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The Top Ranked Relief Pitchers of the 1940s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Joe Page | 278 |
| 2 | Ace Adams | 279 |
| 3 | Johnny Murphy | 280 |
| 4 | Joe Beggs | 281 |
| 5 | Joe Berry | 286 |
| 6 | Earl Caldwell | 288 |
| 7 | Hugh Casey | 295 |
| 8 | Clyde Shoun | 296 |
| 9 | Tom Ferrick | 297 |
| 10 | Gordon Maltzberger | 299 |
| 11 | Andy Karl | 302 |
| 12 | Joe Heving | 306 |
| 13 | Bob Klinger | 307 |
| 14 | Howie Krist | 309 |
| 15 | Hank Behrman | 312 |
| 16 | George Caster | 314 |
| 17 | Cy Buker | 318 |
| 18 | Jim Konstanty | 320 |
| 19 | Mike Ryba | 325 |
| 20 | Emil Kush | 326 |
| 21 | Ed Klieman | 329 |
| 22 | Erv Palica | 331 |
| 23 | Norm Branch | 333 |
| 24 | Mace Brown | 337 |
| 25 | Blix Donnelly | 338 |
| 26 | Ken Trinkle | 340 |
| 27 | Satchel Paige | 342 |
| 28 | Art Herring | 343 |
| 29 | Frank Barrett | 344 |
| 30 | Boom-Boom Beck | 351 |
| 31 | Freddy Schmidt | 356 |
| 32 | Dutch Dietz | 357 |
| 33 | Alex Carrasquel | 358 |
| 34 | Bill Butland | 361 |
| 35 | Fred Martin | 362 |
| 36 | Mike Naymick | 363 |
| 37 | Xavier Rescigno | 375 |
| 38 | Bob Savage | 377 |
| 39 | Bobby Shantz | 379 |
| 40 | Archie McKain | 380 |
| 41 | Hy Vandenberg | 381 |
| 42 | Jumbo Brown | 382 |
| 43 | Art Houtteman | 383 |
| 44 | Clint Brown | 384 |
| 45 | Bobby Hogue | 386 |
| 46 | Bill Zuber | 394 |
| 47 | Johnny Lanning | 396 |
| 48 | Clyde King | 398 |
| 49 | Tot Pressnell | 399 |
| 50 | Carl Erskine | 404 |
| 51 | Newt Kimball | 411 |
| 52 | Dick Mauney | 412 |
| 53 | Fred Sanford | 413 |
| 54 | Earl Harrist | 415 |
| 55 | Jess Dobernic | 417 |
| 56 | Sam Nahem | 424 |
| 57 | Les Webber | 426 |
| 58 | Bob Chipman | 427 |
| 59 | Bill Beckmann | 433 |
| 60 | Johnny Gorsica | 435 |
| 61 | Ira Hutchinson | 436 |
| 62 | Bob Hall | 439 |
| 63 | Ken Holcombe | 440 |
| 64 | Red Lynn | 441 |
| 65 | Bill Trotter | 444 |
| 66 | Bill Crouch | 445 |
| 67 | Fritz Dorish | 447 |
| 68 | Johnny Hetki | 452 |
| 69 | Ike Pearson | 453 |
| 70 | Jack Hallett | 454 |
| 71 | Pete Center | 455 |
| 72 | Forrest Thompson | 458 |
| 73 | Paul Minner | 462 |
| 74 | Harry Eisenstat | 463 |
| 75 | Dick Lanahan | 466 |
| 76 | Jack Salveson | 469 |
| 77 | Eddie Erautt | 470 |
| 78 | Steve Roser | 475 |
| 79 | Jake Wade | 479 |
| 80 | Jack Creel | 482 |
| 81 | Jack Russell | 483 |
| 82 | Johnny Antonelli | 484 |
| 83 | Bubba Harris | 486 |
| 84 | Danny MacFayden | 492 |
| 85 | Jim Mertz | 494 |
| 86 | Vic Johnson | 497 |
| 87 | Walt Lanfranconi | 498 |
| 88 | Andy Hansen | 503 |
| 89 | Ray Poat | 504 |
| 90 | Johnny Johnson | 512 |
| 91 | Bryan Stephens | 513 |
| 92 | Bill Brandt | 519 |
| 93 | Emerson Dickman | 521 |
| 94 | Buddy Lively | 524 |
| 95 | Cookie Cuccurullo | 525 |
| 96 | Howie Judson | 529 |
| 97 | Lefty West | 530 |
| 98 | Roy Joiner | 531 |
| 99 | Bud Byerly | 537 |
| 100 | Charlie Gassaway | 539 |
