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The Top Ranked Relief Pitchers of the 1980s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Goose Gossage | 31 |
| 2 | Bruce Sutter | 35 |
| 3 | Lee Smith | 36 |
| 4 | Dan Quisenberry | 37 |
| 5 | Dennis Eckersley | 53 |
| 6 | Tom Henke | 56 |
| 7 | Jeff Reardon | 57 |
| 8 | Steve Bedrosian | 58 |
| 9 | Rollie Fingers | 59 |
| 10 | John Franco | 60 |
| 11 | Jesse Orosco | 64 |
| 12 | Todd Worrell | 68 |
| 13 | Dave Smith | 72 |
| 14 | Mark Clear | 76 |
| 15 | Jay Howell | 78 |
| 16 | Ron Davis | 79 |
| 17 | Willie Hernandez | 81 |
| 18 | Al Holland | 85 |
| 19 | Dan Plesac | 86 |
| 20 | Greg Minton | 113 |
| 21 | Bob Stanley | 114 |
| 22 | Kent Tekulve | 120 |
| 23 | Mark Davis | 122 |
| 24 | Aurelio Lopez | 123 |
| 25 | Tippy Martinez | 124 |
| 26 | Tim Burke | 125 |
| 27 | Don Robinson | 128 |
| 28 | Roger McDowell | 132 |
| 29 | Neil Allen | 144 |
| 30 | LaMarr Hoyt | 145 |
| 31 | Gene Garber | 147 |
| 32 | Gary Lavelle | 151 |
| 33 | Mitch Williams | 155 |
| 34 | Don Aase | 161 |
| 35 | Gary Lucas | 163 |
| 36 | Mike Henneman | 168 |
| 37 | Doug Corbett | 175 |
| 38 | Donnie Moore | 177 |
| 39 | Tom Hume | 178 |
| 40 | Bob James | 182 |
| 41 | Ted Power | 186 |
| 42 | Rick Camp | 198 |
| 43 | Dan Schatzeder | 206 |
| 44 | Jim Gott | 210 |
| 45 | Joe Sambito | 211 |
| 46 | Dan Spillner | 220 |
| 47 | Doug Jones | 221 |
| 48 | Jeff Russell | 223 |
| 49 | Mark Eichhorn | 225 |
| 50 | Randy Myers | 235 |
| 51 | Tug McGraw | 239 |
| 52 | Ed Farmer | 242 |
| 53 | Jeff Montgomery | 256 |
| 54 | Gregg Olson | 261 |
| 55 | Tom Niedenfuer | 266 |
| 56 | Tim Stoddard | 268 |
| 57 | Greg A. Harris | 269 |
| 58 | Bobby Thigpen | 270 |
| 59 | Kevin Saucier | 272 |
| 60 | Luis DeLeon | 274 |
| 61 | Tom Burgmeier | 277 |
| 62 | Lance McCullers Sr. | 278 |
| 63 | Pete Ladd | 281 |
| 64 | Woodie Fryman | 284 |
| 65 | Joe Price | 285 |
| 66 | Bryan Harvey | 286 |
| 67 | Steve Howe | 292 |
| 68 | Jeff Robinson | 295 |
| 69 | Rob Dibble | 318 |
| 70 | Dave Beard | 324 |
| 71 | DeWayne Buice | 326 |
| 72 | Rod Scurry | 331 |
| 73 | Mike Schooler | 334 |
| 74 | Ernie Camacho | 337 |
| 75 | Frank DiPino | 340 |
| 76 | Steve Farr | 341 |
| 77 | Luis Sanchez | 345 |
| 78 | Jeff Lahti | 347 |
| 79 | Charlie Kerfeld | 348 |
| 80 | Ken Dayley | 350 |
| 81 | Calvin Schiraldi | 351 |
| 82 | Bill Dawley | 352 |
| 83 | Frank LaCorte | 354 |
| 84 | Duane Ward | 357 |
| 85 | Bill Landrum | 359 |
