For single seasons, From 1901 to 2012, From Age 42 to 99, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 40 Games), sorted by greatest WAR for Pitchers: Results
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Rk | Player | WAR | G | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | PO | BK | WP | Pit | Str | ||||||||
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1 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 3.5 | 66 | 1965 | 42 | CHW | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 20 | 144.0 | 88 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 106 | 1.81 | 174 | 11 | 545 | 502 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .175 | .226 | .277 | .502 | 51 | ||
2 | Satchel Paige | 3.3 | 46 | 1952 | 45 | SLB | AL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 10 | 138.0 | 116 | 51 | 47 | 57 | 91 | 3.07 | 127 | 5 | 582 | 513 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .226 | .307 | .310 | .617 | 59 | |||
3 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 3.1 | 72 | 1968 | 45 | CHW | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 12 | 93.2 | 69 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 72 | 1.73 | 185 | 4 | 368 | 337 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .260 | .255 | .515 | 58 | ||
4 | Satchel Paige | 2.8 | 57 | 1953 | 46 | SLB | AL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 9 | .250 | 11 | 117.1 | 114 | 51 | 46 | 39 | 51 | 3.53 | 119 | 12 | 489 | 443 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .257 | .319 | .411 | .730 | 97 | |||
5 | Dutch Leonard | 2.6 | 41 | 1951 | 42 | CHC | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3 | 81.2 | 69 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 2.64 | 156 | 3 | 337 | 295 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .305 | .315 | .620 | 60 | |||
6 | Dutch Leonard | 2.4 | 45 | 1952 | 43 | CHC | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 11 | 66.2 | 56 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 37 | 2.16 | 179 | 3 | 282 | 241 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .232 | .310 | .299 | .608 | 51 | |||
7 | Doug Jones | 2.2 | 70 | 1999 | 42 | OAK | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 10 | 104.0 | 106 | 43 | 41 | 24 | 63 | 3.55 | 129 | 10 | 430 | 397 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .311 | .406 | .717 | 86 | ||
8 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 2.1 | 49 | 1967 | 44 | CHW | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 12 | 89.0 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 76 | 1.31 | 230 | 2 | 360 | 317 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .183 | .270 | .227 | .497 | 57 | ||
9 | Diomedes Olivo | 2.1 | 62 | 1962 | 43 | PIT | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 7 | 84.1 | 88 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 66 | 2.77 | 143 | 5 | 356 | 319 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .324 | .376 | .700 | 92 | ||
10 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 1.9 | 53 | 1970 | 47 | TOT | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 13 | 82.0 | 73 | 33 | 31 | 42 | 68 | 3.40 | 126 | 8 | 357 | 308 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .237 | .329 | .354 | .683 | 85 | ||
11 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 1.9 | 46 | 1966 | 43 | CHW | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 6 | 81.1 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 61 | 1.66 | 192 | 6 | 308 | 281 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .178 | .226 | .263 | .489 | 48 | ||
12 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 1.7 | 52 | 1969 | 46 | TOT | ML | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 14 | 78.0 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 67 | 2.19 | 160 | 4 | 303 | 275 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .252 | .265 | .517 | 53 | ||
13 | Joe Heving | 1.6 | 63 | 1944 | 43 | CLE | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 10 | 119.2 | 106 | 42 | 26 | 41 | 46 | 1.96 | 169 | 2 | 499 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Jack Quinn | 1.6 | 42 | 1932 | 48 | BRO | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 8 | 87.1 | 102 | 36 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 3.30 | 116 | 1 | 378 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Doug Jones | 1.2 | 54 | 2000 | 43 | OAK | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2 | 73.1 | 86 | 34 | 32 | 18 | 54 | 3.93 | 120 | 6 | 319 | 295 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 | .334 | .427 | .762 | 95 | 1157 | 789 |
16 | Dutch Leonard | 1.2 | 45 | 1953 | 44 | CHC | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 62.2 | 72 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 4.60 | 98 | 9 | 276 | 252 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .350 | .437 | .787 | 100 | |||
17 | Red Faber | 1.2 | 42 | 1932 | 43 | CHW | AL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 11 | .154 | 6 | 106.0 | 123 | 61 | 44 | 38 | 26 | 3.74 | 115 | 0 | 472 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
