Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award
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History | |
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First award | 1960 |
Final award | 2010 |
Most wins | Mariano Rivera (6) |
The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award was an annual award presented to the best
wins in each league in MLB.[3] The magazine had started publishing the then-unofficial save statistic that same year.[4] Later, a save was worth two points compared to one for a save in determining the winner.[4] In 2001 the award was chosen based on consensus from TSN editors, and it was renamed to Reliever of the Year Award.[5]
The award was last issued in 2010 before being discontinued.
Fireman of the Year Award winners
Reliever of the Year Award winners
Year | American League | Team | National League | Team |
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2001 | Mariano Rivera (3) | New York Yankees | Armando Benítez Robb Nen |
New York Mets San Francisco Giants |
2002 | Billy Koch | Oakland Athletics | John Smoltz | Atlanta Braves |
2003 | Keith Foulke | Oakland Athletics | Éric Gagné | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2004 | Mariano Rivera (4) | New York Yankees | Éric Gagné (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2005 | Mariano Rivera (5) Joe Nathan |
New York Yankees Minnesota Twins |
Chad Cordero | Washington Nationals |
2006 | Francisco Rodríguez | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Trevor Hoffman (3) | San Diego Padres |
2007 | Joe Borowski | Cleveland Indians |
José Valverde | Arizona Diamondbacks |
2008 | Francisco Rodríguez (2) | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Brad Lidge | Philadelphia Phillies |
2009 | Mariano Rivera (6) | New York Yankees | Ryan Franklin | St. Louis Cardinals |
2010 | Rafael Soriano | Tampa Bay Rays | Heath Bell | San Diego Padres |
See also
- Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award
- also known as the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award
- Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award(discontinued)
- "Esurance MLB Awards" Best Pitcher (in MLB)
- "Players Choice Awards" Outstanding Pitcher
- Warren Spahn Award (best left-handed pitcher)
- Baseball awards
- List of Major League Baseball awards
- Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year
- Sporting News Relief Pitcher of the Year
- Sporting News Player of the Year
- Sporting News Rookie of the Year
- Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year
- Sporting News Manager of the Year
- Sporting News Executive of the Year
References
- General
- "Fireman of the Year Award / Reliever of the Year Award by The Sporting News". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015.
- Specific
- ISBN 978-0-393-34008-2. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-4027-6051-8.
- ISBN 978-1-60078-312-8.
- ^ a b Holtzman, Jerome (May 2002). "Where did save rule come from? Baseball historian recalls how he helped develop statistic that measures reliever's effectiveness". Baseball Digest. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ^ Dickson 2011, pp.322–3