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Mariano Rivera won the AL Relief Man Award in 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2005.

The Rolaids Relief Man Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given since the 1976 MLB season to the top relief pitchers of the regular season, one in the American League (AL) and one in the National League (NL). Relief pitchers are the pitchers who enter the game after the starting pitcher is removed. The award is sponsored by Rolaids, whose slogan is "R-O-L-A-I-D-S spells relief." Because the first closers were nicknamed "firemen," a reference to "putting out the fire" of another team's rally, the trophy is a gold-plated firefighter's helmet. Unlike other awards, such as the Cy Young Award or the MLB Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, the Relief Man of the Year is based on statistical performance, rather than votes. Each save is worth three points; each win is worth two points; and each loss is worth negative two points. Beginning with the 1987 MLB season, negative two points have been given for blown saves. In the 2000 MLB season, the term "tough save", which is worth four points, was introduced by Rolaids. A "tough save" happens when a relief pitcher enters the game already having a tying run on base, and gets the save. The player with the highest point total wins the award.[1]

The inaugural award winners were Bill Campbell (AL) and Rawly Eastwick (NL); Campbell also won in the following season. Dan Quisenberry has won the award five times, while Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter and Mariano Rivera have won the award four times. Lee Smith has won the award on three occasions; Campbell, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Righetti, John Franco, Éric Gagné, Randy Myers, Trevor Hoffman, and Francisco Rodriguez have won the award twice. Fingers (AL 1981) and Eckersley (AL 1992) have won the Relief Man of the Year, the Cy Young Award, and the MLB MVP Award in the same season. Sutter (NL 1979), Steve Bedrosian (NL 1987), Mark Davis (NL 1989), and Éric Gagné (NL 2003) have won the Relief Man of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season.[2][3] Todd Worrell won both the Relief Man of the Year and the MLB Rookie of the Year Award in the 1986 MLB season.[4] Goose Gossage, Fingers, Eckersley, and Sutter have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.[5] The most recent award winners are Rodriguez (AL) and Brad Lidge (NL).

