1987 Season
1986 / 1988
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1987 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Steve Bedrosian
PHI
RP
29.6
2.3
15.1
10.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tim Burke
MON
RP
28.4
4.3
19.1
14.3
2 Andy McGaffigan
MON
RP
30.7
3.2
15.1
8.8
3 Todd Worrell
SLN
RP
27.8
3.2
16.2
11.2
4 Dave Smith
HOU
RP
32.4
2.9
13.6
10.4
5 Lee Smith
CHN
RP
29.6
2.8
14.1
9.7
6 Frank Williams
CIN
RP
29.4
2.5
10.7
5.2
7 John Franco
CIN
RP
26.8
2.5
14.7
10.3
8 Steve Bedrosian
PHI
RP
29.6
2.3
15.1
10.4
9 Rob Murphy
CIN
RP
27.1
2.3
10.3
5.0
10 Jeff Robinson
MULT
RP
26.6
2.2
14.1
7.6
11 Kent Tekulve
PHI
RP
40.3
2.2
10.6
5.1
12 Frank DiPino
CHN
RP
30.7
2.2
8.4
4.2
13 Scott Garrelts
SFN
RP
25.7
1.6
11.4
5.8
14 Ken Dayley
SLN
RP
28.4
1.5
7.6
4.3
15 Pat Perry
MULT
RP
28.4
1.4
6.9
2.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1987 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
28.6
1.1
13.1
8.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom Henke
TOR
RP
29.5
3.3
18.1
13.1
2 Dale Mohorcic
TEX
RP
31.4
3.2
13.1
7.9
3 Dennis Eckersley
OAK
RP
32.7
3.0
13.6
7.9
4 Mark Eichhorn
TOR
RP
26.6
2.7
12.3
5.6
5 Chuck Crim*
ML4
RP
25.9
2.7
12.1
6.1
6 Dan Plesac
ML4
RP
25.4
2.6
14.5
10.3
7 Mike Henneman*
DET
RP
25.6
2.2
12.1
7.0
8 Jerry Reed
SEA
RP
31.7
2.2
8.9
4.8
9 Mitch Williams
TEX
RP
22.6
2.2
10.1
4.5
10 Bobby Thigpen*
CHA
RP
24.0
2.2
12.5
7.8
11 De Wayne Buice*
CAL
RP
29.9
2.1
12.8
6.8
12 Juan Berenguer
MIN
RP
32.6
2.0
10.4
5.4
13 Bill Wilkinson*
SEA
RP
22.9
1.9
9.7
5.6
14 John Davis*
KCA
RP
24.5
1.8
6.4
4.1
15 Dan Quisenberry
KCA
RP
34.4
1.7
7.3
4.7
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