Bob Stanley won the most games by a relief pitcher in a season in 1981, with 10 wins.

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Data note: Pitcher Wins: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Bob Stanley B. Stanley	10	1981	BOS	7	.588	34	0	3.84	26	0	0	0	91.1	101	39	43	3	36	6	14	4	401	0	2.56	3.55	0.72	0.30	6.5	9.0	1.50	.297	4.24	9.95
2	Rick Camp R. Camp	9	1981	ATL	3	.750	48	0	1.78	47	0	0	17	76.0	68	15	17	5	12	1	33	3	304	0	5.57	1.42	3.92	0.59	15.5	3.9	1.05	.264	2.01	8.05
3	LaMarr Hoyt L. Hoyt	9	1981	CWS	2	.818	42	0	3.32	58	0	0	10	86.2	78	32	36	9	24	3	30	1	353	3	6.02	2.49	2.42	0.93	16.4	6.8	1.18	.266	3.74	8.10
4	Tom Hume T. Hume	9	1981	CIN	4	.692	51	0	3.46	27	0	0	13	67.2	63	26	27	7	31	1	40	9	281	0	3.59	4.12	0.87	0.93	9.6	11.0	1.39	.260	3.59	8.38
5	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	9	1981	PHI	6	.600	48	0	4.44	29	0	0	2	75.0	85	37	40	4	33	1	19	9	332	3	3.48	3.96	0.88	0.48	8.7	9.9	1.57	.306	4.80	10.20
6	Mark Clear M. Clear	8	1981	BOS	3	.727	34	0	4.11	82	0	0	9	76.2	69	35	36	11	51	2	20	2	346	6	9.63	5.99	1.61	1.29	23.7	14.7	1.57	.290	4.23	8.10
7	Steve Comer S. Comer	8	1981	TEX	1	.889	35	0	2.49	22	0	0	6	72.1	63	20	23	1	27	1	22	7	306	1	2.74	3.36	0.81	0.12	7.2	8.8	1.24	.243	2.86	7.84
8	Neil Allen N. Allen	7	1981	NYM	6	.538	43	0	2.97	50	0	0	18	66.2	64	22	26	4	26	0	35	8	286	3	6.75	3.51	1.92	0.54	17.5	9.1	1.35	.291	3.51	8.64
9	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	7	1981	SDP	7	.500	57	0	2.00	53	0	0	13	90.0	78	20	26	1	36	3	40	15	369	1	5.30	3.60	1.47	0.10	14.4	9.8	1.27	.279	2.60	7.80
10	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	6	1981	MIL	3	.667	47	0	1.04	61	0	0	28	78.0	55	9	9	3	13	1	41	5	297	1	7.04	1.50	4.69	0.35	20.5	4.4	0.87	.237	1.04	6.35
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	6	1981	STL	5	.545	40	0	2.92	8	0	0	4	49.1	51	16	20	1	17	0	16	8	209	2	1.46	3.10	0.47	0.18	3.8	8.1	1.38	.273	3.65	9.30
12	Joe Price J. Price	6	1981	CIN	1	.857	41	0	2.52	41	0	0	4	53.2	42	15	19	3	18	0	13	2	216	2	6.88	3.02	2.28	0.50	19.0	8.3	1.12	.253	3.19	7.04
13	Al Holland A. Holland	6	1981	SFG	5	.545	44	0	2.51	61	0	0	7	79.0	70	22	25	3	38	2	23	10	342	3	6.95	4.33	1.61	0.34	17.8	11.1	1.37	.282	2.85	7.97
14	Steve Howe S. Howe	5	1981	LAD	3	.625	41	0	2.50	32	0	0	8	54.0	51	15	17	2	18	0	25	7	227	0	5.33	3.00	1.78	0.33	14.1	7.9	1.28	.280	2.83	8.50
15	Joe Sambito J. Sambito	5	1981	HOU	5	.500	49	0	1.84	41	0	0	10	63.2	43	13	17	4	22	2	32	5	255	0	5.80	3.11	1.86	0.57	16.1	8.6	1.02	.210	2.40	6.08
16	Fred Breining F. Breining	5	1981	SFG	2	.714	44	0	2.58	32	0	0	1	73.1	62	21	27	4	34	2	15	7	306	3	3.93	4.17	0.94	0.49	10.5	11.1	1.31	.248	3.31	7.61
17	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	5	1981	MON	3	.625	35	0	1.88	25	0	0	7	43.0	38	9	16	1	14	1	16	1	172	0	5.23	2.93	1.79	0.21	14.5	8.1	1.21	.282	3.35	7.95
18	Dave Smith D. Smith	5	1981	HOU	3	.625	42	0	2.76	52	0	0	8	75.0	54	23	26	2	23	2	22	4	305	4	6.24	2.76	2.26	0.24	17.0	7.5	1.03	.230	3.12	6.48
19	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	5	1981	PIT	5	.500	45	0	2.49	34	0	0	3	65.0	61	18	19	1	17	1	27	5	268	1	4.71	2.35	2.00	0.14	12.7	6.3	1.20	.279	2.63	8.45
20	Ron Reed R. Reed	5	1981	PHI	3	.625	39	0	3.08	40	0	0	8	61.1	54	21	26	6	17	1	22	8	251	1	5.87	2.49	2.35	0.88	15.9	6.8	1.16	.257	3.82	7.92
21	Bob Owchinko B. Owchinko	4	1981	OAK	3	.571	29	0	3.20	26	0	0	2	39.1	34	14	15	2	19	1	12	2	164	0	5.95	4.35	1.37	0.46	15.9	11.6	1.35	.276	3.43	7.78
22	Shane Rawley S. Rawley	4	1981	SEA	6	.400	46	0	3.95	35	0	0	8	68.1	64	30	31	1	38	1	28	6	295	8	4.61	5.00	0.92	0.13	11.9	12.9	1.49	.286	4.08	8.43
23	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	4	1981	NYY	0	1.000	25	0	1.87	24	0	0	0	43.1	34	9	12	2	14	0	14	1	174	1	4.98	2.91	1.71	0.42	13.8	8.0	1.11	.239	2.49	7.06
24	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	4	1981	BOS	5	.444	32	0	2.87	35	0	0	6	59.2	61	19	23	5	17	4	21	4	255	0	5.28	2.56	2.06	0.75	13.7	6.7	1.31	.289	3.47	9.20
25	Jeff Jones J. Jones	4	1981	OAK	1	.800	33	0	3.39	43	0	0	3	61.0	51	23	27	7	40	3	14	7	273	3	6.34	5.90	1.08	1.03	15.8	14.7	1.49	.244	3.98	7.52

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