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		RELIEF POINTS Relief wins plus saves minus losses was the original formula used as the basis for the Rolaids Company's annual award to the top reliever in each league.
		SAVE Created by Jerome Holtzman of the Chicago Sun-Times, the save began to be reported by The Sporting News on a regular basis in 1960.
		In 1973 the save was redefined so that a reliever had not only to finish the game but also to find the potential tying or winning run on base or at the plate, or, alternately, to pitch the final three innings of a victorious contest.
	www.new-territory.net /baseball_stats.txt (8082 words)

	Baseball statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Managers often base their personnel decisions during the game on statistics, such as choosing who to put in the lineup, or which relief pitcher to bring in.
		It adds the hitter's on base percentage (number of times reached base -by any means- divided by total plate appearances) to his or her slugging percentage (total bases divided by at bats).
		BS - Blown save - number of times entering the game in a save situation, and being charged the run which ties the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Baseball_statistics (2207 words)

	BaseballTruth.com Archive Document
		That his 310 saves are now 13th is a mark of how relief usage has changed, not a mark against Gossage's accomplishments.
		His 223 career win shares are the third-highest total for a reliever, behind Wilhelm and Dennis Eckersley, and if you only count the years Eckersley pitched in relief, then Gossage rates as having had the second most valuable career by a reliever.
		He led the league in saves four times, and his 3.03 career ERA was 32 percent better than league average over the course of his career.
	www.baseballtruth.com /cycle/cycle_102202.htm (1858 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Rockies' Helton tops Elias player rankings - Thursday November 08, 2001 12:48 AM
		The biggest aberration was among AL relief pitchers, with Chicago's Keith Foulke (94.299) finishing first for the third straight year, while the Yankees' Mariano Rivera (92.043) improved to second.
		While Rivera was first in wins plus saves, fourth in strikeouts/walks ratio, fifth in ERA and 13th in hits per nine innings, he was 17th in appearances and 19th in innings.
		Foulke was fourth in wins plus saves, tied for fourth in appearances, sixth in strikeout/walk ratio, seventh in ERA and hits per nine innings and 16th in innings.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2001/11/07/player_rankings_ap (723 words)

	The One About Win Probability -- The Hardball Times
		Like Win Shares, WPA is not a good predictive statistic because it's not necessarily a good representation of a player's true talent.
		The most interesting and useful application of Win Probability Added -- the one that Drinen, Tangotiger and others have spent a lot of time on -- is the evaluation of relief pitchers and the managers who call on them.
		Win Shares, by the way, includes an approximation of WPA for relief pitchers, based on each pitcher's saves and holds.
	www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/the-one-about-win-probability (1693 words)

	Major League Baseball : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ironic, because Face was less a closer than a vulture: he had only 10 saves in 1959, and gained many of his wins after blowing inherited leads.
		Saves finally were accepted as an official stat in 1969, launching relievers into orbit.
		Rivera did win the award in 2001 for the second time in three years, but 12 different relievers have led the AL the last 14 seasons.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20020515&content_id=25864&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp (970 words)

	Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
		In ‘65, Miller was 14-7 with 24 saves and a microscopic 1.89 ERA.
		Wilhelm was the all-time saves leader until Fingers (who ended his career in 1985 with 341 saves) passed him in 1980.
		The latter was the first player to win MVP honors in both leagues (in 1961 with Cincinnati and in 1966 with the O’s) while winning the elusive Triple Crown in ’66 with a.316 batting average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI.
	www.baseballtoddsdugout.com /stumiller.html (3518 words)

	Diamond Legends - Baseball's Past Comes Alive (n)
		A Relief Pitching statistic indicating the percentage of runners on base at the time a relief pitcher enters a game that he allows to score.
		Any runner(s) on base when a relief pitcher enters a game are considered "inherited" by that pitcher.
		The Winning Percentage a team of nine Fred McGriffs (or anybody) would compile against average pitching and defense.
	legends.stats.com /rules/glossary.asp?part=2&division=1 (1883 words)

