Major League Baseball (MLB) Awards - Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award

Save:

+2 points

Win:

+1 point

Blown Save:

-1 points

Loss:

-2 points

National League

Year

Name

Team

Saves

Blown Saves

Wins

Losses

ERA

1976

Rawley Eastwick

Cincinnati

26

n/a

11

5

2.09

1977

Rollie Fingers

San Diego

35

n/a

8

9

2.99

1978

Rollie Fingers

San Diego

37

n/a

6

13

2.52

1979

Bruce Sutter

Chicago

37

n/a

6

6

2.22

1980

Rollie Fingers

San Diego

23

n/a

11

9

2.80

1981

Bruce Sutter

St. Louis

25

n/a

3

5

2.62

1982

Bruce Sutter

St. Louis

36

n/a

9

8

2.90

1983

Al Holland

Philadelphia

25

n/a

8

4

2.26

1984

Bruce Sutter

St. Louis

45

n/a

5

7

1.54

1985

Jeff Reardon

Montreal

41

n/a

2

8

3.18

1986

Todd Worrell

St. Louis

36

n/a

9

10

2.08

1987

Steve Bedrosian

Philadelphia

40

8

5

3

2.83

1988

John Franco

Cincinnati

39

3

6

6

1.57

1989

Mark Davis

San Diego

44

4

4

3

1.85

1990

John Franco

New York

33

6

5

3

2.53

1991

Lee Smith

St. Louis

47

6

6

3

2.34

1992

Lee Smith

St. Louis

43

8

4

9

3.12

1993

Randy Myers

Chicago

53

6

2

4

3.11

1994

Rod Beck

San Francisco

28

0

2

4

2.77

1995

Tom Henke

St. Louis

36

2

1

1

1.82

1996

Jeff Brantley

Cincinnati

44

5

1

2

2.41

1997

Jeff Shaw

Cincinnati

42

7

4

2

2.38

1998

Trevor Hoffman

San Diego

53

1

4

2

1.48

1999

Billy Wagner

Houston

39

3

4

1

1.57

2000

Antonio Alfonseca

Florida

45

4

5

6

4.24

2001

Armando Benitez

New York

43

3

6

4

3.77

2002

John Smoltz

Atlanta

2003

Eric Gagne

Los Angeles

55

0

2

3

1.20

2004

Eric Gagne

Los Angeles

45

2

7

3

2.19

2005

Chad Cordero

Washington Nationals

47

2

4

1.82

2006

Trevor Hoffman

San Diego Padres

46

0

2

2.14

American League

Year

Name

Team

Saves

Blown Saves

Wins

Losses

ERA

1976

Bill Campbell

Minnesota

20

n/a

17

5

3.01

1977

Bill Campbell

Boston

31

n/a

13

9

2.96

1978

Rich Gossage

New York

27

n/a

10

11

2.01

1979

Jim Kern

Texas

29

n/a

13

5

1.57

1980

Dan Quisenberry

Kansas City

33

n/a

12

7

3.09

1981

Rollie Fingers

Milwaukee

28

n/a

6

3

1.04

1982

Dan Quisenberry

Kansas City

35

n/a

9

7

2.57

1983

Dan Quisenberry

Kansas City

45

n/a

5

3

1.94

1984

Dan Quisenberry

Kansas City

44

n/a

6

3

2.64

1985

Dan Quisenberry

Kansas City

37

n/a

8

9

2.37

1986

Dave Righetti

New York

46

n/a

8

8

2.45

1987

Dave Righetti

New York

31

13

8

6

3.51

1988

Dennis Eckersley

Oakland

45

8

4

2

2.35

1989

Jeff Russell

Texas

38

6

6

4

1.98

1990

Bobby Thigpen

Chicago

57

8

4

6

1.83

1991

Bryan Harvey

California

46

6

2

4

1.60

1992

Dennis Eckersley

Oakland

51

3

7

1

1.91

1993

Jeff Montgomery

Kansas City

45

6

7

5

2.27

1994

Lee Smith

Baltimore

33

6

1

4

3.29

1995

Jose Mesa

Cleveland

46

2

3

0

1.13

1996

John Wetteland

New York

43

4

2

3

2.83

1997

Randy Myers

Baltimore

45

1

2

3

1.51

1998

Tom Gordon

Boston

46

1

7

4

2.72

1999

Mariano Rivera

New York

45

4

4

3

1.83

2000

Todd Jones

Detroit

42

4

2

4

3.52

2001

Mariano Rivera

New York

50

7

4

6

2.34

2002

Billy Koch

Oakland

44

6

11

4

3.27

2003

Keith Foulke

Oakland

43

5

9

1

2.08

2004

Mariano Rivera

New York

53

4

4

2

2005

Mariano Rivera

New York Yankees

43

7

4

1.38

2006

Francisco Rodriguez

Los Angeles Angels

47

2

3

1.73