{"id":1499,"date":"2024-04-19T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/br-blog\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:38:55","slug":"top-14-most-saves-in-a-single-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/br-blog\/2024\/04\/top-14-most-saves-in-a-single-season\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Players with Most Saves in a Single Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(last updated on December 11, 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe the most stressful, high-pressure role in baseball is that of the closing pitcher. This pressure is why the save merits its own statistical category; those outs at the end of a game while your team is ahead are the most critical outs a pitcher can get. Saves take composure, skill and confidence. Only a handful of players have secured more than 50 saves in a season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_season.shtml\">These are the pitchers with the most saves in a season in MLB history<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>62 &#8211; Francisco Rodriguez, 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/c\/ce645b1e_br.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Francisco Rodr\u00edguez\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/c\/ce645b1e_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Francisco Rodr\u00edguez\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodrifr03.shtml\">Francisco Rodr\u00edguez<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-0<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>195lb<\/span>&nbsp;(183cm,&nbsp;88kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1982-01-07\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=1&amp;day=7\">January 7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1982-births.shtml\">1982<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;42-093d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Caracas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Venezuela_born.shtml\">Venezuela<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-ve\">ve<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=16b730f0\">Juan Lovera (Caracas, Venezuela)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2002-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=rodrifr03&amp;game_id=OAK200209180\">\n    September 18, 2002\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 20-254d,\n    18,199th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/OAK\/OAK200209180.shtml\">vs. OAK<\/a> 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2017-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=rodrifr03&amp;game_id=SEA201706220\">June 22, 2017<\/a>\n    (Age 35-166d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/SEA\/SEA201706220.shtml\">vs. SEA<\/a> 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2003-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Beverly Hills Sports Council      \u2022 <strong>Previously<\/strong>: Scott Boras  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Francisco Jose Rodr\u00edguez \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">K-Rod or  Frankie<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Francisco_Rodriguez\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">6x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">2002 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=57\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            57 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=75\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  75 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=75\" class=\"poptip\">\n            75 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=57\" class=\"poptip\">\n            57 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=57\" class=\"poptip\">\n            57 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=57\" class=\"poptip\">\n            57 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>24.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>52<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>53<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2.86<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>948<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>437<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>976.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1142<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.155<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_leagues.shtml\">Three-time AL saves leader<\/a> and two-time MLB saves leader Francisco \u201cK-Rod\u201d Rodriguez amassed 62 saves during the 2008 season with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the MLB single-season saves record. The Angels that year would win the AL West division title though they would lose in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/2008_ALDS1.shtml\">ALDS to the Boston Red Sox<\/a>. Rodriguez that season struck out 77 batters while only allowing a total of 17 earned runs across 76 appearances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>57- Edwin Diaz, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202505151\/images\/headshots\/0\/017b3551_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Edwin D\u00edaz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202505151\/images\/headshots\/0\/017b3551_milb.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Edwin D\u00edaz\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/diazed04.shtml\">Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-3<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>165lb<\/span>&nbsp;(190cm,&nbsp;74kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1994-03-22\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=3&amp;day=22\">March 22<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1994-births.shtml\">1994<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span><nobr>(Age:&nbsp;31-241d)<\/nobr><\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Naguabo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Puerto-Rico_born.shtml\">Puerto Rico<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-pr\" style=\"\">pr<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=SEA&amp;year_ID=2012&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=2012&amp;draft_round=3&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">3rd round<\/a>  of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=c03f134b&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Caguas Military Academy (Caguas, Puerto Rico)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=c03f134b\">Caguas Military Academy (Caguas, Puerto Rico)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2016-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=diazed04&amp;game_id=SEA201606060\">\n    June 6, 2016\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 22-076d,\n    21,147th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/SEA\/SEA201606060.shtml\">vs. CLE<\/a> 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2016-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>2026 Contract Status<\/strong>:\n    Free Agent (player\/team option)\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p>\n  \n  \n  \n  <strong>Service Time (01\/2026)<\/strong>: 9.121\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;    \n  <strong>Free Agent<\/strong>: 2026\n  \n\n  \n  <\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Wasserman      \u2022 <strong>Previously<\/strong>: Rep 1 Baseball  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Edwin Orlando D\u00edaz \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Sugar<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \n  <\/p><p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/sugardiaz39\/\">@sugardiaz39<\/a><\/p>\n    \n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Edwin_Diaz\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Brother of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/diazal03.shtml\">Alexis D\u00edaz<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">3x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Hoffman Rel<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Rivera Rel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=39\" class=\"poptip\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0,0,50,50\" class=\"medal\"> <rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" fill=\"white\"><\/rect> <circle cx=\"25\" cy=\"25\" r=\"23\" stroke=\"#0C2C56\" stroke-width=\"4\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\"0.0\"><\/circle> <circle cx=\"25\" cy=\"25\" r=\"20\" stroke=\"#005C5C\" stroke-width=\"3\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\"0.0\"><\/circle> <text x=\"11\" y=\"34\" fill=\"#0C2C56\">39<\/text> <\/svg>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=39\" class=\"poptip default\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0,0,50,50\" class=\"medal\"> <rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" fill=\"white\"><\/rect> <line x1=\"6\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"39\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <line x1=\"13\" y1=\"4\" x2=\"13\" y2=\"46\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <line x1=\"21\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"21\" y2=\"48\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <line x1=\"28\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"28\" y2=\"48\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <line x1=\"36\" y1=\"4\" x2=\"36\" y2=\"46\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <line x1=\"43\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"43\" y2=\"39\" stroke=\"#002C77\"><\/line> <circle cx=\"25\" cy=\"25\" r=\"23\" stroke=\"#002C77\" stroke-width=\"4\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\"0.0\"><\/circle> <circle cx=\"25\" cy=\"25\" r=\"20\" stroke=\"#FB4F14\" stroke-width=\"3\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\"0.0\"><\/circle> <text x=\"11\" y=\"34\" fill=\"#002C77\">39<\/text> <\/svg>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span><p>3.0<\/p>\n<p>13.