	ESPN Classic Fantasy Baseball: Glossary: Definitions of Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is charged any time a pitcher comes into a game where a save situation is in place and he loses the lead.
		For example, if a single is lined to center field with men on first and second, and one man scores while the other stops at second, that is one extra base taken on two opportunities, a 50.0 hold percentage.
		A Relief Pitcher is in a Save Situation when upon entering the game with his club leading, he has the opportunity to be the finishing pitcher (and is not the winning pitcher of record at the time), and meets any one of the three following conditions:
	games.espn.go.com /content/legends/2002/story?page=glossaryterms (1946 words)

	Mike's Baseball Rants: January 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The standard deviation for team closers' save totals (6.96) dropped to its lowest since 1976 (not counting the strike year of 1982) and the standard deviation as a percentage of the average saves (27.38) was at an all-time low (just 25.41%).
		Five saves for a team leader is the least that has been recorded since 1975 in a non-strike year.
		His second win he garnered when the Dodgers broke a tie ballgame in extra innings that when he was pitching.
	www.all-baseball.com /mikesbballrants/archives/2004_01.html (6324 words)

	Boston Red Sox : Official Info : Press Release
		The imposing 6-foot-6, 250-pound flame thrower went 49-32 with 104 saves and a 2.66 ERA in 286 appearances for the Red Sox, striking out 646 in 576.1 innings, an average of 10.1 K's per 9 innings.
		As a rookie in 1962, he led the A.L. with 62 appearances, nine relief wins and 24 saves and was chosen A.L. Fireman of the Year.
		He earned the win or save in 45 of the club's 72 victories (63 percent) and struck out 181 in 157.0 innings.
	boston.redsox.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20050317&content_id=969812&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos (530 words)

	Rolaids Relief Man standings for 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jeff Montgomery 43 42 256 49 608 Note: Blown saves were not recorded until 1988.
		From 1976-'87, points were tabulated as follows: saves +2, relief wins +2, relief losses -1.
		Since 1988, the scoring has been as follows: Saves +3, relief wins +2, blown saves -2, relief losses -2.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/mon/rol31698.stm (190 words)

	Niesel's Dominant Outing And Sollmann's Three-Run Inside-The-Park Home Run Help Irish Edge Eastern Illinois, 3-2 :: ...
		J.P. Gagne picked up his third save of the season, in relief of fellow senior Matt Laird, striking out pinch hitter Mike Meyer with runners on first and second to end the game.
		Gagne's save was the ninth of his career, tying '96 graduate Rich Sauget for sixth in ND history...
		Gagne (23-12) needs just one more save to join former greats Chris Michalak (34-13, 12 saves) and Aaron Heilman (43-7, 12 saves) as the only ND pitchers ever to post 20-plus wins and 10-plus saves in their Irish careers...
	und.cstv.com /sports/m-basebl/recaps/031303aaa.html (633 words)

	Backhand Shots - CBS SportsLine.com
		Ottawa's win over Tampa Bay was more notable for the offensive explosiveness the Senators demonstrated in pulling away from the befuddled Lightning in the third period, while Edmonton showed it could skate and match the physical force of the Red Wings, at least through 60 minutes.
		The win temporarily moved the hard-charging Thrashers into a tie with the Lightning for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East and kept up the momentum for a team that seemed dead in the water at the Olympic break.
		Edmonton earned its spot by winning against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to get in with a win, while the Canucks were blowing a lead in the third period in San Jose and frittering away their last hope.
	www.sportsline.com /columns/weblogs/entry/9355083 (7741 words)

	Mike's Baseball Rants: March 2003 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Relief appearances increased by about 7% but that was hardly unusual for the era.
		The circumstances were very favorable for fine relief stats: the upsurge was enough to spur managers to go full bore with the new "post modern" relief strategy but they were not so much to change the perception of the newly defined role.
		Only on occasion would he pick up a save by getting one or two outs, and his ratio of innings pitched to saves was about 3 to I. When Dave Righetti saved 46 games in 1986 he pitched 107 innings, so his ratio was more like 2 to 1.
	www.all-baseball.com /mikesbballrants/archives/2003_03.html (16745 words)

