1986 Season
1985 / 1987
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1986 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Todd Worrell*
SLN
RP
26.8
2.6
17.9
12.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lance McCullers*
SDN
RP
22.3
3.3
11.9
5.6
2 Lee Smith
CHN
RP
28.6
3.1
16.1
11.2
3 Gene Garber
ATL
RP
38.6
3.0
14.1
9.9
4 Kent Tekulve
PHI
RP
39.3
2.7
11.9
5.9
5 Todd Worrell*
SLN
RP
26.8
2.6
17.9
12.2
6 Rob Murphy*
CIN
RP
26.1
2.5
8.5
5.8
7 Jesse Orosco
NYN
RP
29.2
2.2
11.9
7.4
8 Ron Robinson
CIN
RP
24.3
2.2
12.7
6.3
9 Paul Assenmacher*
ATL
RP
25.6
2.0
9.3
5.6
10 Tim Burke
MON
RP
27.4
2.0
9.1
3.9
11 Frank Williams
SFN
RP
28.4
1.8
6.2
3.3
12 John Franco
CIN
RP
25.8
1.7
13.9
8.4
13 Craig Lefferts
SDN
RP
28.8
1.7
9.0
3.1
14 Jeff Dedmon
ATL
RP
26.3
1.6
8.7
3.3
15 Tom Hume
PHI
RP
33.3
1.5
7.8
2.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1986 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
27.6
3.8
20.4
14.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Eichhorn*
TOR
RP
25.6
7.4
21.4
12.9
2 Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
27.6
3.8
20.4
14.6
3 Dan Plesac*
ML4
RP
24.4
3.2
13.6
8.6
4 Greg Harris
TEX
RP
30.7
3.1
14.8
8.8
5 Calvin Schiraldi*
BOS
RP
24.0
2.9
10.4
7.7
6 Mark Clear
ML4
RP
30.1
2.6
12.9
8.9
7 Steve Farr
KCA
RP
29.6
2.5
12.6
6.7
8 Don Aase
BAL
RP
31.8
2.3
14.4
9.9
9 Dale Mohorcic*
TEX
RP
30.4
2.2
8.9
4.7
10 Bud Black
KCA
RP
29.0
2.2
11.9
6.1
11 Matt Young
SEA
RP
27.9
1.9
9.7
4.8
12 Mitch Williams*
TEX
RP
21.6
1.9
9.4
4.1
13 Dan Quisenberry
KCA
RP
33.4
1.7
9.6
5.2
14 Bobby Thigpen*
CHA
RP
23.0
1.6
6.9
5.0
15 Dave Schmidt
CHA
RP
29.2
1.5
8.4
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.

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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