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Firemen of the Year Winners

By Patrick Mondout

The Sporting News began awarding the top closer in each league a "Fireman of the Year" trophy in 1960. The award was broadened in 2001 to include all relievers (not just closers) and was renamed the "Reliever of the Year."

The award is similar to the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year award, but is voted on rather than simply given to the reliever with the best stats. We have all winners of these awards below.

Note: * indicates tie

TSN Firemen of the Year
YEAR WINNER   YEAR WINNER
1960 NL Lindy McDaniel
AL Mike Fornieles
  1983 NL Al Holland*
NL Lee Smith*
AL Dan Quisenberry
1961 NL Stu Miller
AL Luis Arroyo
  1984 NL Bruce Sutter
AL Dan Quisenberry
1962 NL Roy Face
AL Dick Radatz
  1985 NL Jeff Reardon
AL Dan Quisenberry
1963 NL Lindy McDaniel
AL Stu Miller
  1986 NL Todd Worrell
AL Dave Righetti
1964 NL Al McBean
AL Dick Radatz
  1987 NL Steve Bedrosian
AL Jeff Reardon*
AL Dave Righetti*
1965 NL Ted Abernathy
AL Eddie Fisher
  1988 NL John Franco
AL Dennis Eckersley
1966 NL Phil Regan
AL Jack Aker
  1989 NL Mark Davis
AL Jeff Russell
1967 NL Ted Abernathy
AL Minnie Rojas
  1990 NL John Franco
AL Bobby Thigpen
1968 NL Phil Regan
AL Wilbur Wood
  1991 NL Lee Smith
AL Dennis Eckersley*
AL Bryan Harvey*
1969 NL Wayne Granger
AL Ron Perranoski
  1992 NL Doug Jones
NL Lee Smith
AL Dennis Eckersley
1970 NL Wayne Granger
AL Ron Perranoski
  1993 NL Randy Myers
AL Jeff Montgomery
1971 NL Dave Giusti
AL Ken Sanders
  1994 NL John Franco
AL Lee Smith
1972 NL Clay Carroll
AL Sparky Lyle
  1995 NL Randy Myers
AL Jose Mesa
1973 NL Mike Marshall
AL John Hiller
  1996 NL Trevor Hoffman
AL John Wetteland
1974 NL Mike Marshall
AL Terry Forster
  1997 NL Jeff Shaw
AL Mariano Rivera
1975 NL Al Hrabosky
AL Rich Gossage
  1998 NL Trevor Hoffman
AL Tom Gordon
1976 NL Rawly Eastwick
AL Bill Campbell
  1999 NL Ugueth Urbina
AL Mariano Rivera
1977 NL Rollie Fingers
AL Bill Campbell
  2000 NL Antonio Alfonseca
AL Todd Jones
1978 NL Rollie Fingers
AL Rich Gossage
  2001 NL Armando Benitez
NL Robb Nen
AL Mariano Rivera
1979 NL Bruce Sutter
AL Jim Kern*
AL Mike Marshall*
  2002 NL John Smoltz
AL Billy Koch
1980 NL Rollie Fingers*
NL Tom Hume*
AL Dan Quisenberry
  2003 NL Eric Gagne
AL Keith Foulke
1981 NL Bruce Sutter
AL Rollie Fingers
  2004 NL Eric Gagne
AL Mariano Rivera
1982 NL Bruce Sutter
AL Dan Quisenberry
     
THE SPORTING NEWS TOP RELIEVERS

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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WINNER

Dan Quisenberry's underhanded delivery helped him win a record five times.

Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com


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