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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Yearly League

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Rank	Player (age)	Saves	Throws
1.	Trevor Hoffman (41)	591	R
2.	Mariano Rivera (39)	526	R
3.	Lee Smith	478	R
4.	John Franco	424	L
5.	Dennis Eckersley+	390	R
6.	Billy Wagner (37)	385	L
7.	Jeff Reardon	367	R
8.	Troy Percival (39)	358	R
9.	Randy Myers	347	L
10.	Rollie Fingers+	341	R
11.	John Wetteland	330	R
12.	Roberto Hernandez	326	R
13.	Jose Mesa	321	R
14.	Todd Jones	319	R
15.	Rick Aguilera	318	R
16.	Robb Nen	314	R
17.	Tom Henke	311	R
18.	Rich Gossage+	310	R
19.	Jeff Montgomery	304	R
20.	Doug Jones	303	R
21.	Bruce Sutter+	300	R
22.	Jason Isringhausen (36)	293	R
23.	Armando Benitez (36)	289	R
24.	Rod Beck	286	R
25.	Bob Wickman	267	R
26.	Todd Worrell	256	R
27.	Dave Righetti	252	L
28.	Francisco Cordero (34)	250	R
29.	Joe Nathan (34)	247	R
30.	Dan Quisenberry	244	R
31.	Francisco Rodriguez (27)	243	R
32.	Sparky Lyle	238	L
33.	Ugueth Urbina	237	R
34.	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	R
35.	Gene Garber	218	R
36.	Gregg Olson	217	R
37.	Dave Smith	216	R
38.	Jeff Shaw	203	R
39.	Bobby Thigpen	201	R
40.	Brad Lidge (32)	195	R
41.	Roy Face	193	R
	Mike Henneman	193	R
43.	Mitch Williams	192	L
44.	Keith Foulke (36)	191	R
45.	Mike Marshall	188	R
46.	Eric Gagne (33)	187	R
	Eddie Guardado (38)	187	L
48.	Jeff Russell	186	R
49.	Steve Bedrosian	184	R
	Kent Tekulve	184	R
51.	Danny Graves	182	R
52.	Tug McGraw	180	L
53.	Ron Perranoski	179	L
54.	Bryan Harvey	177	R
55.	Jeff Brantley	172	R
	Lindy McDaniel	172	R
57.	Jose Valverde (29)	167	R
58.	Brian Fuentes (33)	163	L
	Billy Koch	163	R
60.	Roger McDowell	159	R
61.	Tom Gordon (41)	158	R
	Dan Plesac	158	L
63.	Jay Howell	155	R
64.	Stu Miller	154	R
	John Smoltz (42)	154	R
66.	Don McMahon	153	R
67.	Jonathan Papelbon (28)	151	R
68.	Greg Minton	150	R
69.	Ted Abernathy	148	R
70.	Willie Hernandez	147	L
71.	Bobby Jenks (28)	146	R
72.	Dave Giusti	145	R
73.	Jesse Orosco	144	L
	Mike Williams	144	R
75.	Clay Carroll	143	R
	Darold Knowles	143	L
77.	Mike Jackson	142	R
78.	Mike Timlin	141	R
79.	Gary Lavelle	136	L
80.	Jim Brewer	132	L
	Steve Farr	132	R
	Bob Stanley	132	R
83.	Joe Borowski (38)	131	R
84.	Ron Davis	130	R
85.	Antonio Alfonseca	129	R
	Kazuhiro Sasaki	129	R
	Huston Street (25)	129	R
88.	Chad Cordero (27)	128	R
89.	Terry Forster	127	L
90.	Bill Campbell	126	R
	Dave LaRoche	126	L
	Mel Rojas	126	R
93.	John Hiller	125	L
94.	Jack Aker	123	R
95.	Dick Radatz	122	R
96.	Duane Ward	121	R
97.	Mark Wohlers	119	R
98.	B.J. Ryan (33)	117	L
99.	Ricky Bottalico	116	R
100.	Tippy Martinez	115	L
101.	Danys Baez (31)	114	R
102.	Frank Linzy	111	R
103.	Jose Jimenez	110	R
	Al Worthington	110	R
105.	Fred Gladding	109	R
