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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring SV≥120), sorted by greatest ERAp

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ERA+ among those with 120 or more saves
Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring SV>=120), sorted by greatest ERAp 
  Cnt Player            **ERA **  SV From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
    1 Mariano Rivera       199   482 1995 2008 25-38  851  10   0   0 718  68  49  .581 1023.2  800  281  260  244  934   2.29  53  4095  30  37   3  11 NYY         
    2 Francisco Rodrigu    189   208 2002 2008 20-26  408   0   0   0 297  23  17  .575  451.2  305  130  118  198  587   2.35  34  1838  19   8   1  43 ANA-LAA     
    3 Billy Wagner         180   385 1995 2008 23-36  765   0   0   0 637  39  37  .513  818    555  243  218  270 1066   2.40  76  3269  23  29   1  40 HOU-PHI-NYM 
    4 Bryan Harvey         161   177 1987 1995 24-32  322   0   0   0 278  17  25  .405  387    278  122  107  144  448   2.49  30  1582  19   2   5  25 CAL-FLA     
    5 Tom Henke            156   311 1982 1995 24-37  642   0   0   0 548  41  42  .494  789.2  607  252  234  255  861   2.67  64  3194  29   9   3  30 TEX-TOR-STL 
    6 Joe Nathan           155   200 1999 2008 24-33  463  29   0   0 313  44  20  .688  616.1  454  210  193  240  629   2.82  56  2514  21  14   1  26 SFG-MIN     
    7 Chad Cordero         154   128 2003 2008 21-26  305   0   0   0 226  20  14  .588  320.2  267  113   99  117  292   2.78  39  1347  16   6   1  12 MON-WSN     
    8 Troy Percival        148   352 1995 2008 25-38  689   1   0   0 536  35  42  .455  697.1  465  263  242  301  774   3.12  82  2863  25  26   2  30 CAL-ANA-DET-STL-TBR 
    9 John Wetteland       148   330 1989 2000 22-33  618  17   0   0 523  48  45  .516  765    616  287  249  252  804   2.93  73  3145  30  16   1  40 LAD-MON-NYY-TEX 
   10 Dan Quisenberry      146   244 1979 1990 26-37  674   0   0   0 553  56  46  .549 1043.1 1064  356  320  162  379   2.76  59  4247  70   7   5   4 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG 
   11 Hoyt Wilhelm         146   227 1952 1972 29-49 1070  52  20   5 651 143 122  .540 2254.1 1757  773  632  778 1610   2.52 150  9164  61  62   4  90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 
   12 Francisco Cordero    145   211 1999 2008 24-33  542   0   0   0 371  31  31  .500  576.1  515  234  211  269  606   3.29  42  2493  23  20   2  23 DET-TEX-TOT-MIL-CIN 
   13 Trevor Hoffman       145   554 1993 2008 25-40  930   0   0   0 774  56  66  .459  988    762  336  305  274 1055   2.78  90  3973  53   8   0  45 TOT-SDP     
   14 Brad Lidge           141   164 2002 2008 25-31  450   1   0   0 267  25  20  .556  470.1  360  177  162  205  653   3.10  40  1976  26  27   2  37 HOU-PHI     
   15 Keith Foulke         139   191 1997 2008 24-35  619   8   0   0 406  41  37  .526  786.2  652  300  291  194  718   3.33  94  3201  24  44   2  14 TOT-CHW-OAK-BOS 
   16 Armando Benitez      139   289 1994 2008 21-35  762   0   0   0 527  40  47  .460  779    545  296  271  403  946   3.13  95  3253  32  16   5  18 BAL-NYM-TOT-FLA-SFG-TOT-TOR 
   17 Robb Nen             138   314 1993 2002 23-32  643   4   0   0 548  45  42  .517  715    607  266  237  260  793   2.98  51  2983  41   7   3  36 TOT-FLA-SFG 