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span><p>6<\/p>\n<p>28<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span><p>3<\/p>\n<p>36<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span><p>1.63<\/p>\n<p>2.82<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p>62<\/p>\n<p>520<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span><p>0<\/p>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span><p>28<\/p>\n<p>253<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span><p>66.1<\/p>\n<p>519.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span><p>98<\/p>\n<p>839<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span><p>0.874<\/p>\n<p>1.036<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, Seattle Mariners closer Edwin Diaz made his first All-Star Game. He would finish the season with 57 saves, the second-most saves in a season in MLB history. Additionally, he racked up a 1.96 ERA, 124 strikeouts and a 0.791 WHIP. In 2022, Diaz signed the largest extension ever for a reliever with the New York Mets.\u00a0Since he opted out of that deal, this Puerto Rican signed with the Dodgers after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/gl.fcgi?id=diazed04&amp;t=p&amp;year=2025\">very productive 2025 season for the Metropolitans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>57- Bobby Thigpen, 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/767319b2_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Bobby Thigpen\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/767319b2_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Bobby Thigpen\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thigpbo01.shtml\">Bobby Thigpen<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-3<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>195lb<\/span>&nbsp;(190cm,&nbsp;88kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1963-07-17\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=7&amp;day=17\">July 17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1963-births.shtml\">1963<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;60-267d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Tallahassee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/FL_born.shtml\">FL<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=MIL&amp;year_ID=1983&amp;draft_type=janreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1983&amp;draft_round=7&amp;draft_type=janreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">7th round<\/a>  of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=1d1b7746&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Seminole State College of Florida (Sanford, FL)<\/a> and  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CHW&amp;year_ID=1985&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1985&amp;draft_round=4&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">4th round<\/a>  of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=295b5100&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>Schools:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=1d1b7746\">Seminole State College of Florida (Sanford, FL)<\/a>,         <a title=\"1984-1985\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=295b5100\">Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1986-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=thigpbo01&amp;game_id=BOS198608060\">\n    August 6, 1986\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 23-020d,\n    15,210th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/BOS\/BOS198608060.shtml\">vs. BOS<\/a> 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1994-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=thigpbo01&amp;game_id=SEA199404270\">April 27, 1994<\/a>\n    (Age 30-284d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/SEA\/SEA199404270.shtml\">vs. NYY<\/a> 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1987-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Robert Thomas Thigpen \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Thiggy<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Bobby_Thigpen\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">1x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=58\" class=\"poptip\">\n            58 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=37\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            37 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=37\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  37 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=37\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  37 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=31\" class=\"poptip\">\n            31 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>7.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>31<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>36<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.43<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>448<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>201<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>568.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>376<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.363<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the 1990 season, Chicago White Sox Reliever Bobby Thigpen set the then-record for most saves in a season with 57. Thigpen gave up 18 earned runs in 77 appearances and struck out 70 batters. He was named an All-Star for the first and only time that year as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CHW\/1990.shtml\">Though the White Sox posted 94 wins<\/a>, they came up short in the division, finishing nine games behind the Oakland Athletics in the AL West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>55 &#8211; Eric Gagne, 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gagneer01.shtml\">Eric Gagn\u00e9<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-2<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>195lb<\/span>&nbsp;(188cm,&nbsp;88kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1976-01-07\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=1&amp;day=7\">January 7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1976-births.shtml\">1976<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;48-093d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Montreal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Canada_born.shtml\">Canada<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-ca\">ca<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CHW&amp;year_ID=1994&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1994&amp;draft_round=30&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">30th round<\/a>  of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=13e7e391&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=13e7e391\">Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=57924a05\">Seminole State College (Seminole, OK)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1999-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=gagneer01&amp;game_id=FLO199909070\">\n    September 7, 1999\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 23-243d,\n    17,568th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/FLO\/FLO199909070.shtml\">vs. FLA<\/a> 6.0 IP, 2 H, 8 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2008-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=gagneer01&amp;game_id=MIL200809250\">September 25, 2008<\/a>\n    (Age 32-262d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/MIL\/MIL200809250.shtml\">vs. PIT<\/a> 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2000-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Boras Corporation  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> \u00c9ric Serge Gagn\u00e9 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\<a title=\"Click for all players' pronunciations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-name-pronunciation-guide.shtml\">gahn-YAY<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Eric_Gagne\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\" poptip\"><a>Cy Young<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">3x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">2007 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=48\" class=\"poptip\">\n            48 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=83\" class=\"poptip\">\n            83 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>11.7<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>33<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>26<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.47<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>402<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>48<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>187<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>643.