what relief pitcher had the most wins in a season before 1939

Before 1939, Mace Brown won the most games by a relief pitcher in a season, with 15 wins in 1938.

NAMEWSEASONTMLW%GGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Mace Brown
M. Brown
15
1938
PIT PIT
8
.652
49
0
3.62
51
0
0
5
124.1
140
50
62
6
44
0
32
547
3
3.69
3.18
1.16
0.43
9.3
8.0
1.48
.300
4.49
10.13
2Wilcy Moore
W. Moore
13
1927
NYY NYY
3
.813
38
0
1.96
48
0
0
13
119.2
89
26
33
1
42
0
30
479
2
3.61
3.16
1.14
0.08
10.0
8.8
1.09
.227
2.48
6.69
3Johnny Murphy
J. Murphy
12
1937
NYY NYY
4
.750
35
0
3.61
33
0
0
10
89.2
96
36
39
5
39
1
30
396
2
3.31
3.91
0.85
0.50
8.3
9.8
1.51
.286
3.91
9.64
4Jack Russell
J. Russell
11
1933
WSH WSH
4
.733
47
0
2.56
25
0
0
13
102.0
93
29
34
2
27
1
31
411
1
2.21
2.38
0.93
0.18
6.1
6.6
1.18
.256
3.00
8.21
5Hooks Dauss
H. Dauss
11
1926
DET DET
3
.786
30
0
3.60
23
0
0
9
95.0
94
38
39
4
37
0
23
402
0
2.18
3.51
0.62
0.38
5.7
9.2
1.38
.266
3.69
8.91
6Elam Vangilder
E. Vangilder
11
1925
SLA SLA
2
.846
36
0
3.62
44
0
0
6
102.0
103
41
56
4
44
2
23
445
2
3.88
3.88
1.00
0.35
9.9
9.9
1.44
.282
4.94
9.09
7Johnny Morrison
J. Morrison
10
1929
BKN BKN
2
.833
29
0
3.90
23
0
0
8
64.2
65
28
33
7
36
2
22
290
2
3.20
5.01
0.64
0.97
7.9
12.4
1.56
.261
4.59
9.05
8Garland Braxton
G. Braxton
10
1927
WSH WSH
7
.588
56
0
2.47
88
0
0
10
146.0
120
40
49
4
33
1
31
586
3
5.42
2.03
2.67
0.25
15.0
5.6
1.05
.252
3.02
7.40
9Ben Cantwell
B. Cantwell
9
1932
BSN BSN
8
.529
28
0
2.03
24
0
0
5
80.0
64
18
23
3
18
2
27
315
0
2.70
2.03
1.33
0.34
7.6
5.7
1.02
.228
2.59
7.20
10Firpo Marberry
F. Marberry
9
1926
WSH WSH
5
.643
59
0
2.82
36
0
0
22
102.0
86
32
38
4
51
3
47
435
0
3.18
4.50
0.71
0.35
8.3
11.7
1.34
.240
3.35
7.59
11Joe Pate
J. Pate
9
1926
PHA PHA
0
1.000
45
0
2.71
24
0
0
7
109.2
103
33
35
3
48
2
34
470
1
1.97
3.94
0.50
0.25
5.1
10.2
1.38
.254
2.87
8.45
12Firpo Marberry
F. Marberry
9
1925
WSH WSH
5
.643
55
0
3.47
53
0
0
16
93.1
84
36
50
4
45
4
39
401
0
5.11
4.34
1.18
0.39
13.2
11.2
1.38
.271
4.82
8.10
13Ken Holloway
K. Holloway
9
1924
DET DET
1
.900
36
0
3.69
31
0
0
3
97.2
118
40
52
3
41
4
22
435
0
2.86
3.78
0.76
0.28
7.1
9.4
1.63
.323
4.79
10.87
14Allen Russell
A. Russell
9
1923
WSH WSH
3
.750
47
0
2.62
53
0
0
9
144.1
133
42
61
6
61
2
29
610
2
3.30
3.80
0.87
0.37
8.7
10.0
1.34
.260
3.80
8.29
15Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
9
1916
BSN BSN
2
.818
27
0
2.26
52
0
0
5
63.2
42
16
17
2
26
4
19
246
2
7.35
3.68
2.00
0.28
21.1
10.6
1.07
.247
2.40
5.94
16Johnny Humphries
J. Humphries
8
1938
CLE CLE
3
.727
39
0
3.07
44
0
0
6
82.0
68
28
31
2
48
1
25
346
1
4.83
5.27
0.92
0.22
12.7
13.9
1.41
.263
3.40
7.46
17Johnny Murphy
J. Murphy
8
1938
NYY NYY
1
.889
30
0
4.07
35
0
0
11
77.1
74
35
37
3
35
1
26
334
0
4.07
4.07
1.00
0.35
10.5
10.5
1.41
.273
4.31
8.61
18Dick Coffman
D. Coffman
8
1937
NYG NYG
3
.727
41
0
2.95
30
0
0
3
76.1
88
25
34
4
29
4
21
344
1
3.54
3.42
1.03
0.47
8.7
8.4
1.53
.303
4.01
10.38
19Charlie Root
C. Root
8
1937
CHC CHC
0
1.000
28
0
2.69
27
0
0
5
73.2
62
22
24
8
12
0
20
290
1
3.30
1.47
2.25
0.98
9.3
4.1
1.00
.222
2.93
7.57
20Joe Heving
J. Heving
8
1937
CLE CLE
4
.667
40
0
4.83
35
0
0
5
72.2
92
39
53
6
30
2
20
337
2
4.33
3.72
1.17
0.74
10.4
8.9
1.68
.326
6.56
11.39
21Dolf Luque
D. Luque
8
1933
NYG NYG
2
.800
35
0
2.69
23
0
0
4
80.1
75
24
27
4
19
0
22
328
0
2.58
2.13
1.21
0.45
7.0
5.8
1.17
.252
3.02
8.40
22Bump Hadley
B. Hadley
8
1931
WSH WSH
5
.615
44
0
2.45
92
0
0
7
128.2
96
35
45
3
59
1
28
529
2
6.44
4.13
1.56
0.21
17.4
11.2
1.20
.249
3.15
6.72
23Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
8
1930
PHA PHA
2
.800
29
0
2.90
23
0
0
6
62.0
66
20
23
2
14
0
17
256
1
3.34
2.03
1.64
0.29
9.0
5.5
1.29
.295
3.34
9.58
24Hank Johnson
H. Johnson
8
1930
NYY NYY
4
.667
29
0
4.89
42
0
0
2
73.2
84
40
49
5
40
2
19
347
3
5.13
4.89
1.05
0.61
12.1
11.5
1.68
.306
5.99
10.26
25Eddie Rommel
E. Rommel
8
1928
PHA PHA
1
.889
32
0
2.67
24
0
0
4
97.2
96
29
34
6
16
2
18
393
0
2.21
1.47
1.50
0.55
6.1
4.1
1.15
.261
3.13
8.85
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