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2012 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Craig Kimbrel
ATL
RP
24.1
3.3
17.8
14.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Aroldis Chapman
CIN
RP
24.3
3.6
19.4
15.4
2 Craig Kimbrel
ATL
RP
24.1
3.3
17.8
14.2
3 Rafael Betancourt
COL
RP
37.2
2.6
10.6
7.3
4 Wilton Lopez
HOU
RP
29.0
2.3
9.9
6.1
5 Matt Belisle
COL
RP
32.1
2.2
7.3
2.7
6 Craig Stammen
WAS
RP
28.3
2.0
9.0
4.0
7 Josh Roenicke
COL
RP
29.9
2.0
7.3
2.3
8 Sergio Romo
SFN
RP
29.3
2.0
10.3
7.1
9 Kenley Jansen
LAN
RP
24.8
1.9
13.5
9.8
10 Mitchell Boggs
SLN
RP
28.4
1.9
8.6
4.5
11 Luke Gregerson
SDN
RP
28.1
1.9
8.8
4.8
12 David Hernandez
ARI
RP
27.1
1.7
8.6
4.8
13 Jonathan Papelbon
PHI
RP
31.6
1.7
13.3
9.3
14 Brad Ziegler
ARI
RP
32.7
1.7
7.7
3.9
15 Sean Marshall
CIN
RP
29.8
1.6
10.3
6.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2012 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jim Johnson
BAL
RP
29.0
2.4
16.6
12.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fernando Rodney
TBA
RP
35.3
3.8
18.7
13.7
2 Rafael Soriano
NYA
RP
32.5
2.6
13.6
9.1
3 Ryan Cook*
OAK
RP
25.0
2.6
14.2
9.3
4 Nate Jones*
CHA
RP
26.4
2.6
9.0
4.2
5 Darren O'Day
BAL
RP
29.7
2.6
10.0
5.5
6 Kelvin Herrera*
KCA
RP
22.5
2.5
9.8
4.2
7 Pedro Strop*
BAL
RP
27.1
2.5
10.1
5.6
8 Jim Johnson
BAL
RP
29.0
2.4
16.6
12.0
9 Grant Balfour
OAK
RP
34.5
2.3
14.3
9.4
10 Vinnie Pestano
CLE
RP
27.4
2.3
8.7
4.1
11 Darren Oliver
TOR
RP
41.7
2.0
7.4
3.6
12 Jake McGee*
TBA
RP
25.9
1.9
7.4
3.7
13 Joe Nathan
TEX
RP
37.6
1.9
12.6
8.3
14 Tom Wilhelmsen*
SEA
RP
28.5
1.9
13.3
8.1
15 Robbie Ross*
TEX
RP
23.0
1.9
8.0
3.6
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