| 86 | Jeff Parrett | 367 |
| 87 | Ed Vande Berg | 368 |
| 88 | Victor Cruz | 369 |
| 89 | Salome Barojas | 375 |
| 90 | Dave Schmidt | 379 |
| 91 | Ron Reed | 383 |
| 92 | Ed Nunez | 387 |
| 93 | Dale Mohorcic | 388 |
| 94 | Craig McMurtry | 389 |
| 95 | Elias Sosa | 390 |
| 96 | Cecilio Guante | 392 |
| 97 | Larry Andersen | 393 |
| 98 | Brian Fisher | 394 |
| 99 | Steve Comer | 397 |
| 100 | Sammy Stewart | 398 |
| 101 | Andy Hassler | 404 |
| 102 | Dennis Lamp | 406 |
| 103 | Rob Murphy | 408 |
| 104 | Eric Plunk | 410 |
| 105 | Paul Assenmacher | 411 |
| 106 | Tom Tellmann | 414 |
| 107 | Joey McLaughlin | 417 |
| 108 | Terry Forster | 419 |
| 109 | Bobby Castillo | 421 |
| 110 | Stew Cliburn | 422 |
| 111 | Dale Murray | 430 |
| 112 | Roy Lee Jackson | 431 |
| 113 | Dick Tidrow | 432 |
| 114 | Joe Boever | 434 |
| 115 | Doug Bair | 443 |
| 116 | Juan Agosto | 447 |
| 117 | Jim Slaton | 448 |
| 118 | Mark Williamson | 449 |
| 119 | Chuck Crim | 453 |
| 120 | Sid Monge | 454 |
| 121 | Fred Breining | 455 |
| 122 | Grant Jackson | 458 |
| 123 | Enrique Romo | 462 |
| 124 | Steve Crawford | 463 |
| 125 | Greg W. Harris | 468 |
| 126 | Jeff Musselman | 469 |
| 127 | Craig Lefferts | 471 |
| 128 | Frank Williams | 474 |
| 129 | Jim Acker | 475 |
| 130 | Jerry Garvin | 481 |
| 131 | Randy Moffitt | 482 |
| 132 | Gene Nelson | 484 |
| 133 | George Frazier | 486 |
| 134 | Les Lancaster | 492 |
| 135 | Odell Jones | 493 |
| 136 | Carlos Diaz | 495 |
| 137 | Bill Wilkinson | 497 |
| 138 | Tom Waddell | 502 |
| 139 | Michael Jackson | 506 |
| 140 | Norm Charlton | 509 |
| 141 | Joe Beckwith | 510 |
| 142 | Terry Leach | 511 |
| 143 | Doug Sisk | 512 |
| 144 | Bill F. Lee | 515 |
| 145 | Bob McClure | 517 |
| 146 | Mike T. Stanton | 519 |
| 147 | Mike Armstrong | 520 |
| 148 | David Wells | 523 |
| 149 | Bob L. Gibson | 524 |
| 150 | Brian Holton | 534 |
| 151 | Stan Bahnsen | 535 |
| 152 | Bill Campbell | 538 |
| 153 | Keith Atherton | 545 |
| 154 | Roy J. Thomas | 548 |
| 155 | Ed Glynn | 550 |
| 156 | Mike Proly | 555 |
| 157 | Lee Guetterman | 558 |
| 158 | Scott Terry | 559 |
| 159 | Scott Bailes | 563 |
| 160 | Bill Scherrer | 564 |
| 161 | John Littlefield | 573 |
| 162 | Todd Burns | 575 |
| 163 | Rich Bordi | 579 |
| 164 | Greg Cadaret | 581 |
| 165 | Bob Lacey | 583 |
| 166 | John Costello | 586 |
| 167 | Larry Bradford | 588 |
| 168 | Jeff Jones | 589 |
| 169 | Ricky Horton | 594 |
| 170 | Dave Tobik | 602 |
| 171 | Dave Heaverlo | 603 |
