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Rollie Fingers was the first player to record 300 saves, reaching the mark on August 21, 1982. Aroldis Chapman is the most recent, achieving his 300th on August 26, 2021. The New York Mets are the only franchise to see three players reach the milestone while on their roster— John Franco , Billy Wagner , and Jason Isringhausen .
[1] 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 more than 400 ...
The save statistic was created by journalist Jerome Holtzman in 1959 to "measure the effectiveness of relief pitchers" and was adopted as an official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic in 1969. [2] [3] The save has been retroactively tabulated for pitchers before that date.
The home run was Judge's MLB-best 43rd of the season. Judge also surpassed Yankees legend Babe Ruth by getting to 300 in 3,428 career at-bats. Ruth reached the number in 3,830 at-bats.
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.
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The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3. [1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
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