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>718<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.156<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Gagne\u2019s outstanding 2003 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the best seasons by a closer in Major League history. Gagne went a perfect 55 for 55 in save opportunities, recording the fourth-most saves in a single season. In 77 games, the Quebec-born Gagne struck out 137 batters while only allowing 11 earned runs for a 1.20 ERA. Gagne\u2019s historic season was capped with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2003.shtml#all_NL_CYA_voting\">Cy Young award<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>55 &#8211; John Smoltz, 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/b\/bf321b07_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of John Smoltz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/b\/bf321b07_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of John Smoltz\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smoltjo01.shtml\">John Smoltz<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-3<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>210lb<\/span>&nbsp;(190cm,&nbsp;95kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1967-05-15\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=5&amp;day=15\">May 15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1967-births.shtml\">1967<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;56-330d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Detroit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/MI_born.shtml\">MI<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=DET&amp;year_ID=1985&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1985&amp;draft_round=22&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">22nd round<\/a>  of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=2da6f66c&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Waverly HS (Lansing, MI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=2da6f66c\">Waverly HS (Lansing, MI)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1988-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=smoltjo01&amp;game_id=NYN198807230\">\n    July 23, 1988\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 21-069d,\n    15,503rd in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYN\/NYN198807230.shtml\">vs. NYM<\/a> 8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2009-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=smoltjo01&amp;game_id=CIN200909300\">September 30, 2009<\/a>\n    (Age 42-138d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/CIN\/CIN200909300.shtml\">vs. CIN<\/a> 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a>:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2015.\n    (Voted by BBWAA on 455\/549 ballots)\n    \n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;View <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballhall.org\/hof\/smoltz-john\">John Smoltz&#8217;s Page<\/a><\/strong> at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).\n  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1988-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Lonnie Cooper, Myles Shoda  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n  <p>\n  <strong>National Team:<\/strong>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n  USA (18U)\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> John Andrew Smoltz \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Smoltzie<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/John_Smoltz\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproj\/person\/bf321b07\">View Player Bio<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproject\">SABR BioProject<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special poptip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Cy Young<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">8x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">1995 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>Silver Slugger<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>NLCS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=29\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            29 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=29\" class=\"poptip\">\n            29 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=30\" class=\"poptip\">\n            30 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>69.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>213<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>155<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.33<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>723<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>481<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>154<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3473.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3084<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.176<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Gagne\u2019s 2003 total matched the 55-saves mark achieved by Hall of Famer John Smoltz a year earlier. Smoltz\u2019s 2002 season was only his second as a reliever, as he was moved to the bullpen after receiving Tommy John surgery in 2000. Smoltz finished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2002.shtml#all_NL_CYA_voting\">third in Cy Young voting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2002.shtml#all_NL_MVP_voting\">eighth in MVP voting<\/a> that season. This Hall of Famer would return to the Braves\u2019 starting rotation in 2005 and would retire in 2009. One of two pitchers ever to record a 20-win season and a 50-save season, he was voted into Cooperstown on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof_2015.shtml\">first-ballot basis in 2015<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>53 &#8211; Mariano Rivera, 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/c\/c0fce0c9_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Mariano Rivera\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/c\/c0fce0c9_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Mariano Rivera\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riverma01.shtml\">Mariano Rivera<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-2<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>195lb<\/span>&nbsp;(188cm,&nbsp;88kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1969-11-29\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=11&amp;day=29\">November 29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1969-births.shtml\">1969<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;54-132d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Panama, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Panama_born.shtml\">Panama<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-pa\">pa<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=37397812\">La Chorrera (La Chorrera, Panama)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1995-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=riverma01&amp;game_id=CAL199505230\">\n    May 23, 1995\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 25-175d,\n    16,665th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/CAL\/CAL199505230.shtml\">vs. CAL<\/a> 3.1 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2013-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=riverma01&amp;game_id=NYA201309260\">September 26, 2013<\/a>\n    (Age 43-301d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYA\/NYA201309260.shtml\">vs. TBR<\/a> 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a>:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2019.