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2009 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Heath Bell
SDN
RP
31.8
1.6
12.0
8.3
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeremy Affeldt
SFN
RP
30.1
2.6
9.1
5.8
2 Kiko Calero
FLO
RP
34.5
2.4
7.2
4.0
3 Ryan Franklin
SLN
RP
36.3
2.2
13.3
10.0
4 Trevor Hoffman
MIL
RP
41.7
2.2
11.4
8.6
5 Nick Masset
CIN
RP
27.1
2.1
9.4
5.4
6 LaTroy Hawkins
HOU
RP
36.5
2.0
9.4
6.1
7 Rafael Soriano
ATL
RP
29.5
1.9
11.6
7.6
8 Huston Street
COL
RP
25.9
1.8
14.5
11.2
9 Jonathan Broxton
LAN
RP
25.0
1.8
15.2
11.2
10 Francisco Cordero
CIN
RP
34.1
1.7
12.4
8.8
11 Jose Valverde
HOU
RP
29.9
1.7
10.8
7.9
12 Todd Coffey
MIL
RP
28.8
1.7
7.6
3.1
13 Angel Guzman
CHN
RP
27.5
1.7
6.7
3.4
14 Heath Bell
SDN
RP
31.8
1.6
12.0
8.3
15 Brian Sanches*
FLO
RP
30.9
1.6
5.6
2.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2009 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
39.6
3.6
15.6
11.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Andrew Bailey*
OAK
RP
25.1
3.7
17.1
12.1
2 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
39.6
3.6
15.6
11.6
3 Jonathan Papelbon
BOS
RP
28.6
3.5
14.8
10.8
4 Joe Nathan
MIN
RP
34.6
2.9
16.0
11.9
5 Matt Thornton
CHA
RP
32.8
2.7
11.5
7.2
6 Joakim Soria
KCA
RP
25.1
2.7
11.6
8.4
7 Matt Guerrier
MIN
RP
30.9
2.5
10.7
6.1
8 Jose Mijares*
MIN
RP
24.7
2.3
7.7
4.0
9 Michael Wuertz
OAK
RP
30.5
2.3
10.0
5.2
10 Brandon Lyon
DET
RP
29.9
2.0
10.5
5.8
11 Darren Oliver
LAA
RP
38.7
1.8
8.9
4.7
12 Ramon Ramirez
BOS
RP
27.8
1.8
7.6
3.4
13 J.P. Howell
TBA
RP
26.2
1.8
10.7
6.7
14 David Aardsma
SEA
RP
27.5
1.7
16.2
11.9
15 Alfredo Aceves*
NYA
RP
26.6
1.7
8.0
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.

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