106.	Wayne Granger	108	R
	Ron Kline	108	R
108.	Johnny Murphy	107	R
109.	Bill Caudill	106	R
110.	Braden Looper (34)	103	R
	J.J. Putz (32)	103	R
	Ron Reed	103	R
	John Wyatt	103	R
114.	Tom Burgmeier	102	L
	Tim Burke	102	R
	Ellis Kinder	102	R
117.	Craig Lefferts	101	L
	Firpo Marberry	101	R
119.	Mike Fetters	100	R
	Billy Taylor	100	R
121.	Joe Hoerner	99	L
	Jorge Julio (30)	99	R
123.	Mike Schooler	98	R
	Heathcliff Slocumb	98	R
125.	Norm Charlton	97	L
	Al Hrabosky	97	L
	Tom Niedenfuer	97	R
128.	Mark Davis	96	L
	Clem Labine	96	R
	Randy Moffitt	96	R
131.	Bob Locker	95	R
	Dave Veres	95	R
133.	Aurelio Lopez	93	R
	Matt Mantei	93	R
135.	Tom Hume	92	R
	Phil Regan	92	R
137.	Jim Gott	91	R
	Steve Howe	91	L
139.	Bill Henry	90	L
140.	Rob Dibble	89	R
	Donnie Moore	89	R
	Joakim Soria (25)	89	R
143.	Jim Kern	88	R
	John Rocker	88	L
145.	Ryan Dempster (32)	87	R
	LaTroy Hawkins (36)	87	R
147.	Byung-Hyun Kim (30)	86	R
	Ken Sanders	86	R
	Cecil Upshaw	86	R
	Brian Wilson (27)	86	R
151.	Kevin Gregg (31)	85	R
	Derek Lowe (36)	85	R
153.	Joe Sambito	84	L
	Mike Stanton	84	L
155.	Mark Clear	83	R
	Octavio Dotel (35)	83	R
	Turk Farrell	83	R
	Claude Raymond	83	R
	Takashi Saito (39)	83	R
	Elias Sosa	83	R
161.	Don Aase	82	R
	Doug Henry	82	R
	Larry Sherry	82	R
164.	Doug Bair	81	R
	Eddie Fisher	81	R
166.	Pedro Borbon	80	R
	Eddie Watt	80	R
168.	Stan Belinda	79	R
	Grant Jackson	79	L
170.	Al Holland	78	L
171.	Joe Page	76	L
	Tim Stoddard	76	R
173.	Neil Allen	75	R
	Ed Farmer	75	R
	Dave Weathers (39)	75	R
176.	Jim Konstanty	74	R
	Alejandro Pena	74	R
178.	Bob James	73	R
	Danny Kolb (34)	73	R
	Turk Lown	73	R
181.	Ron Taylor	72	R
182.	Diego Segui	71	R
	Tim Worrell	71	R
184.	Mike MacDougal (32)	70	R
	Ted Power	70	R
	Fernando Rodney (32)	70	R
187.	Rawly Eastwick	68	R
	Dick Hall	68	R
	Skip Lockwood	68	R
190.	Jim Brosnan	67	R
	Matt Capps (25)	67	R
192.	Al Benton	66	R
	Doug Corbett	66	R
	Bobby Howry (35)	66	R
	Johnny Klippstein	66	R
196.	Derrick Turnbow (31)	65	R
197.	Clint Brown	64	R
	Paul Lindblad	64	L
	Tom Morgan	64	R
	Don Stanhouse	64	R
201.	Don Elston	63	R
	Joe Heving	63	R
	Bob Lee	63	R
	Gary Lucas	63	L
	Al McBean	63	R
	Bruce Ruffin	63	L
207.	Ed Roebuck	62	R
208.	Charlie Hough	61	R
	Jerry Staley	61	R
	Hal Woodeshick	61	L
211.	Jack Baldschun	60	R
	Doug Bird	60	R
	Al Brazle	60	L
	Dale Murray	60	R
215.	Bobby Ayala	59	R
	Kelvim Escobar (33)	59	R
	Terry Fox	59	R
	Darren Holmes	59	R
	Tom Murphy	59	R
220.	Dick Drago	58	R
	Woodie Fryman	58	L
	Marv Grissom	58	R
	Bill Landrum	58	R
	Billy McCool	58	L
	Ray Narleski	58	R
226.	Rick Camp	57	R
	Ryne Duren	57	R
	Danny Frisella	57	R
	Jack Quinn	57	R
	Don Robinson	57	R
	Salomon Torres (37)	57	R
	Wilbur Wood	57	L
233.	Paul Assenmacher	56	L
	Frank DiPino	56	L
	Tom Ferrick	56	R
	Ryan Franklin (36)	56	R
