1977 Season
1976 / 1978
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1977 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rollie Fingers
SDN
RP
30.9
2.2
12.4
5.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bruce Sutter
CHN
RP
24.5
6.5
26.0
20.2
2 Rich Gossage
PIT
RP
26.0
6.0
25.2
17.9
3 Gary Lavelle
SFN
RP
28.5
4.1
17.5
11.0
4 Dave Campbell*
ATL
RP
25.8
3.7
10.0
5.1
5 Willie Hernandez*
CHN
RP
22.6
3.2
11.6
5.8
6 Gene Garber
PHI
RP
29.6
2.5
15.2
9.5
7 Rollie Fingers
SDN
RP
30.9
2.2
12.4
5.2
8 Pedro Borbon
CIN
RP
30.6
2.1
13.6
6.7
9 Ron Reed
PHI
RP
34.7
2.0
13.9
7.8
10 Elias Sosa
LAN
RP
27.1
1.8
6.7
3.2
11 Buddy Schultz*
SLN
RP
26.8
1.8
8.6
4.5
12 Dave Heaverlo
SFN
RP
26.9
1.8
8.9
3.5
13 Skip Lockwood
NYN
RP
30.9
1.6
12.2
6.5
14 Tug McGraw
PHI
RP
32.8
1.5
9.6
5.4
15 Mike Garman
LAN
RP
27.8
1.4
7.3
3.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1977 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bill Campbell
BOS
RP
28.9
4.8
23.1
16.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Campbell
BOS
RP
28.9
4.8
23.1
16.4
2 Lerrin LaGrow
CHA
RP
29.0
4.2
15.9
11.2
3 Sparky Lyle
NYA
RP
32.9
3.7
20.3
13.7
4 Enrique Romo*
SEA
RP
30.0
3.2
15.4
10.3
5 Bob Lacey*
OAK
RP
23.9
2.7
10.8
4.9
6 Tom Johnson
MIN
RP
26.2
2.6
15.6
8.5
7 Bob McClure*
ML4
RP
25.2
2.2
8.5
5.1
8 Mike Willis*
TOR
RP
26.5
2.0
7.4
2.6
9 Steve Foucault
DET
RP
27.7
1.9
10.5
6.9
10 Don Hood
CLE
RP
27.7
1.8
8.0
3.6
11 Larry Gura
KCA
RP
29.6
1.6
10.8
6.3
12 Dyar Miller
MULT
RP
31.1
1.3
7.4
1.8
13 Jim Kern
CLE
RP
28.3
1.3
10.5
6.1
14 Eduardo Rodriguez
ML4
RP
25.3
1.3
8.2
2.2
15 Doug Bird
KCA
RP
27.3
1.2
11.2
6.1
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