\n    (Voted by BBWAA on 425\/425 ballots)\n    \n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;View <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhall.org\/hall-of-famers\/rivera-mariano\">Mariano Rivera&#8217;s Page<\/a><\/strong> at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).\n  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1995-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: SFX Fernando Cuza      \u2022 <strong>Previously<\/strong>: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner, Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Mariano Rivera \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Mo, Super Mariano, The Sandman or The Hammer of God<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\<a title=\"Click for all players' pronunciations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-name-pronunciation-guide.shtml\">rih-VAIR-uh<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  <p><strong>\n  <a title=\"Click for all ballplayers Twitter accounts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-twitter-accounts.shtml\">Twitter:<\/a>\n  <\/strong>\n    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarianoRivera\">@MarianoRivera<\/a><\/p>\n     \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Mariano_Rivera\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproj\/person\/c0fce0c9\">View Player Bio<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproject\">SABR BioProject<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Cousin of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riverru01.shtml\">Rub\u00e9n Rivera<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special poptip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">13x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">5x World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>WS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>ALCS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>AS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>5x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip default\">\n                  42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>56.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>82<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>60<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2.21<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1115<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>10<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>652<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1283.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1173<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.000<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguably the greatest closer of all time, it\u2019s not surprising to see Yankee great Mariano Rivera on a list of pitchers with the most saves in a season. Rivera\u2019s career high of 53 saves came during the 2004 season. Rivera held a 1.94 ERA and 1.081 WHIP in 74 appearances. 2004 was Rivera\u2019s second 50-save season and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_leagues.shtml\">third time leading the AL in the category<\/a>. In 2019, Rivera became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof_2019.shtml\">first-ever player voted into the Hall of Fame unanimously<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>53 &#8211; Trevor Hoffman, 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/740006e2_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Trevor Hoffman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/740006e2_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Trevor Hoffman\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoffmtr01.shtml\">Trevor Hoffman<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-1<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>200lb<\/span>&nbsp;(185cm,&nbsp;90kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1967-10-13\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=10&amp;day=13\">October 13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1967-births.shtml\">1967<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;56-179d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Bellflower, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/CA_born.shtml\">CA<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CIN&amp;year_ID=1989&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1989&amp;draft_round=11&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">11th round<\/a>  of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=a653cfdd&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=e4346d3f\">Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>Schools:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=e5557429\">Cypress College (Cypress, CA)<\/a>,         <a title=\"1987-1989\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=a653cfdd\">University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1993-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=hoffmtr01&amp;game_id=FLO199304060\">\n    April 6, 1993\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 25-175d,\n    16,251st in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/FLO\/FLO199304060.shtml\">vs. LAD<\/a> 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2010-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=hoffmtr01&amp;game_id=NYN201009292\">September 29, 2010<\/a>\n    (Age 42-351d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYN\/NYN201009292.shtml\">vs. NYM<\/a> 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a>:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2018.\n    (Voted by BBWAA on 337\/422 ballots)\n    \n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;View <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballhall.org\/hof\/hoffman-trevor\">Trevor Hoffman&#8217;s Page<\/a><\/strong> at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).\n  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1993-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Rick Thurman BHSC  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Trevor William Hoffman \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  <p><strong>\n  <a title=\"Click for all ballplayers Twitter accounts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-twitter-accounts.shtml\">Twitter:<\/a>\n  <\/strong>\n    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THoffman51\">@THoffman51<\/a><\/p>\n     \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Trevor_Hoffman\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproj\/person\/740006e2\">View Player Bio<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproject\">SABR BioProject<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Brother of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoffmgl01.shtml\">Glenn Hoffman<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special poptip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">7x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=34\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  34 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip default\">\n                  51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip\">\n            51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip\">\n            51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=51\" class=\"poptip\">\n            51 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>28.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>61<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>75<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2.87<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1035<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>601<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1089.