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

Since 1939, Roy Face has won the most games by a relief pitcher in a season, with 18 wins in 1959.

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 Roy Face
R. Face
18
1959
PIT PIT
1
.947
57
0
2.60
69
0
0
10
93.1
91
27
28
5
25
1
47
8
381
4
6.65
2.41
2.76
0.48
18.1
6.6
1.24
.306
2.70
8.78
2 Bill Campbell
B. Campbell
17
1976
MIN MIN
5
.773
78
0
3.01
115
0
0
20
167.2
145
56
63
9
62
5
68
11
703
7
6.17
3.33
1.85
0.48
16.4
8.8
1.23
.266
3.38
7.78
3 John Hiller
J. Hiller
17
1974
DET DET
14
.548
59
0
2.64
134
0
0
13
150.0
127
44
51
10
62
3
52
19
633
7
8.04
3.72
2.16
0.60
21.2
9.8
1.26
.276
3.06
7.62
4 Tom Johnson
T. Johnson
16
1977
MIN MIN
7
.696
71
0
3.13
87
0
0
15
146.2
152
51
57
11
47
5
54
8
630
10
5.34
2.88
1.85
0.68
13.8
7.5
1.36
.294
3.50
9.33
5 Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
16
1964
BOS BOS
9
.640
79
0
2.29
183
0
0
29
157.0
103
40
44
13
58
7
67
9
634
1
10.49
3.32
3.16
0.75
28.9
9.1
1.03
.241
2.52
5.90
6 Ron Perranoski
R. Perranoski
16
1963
LAD LAD
3
.842
69
0
1.67
75
0
0
21
129.0
112
24
30
7
43
4
47
14
541
4
5.23
3.00
1.74
0.49
13.9
7.9
1.20
.255
2.09
7.81
7 Jim Konstanty
J. Konstanty
16
1950
PHN PHN
7
.696
74
0
2.55
57
0
0
22
152.0
108
43
50
11
51
0
62
603
2
3.38
3.02
1.12
0.65
9.5
8.5
1.05
.200
2.96
6.39
8 Dale Murray
D. Murray
15
1975
MON MON
8
.652
63
0
3.96
43
0
0
9
111.1
134
49
59
0
39
3
40
10
499
2
3.48
3.15
1.10
0.00
8.6
7.8
1.55
.324
4.77
10.83
9 Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
15
1974
LAD LAD
12
.556
106
0
2.42
143
0
0
21
208.1
191
56
66
9
56
1
83
1
857
5
6.18
2.42
2.55
0.39
16.7
6.5
1.19
.281
2.85
8.25
10 Eddie Fisher
E. Fisher
15
1965
CWS CWS
7
.682
82
0
2.40
90
0
0
24
165.1
118
44
51
13
43
2
60
8
646
10
4.90
2.34
2.09
0.71
13.9
6.7
0.97
.211
2.78
6.42
11 Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
15
1963
BOS BOS
6
.714
66
0
2.04
162
0
0
23
132.1
94
30
31
9
51
5
58
12
541
5
11.02
3.47
3.18
0.61
29.9
9.4
1.10
.271
2.11
6.39
12 Luis Arroyo
L. Arroyo
15
1961
NYY NYY
5
.750
65
0
2.19
87
0
0
29
119.0
83
29
34
5
49
3
54
8
484
4
6.58
3.71
1.78
0.38
18.0
10.1
1.11
.229
2.57
6.28
13 Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
15
1952
NYG NYG
3
.833
71
0
2.43
107
0
0
11
159.1
127
43
60
12
56
5
32
646
3
6.04
3.16
1.91
0.68
16.6
8.7
1.15
.247
3.39
7.17
14 Ryan Yarbrough
R. Yarbrough
14
2018
TBR TBR
4
.778
32
0
3.72
106
0
0
0
118.2
110
49
52
15
42
6
3
5
505
0
8.04
3.19
2.52
1.14
21.0
8.3
1.28
.283
3.94
8.34
15 Roger McDowell
R. McDowell
14
1986
NYM NYM
9
.609
75
0
3.02
65
0
0
22
128.0
107
43
48
4
42
3
52
5
524
3
4.57
2.95
1.55
0.28
12.4
8.0
1.16
.251
3.38
7.52
16 Mark Eichhorn
M. Eichhorn
14
1986
TOR TOR
6
.700
69
0
1.72
166
0
0
10
157.0
105
30
32
8
45
7
38
14
612
2
9.52
2.58
3.69
0.46
27.1
7.4
0.96
.251
1.83
6.02
17 Jim Slaton
J. Slaton
14
1983
MIL MIL
6
.700
46
0
4.33
38
0
0
5
112.1
112
54
57
12
56
3
26
5
490
3
3.04
4.49
0.68
0.96
7.8
11.4
1.50
.262
4.57
8.97
18 Mark Clear
M. Clear
14
1982
BOS BOS
9
.609
55
0
3.00
109
0
0
14
105.0
92
35
39
11
61
7
44
6
467
1
9.34
5.23
1.79
0.94
23.3
13.1
1.46
.290
3.34
7.89
19 Ron Davis
R. Davis
14
1979
NYY NYY
2
.875
44
0
2.85
43
0
0
9
85.1
84
27
29
5
28
1
21
9
357
1
4.54
2.95
1.54
0.53
12.0
7.8
1.31
.282
3.06
8.86
20 Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
14
1973
MON MON
11
.560
92
0
2.66
124
0
0
31
179.0
163
53
62
10
75
4
73
11
747
8
6.23
3.77
1.65
0.50
16.6
10.0
1.33
.287
3.12
8.20
21 Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
14
1972
MON MON
8
.636
65
0
1.78
95
0
0
18
116.0
82
23
26
3
47
2
56
7
465
8
7.37
3.65
2.02
0.23
20.4
10.1
1.11
.248
2.02
6.36
22 Frank Linzy
F. Linzy
14
1969
SFG SFG
9
.609
58
0
3.64
62
0
0
11
116.1
129
47
57
5
38
3
39
15
515
8
4.80
2.94
1.63
0.39
12.0
7.4
1.44
.305
4.41
9.98
23 Phil Regan
P. Regan
14
1966
LAD LAD
1
.933
65
0
1.62
88
0
0
21
116.2
85
21
24
6
24
0
48
9
446
4
6.79
1.85
3.67
0.46
19.7
5.4
0.93
.241
1.85
6.56
24 Stu Miller
S. Miller
14
1965
BAL BAL
7
.667
67
0
1.89
104
0
0
24
119.1
87
25
26
5
32
1
55
10
462
1
7.84
2.41
3.25
0.38
22.5
6.9
1.00
.256
1.96
6.56
25 Stu Miller
S. Miller
14
1961
SFG SFG
5
.737
63
0
2.66
88
0
0
17
122.0
95
36
41
4
37
1
46
11
487
0
6.49
2.73
2.38
0.30
18.1
7.6
1.08
.255
3.02
7.01
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