16 players are tied for the most career saves per game pitched, with 1. The first three are Ricky Karcher, Bill Abernathie and Art Jacobs.

Interpreted as:

highest saves per game played by a player

	NAME	SV/G	SV	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ricky Karcher R. Karcher	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	6.25	135	0.00	-0.2
2	Bill Abernathie B. Abernathie	1	1	1	0	0		0	13.50	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	1		10	0	0.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	0.0	10.0	2.50	.375	13.50	387	10.39	296	18.00	-1.6
3	Art Jacobs A. Jacobs	1	1	1	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1		6	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	16.7	3.00	.400	9.00	237	5.97	151	18.00	-0.2
4	George Ross G. Ross	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0		12	0	7.71	11.57	0.67	0.00	16.7	25.0	2.14	.286	0.00	0	4.37	167	7.71	-0.5
5	Axel Lindstrom A. Lindstrom	1	1	1	0	0		0	4.50	1	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1		12	0	2.25	0.00		0.00	8.3	0.0	0.50	.200	4.50	159	2.57	91	4.50	0.1
6	Joe Gedeon J. Gedeon	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	2.56	85	0.00	0
7	Harry Hedgpeth H. Hedgpeth	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	0	2.56	85	9.00	0
8	Pete Schmidt P. Schmidt	1	1	1	0	0		0	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	1		11	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	18.2	2.50	.333	4.50	157	5.56	189	13.50	-0.6
9	Bobby Veach B. Veach	1	1	1	0	0		0	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1		9	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	22.2	2.00	.286	4.50	162	5.23	184	9.00	-0.5
10	Jacob Fox J. Fox	1	1	1	0	0		0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	3	0	1	0	1		6	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	3.00	.500	27.00	654	3.67	127	18.00	-0.1
11	Rome Chambers R. Chambers	1	1	1	0	0		0	11.25	2	0	0	4.0	5	5	6	0	5	0	1		21	0	4.50	11.25	0.40	0.00	9.5	23.8	2.50	.357	13.50	290	5.58	144	11.25	-0.7
12	Abe Johnson A. Johnson	1	1	1	0	0		0	36.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	0	2	1	1		8	0	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	4.00	.400	36.00	757	12.24	258	18.00	-0.8
13	John Slagle J. Slagle	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1		8	0	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	12.5	12.5	3.00	.500	0.00	0	3.28	87	20.25	0.1
14	Theodore Conover T. Conover	1	1	1	0	0		0	13.50	1	0	0	2.0	4	3	4	0	2	0	1		12	0	4.50	9.00	0.50	0.00	8.3	16.7	3.00	.444	18.00	348	5.01	129	18.00	-0.2
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	8	1	2	0	1		10	3	0.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	0.0	20.0	5.00	.286	72.00	0	22.28	492	27.00	-1.8
16	John Peters J. Peters	1	1	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	1		1		5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	2.00		9.00	0	5.23	218	9.00	-0.3
17	Henry Mathewson H. Mathewson	0.67	2	3	0	1	.000	1	4.91	2	1	0	11.0	8	6	7	0	14	1	2		55	1	1.64	11.45	0.14	0.00	3.6	25.5	2.00	.211	5.73	185	6.08	220	6.55	-4
18	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	0.58	652	1,115	82	60	.577	10	2.21	1,173	0	0	1283.2	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
19	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	0.58	601	1,035	61	75	.449	0	2.87	1,133	0	0	1089.1	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
20	Kazuhiro Sasaki K. Sasaki	0.57	129	228	7	16	.304	0	3.14	242	0	0	223.1	165	78	90	24	77	9	201	13	925	15	9.75	3.10	3.14	0.97	26.2	8.3	1.08	.246	3.63	72	3.42	77	6.65	25.4
21	Bryan Harvey B. Harvey	0.55	177	322	17	25	.405	0	2.49	448	0	0	387.0	278	107	122	30	144	2	278	19	1,582	25	10.42	3.35	3.11	0.70	28.3	9.1	1.09	.259	2.84	62	2.62	65	6.47	59.8
22	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	0.53	368	689	41	36	.532	3	2.44	808	0	0	725.2	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
23	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	0.53	330	618	48	45	.516	17	2.93	804	0	0	765.0	616	249	287	73	252	16	523	30	3,145	40	9.46	2.96	3.19	0.86	25.6	8.0	1.13	.272	3.38	70	3.19	75	7.25	90.2
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	0.53	440	838	56	47	.544	0	2.59	1,266	0	0	810.2	483	233	259	73	340	40	651	11	3,260	70	14.06	3.77	3.72	0.81	38.8	10.4	1.02	.266	2.88	63	2.58	63	5.36	131.9
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	0.51	461	901	50	38	.568	0	2.62	1,246	0	0	895.0	599	261	279	86	272	31	676	19	3,561	21	12.53	2.74	4.58	0.86	35.0	7.6	0.97	.266	2.81	66	2.61	64	6.02	142.4