| 172 | Jeff Calhoun | 605 |
| 173 | Jose Alvarez | 610 |
| 174 | Brad Havens | 612 |
| 175 | Bob Owchinko | 614 |
| 176 | Jeff Dedmon | 618 |
| 177 | Jim Kern | 620 |
| 178 | Dick Drago | 621 |
| 179 | Ben Hayes | 628 |
| 180 | Tom P. Gorman | 629 |
| 181 | Sparky Lyle | 631 |
| 182 | Dave Goltz | 632 |
| 183 | Dyar Miller | 633 |
| 184 | Renie Martin | 638 |
| 185 | Mark Grant | 640 |
| 186 | Bill Castro | 641 |
| 187 | Dave LaRoche | 645 |
| 188 | John Davis | 648 |
| 189 | Len Whitehouse | 656 |
| 190 | John Henry Johnson | 659 |
| 191 | Al Hrabosky | 660 |
| 192 | Jerry Don Gleaton | 661 |
| 193 | Donn Pall | 663 |
| 194 | John Urrea | 668 |
| 195 | Dave Rozema | 669 |
| 196 | Paul Mirabella | 670 |
| 197 | Nate Snell | 672 |
| 198 | Jerry Reed | 677 |
| 199 | Pat Underwood | 682 |
| 200 | Jamie Easterly | 684 |
| 201 | Fred Norman | 686 |
| 202 | Floyd Chiffer | 690 |
| 203 | Kevin Hickey | 693 |
| 204 | Kenny Rogers | 701 |
| 205 | Marty Pattin | 702 |
| 206 | Mike Jeffcoat | 703 |
| 207 | Bryan Clark | 705 |
| 208 | Tom Hausman | 707 |
| 209 | Dave Leiper | 709 |
| 210 | Warren Brusstar | 712 |
| 211 | Steve Wilson | 713 |
| 212 | Danny Boone | 715 |
| 213 | John D'Acquisto | 716 |
| 214 | Dickie Noles | 718 |
| 215 | Randy St. Claire | 722 |
| 216 | Bob Babcock | 723 |
| 217 | Mark Huismann | 728 |
| 218 | Jim Kaat | 729 |
| 219 | Rick Lysander | 730 |
| 220 | Jose Nunez | 733 |
| 221 | Pat Perry | 734 |
| 222 | Pat Clements | 735 |
| 223 | Jim Winn | 739 |
| 224 | Mark Knudson | 741 |
| 225 | Julio Solano | 742 |
| 226 | Don Hood | 746 |
| 227 | Dwight Bernard | 748 |
| 228 | Barry Jones | 750 |
| 229 | Jeff Brantley | 756 |
| 230 | Roger Weaver | 759 |
| 231 | Tim Crews | 761 |
| 232 | Luis Aponte | 771 |
| 233 | Dennis Kinney | 773 |
| 234 | Wally Ritchie | 775 |
| 235 | Pete Filson | 778 |
| 236 | Paul Gibson | 779 |
| 237 | Rawly Eastwick | 780 |
| 238 | Mike Barlow | 781 |
| 239 | Dave Rucker | 782 |
| 240 | Frank Eufemia | 785 |
| 241 | Dave A. Roberts | 786 |
| 242 | Jim Barr | 791 |
| 243 | Frank Wills | 793 |
| 244 | Bert Roberge | 795 |
| 245 | Preston Hanna | 801 |
| 246 | Mike Maddux | 803 |
| 247 | Keith Comstock | 804 |
| 248 | Mike G. Marshall | 808 |
| 249 | John Verhoeven | 813 |
| 250 | Dave Geisel | 819 |
| 251 | Gene Walter | 821 |
| 252 | Doug Capilla | 828 |
| 253 | Bill Mooneyham | 829 |
| 254 | Steve Shields | 831 |
| 255 | Ken Patterson | 832 |
| 256 | Tom Buskey | 836 |