	Dustin Hermanson	56	R
	Mark Littell	56	R
	Sid Monge	56	L
	George Sherrill (32)	56	L
241.	Jonathan Broxton (25)	55	R
	Hugh Casey	55	R
	Moe Drabowsky	55	R
	Mike Fornieles	55	R
	Lefty Grove+	55	L
	Curt Leskanic	55	R
	Pedro Ramos	55	R
	Dick Tidrow	55	R
	Scott Williamson (33)	55	R
250.	Mike Gonzalez (31)	54	L
	Greg Harris	54	R
	Lerrin LaGrow	54	R
	Brandon Lyon (29)	54	R
	Edwin Nunez	54	R
	Kerry Wood (32)	54	R
256.	Juan Acevedo	53	R
	Mudcat Grant	53	R
	Greg McMichael	53	R
259.	Mike DeJean	52	R
	Steve Foucault	52	R
	Waite Hoyt+	52	R
	Bob McClure	52	L
	Scott Radinsky	52	L
	Enrique Romo	52	R
	Vicente Romo	52	R
	Ken Tatum	52	R
	C.J. Wilson (28)	52	L
268.	Gary Bell	51	R
	Ken Forsch	51	R
	Bob Miller	51	R
	Pete Richert	51	L
	Johnny Sain	51	R
	Esteban Yan (34)	51	R
274.	Bobby Bolin	50	R
	Don Mossi	50	L
	Dave Schmidt	50	R
	Dan Spillner	50	R
278.	Ace Adams	49	R
	Larry Andersen	49	R
	Joe Boever	49	R
	Mordecai Brown+	49	R
	Jerry Dipoto	49	R
	Rich Loiselle	49	R
	Pete Mikkelsen	49	R
	Wilcy Moore	49	R
	Chris Ray (27)	49	R
	Allie Reynolds	49	R
288.	Mace Brown	48	R
	Scott Garrelts	48	R
	Harry Gumbert	48	R
	Kerry Ligtenberg	48	R
	Billy O'Dell	48	L
	Steve Olin	48	R
	Bobby Shantz	48	L
295.	Rocky Biddle	46	R
	Ramon Hernandez	46	L
	Dennis Higgins	46	R
	Ray Moore	46	R
	Ted Wilks	46	R
300.	Ernie Camacho	45	R
	Bill Castro	45	R
	Chuck Crim	45	R
	Joe Grahe	45	R
	Hal Reniff	45	R
	Sammy Stewart	45	R
306.	Luis Arroyo	44	L
	Heath Bell (31)	44	R
	Harry Dorish	44	R
	Dutch Leonard	44	R
	Frank Smith	44	R
	Mike Trombley	44	R
312.	Syl Johnson	43	R
	Minnie Rojas	43	R
	Rafael Soriano (29)	43	R
	Stan Williams	43	R
316.	Terry Adams	42	R
	Mike Garman	42	R
	Tom Gorman	42	R
	Steve Hamilton	42	L
	Steve Mingori	42	L
	Allen Russell	42	R
322.	Jerry Johnson	41	R
	Steve Karsay	41	R
324.	Hooks Dauss	40	R
	Orlando Pena	40	R
	Shane Rawley	40	L
	Charley Root	40	R
	Bob Smith	40	R
	Dan Wheeler (31)	40	R
	George Zuverink	40	R
331.	Miguel Batista (38)	39	R
	George Caster	39	R
	Ken Dayley	39	L
	Jim Hughes	39	R
	Steve Kline	39	L
	Pete Ladd	39	R
	Lance McCullers	39	R
	Dan Miceli	39	R
	Akinori Otsuka	39	R
	Chad Qualls (30)	39	R
	Jeff Robinson	39	R
	Fred Scherman	39	L
	Rod Scurry	39	L
344.	David Aardsma (27)	38	R
	Jeremy Accardo (27)	38	R
	Dick Coffman	38	R
	Rick Honeycutt	38	L
	Horacio Pina	38	R
	Jack Russell	38	R
350.	Victor Cruz	37	R
	Hersh Freeman	37	R
	Bob Grim	37	R
	Chris Reitsma (31)	37	R
354.	Red Ames	36	R
	Shawn Chacon (31)	36	R
	Damaso Marte (34)	36	L
	Joey McLaughlin	36	R
	Slim Sallee	36	L
359.	Salome Barojas	35	R
	Russ Christopher	35	R
	Cecilio Guante	35	R
	Xavier Hernandez	35	R
	Dennis Lamp	35	R
	Eric Plunk	35	R
	Barney Schultz	35	R
	Tom Timmermann	35	R
	Dizzy Trout	35	R
368.	Chief Bender+	34	R
	Guy Bush	34	R
	Tom Buskey	34	R
	Matt Herges (39)	34	R
