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2003 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Eric Gagne
LAN
RP
27.5
3.7
23.6
19.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eric Gagne
LAN
RP
27.5
3.7
23.6
19.0
2 Billy Wagner
HOU
RP
31.9
3.4
17.7
12.9
3 John Smoltz
ATL
RP
36.1
3.3
15.4
11.9
4 Guillermo Mota
LAN
RP
29.9
3.0
13.3
7.4
5 Rheal Cormier
PHI
RP
36.2
2.6
12.5
7.8
6 Octavio Dotel
HOU
RP
29.6
2.4
11.7
6.8
7 Paul Quantrill
LAN
RP
34.7
2.3
10.7
6.4
8 Oscar Villarreal*
ARI
RP
21.6
2.2
10.6
5.3
9 Dave Weathers
NYN
RP
33.8
2.1
7.5
2.6
10 Matt Mantei
ARI
RP
30.0
2.1
12.6
9.5
11 Brian Fuentes*
COL
RP
27.9
2.1
9.3
5.1
12 Joe Borowski
CHN
RP
32.2
2.1
13.9
10.1
13 Danny Kolb
MIL
RP
28.3
2.0
8.2
5.9
14 Luis Ayala*
MON
RP
25.5
1.8
10.8
6.8
15 Joe Nathan
SFN
RP
28.6
1.7
10.3
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2003 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Keith Foulke
OAK
RP
30.7
3.5
21.3
16.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Damaso Marte
CHA
RP
28.4
3.8
15.1
10.7
2 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
33.6
3.6
17.4
13.5
3 Keith Foulke
OAK
RP
30.7
3.5
21.3
16.5
4 Brendan Donnelly*
ANA
RP
32.0
3.4
11.5
7.4
5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
SEA
RP
34.9
3.2
13.4
9.3
6 LaTroy Hawkins
MIN
RP
30.5
3.1
13.2
9.0
7 David Riske
CLE
RP
26.7
2.3
9.8
5.7
8 Francisco Cordero
TEX
RP
28.1
2.1
12.3
7.7
9 Rafael Soriano*
SEA
RP
23.5
1.9
7.2
4.3
10 Chad Bradford
OAK
RP
28.8
1.9
9.0
4.8
11 Eddie Guardado
MIN
RP
32.7
1.9
14.6
10.9
12 Ben Weber
ANA
RP
33.6
1.9
7.9
3.5
13 Francisco Rodriguez*
ANA
RP
21.5
1.8
8.9
4.2
14 Aquilino Lopez*
TOR
RP
28.2
1.8
10.2
6.1
15 Mike Timlin
BOS
RP
37.3
1.6
8.1
3.5
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.

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