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2006 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
38.7
2.1
13.1
9.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Takashi Saito*
LAN
RP
36.4
3.2
17.2
13.0
2 Cla Meredith*
SDN
RP
23.1
2.5
8.5
5.8
3 Mike Gonzalez
PIT
RP
28.1
2.3
10.4
7.5
4 Billy Wagner
NYN
RP
34.9
2.2
13.7
9.9
5 Geoff Geary
PHI
RP
29.8
2.2
9.0
4.1
6 Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
38.7
2.1
13.1
9.7
7 Jonathan Broxton*
LAN
RP
22.0
2.1
8.6
4.5
8 Dan Wheeler
HOU
RP
28.6
2.0
11.3
7.5
9 Rheal Cormier
MULT
RP
39.2
1.9
5.4
2.8
10 Bobby Howry
CHN
RP
32.9
1.9
8.8
4.7
11 Pedro Feliciano
NYN
RP
29.9
1.9
7.5
4.3
12 Chad Cordero
WAS
RP
24.3
1.8
11.5
7.6
13 Brian Fuentes
COL
RP
30.9
1.7
11.2
7.7
14 Dave Weathers
CIN
RP
36.8
1.7
9.5
5.6
15 Tom Gordon
PHI
RP
38.6
1.7
9.5
6.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2006 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Francisco Rodriguez
LAA
RP
24.5
3.7
17.4
12.8
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jonathan Papelbon*
BOS
RP
25.6
5.0
19.1
14.8
2 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
36.6
3.9
15.8
11.1
3 Francisco Rodriguez
LAA
RP
24.5
3.7
17.4
12.8
4 B.J. Ryan
TOR
RP
30.5
3.6
18.4
13.8
5 Joe Nathan
MIN
RP
31.6
3.3
19.4
15.1
6 Joel Zumaya*
DET
RP
21.6
3.2
12.6
7.4
7 J.J. Putz
SEA
RP
29.4
2.8
16.7
11.8
8 Scot Shields
LAA
RP
30.9
2.6
11.6
6.1
9 Scott Proctor
NYA
RP
29.5
2.6
9.2
2.8
10 Akinori Otsuka
TEX
RP
34.5
2.2
12.8
9.1
11 Dennys Reyes
MIN
RP
29.2
2.2
9.1
5.9
12 Chris Ray*
BAL
RP
24.5
2.0
12.0
7.9
13 Rafael Soriano
SEA
RP
26.5
2.0
7.5
3.7
14 Matt Thornton
CHA
RP
29.8
1.7
7.3
3.9
15 Hector Carrasco
LAA
RP
36.7
1.7
8.6
3.1
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.

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