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2008 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Brad Lidge
PHI
RP
31.5
2.4
14.9
11.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carlos Marmol
CHN
RP
25.7
2.7
12.1
7.4
2 Hong-Chih Kuo
LAN
RP
26.9
2.6
9.7
6.0
3 Brad Lidge
PHI
RP
31.5
2.4
14.9
11.2
4 Brian Fuentes
COL
RP
32.9
2.1
11.8
8.4
5 John Grabow
PIT
RP
29.7
2.0
6.9
2.8
6 Taylor Buchholz
COL
RP
26.7
2.0
9.0
5.5
7 Kerry Wood
CHN
RP
31.0
1.9
12.2
8.6
8 Chad Qualls
ARI
RP
29.9
1.8
11.2
7.3
9 Joe Beimel
LAN
RP
31.2
1.8
6.4
3.8
10 Geoff Geary
HOU
RP
31.8
1.6
7.0
3.6
11 Joe Nelson*
FLO
RP
33.7
1.6
6.2
3.3
12 Cory Wade*
LAN
RP
25.1
1.6
7.2
3.3
13 Francisco Cordero
CIN
RP
33.1
1.6
10.9
7.1
14 J.C. Romero
PHI
RP
32.1
1.6
6.9
3.7
15 Dave Weathers
CIN
RP
38.8
1.5
5.8
2.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2008 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Francisco Rodriguez
LAA
RP
26.5
2.4
16.0
12.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
38.6
4.3
19.5
15.3
2 Joakim Soria
KCA
RP
24.1
3.7
16.5
12.6
3 Joe Nathan
MIN
RP
33.6
3.3
15.6
11.7
4 Grant Balfour
TBA
RP
30.5
2.9
10.7
7.3
5 Brad Ziegler*
OAK
RP
28.7
2.8
11.7
8.3
6 Scott Downs
TOR
RP
32.3
2.8
10.7
6.6
7 Bobby Jenks
CHA
RP
27.3
2.5
13.3
9.7
8 Ramon Ramirez
KCA
RP
26.8
2.5
8.6
4.4
9 Francisco Rodriguez
LAA
RP
26.5
2.4
16.0
12.0
10 Matt Thornton
CHA
RP
31.8
2.4
9.4
5.5
11 J.P. Howell
TBA
RP
25.2
2.3
10.9
5.7
12 Jim Johnson*
BAL
RP
25.0
2.3
8.3
4.3
13 Jose Arredondo*
LAA
RP
24.3
2.3
10.6
7.0
14 Hideki Okajima
BOS
RP
32.5
2.1
7.6
4.0
15 Joey Devine*
OAK
RP
24.8
1.9
8.6
6.0
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