	Seanez added to 'pen - Extra Bases - Boston.com
		Seanez, who made nine relief appearances for the Red Sox in 2003, made 57 relief appearances for the Padres last season going 7-1 with a 2.69 ERA (18 ER/60.1 IP).
		The 37-year-old, who passed a physical Tuesday, set career highs in wins, appearances, innings pitched (60.1) and strikeouts (84), while his 2.69 ERA was his lowest since posting a 2.66 mark with the Dodgers in 1994.
		The righthander is 27-20 with 11 saves and a 4.12 ERA (180 ER/393.2 IP) in 380 career major league appearances, all in relief.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2005/12/seanez_added_to.html (560 words)

	- CBS SportsLine.com
		A pitcher is credited with a game finished if he is the last relief pitcher for his team in a game and was not the starting pitcher.
		Charged to a relief pitcher when he enters a game with a runner or runners on base and he allows those runners to score.
		The number of singles plus doubles times two plus the number of triples times three plus the number of home runs times four.
	cbs.sportsline.com /help/glossary/stats/baseball (1144 words)

	Major League Baseball : News
		Bonds, who is trying to become the first player to twice win back-to-back MVP Awards (he won it in 1990, 1992-93 and again last season) is among the league leaders in a dozen offensive categories and the Giants are in the thick of the National League West race.
		Gagne's emergence after moving to the bullpen was a surprise and it will be difficult for anyone to catch him if he continues to dominate in the second half of the season as he did in the first half.
		The Los Angeles "rookie" Kazuhisa Ishii obviously is among the league leaders in wins, strikeouts per nine innings, ERA, winning percentage and innings pitched.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20020709&content_id=78832&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp (1256 words)

	Achievement Plus presents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fagerheim said he felt they would win the game, and even when they allowed the lead to slip away, he told the players between period to stay focused and they could win the game.
		Hamilton, who was on the ice having earned an assist on the winning goal, said it was strange the chain of losses made the team, at least temporarily famous.
		"They were so excited by the prospect of a win they forgot to put film in the camera, so there's no record of it on film," he said.
	www.sjhl.sk.ca /net/01Jan26.htm (2954 words)

	Can’t Stop The Bleeding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Detroit’s Jeremy Bonderman is looking for his 11th win tonight, and the Tigers have already staked him to a 5-0 lead after 2 innings.
		Red Bull NY’s 1-0 home win over Kansas City last night was the former’s 3rd straight win, as well as their third clean sheet in a week.
		John Maine is 3 outs away from his first complete game shutout and first win in a Mets uniform (he won a pair with Baltimore in ‘05) ; he’s thrown a mere 88 pitches and allowed just 4 hits through 8 innings, as New York leads Houston, 7-0.
	www.cantstopthebleeding.com (10099 words)

	San Diego Padres : Official Info : Press Release
		He ranks among franchise all-time leaders in games pitched (728; first), saves (434; first), wins (47; tied for 12th), innings pitched (786.2; 13th), ERA (2.76; first) and strikeouts (889; third).
		Hoffman has converted 89.5% (436-for-487) of his career save opportunities, the highest rate in Major League history of any reliever with minimum of 190 save opportunities.
		He has saved at least 40 games in a Major League-record seven seasons (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005), and shares the record of 10 seasons with 30 or more saves with Smith.
	sandiego.padres.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20051207&content_id=1278442&vkey=pr_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd (465 words)