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1133<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.058<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the closer for the San Diego Padres during the 1998 season, righthander Trevor Hoffman went 53 for 54 in save opportunities. He\u2019d probably prefer to have that blown save back but will settle for having the sixth-most saves in MLB history for a single season. Hoffman finished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_1998.shtml#all_NL_CYA_voting\">second in Cy Young voting<\/a> that year after striking out 86 batters while allowing only 12 earned runs over 73 innings pitched. Hoffman became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof_2018.shtml\">Hall of Famer in 2018<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>53 &#8211; Randy Myers, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/8\/888a7c21_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Randy Myers\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/8\/888a7c21_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Randy Myers\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersra01.shtml\">Randy Myers<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Left\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Left\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-1<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>190lb<\/span>&nbsp;(185cm,&nbsp;86kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1962-09-19\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=9&amp;day=19\">September 19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1962-births.shtml\">1962<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;61-203d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Vancouver, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/WA_born.shtml\">WA<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CIN&amp;year_ID=1982&amp;draft_type=janreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1982&amp;draft_round=3&amp;draft_type=janreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">3rd round<\/a>  of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=b50456bc&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Clark College (Vancouver, WA)<\/a> and  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=NYM&amp;year_ID=1982&amp;draft_type=junsec&amp;query_type=franch_year\">New York Mets<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1982&amp;draft_round=1&amp;draft_type=junsec&amp;query_type=year_round\">1st round<\/a> (9th) of the 1982 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=cb7a5e28&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=603ccdd8\">Evergreen HS (Vancouver, WA)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>Schools:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=b50456bc\">Clark College (Vancouver, WA)<\/a>,         <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=cb7a5e28\">Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1985-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=myersra01&amp;game_id=NYN198510060\">\n    October 6, 1985\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 23-017d,\n    15,114th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYN\/NYN198510060.shtml\">vs. MON<\/a> 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1998-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=myersra01&amp;game_id=ARI199809250\">September 25, 1998<\/a>\n    (Age 36-006d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/ARI\/ARI199809250.shtml\">vs. ARI<\/a> 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1987-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: David Fishoff  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Randall Kirk Myers \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Randy_Myers\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproj\/person\/888a7c21\">View Player Bio<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproject\">SABR BioProject<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">4x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">1990 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>NLCS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=48\" class=\"poptip default\">\n                  48 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=28\" class=\"poptip\">\n            28 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=28\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  28 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=28\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  28 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=28\" class=\"poptip\">\n            28 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=28\" class=\"poptip\">\n            28 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=18\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  18 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>15.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>44<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>63<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.19<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>728<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>12<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>347<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>884.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>884<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.304<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago Cubs reliever Randy Myers recorded an NL-best 53 saves in the 1993 season. Notably, he did not make the NL All-Star team that season but did the following two years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_leagues.shtml\">Myers also was a save leader during the&nbsp; 1995 and 1997 seasons as well<\/a>. Despite Myers\u2019 stellar save record, t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CHC\/1993.shtml\">he Cubs would finish fourth in the NL East that year and miss the playoffs<\/a>. Myers retired in 1998 after a 14-year career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>52 &#8211; Eric Gagne, 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51133c64_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gagneer01.shtml\">Eric Gagn\u00e9<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-2<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>195lb<\/span>&nbsp;(188cm,&nbsp;88kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1976-01-07\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=1&amp;day=7\">January 7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1976-births.shtml\">1976<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;48-093d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Montreal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Canada_born.shtml\">Canada<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-ca\">ca<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CHW&amp;year_ID=1994&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1994&amp;draft_round=30&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">30th round<\/a>  of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=13e7e391&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=13e7e391\">Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=57924a05\">Seminole State College (Seminole, OK)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1999-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=gagneer01&amp;game_id=FLO199909070\">\n    September 7, 1999\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 23-243d,\n    17,568th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/FLO\/FLO199909070.shtml\">vs. FLA<\/a> 6.0 IP, 2 H, 8 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2008-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=gagneer01&amp;game_id=MIL200809250\">September 25, 2008<\/a>\n    (Age 32-262d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/MIL\/MIL200809250.shtml\">vs. PIT<\/a> 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2000-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Boras Corporation  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> \u00c9ric Serge Gagn\u00e9 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\<a title=\"Click for all players' pronunciations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-name-pronunciation-guide.shtml\">gahn-YAY<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Eric_Gagne\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\" poptip\"><a>Cy Young<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">3x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">2007 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=48\" class=\"poptip\">\n            48 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=83\" class=\"poptip\">\n            83 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=38\" class=\"poptip\">\n            38 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>11.7<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>33<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>26<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.47<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>402<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>48<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>187<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>643.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>718<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.156<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s quite the accomplishment to save 52 games in one season and then go out and beat your personal single-season saves record the next. Gagne\u2019s 2003 season was not an overnight success, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2002.shtml#all_NL_CYA_voting\">his historic 2002 season<\/a> established him as one of the best closers in baseball at the time. He would go 52 for 56 in save opportunities, striking out 114 batters in 82.1 innings pitched and making his first All-Star appearance that season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 &#8211; Jeurys Familia, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51760087_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Jeurys Familia\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/5\/51760087_milb.