The Rolaids Relief Award goes annually to the top relief pitcher in both leagues.
It is the only award handed out that isn't voted on, but rather awarded to the player with the highest score based on the following formula:
Save = 2 pts, Tough Save (entering the game with the tying run on base) = 4 pts, Win = 2 pts, Loss = -2 pts, Blown Save = -2 pts
The scoring system was different when the award was first given out in 1976, and was changed in 1988. The current system was instituted in 2000.
1976
Rawly Eastwick
Cincinnati
69 pts
NL
Bill Campbell
Minnesota
69
AL
1977
Rollie Fingers
San Diego
77
NL
Bill Campbell
Boston
79
AL
1978
Rollie Fingers
San Diego
73
NL
Rich Gossage
New York
63
AL
1979
Bruce Sutter
Chicago
80
NL
Jim Kern
Texas
79
AL
1980
Rollie Fingers
San Diego
59
NL
Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City
83
AL
1981
Bruce Sutter
St. Louis
51
NL
Rollie Fingers
Milwaukee
65
AL
1982
Bruce Sutter
St. Louis
82
NL
Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City
81
AL
1983
Al Holland
Philadelphia
62
NL
Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City
97
AL
1984
Bruce Sutter
St. Louis
92
NL
Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City
97
AL
1985
Jeff Reardon
Montreal
78
NL
Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City
81
AL
1986
Todd Worrell
St. Louis
80
NL
Dave Righetti
New York
100
AL
1987
Steve Bedrosian
Philadelphia
87
NL
Dave Righetti
New York
72
AL
1988
John Franco
New York
91
NL
Dennis Eckersley
Oakland
123
AL
1989
Mark Davis
San Diego
126
NL
Jeff Russell
Texas
106
AL
1990
John Franco
New York
91
NL
Bobby Thigpen
Chicago
151
AL
1991
Lee Smith
St. Louis
135
NL
Bryan Harvey
California
122
AL
1992
Lee Smith
St. Louis
103
NL
Dennis Eckersley
Oakland
159
AL
1993
Randy Myers
Chicago
143
NL
Jeff Montgomery
Kansas City
127
AL
1994
Rod Beck
San Francisco
80
NL
Lee Smith
Baltimore
81
AL
1995
Tom Henke
St. Louis
104
NL
Jose Mesa
Cleveland
140
AL
1996
Jeff Brantley
Cincinnati
120
NL
John Wetteland
New York
119
AL
1997
Jeff Shaw
Cincinnati
116
NL
Randy Myers
Baltimore
131
AL
1998
Trevor Hoffman
San Diego
161
NL
Tom Gordon
Boston
142
AL
1999
Billy Wagner
Houston
117
NL
Mariano Rivera
New York
129
AL
2000
Antonio Alfonseca
Florida
125
NL
Todd Jones
Detroit
118
AL
2001
Armando Benitez
New York
130
NL
Mariano Rivera
New York
135
AL
2002
John Smoltz
Atlanta
164
NL
Billy Koch
Oakland
136
AL
2003
Eric Gagne
Los Angeles
165
NL
Keith Foulke
Oakland
139
AL
2004
Eric Gagne
Los Angeles
142
NL
Mariano Rivera
New York
157
AL
2005
Chad Cordero
Washington
137
NL
Mariano Rivera
New York
135
AL
2006
Trevor Hoffman
San Diego
124
NL
Francisco Rodriguez
Anaheim
134
AL
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