| 257 | Jay Baller | 839 |
| 258 | Mike Trujillo | 846 |
| 259 | Jeff Heathcock | 848 |
| 260 | George Cappuzzello | 850 |
| 261 | Jerry Augustine | 851 |
| 262 | Jack J. O'Connor | 852 |
| 263 | Bud Anderson | 854 |
| 264 | Steve Baker | 858 |
| 265 | Rick Anderson | 859 |
| 266 | Greg Booker | 861 |
| 267 | Gary Wayne | 862 |
| 268 | Jim Wright | 863 |
| 269 | John Montague | 869 |
| 270 | Tom Brennan | 870 |
| 271 | Cris Carpenter | 873 |
| 272 | Ed Olwine | 874 |
| 273 | Ray Searage | 876 |
| 274 | Ed Halicki | 877 |
| 275 | Brent Gaff | 879 |
| 276 | Dave Rajsich | 885 |
| 277 | Dave Von Ohlen | 888 |
| 278 | Dave Lemanczyk | 890 |
| 279 | Tony Fossas | 891 |
| 280 | Dave Gumpert | 893 |
| 281 | Jack Lazorko | 899 |
| 282 | Dave Ford | 900 |
| 283 | Porfi Altamirano | 901 |
| 284 | Drew Hall | 902 |
| 285 | Rich Wortham | 905 |
| 286 | Skip Lockwood | 918 |
| 287 | Rocky Childress | 919 |
| 288 | Paul Boris | 922 |
| 289 | Sherman Corbett | 923 |
| 290 | Jim Otten | 924 |
| 291 | Steve Brown | 925 |
| 292 | Frank Pastore | 926 |
| 293 | Bruce Robbins | 927 |
| 294 | Balor Moore | 937 |
| 295 | Chico Escarrega | 938 |
| 296 | Mike L. Griffin | 939 |
| 297 | Jeff Bittiger | 940 |
| 298 | Byron McLaughlin | 942 |
| 299 | Jeff Pico | 944 |
| 300 | Terry Felton | 945 |
| 301 | Dave Meads | 947 |
| 302 | Keith MacWhorter | 948 |
| 303 | Ron Musselman | 951 |
| 304 | Ron Meridith | 953 |
| 305 | Jesse Jefferson | 956 |
| 306 | Curt Kaufman | 957 |
| 307 | Don Gordon | 958 |
| 308 | Howard Bailey | 959 |
| 309 | Todd Frohwirth | 961 |
| 310 | Rick Ownbey | 966 |
| 311 | Tom Bolton | 968 |
| 312 | Gary Mielke | 971 |
| 313 | Dewey Robinson | 977 |
| 314 | Bryan Oelkers | 980 |
| 315 | Lerrin LaGrow | 985 |
| 316 | Scott Holman | 987 |
| 317 | Mark Littell | 988 |
| 318 | Bo McLaughlin | 989 |
| 319 | Brad Arnsberg | 990 |
| 320 | Dennis Powell | 994 |
| 321 | John Flinn | 997 |
| 322 | Mike Walters | 1000 |
| 323 | Tom McCarthy | 1001 |
| 324 | Sandy Wihtol | 1002 |
| 325 | Don Cooper | 1004 |
| 326 | Ross Grimsley | 1007 |
| 327 | Win Remmerswaal | 1009 |
| 328 | Mike Willis | 1012 |
| 329 | Freddie Toliver | 1018 |
| 330 | Jeff Barkley | 1019 |
| 331 | Rick Steirer | 1020 |
| 332 | Bryan Clutterbuck | 1021 |
| 333 | Steve Peters | 1023 |
| 334 | Jay Aldrich | 1025 |
| 335 | Bob Galasso | 1026 |
| 336 | David West | 1027 |
| 337 | John Pacella | 1028 |
| 338 | Mickey Mahler | 1031 |
| 339 | George Riley | 1033 |
| 340 | Rady Scarbery | 1036 |
