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Mordecai Brown was the first pitcher to record at least 10 saves in a season. Dan Quisenberry, Bruce Sutter, Firpo Marberry, and Ed Walsh are the only pitchers to lead the league in saves five times (though Marberry and Walsh did so before 1969). Sutter is also tied with Harry Wright, Dan Quisenberry and Craig Kimbrel for the most consecutive ...
Gossage had more saves of at least two innings than saves where he pitched one inning or less. [39] "The times I did a one-inning save, I felt guilty about it. It's like it was too easy", said Gossage. [40] ESPN.com wrote that saves have not been determined to be "a special, repeatable skill—rather than simply a function of opportunities". [41]
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 games ...
Career pitching records. ERA: 2.34 Harry Coveleski; Wins: 222 Hooks Dauss; Win–loss %: .701 Max Scherzer; WHIP: 1.112 Denny McLain; Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 7.56 Denny McLain; Walks Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 1.75 Don Mossi; Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched: 9.604 Max Scherzer; Games: 545 John Hiller; Saves: 206 Todd Jones
These are records of players with the best performance in distinct statistical pitching categories during a single season. [32] John Axford set the single-season saves record (46) in 2011. Ben Sheets set the single-season records for strikeouts (264) and WHIP (0.983) in 2004.
Toggle Single season records subsection. 1. ... 2.2 Pitching. 3 Rockies Team Records. Toggle Rockies Team Records subsection. 3.1 Batting Records. ... Saves: Brian ...
Shortstop Jimmy Rollins broke Willie Wilson's record for at-bats in a single season with 716 in 2007, and first baseman Ryan Howard also set the major league record for strikeouts in a single season that same year with 199, before it was broken by Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks the following year. [5]
In 26 seasons from 1998 through 2023, the team has won 1,998 games and one World Series championship, in 2001. The team has appeared in seven postseasons and has won two league pennants. Luis Gonzalez owns the most franchise career batting records with 11 and the most franchise single-season batting records with 9.