	ESPN.com - Not short on status
		Even though Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein came up a little, um, short in the Cards' 12-inning 2-1 win over the Pirates Tuesday (he went 0-for-6), he's still an inspiration to plenty of vertically challenged folks (such as this scribe).
		Face was a three-time All-Star who went a remarkable 18-1 in 1959 – with all 18 wins coming in relief.
		His winning percentage and number of relief wins that year remain single-season records.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2068063&type=story (1167 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Numbers don't lie: MLB's best is Big Unit
		Johnson finished first in ERA, strikeouts and innings, second in winning percentage, tied for second in starts and third in wins, the categories used to evaluate starting pitchers.
		While Rivera was first in wins plus saves, second in ERA and fourth in hits per nine innings, he was 10th in strikeout/walk ratio, 23rd in appearances and 32nd in innings.
		Foulke was first in strikeout/walk ratio, fourth in ERA, sixth in hits per nine innings, ninth in innings, tied for ninth in wins plus saves and 15th in appearances.
	espn.go.com /mlb/news/2000/1031/848945.html (731 words)

	The Bull Pen - Cheap Relief Pitchers
		I am looking for suggested up and coming Relief Pitchers that are inexpensive but are considered for a possible good year.
		I'm assuming you want GOOD relief pitchers and not necessarily "possible closers", and who will be cheap-ish.
		As far as being useless if Jones were to get 10 plus saves he would be worth something.
	www.rotojunkie.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4423 (943 words)

	New York Daily News - Baseball - Jon Lewin & Lisa Swan: Subway Squawkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hernandez also mentioned that during the Mets' legendary 16-inning win over Houston that propelled them into the 1986 World Series, he was so tense that he smoked 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes.
		They are the only active pitchers with 200 wins who have never signed as a free agent with the Yankees or Mets.
		Speaking of Personality Plus, I saw something really disturbing at Randy Johnson's postgame interview - when he was attempting to slough off questions about being hurt, he actually forced a smile.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/story/409510p-343383c.html (10765 words)

	Billy Hoeft \| BaseballLibrary.com
		In 1955 Hoeft was still only Detroit's third starter in terms of starts and innings, but he led the AL with seven shutouts on his way to a 16-7, 2.99 record and a spot on the AL All-Star team.
		Hoeft enjoyed his best seasons in relief with the Orioles, recording a 2.02 ERA in 1961 and four wins plus seven saves in 1962, then was traded to the Giants and later to the Braves, spending single seasons with each club.
		Allie Reynolds is the winner with six innings of relief.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hoeft_Billy.stm (685 words)

	Baseball statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CG - Complete game - number of games where player was the only pitcher for his team
		GF - Games finished - number of games pitched where player was the final pitcher for his team
		SVO - Save Opportunities - number of chances to earn SV Total batters faced - opponent's total plate appearances
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball_statistics (2207 words)

	South Carolina Baseball Moves Up In Latest College Baseball Polls :: Gamecocks Ranked No. 3 In the Nation by Baseball ...
		Sophomore infielder Steven Tolleson is batting.436 on the year (17-for-39) and hit the game-winning HR for the Gamecocks in the 8-7 win vs. Clemson, Tolleson also owns four stolen bases on the year.
		Junior RHP Chad Blackwell picked up two saves on the week vs. Furman and vs. Clemson and also earned a win in relief in Sunday's extra inning affair with the Tigers...
		Blackwell has five saves and has pitched 12 1/3 innings and owns 19 strikeouts with just one walk, three runs and four hits allowed, Blackwell threw a career-high four innings in Sunday's win vs. Clemson...
	uscsports.cstv.com /sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/030804aab.html (713 words)

	Practical Famine Relief
		The provincial commissioner, John Nandasaba said 11 out of the 13 districts in the province have been badly hit by the drought that is affecting most parts of the country.
		Malian officials and relief agencies say 10,000 metric tonnes of grains must be dispatched within the next two weeks across the impoverished country, to almost one million people who have seen their livelihoods devoured by swarms of locusts.
		Unicef said efforts to scale up relief operations were hampered by limited resources and it was now mobilising for additional support, especially for the school feeding supplementary programme.
	www.newvessels.com (14673 words)

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