| 341 | Brad Lesley | 1039 |
| 342 | Joe Edelen | 1040 |
| 343 | Ken Brett | 1043 |
| 344 | Gary Christenson | 1044 |
| 345 | Rick Reed | 1045 |
| 346 | Mike Madden | 1048 |
| 347 | Randy Niemann | 1049 |
| 348 | Gene Harris | 1051 |
| 349 | Vicente Romo | 1053 |
| 350 | Mike Warren | 1055 |
| 351 | Jeff Little | 1056 |
| 352 | John Hiller | 1057 |
| 353 | Mike Loynd | 1058 |
| 354 | Rich N. Thompson | 1060 |
| 355 | Ricky Wright | 1061 |
| 356 | Mike Schwabe | 1063 |
| 357 | Mike Rowland | 1064 |
| 358 | Bill Swaggerty | 1070 |
| 359 | Scott Nielsen | 1071 |
| 360 | Carl Willis | 1072 |
| 361 | Don Heinkel | 1073 |
| 362 | Ron Mathis | 1075 |
| 363 | Bob Patterson | 1079 |
| 364 | Kim Seaman | 1080 |
| 365 | Jim Corsi | 1085 |
| 366 | Dan Morogiello | 1088 |
| 367 | Rich Monteleone | 1089 |
| 368 | Tony Arnold | 1091 |
| 369 | Bobby Sprowl | 1096 |
| 370 | Rickey Keeton | 1102 |
| 371 | Don Stanhouse | 1105 |
| 372 | Trevor Wilson | 1106 |
| 373 | Ed Wojna | 1109 |
| 374 | Jeff Innis | 1110 |
| 375 | Brett Gideon | 1111 |
| 376 | Israel Sanchez | 1118 |
| 377 | Adrian Devine | 1119 |
| 378 | Jeff Keener | 1120 |
| 379 | Clay Christiansen | 1121 |
| 380 | Steve Olin | 1126 |
| 381 | Ray Soff | 1127 |
| 382 | Dave Tomlin | 1130 |
| 383 | Mark Calvert | 1135 |
| 384 | Dave Wehrmeister | 1136 |
| 385 | Randy Bockus | 1137 |
| 386 | Dan Boitano | 1140 |
| 387 | Jeff Cornell | 1141 |
| 388 | Mike Bacsik | 1143 |
| 389 | Mike Stanton | 1144 |
| 390 | Roger Samuels | 1145 |
| 391 | Bob Long | 1147 |
| 392 | Bob Veselic | 1148 |
| 393 | Jose Cecena | 1149 |
| 394 | Karl Best | 1154 |
| 395 | Tony Brizzolara | 1160 |
| 396 | Randy McCament | 1164 |
| 397 | Mike Cook | 1165 |
| 398 | Dave Shipanoff | 1167 |
| 399 | Mike Kinnunen | 1169 |
| 400 | Brian Snyder | 1171 |
| 401 | Fred Holdsworth | 1172 |
| 402 | Jeff Schneider | 1173 |
| 403 | Don Welchel | 1176 |
| 404 | Jeff Twitty | 1177 |
| 405 | Mike Capel | 1178 |
| 406 | Pedro Borbon | 1181 |
| 407 | Scott Medvin | 1182 |
| 408 | T.R. Bryden | 1183 |
| 409 | German Gonzalez | 1187 |
| 410 | Joel McKeon | 1191 |
| 411 | Ralph Citarella | 1192 |
| 412 | Sergio Valdez | 1193 |
| 413 | Mark L. Lee | 1195 |
| 414 | Billy L. Smith | 1198 |
| 415 | Kevin Hagen | 1199 |
| 416 | Kevin Kobel | 1200 |
| 417 | Dave Hamilton | 1205 |
| 418 | Rick Grapenthin | 1209 |
| 419 | Steve Senteney | 1210 |
| 420 | Reggie Patterson | 1213 |
| 421 | Mark Brown | 1214 |
| 422 | Jack Billingham | 1220 |
