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2007 National League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jose Valverde
ARI
RP
27.9
2.2
14.0
10.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Takashi Saito
LAN
RP
37.4
3.5
16.5
12.9
2 Heath Bell
SDN
RP
29.8
3.3
12.9
7.6
3 Carlos Marmol
CHN
RP
24.7
3.0
11.1
7.2
4 Manuel Corpas*
COL
RP
24.6
2.9
14.8
10.4
5 Lee Gardner*
FLO
RP
32.5
2.6
7.0
2.8
6 Matt Capps
PIT
RP
23.8
2.6
12.9
8.5
7 Chad Qualls
HOU
RP
28.9
2.5
9.0
4.3
8 Jose Valverde
ARI
RP
27.9
2.2
14.0
10.4
9 Brandon Lyon
ARI
RP
27.9
2.1
11.1
6.9
10 Peter Moylan*
ATL
RP
28.6
1.9
9.1
4.0
11 Dave Weathers
CIN
RP
37.8
1.9
11.8
7.4
12 Jonathan Broxton
LAN
RP
23.0
1.8
9.5
4.9
13 Kevin Gregg
FLO
RP
29.0
1.7
9.7
5.0
14 Billy Wagner
NYN
RP
35.9
1.7
11.8
7.9
15 Russ Springer
SLN
RP
38.7
1.7
7.7
4.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2007 American League Rolaids Relief Man

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
J.J. Putz
SEA
RP
30.4
4.0
20.0
15.8
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rafael Betancourt
CLE
RP
32.2
4.3
16.0
11.3
2 J.J. Putz
SEA
RP
30.4
4.0
20.0
15.8
3 Jonathan Papelbon
BOS
RP
26.6
3.1
14.2
10.7
4 Hideki Okajima*
BOS
RP
31.5
2.9
11.3
7.2
5 Joe Nathan
MIN
RP
32.6
2.9
16.4
12.2
6 Bobby Jenks
CHA
RP
26.3
2.8
16.4
12.5
7 Matt Guerrier
MIN
RP
28.9
2.6
9.7
4.5
8 Joakim Soria*
KCA
RP
23.1
2.4
12.8
8.7
9 Joaquin Benoit
TEX
RP
29.9
2.4
10.2
5.4
10 Rafael Perez*
CLE
RP
25.3
2.3
8.5
4.9
11 Francisco Rodriguez
LAA
RP
25.5
2.2
14.6
10.6
12 Jeremy Accardo
TOR
RP
25.5
2.2
13.6
9.6
13 David Riske
KCA
RP
30.7
2.2
7.8
3.7
14 Scott Downs
TOR
RP
31.3
2.0
8.1
4.7
15 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
37.6
1.9
11.6
7.4
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