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2002 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
John Smoltz
ATL
RP
35.1
1.2
16.5
12.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Octavio Dotel
HOU
RP
28.6
4.2
15.8
10.5
2 Byung-Hyun Kim
ARI
RP
23.4
4.1
18.8
14.3
3 Eric Gagne
LAN
RP
26.5
2.9
18.7
14.2
4 Billy Wagner
HOU
RP
30.9
2.8
15.2
11.1
5 Chris Hammond
ATL
RP
36.4
2.7
12.0
7.9
6 Steve Reed
MULT
RP
37.3
2.6
6.5
2.9
7 Robb Nen
SFN
RP
32.6
2.4
15.1
11.1
8 Joe Borowski
CHN
RP
31.2
2.3
8.2
3.0
9 Danny Graves
CIN
RP
28.9
2.2
16.0
11.3
10 Mike Remlinger
ATL
RP
36.3
2.1
10.6
6.9
11 Joey Eischen
MON
RP
32.1
2.0
8.8
5.9
12 Scott Sauerbeck
PIT
RP
30.6
2.0
8.6
5.2
13 Armando Benitez
NYN
RP
29.7
1.9
12.0
8.4
14 Brandon Villafuerte*
SDN
RP
26.5
1.9
3.1
1.4
15 Luis Vizcaino
MIL
RP
27.9
1.8
8.6
4.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2002 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Billy Koch
OAK
RP
27.5
1.8
18.4
12.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 J.C. Romero
MIN
RP
26.1
3.5
13.8
9.1
2 Buddy Groom
BAL
RP
37.0
2.8
9.8
6.2
3 Arthur Rhodes
SEA
RP
32.7
2.7
10.9
6.9
4 Steve Karsay
NYA
RP
30.3
2.5
11.0
5.9
5 Troy Percival
ANA
RP
32.9
2.4
12.9
9.6
6 LaTroy Hawkins
MIN
RP
29.5
2.3
10.7
6.0
7 Mike Stanton
NYA
RP
35.1
2.2
9.8
5.3
8 Eddie Guardado
MIN
RP
31.7
2.0
14.0
10.1
9 Tony Fiore*
MIN
RP
30.7
1.9
9.6
4.8
10 Francisco Cordero
TEX
RP
27.1
1.9
8.3
5.7
11 Damaso Marte*
CHA
RP
27.4
1.8
8.7
5.1
12 Billy Koch
OAK
RP
27.5
1.8
18.4
12.9
13 Jorge Julio*
BAL
RP
23.3
1.7
12.7
8.7
14 Keith Foulke
CHA
RP
29.7
1.7
9.7
5.2
15 Ben Weber
ANA
RP
32.6
1.7
10.5
5.9
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