| 423 | Bob Tufts | 1221 |
| 424 | Greg Bargar | 1222 |
| 425 | Candy Sierra | 1223 |
| 426 | Cliff Speck | 1224 |
| 427 | Dennis Burtt | 1226 |
| 428 | Dave Schuler | 1228 |
| 429 | Tony Castillo | 1231 |
| 430 | Manny Hernandez | 1232 |
| 431 | Bruce Tanner | 1233 |
| 432 | Mauro Gozzo | 1234 |
| 433 | Mike Roesler | 1238 |
| 434 | Ray Krawczyk | 1239 |
| 435 | Stan Clarke | 1242 |
| 436 | Al Jones | 1243 |
| 437 | Logan Easley | 1244 |
| 438 | Hipolito Pena | 1246 |
| 439 | Curt Brown | 1247 |
| 440 | Dennis Blair | 1248 |
| 441 | Rick Luecken | 1250 |
| 442 | Scott Brown | 1251 |
| 443 | Jim Lewis | 1255 |
| 444 | Nardi Contreras | 1260 |
| 445 | Brian Meyer | 1263 |
| 446 | Paul Hartzell | 1265 |
| 447 | Charlie Mitchell | 1266 |
| 448 | Jack O'Connor | 1267 |
| 449 | Mike Smith | 1271 |
| 450 | Dave Stapleton (P) | 1272 |
| 451 | Jim Farr | 1275 |
| 452 | Larry White | 1276 |
| 453 | Mike Couchee | 1277 |
| 454 | Dennis Lewallyn | 1281 |
| 455 | Bill Johnson | 1282 |
| 456 | Steve Cummings | 1287 |
| 457 | Bill Latham | 1288 |
| 458 | Hal Dues | 1290 |
| 459 | Mark Smith | 1291 |
| 460 | Pat Larkin | 1296 |
| 461 | Steve Ratzer | 1302 |
| 462 | Rich Barnes | 1305 |
| 463 | David Cone | 1307 |
| 464 | Julio Machado | 1309 |
| 465 | Steve Luebber | 1310 |
| 466 | Dwayne Henry | 1311 |
| 467 | Geoff Combe | 1313 |
| 468 | Steve Shirley | 1315 |
| 469 | Randy Stein | 1330 |
| 470 | Jeff Kaiser | 1337 |
| 471 | Xavier Hernandez | 1339 |
| 472 | Bobby Moore | 1341 |
| 473 | Danny Clay | 1342 |
| 474 | Steve Frey | 1347 |
| 475 | Reggie Ritter | 1348 |
| 476 | Balvino Galvez | 1351 |
| 477 | Dean Wilkins | 1352 |
| 478 | Bob Buchanan | 1355 |
| 479 | Mike A. Smith | 1362 |
| 480 | Roy Thomas | 1363 |
| 481 | Shawn Holman | 1364 |
| 482 | Alex Madrid | 1367 |
| 483 | Keefe Cato | 1368 |
| 484 | Tim Drummond | 1370 |
| 485 | Steve Searcy | 1374 |
| 486 | Jon Perlman | 1376 |
| 487 | Chuck McElroy | 1377 |
| 488 | Joe Klink | 1387 |
| 489 | Wally Whitehurst | 1397 |
| 490 | Mark Ross | 1403 |
| 491 | Ramon Pena | 1407 |
| 492 | Todd Fischer | 1408 |
| 493 | Colin Ward | 1414 |
| 494 | Stan Belinda | 1417 |
| 495 | Mickey Weston | 1421 |
| 496 | Morris Madden | 1428 |
| 497 | Jack Hardy | 1431 |
| 498 | Miguel Garcia | 1433 |
| 499 | John Pawlowski | 1434 |
| 500 | DeWayne Vaughn | 1438 |
| 501 | Matt Kinzer | 1439 |
| 502 | John Trautwein | 1444 |
| 503 | Scott Anderson | 1454 |
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