   18 Kazuhiro Sasaki      138   129 2000 2003 32-35  228   0   0   0 201   7  16  .304  223.1  165   90   78   77  242   3.14  24   925  13   9   0  15 SEA         
   19 Jose Valverde        137   142 2003 2008 23-28  327   0   0   0 252  15  17  .469  332    256  133  122  134  414   3.31  39  1394  17  12   2  15 ARI-HOU     
   20 John Franco          137   424 1984 2005 23-44 1119   0   0   0 774  90  87  .508 1245.2 1166  466  400  495  975   2.89  81  5312  78  22   9  54 CIN-NYM-HOU 
   21 Bruce Sutter         136   300 1976 1988 23-35  661   0   0   0 512  68  71  .489 1042.1  879  370  328  309  861   2.83  77  4251  83  13   8  37 CHC-STL-ATL 
   22 Jeff Montgomery      134   304 1987 1999 25-37  700   1   0   0 549  46  52  .469  868.2  785  347  316  296  733   3.27  81  3637  40  26  10  33 CIN-KCR     
   23 John Hiller          134   125 1965 1980 22-37  545  43  13   6 363  87  76  .534 1242   1040  438  391  535 1036   2.83 110  5206  71  12   1  39 DET         
   24 Kent Tekulve         132   184 1974 1989 27-42 1050   0   0   0 638  94  90  .511 1436.1 1305  526  455  491  779   2.85  63  6001 179  17   3  23 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN 
   25 Lee Smith            131   478 1980 1997 22-39 1022   6   0   0 802  71  92  .436 1289.1 1133  475  434  486 1251   3.03  89  5387 100  10   4  47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-TOT-MON 
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
  Cnt Player            **ERA **  SV From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
   26 Roberto Hernandez    131   326 1991 2007 26-42 1010   3   0   0 667  67  71  .486 1071.1 1002  475  411  462  945   3.45  96  4632  53  35   1  50 CHW-TOT-TBD-KCR-ATL-PHI-NYM 
   27 Mike Henneman        130   193 1987 1996 25-34  561   0   0   0 432  57  42  .576  732.2  686  301  261  271  533   3.21  47  3112  82  19   2  48 DET-TOT-TEX 
   28 Dave Smith           129   216 1980 1992 25-37  609   1   0   0 432  53  53  .500  809.1  700  280  240  283  548   2.67  34  3357  64  13  22  28 HOU-CHC     
   29 Doug Jones           129   303 1982 2000 25-43  846   4   0   0 640  69  79  .466 1128.1 1155  465  414  247  909   3.30  86  4754  53  39   6  18 MIL-CLE-HOU-PHI-BAL-TOT-MIL-OAK 
   30 Ugueth Urbina        128   237 1995 2005 21-31  583  21   0   0 408  44  49  .473  697.1  539  289  267  307  814   3.45  86  2918  30   6   6  29 MON-TOT-BOS-DET 
   31 Sparky Lyle          127   238 1967 1982 22-37  899   0   0   0 634  99  76  .566 1390.1 1292  519  445  481  873   2.88  84  5794  81  14  10  66 BOS-NYY-TEX-TOT-PHI 
   32 Steve Farr           127   132 1984 1994 27-37  509  28   1   1 313  48  45  .516  824.1  751  326  298  334  668   3.25  70  3487  47  32   5  25 CLE-KCR-NYY-TOT 
   33 John Smoltz          127   154 1988 2008 21-41  708 466  53  16 204 210 147  .588 3395   2979 1336 1229  992 3011   3.26 277 13927  82  54  16 145 ATL         
   34 Rich Gossage         126   310 1972 1994 20-42 1002  37  16   0 681 124 107  .537 1809.1 1497  670  605  732 1502   3.01 119  7506  90  47   5  63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA 
   35 Gary Lavelle         125   136 1974 1987 25-38  745   3   0   0 399  80  77  .510 1085   1004  413  353  440  769   2.93  51  4604 126  13  18  19 SFG-TOR-TOT 
   36 Mike Jackson         125   142 1986 2004 21-39 1005   7   0   0 422  62  67  .481 1188.1  983  492  451  464 1006   3.42 127  4966  80  56  27  39 PHI-SEA-SFG-CIN-CLE-HOU-MIN-CHW 
