Sport | Baseball |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Awarded for | Most outstanding relief pitcher in the American League and National League |
Country | United States, Canada |
Presented by | Sporting News |
History | |
First award | 1960 |
Final award | 2010 |
Most wins | Mariano Rivera (6) |
The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award was an annual award presented to the best relief pitcher in each league in Major League Baseball (MLB). [1] It was established in 1960 by The Sporting News (TSN) as the Fireman of the Year Award. At the time, no reliever had ever received a Cy Young Award vote. [2] The Fireman of the Year Award originally recognized the reliever with the most combined saves and wins in each league in MLB. [3] The magazine had started publishing the then-unofficial save statistic that same year. [4] Later, a save was worth two points compared to one for a save in determining the winner. [4] In 2001 the award was chosen based on consensus from TSN editors, and it was renamed to Reliever of the Year Award. [5] The award was last issued in 2010 before being discontinued.