18 | Rick Honeycutt | 1.1 | 61 | 1996 | 42 | STL | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 47.1 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 2.85 | 148 | 3 | 190 | 175 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .240 | .265 | .320 | .585 | 57 | ||
19 | Earl Caldwell | 0.7 | 40 | 1947 | 42 | CHW | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 54.1 | 53 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 3.64 | 100 | 4 | 239 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Jesse Orosco | 0.5 | 56 | 2002 | 45 | LAD | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 27.0 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 3.00 | 128 | 4 | 119 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 | .305 | .390 | .696 | 93 | 465 | 272 |
21 | Jeff Fassero | 0.4 | 48 | 2005 | 42 | SFG | NL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 0 | 91.0 | 92 | 48 | 41 | 31 | 60 | 4.05 | 106 | 7 | 384 | 343 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .268 | .326 | .391 | .717 | 91 | 1416 | 904 |
22 | Don McMahon | 0.4 | 44 | 1972 | 42 | SFG | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5 | 63.0 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 45 | 3.71 | 95 | 8 | 253 | 223 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .206 | .274 | .381 | .655 | 88 | ||
23 | Terry Mulholland | 0.2 | 49 | 2005 | 42 | MIN | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 59.0 | 61 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 4.27 | 105 | 6 | 246 | 221 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .276 | .332 | .439 | .771 | 100 | 812 | 523 |
24 | Dennis Eckersley | 0.2 | 50 | 1998 | 43 | BOS | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 39.2 | 46 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 4.76 | 99 | 6 | 171 | 158 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .331 | .462 | .793 | 102 | ||
25 | Dennis Eckersley | 0.2 | 57 | 1997 | 42 | STL | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 36 | 53.0 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 45 | 3.91 | 107 | 9 | 218 | 206 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .273 | .427 | .700 | 86 | ||
Rk | Player | WAR | G | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | PO | BK | WP | Pit | Str | ||||||||
26 | John Franco | -0.2 | 52 | 2004 | 43 | NYM | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 0 | 46.0 | 46 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 36 | 5.28 | 81 | 6 | 207 | 178 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .346 | .421 | .768 | 104 | 865 | 488 |
27 | Jesse Orosco | -0.2 | 65 | 1999 | 42 | BAL | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 32.0 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 35 | 5.34 | 88 | 5 | 144 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 | .352 | .436 | .788 | 104 | ||
28 | Mike Timlin | -0.3 | 47 | 2008 | 42 | BOS | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 49.1 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 32 | 5.66 | 82 | 9 | 227 | 199 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 | .363 | .528 | .891 | 125 | 819 | 530 |
29 | Woodie Fryman | -0.6 | 60 | 1982 | 42 | MON | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 12 | 69.2 | 66 | 36 | 29 | 26 | 46 | 3.75 | 98 | 3 | 292 | 255 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .326 | .329 | .656 | 87 | ||
30 | Jim Kaat | -0.7 | 41 | 1981 | 42 | STL | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 53.0 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3.40 | 106 | 2 | 229 | 201 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 119 | ||
31 | Trevor Hoffman | -0.9 | 50 | 2010 | 42 | MIL | NL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 10 | 47.1 | 49 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 30 | 5.89 | 69 | 8 | 205 | 183 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 | .335 | .497 | .832 | 127 | 753 | 478 |
32 | Roberto Hernandez | -0.9 | 50 | 2007 | 42 | TOT | ML | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 46.1 | 59 | 37 | 33 | 25 | 31 | 6.41 | 71 | 5 | 221 | 189 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .312 | .399 | .492 | .891 | 133 | 847 | 498 |
33 | Dennis Martinez | -1.1 | 53 | 1998 | 43 | ATL | NL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2 | 91.0 | 109 | 53 | 45 | 19 | 62 | 4.45 | 94 | 8 | 396 | 369 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .295 | .332 | .417 | .750 | 102 | ||
34 | Jim Kaat | -1.2 | 62 | 1982 | 43 | STL | NL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | 75.0 | 79 | 40 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 4.08 | 90 | 6 | 321 | 286 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .276 | .328 | .434 | .762 | 117 | ||
35 | Jesse Orosco | -1.6 | 65 | 2003 | 46 | TOT | ML | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 34.0 | 41 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 7.68 | 55 | 4 | 166 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .299 | .394 | .460 | .854 | 134 | 647 | 376 |
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