The ''Sporting News'' Reliever of the Year Award was an annual award presented to the best
relief pitcher
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather ...
in each league in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL ...
(MLB). It was established in by ''
The Sporting News'' (TSN) as the Fireman of the Year Award. At the time, no reliever had ever received a
Cy Young Award
The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hal ...
vote. The Fireman of the Year Award originally recognized the reliever with the most combined
saves and
wins in each league in MLB. The magazine had started publishing the then-unofficial save statistic that same year.
[ Later, a save was worth two points compared to one for a save in determining the winner.][ Dickson 2011, pp.322–3] The award was last issued in 2010 before being discontinued.
Fireman of the Year Award winners
Reliever of the Year Award winners
See also
*Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award
Major League Baseball (MLB) annually honors its best relief pitchers in the American League (AL) and National League (NL) with the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award, respectively. The awa ...
** also known as the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award
*Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
The Rolaids Relief Man Award was an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given from 1976 to 2012 to the top relief pitchers of the regular season, one in the American League (AL) and one in the National League (NL).
Relief pitchers enter th ...
(''discontinued'')
* "Esurance MLB Awards" Best Pitcher (in MLB)
*"Players Choice Award
The Players Choice Awards are annual Major League Baseball awards, given by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).
The Players Choice Awards are given following a secret ballot by players. Four awards go to a player in each league, ...
s" Outstanding Pitcher
*Warren Spahn Award
The Warren Spahn Award is presented each season by the Oklahoma Sports Museum to the best left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). The award is named after Warren Spahn, who holds the MLB record in wins for a left-handed pitcher with ...
(best left-handed pitcher)
*Baseball awards
Professional baseball leagues, amateur-baseball organizations, sportswriting associations, and other groups confer awards on various baseball teams, players, managers, coaches, executives, broadcasters, writers, and other baseball-related pe ...
*List of Major League Baseball awards
Major League Baseball presents a variety of annual awards and trophies to recognize both its teams and its players. Three team trophies are awarded annually: one each to the National League and American League champions, and one of the champion of ...
* ''Sporting News'' Starting Pitcher of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Relief Pitcher of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Player of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Rookie of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Comeback Player of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Manager of the Year
* ''Sporting News'' Executive of the Year
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Major League Baseball trophies and awards
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Awards established in 1960
Awards disestablished in 2011