who leads the mlb in relief pitcher wins as a rookie

Hoyt Wilhelm has won the most games by a rookie relief pitcher, with 15 wins in 1952.

Interpreted as:
Who leads the MLB in relief pitcher regular-season wins as a rookie?
NAMEWSEASONTMLW%GGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Hoyt 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
2Ryan 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
3Mark 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
4Ron 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
5Joe Black
J. Black
14
1952
BKN BKN
3
.824
54
0
2.03
80
0
0
15
128.1
94
29
33
7
36
1
41
509
0
5.61
2.52
2.22
0.49
15.7
7.1
1.01
.226
2.31
6.59
6Wilcy 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
7Jesse Crain
J. Crain
12
2005
MIN MIN
5
.706
75
0
2.71
25
0
0
1
79.2
61
24
28
6
29
5
17
7
326
2
2.82
3.28
0.86
0.68
7.7
8.9
1.13
.211
3.16
6.89
8Scott Williamson
S. Williamson
12
1999
CIN CIN
7
.632
62
0
2.41
107
0
0
19
93.1
54
25
29
8
43
1
40
6
366
13
10.32
4.15
2.49
0.77
29.2
11.7
1.04
.222
2.80
5.21
9Jeff Musselman
J. Musselman
12
1987
TOR TOR
5
.706
67
0
4.27
53
0
0
3
84.1
72
40
42
7
53
3
14
12
363
5
5.66
5.66
1.00
0.75
14.6
14.6
1.48
.263
4.48
7.68
10Matt Herges
M. Herges
11
2000
LAD LAD
0
1.000
55
0
2.57
64
0
0
1
87.2
76
25
28
6
28
4
17
4
359
3
6.57
2.87
2.29
0.62
17.8
7.8
1.19
.272
2.87
7.80
11Bill Sampen
B. Sampen
11
1990
MON MON
6
.647
55
0
2.59
56
0
0
2
76.1
74
22
24
5
30
2
26
6
331
4
6.60
3.54
1.87
0.59
16.9
9.1
1.36
.290
2.83
8.72
12Mike Henneman
M. Henneman
11
1987
DET DET
3
.786
55
0
2.98
75
0
0
7
96.2
86
32
36
8
30
3
28
5
399
7
6.98
2.79
2.50
0.74
18.8
7.5
1.20
.276
3.35
8.01
13Charlie Kerfeld
C. Kerfeld
11
1986
HOU HOU
2
.846
61
0
2.59
77
0
0
7
93.2
71
27
32
5
42
2
29
3
390
7
7.40
4.04
1.83
0.48
19.7
10.8
1.21
.250
3.07
6.82
14Mark Clear
M. Clear
11
1979
CAL CAL
5
.688
52
0
3.63
98
0
0
14
109.0
87
44
48
6
68
3
37
5
481
9
8.09
5.61
1.44
0.50
20.4
14.1
1.42
.265
3.96
7.18
15Butch Metzger
B. Metzger
11
1976
SDP SDP
4
.733
77
0
2.92
89
0
0
16
123.1
119
40
44
5
52
3
62
14
528
0
6.49
3.79
1.71
0.36
16.9
9.8
1.39
.301
3.21
8.68
16Frank Funk
F. Funk
11
1961
CLE CLE
11
.500
56
0
3.31
64
0
0
11
92.1
79
34
35
9
31
4
43
6
383
3
6.24
3.02
2.06
0.88
16.7
8.1
1.19
.255
3.41
7.70
17Dave Jolly
D. Jolly
11
1954
MIL MIL
6
.647
46
0
2.58
60
0
0
10
101.1
83
29
35
6
58
2
31
443
2
5.33
5.15
1.03
0.53
13.5
13.1
1.39
.243
3.11
7.37
18Eddie Yuhas
E. Yuhas
11
1952
SLN SLN
1
.917
52
0
2.06
37
0
0
6
91.2
75
21
27
4
32
2
30
374
4
3.63
3.14
1.16
0.39
9.9
8.6
1.17
.237
2.65
7.36
19Mike Baumann
M. Baumann
10
2023
BAL BAL
1
.909
60
0
3.76
61
0
0
0
64.2
52
27
29
7
33
2
15
2
273
7
8.49
4.59
1.85
0.97
22.3
12.1
1.31
.265
4.04
7.24
20Alfredo Aceves
A. Aceves
10
2009
NYY NYY
1
.909
42
0
3.35
67
0
0
1
80.2
65
30
32
9
15
4
10
2
320
0
7.48
1.67
4.47
1.00
20.9
4.7
0.99
.249
3.57
7.25
21Jose Arredondo
J. Arredondo
10
2008
LAA LAA
2
.833
52
0
1.62
55
0
0
0
61.0
42
11
15
3
22
1
10
0
244
1
8.11
3.25
2.50
0.44
22.5
9.0
1.05
.239
2.21
6.20
22Luis Ayala
L. Ayala
10
2003
MON MON
3
.769
65
0
2.92
46
0
0
5
71.0
65
23
27
8
13
5
24
3
288
1
5.83
1.65
3.54
1.01
16.0
4.5
1.10
.264
3.42
8.24
23Oscar Villarreal
O. Villarreal
10
2003
ARI ARI
7
.588
85
0
2.46
78
0
0
0
95.0
76
26
38
6
43
3
14
10
406
2
7.39
4.07
1.81
0.57
19.2
10.6
1.25
.254
3.60
7.20
24Danny Patterson
D. Patterson
10
1997
TEX TEX
6
.625
54
0
3.42
69
0
0
1
71.0
70
27
29
3
23
0
17
4
296
7
8.75
2.92
3.00
0.38
23.3
7.8
1.31
.333
3.68
8.87
25Julian Tavarez
J. Tavarez
10
1995
CLE CLE
2
.833
57
0
2.44
68
0
0
0
85.0
76
23
36
7
21
3
15
0
350
3
7.20
2.22
3.24
0.74
19.4
6.0
1.14
.275
3.81
8.05
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