   37 Jesse Orosco         125   144 1979 2003 22-46 1252   4   0   0 501  87  80  .521 1295   1055  512  455  581 1179   3.16 113  5460  86  34  11  40 NYM-LAD-CLE-MIL-BAL-STL-TOT 
   38 Bob Wickman          125   267 1992 2007 23-38  835  28   1   1 511  63  61  .508 1059   1051  469  420  432  785   3.57  80  4586  45  38   2  32 NYY-TOT-MIL-CLE 
   39 Mike Timlin          125   141 1991 2008 25-42 1058   4   0   0 467  75  73  .507 1204.1 1168  533  486  377  872   3.63 118  5082  72  47   3  31 TOR-TOT-SEA-BAL-STL-BOS 
   40 Duane Ward           124   121 1986 1995 22-31  462   2   0   0 272  32  37  .464  666.2  551  268  243  286  679   3.28  32  2783  39  17   4  51 TOT-TOR     
   41 Rod Beck             123   286 1991 2004 22-35  704   0   0   0 519  38  45  .458  768    703  308  282  191  644   3.30  97  3170  33  20   3  23 SFG-CHC-TOT-BOS-SDP 
   42 Ron Perranoski       123   179 1961 1973 25-37  737   1   0   0 458  79  74  .516 1174.2 1097  442  364  468  687   2.79  50  5023 121  24   4  28 LAD-MIN-TOT-CAL 
   43 Randy Myers          122   347 1985 1998 22-35  728  12   1   0 548  44  63  .411  884.2  758  338  314  396  884   3.19  69  3744  43  12   2  32 NYM-CIN-SDP-CHC-BAL-TOT 
   44 Gregg Olson          122   217 1988 2001 21-34  622   0   0   0 447  40  39  .506  672    598  275  258  330  588   3.46  46  2889  41  12   7  43 BAL-ATL-TOT-ARI-LAD 
   45 Todd Worrell         122   256 1985 1997 25-37  617   0   0   0 456  50  52  .490  693.2  608  264  238  247  628   3.09  65  2893  67   7   7  23 STL-LAD     
   46 Dick Radatz          122   122 1962 1969 25-32  381   0   0   0 297  52  43  .547  693.2  532  260  241  296  745   3.13  65  2906  46  30   1  25 BOS-TOT     
   47 Jeff Reardon         121   367 1979 1994 23-38  880   0   0   0 695  73  77  .487 1132.1 1000  426  397  358  877   3.16 109  4720  65  27   4  20 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY 
   48 Clay Carroll         121   143 1964 1978 23-37  731  28   1   0 373  96  73  .568 1353.1 1296  506  442  442  681   2.94  67  5673 112  37   5  41 MLN-ATL-TOT-CIN-CHW-TOT-PIT 
   49 Billy Koch           120   163 1999 2004 24-29  379   0   0   0 325  29  25  .537  407.1  379  192  176  191  357   3.89  41  1777  27  18   0  19 TOR-OAK-CHW-TOT 
   50 Rollie Fingers       119   341 1968 1985 21-38  944  37   4   2 709 114 118  .491 1701.1 1474  615  549  492 1299   2.90 123  6942 109  39   7  40 OAK-SDP-MIL 
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
  Cnt Player            **ERA **  SV From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
   51 Don McMahon          119   153 1957 1974 27-44  874   2   0   0 506  90  68  .570 1310.2 1054  482  431  579 1003   2.96 105  5503  84  34   5  75 MLN-TOT-HOU-CLE-SFG 
   52 Eric Gagne           119   187 1999 2008 23-32  402  48   0   0 269  33  26  .559  643.2  518  268  248  226  718   3.47  76  2664  13  33   1  18 LAD-TOT-MIL 
   53 Jeff Shaw            119   203 1990 2001 23-34  633  19   0   0 384  34  54  .386  848    821  368  334  234  545   3.54  91  3549  44  25   1  18 CLE-MON-TOT-CIN-LAD 
   54 Bobby Thigpen        119   201 1986 1994 22-30  448   0   0   0 356  31  36  .463  568.2  537  237  217  238  376   3.43  56  2448  28  23   4  12 CHW-TOT-SEA 
   55 Bob Stanley          118   132 1977 1989 22-34  637  85  21   7 376 115  97  .542 1707   1858  797  690  471  693   3.64 113  7238  87  41   2  22 BOS         
