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1998 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
30.7
4.1
19.6
15.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
30.7
4.1
19.6
15.7
2 Robb Nen
SFN
RP
28.6
3.4
18.3
13.6
3 Jeff Shaw
MULT
RP
32.0
3.3
15.9
11.3
4 Ugueth Urbina
MON
RP
24.4
3.2
16.3
12.6
5 Chuck McElroy
COL
RP
30.8
3.0
9.3
5.7
6 Dave Veres
COL
RP
31.7
2.7
10.9
6.8
7 Donne Wall
SDN
RP
31.0
2.2
7.9
4.3
8 Mike DeJean
COL
RP
27.8
2.1
8.4
4.6
9 Dennis Cook
NYN
RP
35.7
2.0
9.0
5.4
10 Mike Williams
PIT
RP
28.9
1.9
6.3
3.8
11 Turk Wendell
NYN
RP
31.1
1.8
9.1
5.0
12 Terry Mulholland
CHN
RP
35.3
1.8
10.6
5.7
13 Jerry Dipoto
COL
RP
30.1
1.8
12.2
8.4
14 Jason Christiansen
PIT
RP
28.8
1.7
8.6
5.2
15 Scott Radinsky
LAN
RP
30.3
1.7
8.1
4.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1998 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tom Gordon
BOS
RP
30.6
2.6
17.2
12.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Jackson
CLE
RP
33.5
3.8
16.2
12.4
2 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
ANA
RP
29.9
3.0
11.1
5.4
3 Mike Trombley
MIN
RP
31.2
2.8
9.4
3.9
4 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
28.6
2.8
14.3
10.8
5 Paul Quantrill
TOR
RP
29.7
2.8
10.8
6.2
6 John Wetteland
TEX
RP
31.9
2.7
14.7
11.1
7 Tom Gordon
BOS
RP
30.6
2.6
17.2
12.5
8 Mike Timlin
SEA
RP
32.3
2.5
12.4
7.8
9 Greg Swindell
MULT
RP
33.5
2.1
8.5
3.2
10 Rick Aguilera
MIN
RP
36.5
2.1
12.1
7.7
11 Jim Mecir
TBA
RP
28.1
1.9
9.3
4.4
12 Scott Service
KCA
RP
31.3
1.8
10.6
5.8
13 Arthur Rhodes
BAL
RP
28.7
1.7
7.2
2.7
14 Jim Corsi
BOS
RP
36.8
1.5
6.9
3.0
15 Troy Percival
ANA
RP
28.9
1.5
12.0
8.1
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.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James