	Roy Lee Jackson	34	R
	Walter Johnson+	34	R
	Tyler Walker (33)	34	R
	Ed Walsh+	34	R
	Jim Willoughby	34	R
	Hooks Wiltse	34	L
378.	Hank Aguirre	33	L
	Curt Davis	33	R
	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	33	R
	Billy Hoeft	33	L
	Chief Hogsett	33	L
	Tom House	33	L
	Carl Hubbell+	33	L
	Ed Klieman	33	R
	Gordon Maltzberger	33	R
	Dale Mohorcic	33	R
	Jeff Nelson	33	R
	Doug Sisk	33	R
	Turk Wendell	33	R
391.	Pete Alexander+	32	R
	Juan Berenguer	32	R
	Garland Braxton	32	L
	Danny Darwin	32	R
	Luis DeLeon	32	R
	Mark Eichhorn	32	R
	Art Fowler	32	R
	Jason Frasor (31)	32	R
	Joe Gibbon	32	L
	Tom Hall	32	L
	Billy Loes	32	R
	Satchel Paige+	32	R
	Herb Pennock+	32	L
	Billy Pierce	32	L
	Al Reyes (38)	32	R
	Arthur Rhodes (39)	32	L
	Eduardo Rodriguez	32	R
	Bob Shaw	32	R
	Rube Walberg	32	L
	Jeff Zimmerman	32	R
411.	Lew Burdette	31	R
	Sarge Connally	31	R
	Ike Delock	31	R
	Adrian Devine	31	R
	Dave Hamilton	31	L
	Ken Howell	31	R
	Willis Hudlin	31	R
	Sam Jones	31	R
	Carl Mays	31	R
	Dick Selma	31	R
	Mike Stanton	31	R
	Chuck Taylor	31	R
423.	Jim Acker	30	R
	Dave Beard	30	R
	Tex Clevenger	30	R
	Dizzy Dean+	30	R
	Frank Francisco (29)	30	R
	Rob Murphy	30	L
	Ken Ryan	30	R
	Virgil Trucks	30	R
431.	Juan Agosto	29	L
	Jim Bagby	29	R
	Joe Beggs	29	R
	Lou Brissie	29	L
	Jumbo Brown	29	R
	John Candelaria	29	L
	Lance Carter (34)	29	R
	Paul Derringer	29	R
	George Frazier	29	R
	Wayne Gomes	29	R
	Andy Hassler	29	L
	John Hudek	29	R
	Leo Kiely	29	L
	Will McEnaney	29	L
	Phil Niekro+	29	R
	Eddie Rommel	29	R
	Clyde Shoun	29	L
	Dave Sisler	29	R
	Warren Spahn+	29	L
450.	Red Faber+	28	R
	Steve Frey	28	L
	Dolf Luque	28	R
	Christy Mathewson+	28	R
	Gene Nelson	28	R
	Bob Patterson	28	L
	Juan Pizarro	28	L
	Kenny Rogers	28	L
	Bob Shawkey	28	R
	Dave Tobik	28	R
460.	Cy Acosta	27	R
	Kyle Farnsworth (33)	27	R
	Buddy Groom	27	L
	Matt Karchner	27	R
	Luis Sanchez	27	R
	Bill Swift	27	R
	Shingo Takatsu	27	R
467.	Matt Anderson	26	R
	Bob Apodaca	26	R
	Pete Appleton	26	R
	Keith Atherton	26	R
	Andrew Bailey (25)	26	R
	Sandy Consuegra	26	R
	Jerry Don Gleaton	26	L
	Gene Harris	26	R
	Dave Heaverlo	26	R
	Andy Karl	26	R
	Frank LaCorte	26	R
	Don Larsen	26	R
	Mark Leiter	26	R
	Pat Malone	26	R
	Hal Newhouser+	26	L
	Leo Nunez (25)	26	R
	Jon Rauch (30)	26	R
	Bill Sherdel	26	L
485.	Joe Black	25	R
	Marshall Bridges	25	L
	Earl Caldwell	25	R
	Eddie Cicotte	25	R
	Reggie Cleveland	25	R
	Doc Crandall	25	R
	Bill Dawley	25	R
	Alan Embree (39)	25	L
	Jeff Fassero	25	L
	Lee Guetterman	25	L
	Bump Hadley	25	R
	Phil Hennigan	25	R
	Bob Hooper	25	R
	Hal Jeffcoat	25	R
	Kent Mercker	25	L
	Marty Pattin	25	R

Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Yearly League

Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.

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