1997 Season
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1997 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jeff Shaw
CIN
RP
31.0
3.6
19.8
14.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff Shaw
CIN
RP
31.0
3.6
19.8
14.9
2 Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
29.7
3.1
10.9
6.7
3 Scott Sullivan*
CIN
RP
26.3
2.1
8.9
3.9
4 Rich Loiselle*
PIT
RP
25.5
2.1
10.3
6.6
5 Antonio Osuna
LAN
RP
24.2
1.9
6.5
3.4
6 Darren Hall
LAN
RP
33.0
1.8
5.6
2.9
7 Stan Belinda
CIN
RP
30.9
1.6
7.7
2.6
8 Marc Wilkins
PIT
RP
26.7
1.6
7.6
3.8
9 Tom Martin*
HOU
RP
27.1
1.6
6.4
3.6
10 John Frascatore*
SLN
RP
27.4
1.6
7.5
3.5
11 Steve Reed
COL
RP
32.3
1.5
7.1
3.9
12 Anthony Telford
MON
RP
31.3
1.5
7.4
2.8
13 John Franco
NYN
RP
36.8
1.5
11.6
8.5
14 Darren Dreifort
LAN
RP
25.2
1.4
6.9
3.7
15 Scott Radinsky
LAN
RP
29.3
1.4
7.5
4.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1997 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Randy Myers
BAL
RP
34.8
3.1
14.5
11.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
27.6
3.7
14.8
10.8
2 Paul Quantrill
TOR
RP
28.7
3.2
11.7
6.7
3 Randy Myers
BAL
RP
34.8
3.1
14.5
11.1
4 Doug Jones
ML4
RP
40.0
3.0
19.3
14.8
5 John Wetteland
TEX
RP
30.9
2.8
15.6
12.0
6 Mike Stanton
NYA
RP
30.1
2.8
9.0
5.3
7 Greg Swindell
MIN
RP
32.5
2.7
9.7
3.5
8 Bob Wickman
ML4
RP
28.4
2.6
11.3
5.9
9 Armando Benitez
BAL
RP
24.7
2.5
11.0
6.9
10 Arthur Rhodes
BAL
RP
27.7
2.3
10.5
5.2
11 Jose Mesa
CLE
RP
31.1
2.2
11.5
6.8
12 Doug Brocail
DET
RP
30.1
2.2
7.4
3.6
13 Jesse Orosco
BAL
RP
40.2
2.0
7.5
4.6
14 Danny Patterson*
TEX
RP
26.4
1.9
7.7
3.7
15 Jeff Nelson
NYA
RP
30.6
1.9
7.6
3.2
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.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James