Winners

Rollie Fingers won the NL Relief Man Award in 1977, 1978, and 1980, and the AL Relief Man of the Year in 1981.
Goose Gossage won the AL Relief Man Award in 1978.
Lee Smith won the AL Relief Man Award in 1994.
Trevor Hoffman won the NL Relief Man Award in 1998 and 2006.
John Smoltz won the NL Relief Man Award in 2002.
Éric Gagné won the NL Relief Man Award in 2003 and 2004.
Francisco Rodriguez won the AL Relief Man Award in 2006 and 2008.
J. J. Putz won the AL Relief Man Award in 2007.
Brad Lidge won the NL Relief Man Award in 2008.
W Wins
L Losses
SV Saves
TS Tough saves
BS Blown saves
ERA Earned run average
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched
Pitcher (#) Denotes winning pitcher and the number of times they had won the award at that point
* Denotes player who is still active
† Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Year League Pitcher Team W–L SV TS BS ERA WHIP
1976 American Bill Campbell Minnesota Twins 17–5 20 — — 3.01 1.235
1976 National Rawly Eastwick Cincinnati Reds 11–5 26 — — 2.09 1.115
1977 American Bill Campbell (2) Boston Red Sox 13–9 31 — — 2.96 1.229
1977 National Rollie Fingers† San Diego Padres 8–9 35 — — 2.99 1.202
1978 American Goose Gossage† New York Yankees 10–11 27 — — 2.01 1.087
1978 National Rollie Fingers† (2) San Diego Padres 6–13 37 — — 2.52 1.053
1979 American Jim Kern Texas Rangers 13–5 29 — — 1.57 1.126
1979 National Bruce Sutter†[b] Chicago Cubs 6–6 37 — — 2.22 0.977
1980 American Dan Quisenberry Kansas City Royals 12–7 33 — — 3.09 1.216
1980 National Rollie Fingers† (3) San Diego Padres 11–9 23 — — 2.80 1.291
1981 American Rollie Fingers† (4)[a] Milwaukee Brewers 6–3 28 — — 1.04 0.872
1981 National Bruce Sutter† (2) St. Louis Cardinals 3–5 25 — — 2.62 1.069
1982 American Dan Quisenberry (2) Kansas City Royals 9–7 35 — — 2.57 1.010
1982 National Bruce Sutter† (3) St. Louis Cardinals 9–8 36 — — 2.90 1.192
1983 American Dan Quisenberry (3) Kansas City Royals 5–3 45 — — 1.94 0.928
1983 National Al Holland Philadelphia Phillies 8–4 25 — — 2.26 1.015
1984 American Dan Quisenberry (4) Kansas City Royals 6–3 44 — — 2.65 1.028
1984 National Bruce Sutter† (4) St. Louis Cardinals 5–7 45 — — 1.54 1.076
1985 American Dan Quisenberry (5) Kansas City Royals 8–9 37 — — 2.37 1.225
1985 National Jeff Reardon Montreal Expos 2–8 41 — — 3.18 1.072
1986 American Dave Righetti New York Yankees 8–8 46 — — 2.45 1.153
1986 National Todd Worrell[c] St. Louis Cardinals 9–10 36 — — 2.08 1.225
1987 American Dave Righetti (2) New York Yankees 8–6 31 — — 3.51 1.463
1987 National Steve Bedrosian[b] Philadelphia Phillies 5–3 40 — — 2.83 1.202
1988 American Dennis Eckersley† Oakland Athletics 4–2 45 — 8 2.35 0.867
1988 National John Franco Cincinnati Reds 6–6 39 — 3 1.57 1.012
1989 American Jeff Russell Texas Rangers 6–4 38 — 6 1.98 0.950
1989 National Mark Davis[b] San Diego Padres 4–3 44 — 4 1.84 1.047
1990 American Bobby Thigpen Chicago White Sox 4–6 57 — 8 1.83 1.038
1990 National John Franco (2) New York Mets 5–3 33 — 6 2.53 1.286
1991 American Bryan Harvey California Angels 2–4 46 — 6 1.60 0.864
1991 National Lee Smith St. Louis Cardinals 6–3 47 — 6 2.34 1.137
1992 American Dennis Eckersley† (2)[a] Oakland Athletics 7–1 51 — 3 1.91 0.913
1992 National Lee Smith (2) St. Louis Cardinals 4–9 43 — 8 3.12 1.173
1993 American Jeff Montgomery Kansas City Royals 7–5 45 — 6 2.27 1.008
1993 National Randy Myers Chicago Cubs 2–4 53 — 6 3.11 1.208
1994 American Lee Smith (3) Baltimore Orioles 1–4 33 — 6 3.29 1.174
1994 National Rod Beck San Francisco Giants 2–4 28 — 0 2.77 1.274
1995 American José Mesa Cleveland Indians 3–0 46 — 2 1.12 1.031
1995 National Tom Henke St. Louis Cardinals 1–1 36 — 2 1.82 1.104
1996 American John Wetteland New York Yankees 2–3 43 — 4 2.83 1.178
1996 National Jeff Brantley Cincinnati Reds 1–2 44 — 5 2.41 1.155
1997 American Randy Myers (2) Baltimore Orioles 2–3 45 — 1 1.51 1.156
1997 National Jeff Shaw Cincinnati Reds 4–2 42 — 1 2.38 0.961
1998 American Tom Gordon* Boston Red Sox 7–4 46 — 1 2.72 1.008
1998 National Trevor Hoffman San Diego Padres 4–2 53 — 1 1.48 0.936
1999 American Mariano Rivera* New York Yankees 4–3 45 — 4 1.83 0.884
1999 National Billy Wagner* Houston Astros 4–1 39 — 3 1.57 0.777
2000 American Todd Jones Detroit Tigers 2–4 42 4 4 3.52 1.438
2000 National Antonio Alfonseca Florida Marlins 5–6 45 0 4 4.24 1.514
2001 American Mariano Rivera* (2) New York Yankees 4–6 50 3 7 2.34 0.905
2001 National Armando Benítez New York Mets 6–4 43 3 3 3.77 1.297
2002 American Billy Koch Oakland Athletics 11–4 44 2 6 3.27 1.270
2002 National John Smoltz* Atlanta Braves 3–2 55 5 4 3.25 1.033
2003 American Keith Foulke Oakland Athletics 9–1 43 4 5 2.08 0.888
2003 National Éric Gagné[b] Los Angeles Dodgers 2–3 55 2 0 1.20 0.692
2004 American Mariano Rivera* (3) New York Yankees 4–2 53 2 4 1.94 1.081
2004 National Éric Gagné (2) Los Angeles Dodgers 7–3 45 3 2 2.19 0.911
2005 American Mariano Rivera* (4) New York Yankees 7–4 43 5 4 1.38 0.868
2005 National Chad Cordero Washington Nationals 2–4 47 2 7 1.82 0.969
2006 American Francisco Rodriguez* Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2–3 47 3 4 1.73 1.096
2006 National Trevor Hoffman* (2) San Diego Padres 0–2 46 0 5 2.14 0.968
2007 American J. J. Putz* Seattle Mariners 6–1 40 8 2 1.38 0.698
2007 National José Valverde* Arizona Diamondbacks 1–4 47 1 7 2.66 1.119
2008 American Francisco Rodriguez* (2) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2–3 62 1 7 2.24 1.288
2008 National Brad Lidge* Philadelphia Phillies 2–0 41 0 0 1.95 1.226

Notes

References

General
  • "Rolaids Relief Man Award Past Winners". McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  • "Relief Man Award winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  • "Rookie of the Year Awards & Rolaids Relief Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
Specific
  1. ^ "About The Award". McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  2. ^ "Cy Young Award winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  3. ^ "Most Valuable Player winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  4. ^ "Rookie of the Year winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  5. ^ "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
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