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Jeurys Familia\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/familje01.shtml\">Jeurys Familia<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-3<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>240lb<\/span>&nbsp;(190cm,&nbsp;108kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1989-10-10\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=10&amp;day=10\">October 10<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1989-births.shtml\">1989<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;34-182d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Santo Domingo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/Dominican-Republic_born.shtml\">Dominican Republic<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-do\">do<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=2d740659\">Liceo Ana Lilian Miranda (Yaguate, Dominican Republic)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2012-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=familje01&amp;game_id=SLN201209040\">\n    September 4, 2012\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 22-330d,\n    20,301st in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/SLN\/SLN201209040.shtml\">vs. STL<\/a> 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong>Last Game:<\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=familje01&amp;game_id=OAK202305020\">May 2, 2023<\/a>\n    (Age 33-204d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/OAK\/OAK202305020.shtml\">vs. SEA<\/a> 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2014-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: ACES  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Jeurys Familia \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">La Fama or  Yaguate<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\<a title=\"Click for all players' pronunciations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-name-pronunciation-guide.shtml\">jeh-ohh-reese fa-MEAL-ya<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n  \n  <p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jeurysfamilia\/\">@jeurysfamilia<\/a><\/p>\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Jeurys_Familia\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">1x All-Star<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=27\" class=\"poptip default\">\n                  27 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=32\" class=\"poptip\">\n            32 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=31\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  31 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=31\" class=\"poptip\">\n            31 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=31\" class=\"poptip\">\n            31 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>6.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>34<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>29<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.58<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>561<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>127<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>555.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>577<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.368<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his lone All-Star season, veteran relief pitcher Jeurys Familia saved 51 games for the 2016 New York Mets. Fresh off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/NYM\/2015.shtml\">pennant-winning 2015 season<\/a> as the Mets closer, Familia faced 321 batters in 77.2 innings with 84 strikeouts and a 1.21 WHIP. Familia would set a franchise record, saving 32 consecutive games, breaking a previous record held by Billy Wagner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 &#8211; Mark Melancon, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/f\/fc604156_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Mark Melancon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/f\/fc604156_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Mark Melancon\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/melanma01.shtml\">Mark Melancon<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-1<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>215lb<\/span>&nbsp;(185cm,&nbsp;97kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1985-03-28\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=3&amp;day=28\">March 28<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1985-births.shtml\">1985<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;39-012d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Wheat Ridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/CO_born.shtml\">CO<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=LAD&amp;year_ID=2003&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=2003&amp;draft_round=30&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">30th round<\/a>  of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=877fe450&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Golden HS (Golden, CO)<\/a> and  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=NYY&amp;year_ID=2006&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">New York Yankees<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=2006&amp;draft_round=9&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">9th round<\/a>  of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=a653cfdd&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=877fe450\">Golden HS (Golden, CO)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n    <p><strong>School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"2004-2006\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=a653cfdd\">University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2009-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=melanma01&amp;game_id=BOS200904260\">\n    April 26, 2009\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 24-029d,\n    19,516th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/BOS\/BOS200904260.shtml\">vs. BOS<\/a> 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong>Last Game:<\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=melanma01&amp;game_id=SFN202210020\">October 2, 2022<\/a>\n    (Age 37-188d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/SFN\/SFN202210020.shtml\">vs. SFG<\/a> 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2010-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: ISE Baseball  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n  <p>\n  <strong>National Team:<\/strong>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n  USA (WBC,College)\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Mark David Melancon \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Stretch,  Mel or  Muh Lan Son<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\<a title=\"Click for all players' pronunciations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-name-pronunciation-guide.shtml\">muh-LAN-son<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n  <p><strong>\n  <a title=\"Click for all ballplayers Twitter accounts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-twitter-accounts.shtml\">Twitter:<\/a>\n  <\/strong>\n    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Melancon_\">@Mark_Melancon_<\/a><\/p>\n     \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Mark_Melancon\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">4x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Hoffman Rel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=39\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  39 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=54\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  54 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=37\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            37 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=35\" class=\"poptip\">\n            35 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=41\" class=\"poptip\">\n            41 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=36\" class=\"poptip\">\n            36 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=33\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  33 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=34\" class=\"poptip\">\n            34 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>13.4<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>37<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>40<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2.94<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>732<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>262<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>726.