1990 Season
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1990 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
John Franco
NYN
RP
29.8
1.5
10.6
7.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rob Dibble
CIN
RP
26.4
4.0
16.4
11.4
2 Paul Assenmacher
CHN
RP
29.6
3.7
13.2
8.0
3 Jeff Brantley
SFN
RP
26.8
3.6
13.6
9.1
4 Greg Harris
SDN
RP
26.6
3.6
13.3
7.2
5 Randy Myers
CIN
RP
27.8
3.1
15.9
11.4
6 Craig Lefferts
SDN
RP
32.8
2.4
12.2
8.2
7 Jay Howell
LAN
RP
34.6
2.1
9.3
5.9
8 Dave Smith
HOU
RP
35.4
1.7
11.3
8.2
9 John Franco
NYN
RP
29.8
1.5
10.6
7.1
10 Steve Frey*
MON
RP
26.9
1.5
8.6
5.7
11 Bob Patterson
PIT
RP
31.1
1.4
8.7
4.5
12 Tim Crews
LAN
RP
29.2
1.4
8.5
3.3
13 Joe Boever
MULT
RP
29.7
1.3
8.9
4.4
14 Bill Sampen*
MON
RP
27.5
1.2
7.9
3.8
15 Bill Landrum
PIT
RP
32.9
1.2
9.6
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1990 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bobby Thigpen
CHA
RP
27.0
3.4
20.5
15.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Farr
KCA
RP
33.6
4.8
12.8
6.6
2 Bobby Thigpen
CHA
RP
27.0
3.4
20.5
15.2
3 Dennis Eckersley
OAK
RP
35.7
3.3
19.6
15.2
4 Tom Henke
TOR
RP
32.5
3.0
13.6
9.1
5 Gregg Olson
BAL
RP
23.7
2.4
14.0
9.5
6 Doug Jones
CLE
RP
33.0
2.4
15.4
10.3
7 Gene Nelson
OAK
RP
29.6
2.3
9.9
5.5
8 Barry Jones
CHA
RP
27.4
2.2
11.0
6.5
9 Mark Williamson
BAL
RP
30.9
2.2
9.4
4.3
10 Edwin Nunez
DET
RP
27.1
2.2
8.3
3.5
11 Jerry Don Gleaton
DET
RP
32.8
2.1
9.5
4.5
12 Paul Gibson
DET
RP
30.5
2.1
7.3
1.5
13 Jeff Montgomery
KCA
RP
28.5
1.9
12.2
6.6
14 Duane Ward
TOR
RP
26.1
1.9
10.6
2.9
15 Mike Henneman
DET
RP
28.6
1.8
11.8
6.1
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