 Five-time winner Dan Quisenberry | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Awarded for | Most outstanding relief pitcher in the American League and National League |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Presented by | Sporting News |
| History | |
| 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 relief pitcher in each league in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was established in 1960 by The Sporting News (TSN) as the Fireman of the Year Award. At the time, no reliever had ever received a Cy Young Award vote. The Fireman of the Year Award originally recognized the reliever with the most combined saves and wins in each league in MLB. The magazine had started publishing the then-unofficial save statistic that same year. Later, a save was worth two points compared to one for a win in determining the winner. In 2001 the award was chosen based on consensus from TSN editors, and it was renamed to Reliever of the Year Award. The award was last issued in 2010 before being discontinued.
Fireman of the Year Award winners
Reliever of the Year Award winners
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
- The Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year
- The Sporting News Relief Pitcher of the Year
- The Sporting News Player of the Year
- The Sporting News Rookie of the Year
- The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year
- The Sporting News Manager of the Year
- The 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
- Dickson, Paul (2011). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-393-34008-2. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- Gillette, Gary; Palmer, Peter (2008). The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition. Sterling. p. 1809. ISBN 978-1-4027-6051-8.
- Zimniuch, Fran (2010). Fireman: The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-60078-312-8.
- ^ 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