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>643<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.168<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_leagues.shtml\">Mark Melancon led the Majors in saves with 51<\/a>, going 51 for 53 in save opportunities. Mark was named an All-Star that year, finished eighth in Cy Young voting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/reliever.shtml\">won the Trevor Hoffman award<\/a>. He ended the season with 62 K\u2019s, a 2.23 ERA and a 0.926 WHIP. Melancon pitched for a number of teams in his career and was named an All-Star as recently as 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 &#8211; Jim Johnson, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/7294525e_mlbam.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Jim Johnson\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/7\/7294525e_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Jim Johnson\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsji04.shtml\">Jim Johnson<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-6<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>250lb<\/span>&nbsp;(198cm,&nbsp;113kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1983-06-27\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=6&amp;day=27\">June 27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1983-births.shtml\">1983<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;40-287d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Johnson City, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/NY_born.shtml\">NY<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=BAL&amp;year_ID=2001&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=2001&amp;draft_round=5&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">5th round<\/a>  of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=41da8f51&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Union-Endicott HS (Endicott, NY)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=41da8f51\">Union-Endicott HS (Endicott, NY)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2006-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=johnsji04&amp;game_id=BAL200607290\">\n    July 29, 2006\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 23-032d,\n    18,938th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/BAL\/BAL200607290.shtml\">vs. CHW<\/a> 3.0 IP, 9 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2018-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=johnsji04&amp;game_id=ANA201809290\">September 29, 2018<\/a>\n    (Age 35-094d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/ANA\/ANA201809290.shtml\">vs. OAK<\/a> 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2008-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Moye Sports Associates  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> James Robert Johnson \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">JJ<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Jim_Johnson\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">1x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=64\" class=\"poptip\">\n            64 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=59\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            59 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=45\" class=\"poptip\">\n            45 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=49\" class=\"poptip\">\n            49 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=53\" class=\"poptip\">\n            53 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=54\" class=\"poptip\">\n            54 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=33\" class=\"poptip\">\n            33 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>8.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>38<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>46<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.79<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>674<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>178<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>704.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>531<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.335<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baltimore Orioles reliever Jim Johnson recorded 51 saves in 2012, his lone All-Star season. Blowing only three saves the entire season, Johnson finished with a 2.49 ERA, a 1.019 WHIP and 41 strikeouts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/BAL\/2012.shtml\">Johnson\u2019s pitching helped the Orioles win 93 games that season and make the postseason for the first time since 1997<\/a>, clinching an AL Wild Card berth. Johnson would also go on to record 50 saves in the following season joining Eric Gagne in the rare company of MLB closers who recorded 50 saves in back-to-back seasons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 &#8211; Rod Beck, 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/4\/4ec27006_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Rod Beck\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/4\/4ec27006_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Rod Beck\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beckro01.shtml\">Rod Beck<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-1<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>215lb<\/span>&nbsp;(185cm,&nbsp;97kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1968-08-03\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=8&amp;day=3\">August 3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1968-births.shtml\">1968<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Burbank, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/CA_born.shtml\">CA<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Died:<\/a><\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2007-06-23\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/dateofdeath.cgi?month=6&amp;day=23\">June 23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2007-deaths.shtml\">2007<\/a>\n   (Aged&nbsp;38-324d)<\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Phoenix,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/AZ_died.shtml\">AZ<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/#all_location-of-burial\">Buried<\/a>:<\/strong>\n    \n        \n        Desert Hills Memorial Park, Scottsdale, AZ\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=OAK&amp;year_ID=1986&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1986&amp;draft_round=13&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">13th round<\/a>  of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=d1abe805&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=d1abe805\">Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1991-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=beckro01&amp;game_id=MON199105060\">\n    May 6, 1991\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 22-276d,\n    15,919th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/MON\/MON199105060.shtml\">vs. MON<\/a> 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/2004-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=beckro01&amp;game_id=CIN200408140\">August 14, 2004<\/a>\n    (Age 36-011d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/CIN\/CIN200408140.shtml\">vs. CIN<\/a> 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1991-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Dennis Gilbert  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Rodney Roy Beck \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Shooter<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Rod_Beck\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">3x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=47\" class=\"poptip default\">\n            47 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=47\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  47 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=47\" class=\"poptip\">\n            47 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=45\" class=\"poptip\">\n            45 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=45\" class=\"poptip\">\n            45 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>11.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>38<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>45<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.30<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>704<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>286<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>768.