1989 Season
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1989 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mark Davis
SDN
RP
28.7
4.5
18.0
13.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Davis
SDN
RP
28.7
4.5
18.0
13.0
2 Les Lancaster
CHN
RP
27.2
3.9
11.9
8.0
3 Rob Dibble
CIN
RP
25.4
3.9
13.4
8.0
4 Jay Howell
LAN
RP
33.6
3.4
15.5
11.2
5 Tim Burke
MON
RP
30.4
2.5
15.6
11.0
6 Danny Darwin
HOU
RP
33.7
2.4
13.6
6.9
7 Larry Andersen
HOU
RP
36.2
2.4
10.7
5.9
8 Bill Landrum
PIT
RP
31.9
2.3
12.8
8.4
9 Mitch Williams
CHN
RP
24.6
2.2
10.7
6.2
10 Mark Grant
SDN
RP
25.7
1.9
8.2
1.9
11 Alejandro Pena
LAN
RP
30.0
1.8
7.8
3.7
12 Randy Myers
NYN
RP
26.8
1.7
12.8
8.2
13 Frank DiPino
SLN
RP
32.7
1.4
9.0
4.2
14 Jeff Parrett
PHI
RP
27.8
1.4
9.4
3.6
15 Mike Stanton*
ATL
RP
22.1
1.3
4.7
3.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1989 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jeff Russell
TEX
RP
27.8
2.5
16.2
11.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff Montgomery
KCA
RP
27.5
4.6
19.2
13.5
2 Tom Henke
TOR
RP
31.5
3.4
15.8
10.3
3 Gregg Olson*
BAL
RP
22.7
3.3
17.7
12.5
4 Doug Jones
CLE
RP
32.0
2.8
15.7
10.7
5 Chuck Crim
ML4
RP
27.9
2.7
11.5
4.2
6 Jesse Orosco
CLE
RP
32.2
2.7
9.8
4.9
7 Greg Minton
CAL
RP
37.9
2.7
11.9
6.4
8 Dennis Lamp
BOS
RP
36.8
2.6
10.1
3.1
9 Todd Burns
OAK
RP
26.0
2.6
11.2
5.8
10 Dennis Eckersley
OAK
RP
34.7
2.6
14.0
10.4
11 Jeff Russell
TEX
RP
27.8
2.5
16.2
11.7
12 Dan Plesac
ML4
RP
27.4
2.5
11.5
7.7
13 Lee Guetterman
NYA
RP
30.6
2.4
13.2
6.8
14 Mark Williamson
BAL
RP
29.9
2.3
12.3
5.7
15 Rob Murphy
BOS
RP
29.1
2.2
10.3
3.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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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