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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

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Statistic Description: Saves

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	SV	Single-Season	SV	Active	SV	Yearly	SV
1871	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3
1872	Harry Wright+	7	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	7	Harry Wright+	4
1873	Harry Wright+	11	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	11	Harry Wright+	4
1874	Harry Wright+	14	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	14	Harry Wright+	3
1875	Harry Wright+	14	Al Spalding+	9	Al Spalding+	12	Al Spalding+	9

1876	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Al Spalding+	12	Jack Manning	5
1877	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Al Spalding+	13	Cal McVey	2
1878	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Jack Manning	12	Tom Healey	1
1879	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Cal McVey	5	Monte Ward+ Bobby Mathews	1
1880	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond	3	Lee Richmond	3
1881	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Bobby Mathews Lee Richmond	3	Bobby Mathews	2
1882	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond Monte Ward+ Bobby Mathews	3	Monte Ward+ Eddie Fusselback	1
1883	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Bobby Mathews Lee Richmond Monte Ward+	3	Jim Whitney Stump Wiedman	2
1884	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Billy Taylor	4	Billy Taylor	4
1885	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Oyster Burns Billy Taylor	4	Oyster Burns	3
1886	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Billy Taylor Oyster Burns	4	Charlie Ferguson	2
1887	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Oyster Burns Charlie Ferguson Adonis Terry Billy Taylor	4	Adonis Terry	3
1888	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Adonis Terry Oyster Burns	4	George Wood	2
1889	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	7	Tony Mullane	5
1890	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Tony Mullane	8	Herb Goodall	4
1891	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	8	Joe Neale John Clarkson+ Kid Nichols+	3
1892	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	9	Gus Weyhing	3
1893	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Tony Mullane	11	Frank Dwyer Tony Mullane Mark Baldwin Frank Donnelly Tom Colcolough	2
1894	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane	4
1895	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	7	Ernie Beam Kid Nichols+ Tom Parrott	3
1896	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	8	Cy Young+	3
1897	Tony Mullane	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	11	Win Mercer Kid Nichols+	3
1898	Tony Mullane Kid Nichols+	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	15	Kid Nichols+	4
1899	Kid Nichols+	16	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Sam Leever	3
1900	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Frank Kitson	4
1901	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Bill Hoffer Jack Powell Bill Donovan	3
1902	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Vic Willis+	3
1903	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Carl Lundgren Roscoe Miller	3
1904	Kid Nichols+	17	Tony Mullane Joe McGinnity+ Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	17	Joe McGinnity+	5
1905	Kid Nichols+	17	Claude Elliott	6	Kid Nichols+	17	Claude Elliott	6
1906	Kid Nichols+	17	Cecil Ferguson	7	Kid Nichols+	17	Cecil Ferguson	7
1907	Joe McGinnity+	19	Cecil Ferguson	7	Joe McGinnity+	19	Ed Walsh+ Joe McGinnity+ Bill Dinneen Tom Hughes	4
1908	Joe McGinnity+	24	Cecil Ferguson	7	Joe McGinnity+	24	Ed Walsh+	6
1909	Joe McGinnity+	24	Frank Arellanes	8	Hooks Wiltse Mordecai Brown+	19	Frank Arellanes	8
1910	Mordecai Brown+	26	Frank Arellanes	8	Mordecai Brown+	26	Mordecai Brown+ Harry Gaspar	7
1911	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13
1912	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	39	Ed Walsh+	10
1913	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+	13
1914	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	45	Red Ames Slim Sallee Dave Davenport Russ Ford	6
1915	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Mordecai Brown+	49	Hugh Bedient	10
1916	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Mordecai Brown+	49	Bob Shawkey Red Ames	8
1917	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Ed Walsh+	35	Dave Danforth	9
1918	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Red Ames Chief Bender+	34	George Mogridge	7
1919	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Red Ames	36	Jim Shaw Allen Russell Bob Shawkey	5
1920	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Chief Bender+ Slim Sallee	34	Bill Sherdel	6
1921	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Slim Sallee	36	Carl Mays Jim Middleton Lou North	7
1922	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Chief Bender+	34	Sad Sam Jones	8
1923	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Chief Bender+ Walter Johnson+	34	Allen Russell	9
1924	Mordecai Brown+	49	Firpo Marberry	15	Allen Russell	40	Firpo Marberry	15
1925	Mordecai Brown+	49	Firpo Marberry	15	Allen Russell	42	Firpo Marberry	15
1926	Firpo Marberry	52	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	52	Firpo Marberry	22
1927	Firpo Marberry	61	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	61	Garland Braxton Wilcy Moore	13
1928	Firpo Marberry	64	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	64	Waite Hoyt+	8
1929	Firpo Marberry	75	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	75	Firpo Marberry	11
1930	Firpo Marberry	76	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	76	Lefty Grove+	9
1931	Firpo Marberry	83	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	83	Jack Quinn	15
1932	Firpo Marberry	96	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	96	Firpo Marberry	13
1933	Firpo Marberry	98	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	98	Jack Russell	13
1934	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	101	Carl Hubbell+	8
1935	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	101	Dutch Leonard	8
1936	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	101	Dizzy Dean+	11
1937	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+	54	Clint Brown	18
1938	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+	55	Dick Coffman	12
1939	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+	55	Johnny Murphy	19