   56 Mike Marshall        118   188 1967 1981 24-38  723  24   3   1 549  97 112  .464 1386.2 1281  548  484  514  880   3.14  79  5842  52  31   7  72 DET-SEP-TOT-MON-LAD-TOT-MIN-NYM 
   57 Willie Hernandez     118   147 1977 1989 22-34  744  11   0   0 419  70  63  .526 1044.2  952  431  392  349  788   3.38  97  4366  79  25  10  37 CHC-TOT-DET 
   58 Greg Minton          118   150 1975 1990 23-38  710   7   0   0 415  59  65  .476 1130.2 1082  452  389  483  479   3.10  43  4810 131  16   9  56 SFG-TOT-CAL 
   59 Jason Isringhause    117   293 1995 2008 22-35  612  52   3   1 463  45  49  .479  907.1  815  403  364  389  749   3.61  72  3887  38  31   2  48 NYM-TOT-OAK-STL 
   60 Rick Aguilera        117   318 1985 2000 23-38  732  89  10   0 557  86  81  .515 1291.1 1233  568  512  351 1030   3.57 138  5391  42  36  10  53 NYM-TOT-MIN-CHC 
   61 Dan Plesac           117   158 1986 2003 24-41 1064  14   0   0 422  65  71  .478 1072    977  478  433  402 1041   3.64 105  4539  54  17  10  41 MIL-CHC-PIT-TOR-TOT-ARI-PHI 
   62 Gene Garber          116   218 1969 1988 21-40  931   9   4   0 609  96 113  .459 1510   1464  654  560  445  940   3.34 123  6327 155  37  10  30 PIT-KCR-TOT-PHI-ATL-TOT 
   63 Tug McGraw           116   180 1965 1984 20-39  824  39   5   1 541  96  92  .511 1514.2 1318  597  528  582 1109   3.14 108  6313 128  22   4  63 NYM-PHI     
   64 Dennis Eckersley     116   390 1975 1998 20-43 1071 361 100  20 577 197 171  .535 3285.2 3076 1382 1278  738 2401   3.50 347 13534  91  75  16  28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 
   65 Terry Forster        115   127 1971 1986 19-34  614  39   5   0 318  54  65  .454 1105.2 1034  454  397  457  791   3.23  51  4699  63  24   4  46 CHW-PIT-LAD-ATL-CAL 
   66 Stu Miller           115   154 1952 1968 24-40  704  93  24   5 405 105 103  .505 1694   1522  697  610  600 1164   3.24 140  7083 114  39   3  25 STL-TOT-NYG-SFG-BAL-ATL 
   67 Roger McDowell       114   159 1985 1996 24-35  723   2   0   0 430  70  70  .500 1050   1045  454  385  410  524   3.30  50  4517  98  28  11  37 NYM-TOT-PHI-LAD-TEX-BAL 
   68 Steve Bedrosian      114   184 1981 1995 23-37  732  46   0   0 439  76  79  .490 1191   1026  496  447  518  921   3.38 114  5044  75  27   4  33 ATL-PHI-TOT-SFG-MIN-ATL 
   69 Jeff Brantley        114   172 1988 2001 24-37  615  18   0   0 379  43  46  .483  859.1  754  348  324  366  728   3.39 105  3644  51  27  13  26 SFG-CIN-STL-PHI-TEX 
   70 Jay Howell           114   155 1980 1994 24-38  568  21   2   0 360  58  53  .523  844.2  782  335  313  291  666   3.34  57  3564  38  19   8  31 CIN-CHC-NYY-OAK-LAD-ATL-TEX 
   71 Tom Gordon           113   158 1988 2008 20-40  887 203  18   4 346 138 125  .525 2106.1 1886 1012  923  974 1928   3.94 176  9048  57  38   5 110 KCR-BOS-CHC-TOT-CHW-NYY-PHI 
   72 Dave Righetti        113   252 1979 1995 20-36  718  89  13   2 474  82  79  .509 1403.2 1287  602  540  591 1112   3.46  95  5988  48  21  19  40 NYY-SFG-TOT-CHW 
   73 Darold Knowles       112   143 1965 1980 23-38  765   8   1   1 417  66  74  .471 1092   1006  437  378  480  681   3.12  65  4658  85  38  11  30 BAL-PHI-WSA-TOT-OAK-CHC-TEX-MON-STL 
   74 Jeff Russell         112   186 1983 1996 21-34  589  79  11   2 340  56  73  .434 1099.2 1065  525  458  415  693   3.75 100  4694  43  28  12  46 CIN-TEX-TOT-BOS 
