2.4
10.2
4.6
7 Cecilio Guante
MULT
RP
28.4
2.4
9.1
4.6
8 Dennis Eckersley
OAK
RP
33.7
2.2
14.9
10.8
9 Paul Mirabella
ML4
RP
34.3
2.2
8.4
5.0
10 Craig McMurtry
TEX
RP
28.7
2.0
7.1
3.7
11 Chuck Crim
ML4
RP
26.9
1.7
11.4
5.4
12 Dan Plesac
ML4
RP
26.4
1.7
10.5
7.6
13 Neil Allen
NYA
RP
30.4
1.6
6.8
0.8
14 Bob Stanley
BOS
RP
33.6
1.6
9.0
3.3
15 Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
29.6
1.5
10.5
5.5
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