AL RELIEF MAN AWARD WINNERS

2010s

					BATTING												PITCHING
YEAR	NAME	POS	TM	LG	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	VOTING
2012	Jim Johnson	RP	BAL	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1	2.49	1.02	71	0	51	68.2	55	3	15	41
2011	Jose Valverde	RP	DET	AL	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	4	2.24	1.19	75	0	49	72.1	52	5	34	69
2010	Rafael Soriano	RP	TB	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	2	1.73	0.80	64	0	45	62.1	36	4	14	57

2000s

					BATTING												PITCHING
YEAR	NAME	POS	TM	LG	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	VOTING
2009	Joe Nathan	RP	MIN	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	2	2.10	0.93	70	0	47	68.2	42	7	22	89
›	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	AL	66	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	3	3	1.76	0.90	66	0	44	66.1	48	7	12	72
2008	Francisco Rodríguez	RP	LAA	AL	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3	2.24	1.29	76	0	62	68.1	54	4	34	77
2007	J.J. Putz	RP	SEA	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1	1.38	0.70	68	0	40	71.2	37	6	13	82
2006	Francisco Rodríguez	RP	LAA	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3	1.73	1.10	69	0	47	73.0	52	6	28	98
2005	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	4	1.38	0.87	71	0	43	78.1	50	2	18	80
2004	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	AL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	2	1.94	1.08	74	0	53	78.2	65	3	20	66
2003	Keith Foulke	RP	ATH	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1	2.08	0.89	72	0	43	86.2	57	10	20	88
2002	Billy Koch	RP	ATH	AL	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	11	4	3.27	1.27	84	0	44	93.2	73	7	46	93
2001	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	6	2.34	0.90	71	0	50	80.2	61	5	12	83
2000	Todd Jones	RP	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	4	3.52	1.44	67	0	42	64.0	67	6	25	67

1990s

					BATTING												PITCHING
YEAR	NAME	POS	TM	LG	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	VOTING
1999	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	3	1.83	0.88	66	0	45	69.0	43	2	18	52
1998	Tom Gordon	RP	BOS	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	4	2.72	1.01	73	0	46	79.1	55	2	25	78
1997	Randy Myers	RP	BAL	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3	1.51	1.16	61	0	45	59.2	47	2	22	56
1996	John Wetteland	RP	NYY	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3	2.83	1.18	62	0	43	63.2	54	9	21	69
1995	Jose Mesa	RP	CLE	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	0	1.13	1.03	62	0	46	64.0	49	3	17	58
1994	Lee Smith	RP	BAL	AL													1	4	3.29	1.17	41	0	33	38.1	34	6	11	42
1993	Jeff Montgomery	RP	KC	AL													7	5	2.27	1.01	69	0	45	87.1	65	3	23	66
1992	Dennis Eckersley	RP	ATH	AL													7	1	1.91	0.91	69	0	51	80.0	62	5	11	93
1991	Bryan Harvey	RP	LAA	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	4	1.60	0.86	67	0	46	78.2	51	6	17	101
1990	Bobby Thigpen	RP	CWS	AL													4	6	1.83	1.04	77	0	57	88.2	60	5	32	70

1980s

					BATTING												PITCHING
YEAR	NAME	POS	TM	LG	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	VOTING
1989	Jeff Russell	RP	TEX	AL													6	4	1.98	0.95	71	0	38	72.2	45	4	24	77
1988	Dennis Eckersley	RP	ATH	AL													4	2	2.35	0.87	60	0	45	72.2	52	5	11	70
1987	Dave Righetti	RP	NYY	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	6	3.51	1.46	60	0	31	95.0	95	9	44	77
1986	Dave Righetti	RP	NYY	AL													8	8	2.45	1.15	74	0	46	106.2	88	4	35	83
1985	Dan Quisenberry	RP	KC	AL													8	9	2.37	1.22	84	0	37	129.0	142	8	16	54
1984	Dan Quisenberry	RP	KC	AL													6	3	2.64	1.03	72	0	44	129.1	121	10	12	41
1983	Dan Quisenberry	RP	KC	AL													5	3	1.94	0.93	69	0	45	139.0	118	6	11	48
1982	Dan Quisenberry	RP	KC	AL													9	7	2.57	1.01	72	0	35	136.2	126	12	12	46
1981	Rollie Fingers	RP	MIL	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	3	1.04	0.87	47	0	28	78.0	55	3	13	61
1980	Dan Quisenberry	RP	KC	AL													12	7	3.09	1.22	75	0	33	128.1	129	5	27	37

1970s

					BATTING												PITCHING
YEAR	NAME	POS	TM	LG	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	VOTING
1979	Jim Kern	RP	TEX	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	13	5	1.57	1.13	71	0	29	143.0	99	5	62	136
1978	Rich Gossage	RP	NYY	AL													10	11	2.01	1.09	63	0	27	134.1	87	9	59	122
1977	Bill Campbell	RP	BOS	AL													13	9	2.96	1.23	69	0	31	140.0	112	13	60	114
1976	Bill Campbell	RP	MIN	AL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	17	5	3.01	1.23	78	0	20	167.2	145	9	62	115

Each line is the season the award was won on, his own club's half of it where he was traded mid-year. A year links to that season's winners; VOTING, where the BBWAA's ballot is on record, to the whole vote.

GLOSSARY

G: Games played
AB: At-bats
R: Runs scored
H: Hits
HR: Home runs
RBI: Runs batted in
SB: Stolen bases
BB: Walks (bases on balls)
BA: Batting average — hits per at-bat
OBP: On-base percentage
SLG: Slugging percentage
OPS: On-base plus slugging
W: Wins
L: Losses
ERA: Earned run average
WHIP: Walks and hits per inning pitched
GS: Games started
SV: Saves
IP: Innings pitched
SO: Strikeouts recorded