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>644<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.164<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Righthander Rod Beck recorded 51 saves during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CHC\/1998.shtml\">1998 season with the Chicago Cubs<\/a>. Although Beck had made three All-Star teams in his previous tenure with the San Francisco Giants, Beck was notably not named an All-Star during his 51-save season, his only full season with the Cubs. Beck would play a few more seasons in the Majors before retiring in 2004. Tragically, Beck passed away in 2007 at the age of 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 &#8211; Dennis Eckersley, 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item multiple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/9\/98aaf620_sabr.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Dennis Eckersley\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/req\/202403040\/images\/headshots\/9\/98aaf620_davis.jpg\" class=\"additional\" alt=\"Photo of Dennis Eckersley\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eckerde01.shtml\">Dennis Eckersley<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n<p>\n    <strong>Position:<\/strong>\n    Pitcher\n  \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\t<strong>Bats: <\/strong>Right\n        &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\n\t<strong>Throws: <\/strong>Right\n    \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><span>6-2<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>190lb<\/span>&nbsp;(188cm,&nbsp;86kg) <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/\">Born:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1954-10-03\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.cgi?month=10&amp;day=3\">October 3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1954-births.shtml\">1954<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;69-189d)<\/span>\n\n    \n  <span>\n    \n      in Oakland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bio\/CA_born.shtml\">CA<\/a>\n    \n  <\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p><strong>Draft<\/strong>: Drafted by  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?team_ID=CLE&amp;year_ID=1972&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=franch_year\">Cleveland Indians<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?year_ID=1972&amp;draft_round=3&amp;draft_type=junreg&amp;query_type=year_round\">3rd round<\/a>  of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/draft\/?key_school=d8a0fe24&amp;exact=1&amp;query_type=key_school\">Washington HS (Fremont, CA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n    <p><strong>High School:<\/strong>        <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/schools\/index.cgi?key_school=d8a0fe24\">Washington HS (Fremont, CA)<\/a><\/p>\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n    \n   <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1975-debuts.shtml\">Debut:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=debut&amp;id=eckerde01&amp;game_id=MIL197504120\">\n    April 12, 1975\n    <\/a>\n    (Age 20-191d,\n    13,613th in major league history)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/MIL\/MIL197504120.shtml\">vs. MIL<\/a> 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1998-finalyear.shtml\">Last Game:<\/a><\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/tools\/route.cgi?dest=finalGame&amp;id=eckerde01&amp;game_id=BOS199809260\">September 26, 1998<\/a>\n    (Age 43-358d)\n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/BOS\/BOS199809260.shtml\">vs. BAL<\/a> 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a>:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2004.\n    (Voted by BBWAA on 421\/506 ballots)\n    \n    <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;View <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballhall.org\/hof\/eckersley-dennis\">Dennis Eckersley&#8217;s Page<\/a><\/strong> at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).\n  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leagues\/majors\/1975-rookies.shtml\">Rookie Status:<\/a><\/strong>\n      \n        Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season\n        \n      \n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <p>\n    <strong>Agents<\/strong>: Ed Keating  <\/p>\n    \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Dennis Lee Eckersley \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Nicknames:<\/strong>\n  <a class=\"poptip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml\">Eck<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  <p><strong>\n  <a title=\"Click for all ballplayers Twitter accounts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/baseball-player-twitter-accounts.shtml\">Twitter:<\/a>\n  <\/strong>\n    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eck43\">@Eck43<\/a><\/p>\n     \n\n    \n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/Dennis_Eckersley\" rel=\"noopener\">View Player Info<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/bullpen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">B-R Bullpen<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproj\/person\/98aaf620\">View Player Bio<\/a> \n  from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/bioproject\">SABR BioProject<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special poptip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.shtml\">Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>Cy Young<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/allstar\/\">6x All-Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/postseason\/\">1989 World Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>ALCS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Rolaids Relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder br\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=37\" class=\"poptip\">\n            37 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=40\" class=\"poptip default\">\n                  40 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n                  43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=43\" class=\"poptip\">\n            43 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WAR<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>62.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>197<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>171<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3.50<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1071<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>GS<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>361<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SV<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>390<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>IP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>3285.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>SO<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>2401<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WHIP<\/strong><\/span>\n<p>1.161<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oakland native Dennis Eckersley recorded 51 saves playing for his hometown Athletics in 1992. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/hof_2004.shtml\">The Hall of Fame righty<\/a> began his career as a starter before an injury to the A\u2019s closer allowed Eckersley to move into the role in 1987. In his 51-save season, Eckersley pitched 80 innings, racking up 93 K&#8217;s, a 1.91 ERA and a 0.913 WHIP on his way to both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_1992.shtml#all_AL_CYA_voting\">Cy Young<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_1992.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting\">MVP<\/a> awards. Eckersley was inducted into the Hall in 2004 in his first year of eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1712698730052\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What MLB pitcher has the most saves in a single season?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">The most saves in a single season is 62, accomplished in 2008 by Francisco Rodriguez. Rodriguez was pitching for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at the time.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1712698752229\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What MLB pitcher has the most saves of all time?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, who played his entire career with the New York Yankees, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/SV_career.shtml\">MLB&#8217;s all-time leader in saves with 652<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Join our Sports Reference Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h3><strong><em>Of Statheads:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stathead.com\/sport\/baseball\">Subscribe to Stathead<\/a>, the most powerful research tools in sports, and find any player, team, season, game, and any play. 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