| 101 | Lloyd Hittle | 542 |
| 102 | Willie Ramsdell | 544 |
| 103 | Karl Drews | 546 |
| 104 | Lefty Wilkie | 548 |
| 105 | Frank Hiller | 551 |
| 106 | Max Surkont | 552 |
| 107 | Bump Hadley | 557 |
| 108 | Glenn Gardner | 560 |
| 109 | Mike Budnick | 563 |
| 110 | Bill LeFebvre | 566 |
| 111 | Red Anderson | 568 |
| 112 | Stan Ferens | 569 |
| 113 | Elmer Singleton | 570 |
| 114 | Joe Krakauskas | 573 |
| 115 | Bill Donovan (1916) | 576 |
| 116 | Bob Malloy | 577 |
| 117 | Paul Dean | 579 |
| 118 | Stan Klopp | 580 |
| 119 | Glen Moulder | 581 |
| 120 | Paul Calvert | 588 |
| 121 | Charlie Root | 590 |
| 122 | Joe Orrell | 591 |
| 123 | Roy Henshaw | 595 |
| 124 | Ben Cardoni | 599 |
| 125 | Don Hendrickson | 600 |
| 126 | Glenn Elliott | 603 |
| 127 | Pete Appleton | 604 |
| 128 | Russ Bauers | 605 |
| 129 | Bob Bowman | 612 |
| 130 | Clem Dreisewerd | 613 |
| 131 | Max Macon | 616 |
| 132 | Syl Johnson | 617 |
| 133 | Johnny Podgajny | 618 |
| 134 | Lefty Wallace | 620 |
| 135 | Frank Biscan | 622 |
| 136 | Frank Seward | 623 |
| 137 | Roxie Lawson | 624 |
| 138 | Zeb Eaton | 625 |
| 139 | Bill V. Swift | 628 |
| 140 | Tommy Warren | 630 |
| 141 | Dick Starr | 633 |
| 142 | John Burrows | 634 |
| 143 | Sandy Ullrich | 635 |
| 144 | Vance Page | 637 |
| 145 | Bill Sayles | 641 |
| 146 | Hank LaManna | 642 |
| 147 | Johnny Gee | 643 |
| 148 | Charlie Fuchs | 647 |
| 149 | Pete Gebrian | 648 |
| 150 | Slim Emmerich | 650 |
| 151 | Al Widmar | 654 |
| 152 | Clayton Lambert | 655 |
| 153 | Emmett O'Neill | 658 |
| 154 | Rene Monteagudo | 660 |
| 155 | Johnnie Wittig | 661 |
| 156 | Cuddles Marshall | 662 |
| 157 | Bud Thomas | 668 |
| 158 | Dick Mulligan | 669 |
| 159 | Hugh East | 670 |
| 160 | Adrian Zabala | 673 |
| 161 | Emil Bildilli | 679 |
| 162 | Ken W. Johnson | 681 |
| 163 | Steve Peek | 683 |
| 164 | Dave Odom | 688 |
| 165 | Dewey Adkins | 689 |
| 166 | Russ Meers | 693 |
| 167 | Walter Wilson | 695 |
| 168 | Rube Fischer | 696 |
| 169 | Dick Coffman | 697 |
| 170 | Red Webb | 699 |
| 171 | Charlie Frye | 701 |
| 172 | Earl Naylor | 704 |
| 173 | Walker Cress | 705 |
| 174 | Frank Fanovich | 708 |
| 175 | Lefty Smoll | 709 |
| 176 | Lou Ciola | 710 |
| 177 | Woody Abernathy | 711 |
| 178 | Carl Doyle | 714 |
| 179 | Hod Lisenbee | 716 |
| 180 | Mel Queen Sr. | 718 |
| 181 | Ralph Hamner | 719 |
| 182 | Whitey Moore | 720 |
| 183 | Lou Kretlow | 722 |
| 184 | Mike Modak | 723 |
| 185 | Milt Shoffner | 724 |
| 186 | Scott Cary | 725 |
| 187 | John Whitehead | 730 |
| 188 | Les Willis | 731 |
| 189 | Al Piechota | 736 |
| 190 | Charley Stanceu | 737 |
| 191 | Slick Coffman | 742 |
| 192 | Hooks Iott | 747 |
| 193 | Lefty Mills | 749 |
| 194 | Dick Welteroth | 751 |
| 195 | Herman Besse | 752 |
| 196 | Bob Gillespie | 757 |
| 197 | Walter Brown | 759 |
| 198 | Everett Fagan | 771 |
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