1940	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	63	Al Benton	17
1941	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	78	Johnny Murphy	15
1942	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	89	Hugh Casey	13
1943	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Gordon Maltzberger	14
1944	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Ace Adams	13
1945	Firpo Marberry	101	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Andy Karl Ace Adams	15
1946	Johnny Murphy	104	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	104	Bob Klinger	9
1947	Johnny Murphy	107	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	107	Hugh Casey	18
1948	Johnny Murphy	107	Firpo Marberry	22	Hugh Casey	50	Russ Christopher Harry Gumbert	17
1949	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	63	Joe Page	27
1950	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Jim Konstanty	22
1951	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Ellis Kinder	14
1952	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Al Brazle	16
1953	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Joe Page	76	Ellis Kinder	27
1954	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Jim Hughes	24
1955	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Joe Page	27	Ellis Kinder	93	Ray Narleski	19
1956	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Joe Page	27	Ellis Kinder	102	Clem Labine	19
1957	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Ellis Kinder	102	Bob Grim	19
1958	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Clem Labine	73	Ryne Duren Roy Face	20
1959	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Clem Labine	82	Don McMahon Turk Lown Lindy McDaniel	15
1960	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Clem Labine	88	Lindy McDaniel	26
1961	Johnny Murphy	107	Luis Arroyo	29	Clem Labine	96	Luis Arroyo	29
1962	Roy Face	120	Luis Arroyo	29	Roy Face	120	Roy Face	28
1963	Roy Face	136	Luis Arroyo	29	Roy Face	136	Stu Miller	27
1964	Hoyt Wilhelm+	146	Dick Radatz Luis Arroyo	29	Hoyt Wilhelm+	146	Dick Radatz	29
1965	Hoyt Wilhelm+	166	Ted Abernathy	31	Hoyt Wilhelm+	166	Ted Abernathy	31
1966	Hoyt Wilhelm+	172	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	172	Jack Aker	32
1967	Hoyt Wilhelm+	184	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	184	Ted Abernathy	28
1968	Hoyt Wilhelm+	196	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	196	Phil Regan	25
1969	Hoyt Wilhelm+	210	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	210	Ron Perranoski	31
1970	Hoyt Wilhelm+	223	Wayne Granger	35	Hoyt Wilhelm+	223	Wayne Granger	35
1971	Hoyt Wilhelm+	226	Wayne Granger	35	Hoyt Wilhelm+	226	Ken Sanders	31
1972	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	Clay Carroll	37	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	Clay Carroll	37
1973	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Ron Perranoski	179	John Hiller	38
1974	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Lindy McDaniel	171	Terry Forster	24
1975	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Lindy McDaniel	172	Rich Gossage+	26
1976	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	175	Rawly Eastwick	26
1977	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	201	Rollie Fingers+	35
1978	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	210	Rollie Fingers+	37
1979	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	223	Bruce Sutter+	37
1980	Rollie Fingers+	244	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	244	Rich Gossage+ Dan Quisenberry	33
1981	Rollie Fingers+	272	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	272	Rollie Fingers+	28
1982	Rollie Fingers+	301	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	301	Bruce Sutter+	36
1983	Rollie Fingers+	301	Dan Quisenberry	45	Rollie Fingers+	301	Dan Quisenberry	45
1984	Rollie Fingers+	324	Bruce Sutter+ Dan Quisenberry	45	Rollie Fingers+	324	Bruce Sutter+	45
1985	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dan Quisenberry Bruce Sutter+	45	Rollie Fingers+	341	Jeff Reardon	41
1986	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Bruce Sutter+	286	Dave Righetti	46
1987	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	289	Steve Bedrosian	40
1988	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	302	Dennis Eckersley+	45
1989	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	307	Mark Davis	44
1990	Rollie Fingers+	341	Bobby Thigpen	57	Rich Gossage+	307	Bobby Thigpen	57
1991	Rollie Fingers+	341	Bobby Thigpen	57	Jeff Reardon	327	Lee Smith	47
1992	Jeff Reardon	357	Bobby Thigpen	57	Jeff Reardon	357	Dennis Eckersley+	51
1993	Lee Smith	401	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	401	Randy Myers	53
1994	Lee Smith	434	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	434	Lee Smith	33
1995	Lee Smith	471	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	471	Jose Mesa	46
1996	Lee Smith	473	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	473	Todd Worrell Jeff Brantley	44
1997	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	478	Randy Myers	45
1998	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	397	Trevor Hoffman	53
1999	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	416	Mariano Rivera	45
2000	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	420	Antonio Alfonseca	45
2001	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	422	Mariano Rivera	50
2002	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	422	John Smoltz	55
2003	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	424	Eric Gagne	55
2004	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	424	Mariano Rivera	53
2005	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	436	Chad Cordero	47
2006	Trevor Hoffman	482	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	482	Francisco Rodriguez	47
2007	Trevor Hoffman	524	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	524	Jose Valverde	47
2008	Trevor Hoffman	554	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	554	Francisco Rodriguez	62
2009	Trevor Hoffman	591	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	591	Brian Fuentes	48
2010	Trevor Hoffman	601	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	601	Brian Wilson	48
2011	Mariano Rivera	603	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	603	Jose Valverde	49
2012	Mariano Rivera	608	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	608	Jim Johnson	51
2013	Mariano Rivera	623	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	623	Jason Grilli Mariano Rivera	15

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