   75 Jim Brewer           111   132 1960 1976 22-38  584  35   1   1 351  69  65  .515 1040.2  898  401  355  360  810   3.07  92  4298  77  10   3  41 CHC-LAD-TOT-CAL 
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
  Cnt Player            **ERA **  SV From  To   Ages   G   GS  CG SHO  GF  W   L   W-L%   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA   HR   BF  IBB HBP  BK  WP Teams
 ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 
   76 Todd Jones           111   319 1993 2008 25-40  982   1   0   0 619  58  63  .479 1072   1072  518  473  443  868   3.97  93  4650  62  38   1  43 HOU-DET-TOT-COL-FLA 
   77 Bill Campbell        111   126 1973 1987 24-38  700   9   2   1 455  83  68  .550 1229.1 1139  550  484  495  864   3.54  82  5239 100  20   6  47 MIN-BOS-CHC-PHI-STL-DET-MON 
   78 Mitch Williams       111   192 1986 1997 21-32  619   3   0   0 419  45  58  .437  691.1  537  317  280  544  660   3.65  49  3119  39  52  24  44 TEX-CHC-PHI-HOU-CAL-KCR 
   79 Lindy McDaniel       109   172 1955 1975 19-39  987  74  18   2 577 141 119  .542 2139.1 2099  934  821  623 1361   3.45 172  8971 136  15   5 112 STL-CHC-SFG-TOT-NYY-KCR 
   80 Danny Graves         109   182 1996 2006 22-32  518  30   2   1 360  43  44  .494  808.1  857  416  364  271  429   4.05  96  3487  48  26   2  27 CLE-TOT-CIN-CLE 
   81 Roy Face             109   193 1953 1969 25-41  848  27   6   0 574 104  95  .523 1375   1347  591  531  362  877   3.48 141  5691 106  14   2  32 PIT-TOT-MON 
   82 Eddie Guardado       108   187 1993 2008 22-37  860  25   0   0 390  45  59  .433  906.1  855  456  434  333  778   4.31 130  3845  38  14   2  24 MIN-SEA-TOT-CIN 
   83 Mel Rojas            106   126 1990 1999 23-32  525   0   0   0 282  34  31  .523  667    591  305  283  254  562   3.82  65  2830  31  37   0  30 MON-TOT-NYM 
   84 Ted Abernathy        106   148 1955 1972 22-39  681  34   7   2 416  63  69  .477 1147.2 1010  513  441  592  765   3.46  70  4963  80  45   3  35 WSH-CLE-CHC-TOT-CIN-CHC-KCR 
   85 Dave LaRoche         105   126 1970 1983 22-35  647  15   1   0 381  65  58  .528 1049.1  919  448  411  459  819   3.53  94  4459  81  29   7  18 CAL-MIN-CHC-CLE-TOT-CAL-NYY 
   86 Jack Aker            105   123 1964 1974 23-33  495   0   0   0 321  47  45  .511  746    679  312  272  274  404   3.28  64  3144  68  40   0  13 KCA-OAK-TOT-NYY-CHC-TOT 
   87 Antonio Alfonseca    104   129 1997 2007 25-35  592   0   0   0 301  35  37  .486  613    677  292  280  250  400   4.11  55  2710  45  22   2  13 FLA-CHC-ATL-FLA-TEX-PHI 
   88 Joe Borowski         103   131 1995 2008 24-37  423   1   0   0 268  22  34  .393  454.1  450  222  211  177  372   4.18  53  1968  32   7   0   6 BAL-ATL-TOT-NYY-CHC-TOT-FLA-CLE 
   89 Ron Davis            101   130 1978 1988 22-32  481   0   0   0 339  47  53  .470  746.2  735  361  336  300  597   4.05  82  3218  56  22   8  39 NYY-MIN-TOT-SFG 
   90 Jose Mesa            100   321 1987 2007 21-41 1022  95   6   2 633  80 109  .423 1548.2 1629  811  750  651 1038   4.36 151  6804  57  55   5  75 BAL-TOT-CLE-SEA-PHI-PIT-COL 
   91 Mike Williams         97   144 1992 2003 22-33  468  55   1   0 292  32  54  .372  768.1  764  416  380  343  584   4.45  89  3355  40  20   1  39 PHI-KCR-PIT-TOT 
   92 Dave Giusti           95   145 1962 1977 22-37  668 133  35   9 380 100  93  .518 1716.2 1654  764  687  570 1103   3.60 126  7251 109  15   7  87 HOU-STL-PIT-TOT 

Seasons/Careers found: 92.

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