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2004 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Eric Gagne
LAN
RP
28.5
2.2
18.3
13.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Brad Lidge
HOU
RP
27.5
3.8
20.1
15.1
2 Armando Benitez
FLO
RP
31.7
3.4
17.6
13.9
3 Akinori Otsuka*
SDN
RP
32.5
2.9
11.0
6.9
4 Scott Linebrink
SDN
RP
27.9
2.5
9.5
5.1
5 LaTroy Hawkins
CHN
RP
31.5
2.4
14.6
10.3
6 Braden Looper
NYN
RP
29.7
2.3
12.3
7.9
7 Salomon Torres
PIT
RP
32.3
2.3
10.3
5.5
8 Eric Gagne
LAN
RP
28.5
2.2
18.3
13.9
9 Ryan Madson*
PHI
RP
23.8
2.2
8.8
4.9
10 John Smoltz
ATL
RP
37.1
2.2
15.2
10.8
11 Luis Ayala
MON
RP
26.5
2.1
9.8
5.0
12 Mike Gonzalez*
PIT
RP
26.1
2.0
7.5
5.2
13 Chad Cordero*
MON
RP
22.3
2.0
11.8
7.4
14 Trevor Hoffman
SDN
RP
36.7
1.7
11.0
8.1
15 Guillermo Mota
MULT
RP
30.9
1.7
11.1
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2004 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
34.6
4.2
18.1
13.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
34.6
4.2
18.1
13.4
2 Tom Gordon
NYA
RP
36.6
4.0
15.5
10.1
3 Joe Nathan
MIN
RP
29.6
3.9
18.4
14.1
4 Francisco Cordero
TEX
RP
29.1
3.6
16.5
12.2
5 Keith Foulke
BOS
RP
31.7
3.5
17.5
12.5
6 B.J. Ryan
BAL
RP
28.5
3.4
11.3
6.1
7 Francisco Rodriguez
ANA
RP
22.5
3.4
16.5
11.5
8 Juan Rincon
MIN
RP
25.4
2.7
11.7
6.8
9 Justin Duchscherer*
OAK
RP
26.6
2.3
9.4
3.6
10 Shingo Takatsu*
CHA
RP
35.6
2.2
13.2
9.5
11 Ron Mahay
TEX
RP
33.0
2.1
7.9
3.9
12 Scot Shields
ANA
RP
28.9
2.0
11.0
4.7
13 Brian Shouse
TEX
RP
35.8
1.9
6.0
3.4
14 Damaso Marte
CHA
RP
29.4
1.8
9.2
4.8
15 Lance Carter
TBA
RP
29.5
1.6
6.5
1.7
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.

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