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Mariano Rivera [2] [3] [4] is the all-time leader in saves with 652. Rivera and Trevor Hoffman [ 5 ] are the only pitchers in MLB history to save more than 600 career games. Lee Smith , [ 6 ] Kenley Jansen , [ 7 ] Craig Kimbrel , [ 8 ] Francisco Rodríguez , [ 9 ] John Franco , [ 10 ] and Billy Wagner [ 11 ] are the only other pitchers to save ...
MLB recognizes the player or players in each league with the most saves each season. In retrospect, the five saves by Jack Manning meant he led the National League in its inaugural year, while Bill Hoffer was the American League's first saves champion with three. [4] Mordecai Brown was the first pitcher to record at least 10 saves in a season.
Only eight relievers – Dennis Eckersley, Fingers, Goose Gossage, Hoffman, Rivera, Smith, Bruce Sutter, and Wilhelm – have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; [9] all but Wilhelm also have at least 300 saves. [10] Jansen, Kimbrel, and Chapman are the only active players with more than 300 saves. [11]
The term save was being used as far back as 1952. [4] Executives Jim Toomey of the St. Louis Cardinals and Irv Kaze of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and statistician Allan Roth of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers awarded saves to pitchers who finished winning games but were not credited with the win, regardless of the margin of victory.
After all, the right-hander leads baseball by a wide margin with 31 saves and also owns a 2.54 ERA. But Helsley has walked a tightrope when securing narrow wins of late, having walked 10 batters ...
List of Major League Baseball career at bat leaders; List of Major League Baseball career singles leaders; List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders; List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders; List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders
List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders; Pages in category "National League (baseball) saves champions" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of ...
This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards ...