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MLB Single-Season (Post-1900) Pitching Leaders

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MLB Single-Season (Post 1900) Pitching Leaders - Saves
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Francisco Rodriguez	2008	76	0	0	0	68.1	54	17	34	77	2	3	62	2.24
2	Bobby Thigpen	1990	77	0	0	0	88.2	60	18	32	70	4	6	57	1.83
3	John Smoltz	2002	75	0	0	0	80.1	59	29	24	85	3	2	55	3.25
4	Eric Gagne	2003	77	0	0	0	82.1	37	11	20	137	2	3	55	1.20
5	Randy Myers	1993	73	0	0	0	75.1	65	26	26	86	2	4	53	3.11
6	Trevor Hoffman	1998	66	0	0	0	73.0	41	12	21	86	4	2	53	1.48
7	Mariano Rivera	2004	74	0	0	0	78.2	65	17	20	66	4	2	53	1.94
8	Eric Gagne	2002	77	0	0	0	82.1	55	18	16	114	4	1	52	1.97
9	Dennis Eckersley	1992	69	0	0	0	80.0	62	17	11	93	7	1	51	1.91
10	Rod Beck	1998	81	0	0	0	80.1	86	27	20	81	3	4	51	3.02
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	Mariano Rivera	2001	71	0	0	0	80.2	61	21	12	83	4	6	50	2.34
12	Francisco Cordero	2004	67	0	0	0	71.2	60	17	32	79	3	4	49	2.13
13	Jose Valverde	2011	75	0	0	0	72.1	52	18	34	69	2	4	49	2.24
14	Dennis Eckersley	1990	63	0	0	0	73.1	41	5	4	73	4	2	48	0.61
15	Jeff Shaw	1998	73	0	0	0	85.0	75	20	19	55	3	8	48	2.12
16	Rod Beck	1993	76	0	0	0	79.1	57	19	13	86	3	1	48	2.16
17	Brian Fuentes	2009	65	0	0	0	55.0	53	24	24	46	1	5	48	3.93
18	Brian Wilson	2010	70	0	0	0	74.2	62	15	26	93	3	3	48	1.81
19	Lee Smith	1991	67	0	0	0	73.0	70	19	13	67	6	3	47	2.34
20	Armando Benitez	2004	64	0	0	0	69.2	36	10	21	62	2	2	47	1.29
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
21	Jason Isringhausen	2004	74	0	0	0	75.1	55	24	23	71	4	2	47	2.87
22	Joe Nathan	2009	70	0	0	0	68.2	42	16	22	89	2	2	47	2.10
23	Francisco Rodriguez	2006	69	0	0	0	73.0	52	14	28	98	2	3	47	1.73
24	Jose Valverde	2007	65	0	0	0	64.1	46	19	26	78	1	4	47	2.66
25	Chad Cordero	2005	74	0	0	0	74.1	55	15	17	61	2	4	47	1.82
26	Heath Bell	2010	67	0	0	0	70.0	56	15	28	86	6	1	47	1.93
27	Lee Smith	1993	63	0	0	0	58.0	53	25	14	60	2	4	46	3.88
28	Dave Righetti	1986	74	0	0	0	106.2	88	29	35	83	8	8	46	2.45
29	Bryan Harvey	1991	67	0	0	0	78.2	51	14	17	101	2	4	46	1.60
30	Jose Mesa	1995	62	0	0	0	64.0	49	8	17	58	3	0	46	1.13
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
31	Tom Gordon	1998	73	0	0	0	79.1	55	24	25	78	7	4	46	2.72
32	Mike Williams	2002	59	0	0	0	61.1	54	20	21	43	2	6	46	2.93
33	Trevor Hoffman	2006	65	0	0	0	63.0	48	15	13	50	0	2	46	2.14
34	John Axford	2011	74	0	0	0	73.2	59	16	25	86	2	2	46	1.95
35	Craig Kimbrel	2011	79	0	0	0	77.0	48	18	32	127	4	3	46	2.10
36	Bruce Sutter	1984	71	0	0	0	122.2	109	21	23	77	5	7	45	1.54
37	Dennis Eckersley	1988	60	0	0	0	72.2	52	19	11	70	4	2	45	2.35
38	Dan Quisenberry	1983	69	0	0	0	139.0	118	30	11	48	5	3	45	1.94
39	Randy Myers	1997	61	0	0	0	59.2	47	10	22	56	2	3	45	1.51
40	Duane Ward	1993	71	0	0	0	71.2	49	17	25	97	2	3	45	2.13
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
41	Bryan Harvey	1993	59	0	0	0	69.0	45	13	13	73	1	5	45	1.70
42	Jeff Montgomery	1993	69	0	0	0	87.1	65	22	23	66	7	5	45	2.27
43	Jose Mesa	2002	74	0	0	0	75.2	65	25	39	64	4	6	45	2.97
44	John Smoltz	2003	62	0	0	0	64.1	48	8	8	73	0	2	45	1.12
45	Bob Wickman	2005	64	0	0	0	62.0	57	17	21	41	0	4	45	2.47
46	Robb Nen	2001	79	0	0	0	77.2	58	26	22	93	4	5	45	3.01
47	Eddie Guardado	2002	68	0	0	0	67.2	53	22	18	70	1	3	45	2.93
48	Mariano Rivera	1999	66	0	0	0	69.0	43	14	18	52	4	3	45	1.83
49	Joe Borowski	2007	69	0	0	0	65.2	77	37	17	58	4	5	45	5.07
50	Antonio Alfonseca	2000	68	0	0	0	70.0	82	33	24	47	5	6	45	4.24

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