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John Wetteland has the most saves in a World Series, with 4 saves.

	NAME	SV	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	H/9
1	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	4	1996	World Series	NYY	5	0	0		0	2.08	6	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	19	0	12.46	2.08	6.00	0.00	31.6	5.3	1.15	.333	2.08	8.31
2	Sergio Romo S. Romo	3	2012	World Series	SFG	3	0	0		0	0.00	5	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	15.00	0.00		0.00	55.6	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
3	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	3	2007	World Series	BOS	3	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	4.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14	0	6.23	0.00		0.00	21.4	0.0	0.46	.182	0.00	4.15
4	Troy Percival T. Percival	3	2002	World Series	ANA	3	0	0		0	3.00	3	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	12	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	25.0	8.3	1.00	.143	3.00	6.00
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	3	1998	World Series	NYY	3	0	0		0	0.00	4	0	0	4.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18	0	8.31	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	1.15	.357	0.00	10.38
6	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	3	1979	World Series	PIT	5	0	1	.000	0	2.89	10	0	0	9.1	4	3	3	0	3	0	5	2	35	0	9.64	2.89	3.33	0.00	28.6	8.6	0.75	.182	2.89	3.86
7	Roy Face R. Face	3	1960	World Series	PIT	4	0	0		0	5.23	4	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	2	2	0	3	0	41	0	3.48	1.74	2.00	1.74	9.8	4.9	1.06	.212	5.23	7.84
8	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	2	2022	World Series	HOU	5	0	0		0	0.00	5	0	0	5.2	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	22	0	7.94	1.59	5.00	0.00	22.7	4.5	0.53	.133	1.59	3.18
9	Will Smith W. Smith	2	2021	World Series	ATL	4	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	15	0	2.25	2.25	1.00	0.00	6.7	6.7	0.75	.154	0.00	4.50
10	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2	2017	World Series	LAD	6	0	1	.000	0	3.12	8	0	0	8.2	6	3	3	2	2	1	4	0	35	0	8.31	2.08	4.00	2.08	22.9	5.7	0.92	.182	3.12	6.23
11	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	2	2013	World Series	BOS	5	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	15	0	5.79	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	0.43	.167	0.00	3.86
12	Neftali Feliz N. Feliz	2	2011	World Series	TEX	4	0	0		0	4.91	7	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	0	4	1	3	0	17	0	17.18	9.82	1.75	0.00	41.2	23.5	1.64	.400	4.91	4.91
13	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2	2009	World Series	NYY	4	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	20	0	5.06	3.38	1.50	0.00	15.0	10.0	0.94	.200	0.00	5.06
14	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	2	2008	World Series	PHI	2	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	42.9	0.0	0.50	.250	0.00	4.50
15	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	2	2005	World Series	CWS	4	0	0		0	3.60	7	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	21	0	12.60	3.60	3.50	0.00	33.3	9.5	1.00	.273	3.60	5.40
16	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	2	2003	World Series	FLA	3	0	0		0	6.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	14	0	6.00	9.00	0.67	0.00	14.3	21.4	1.67	.222	6.00	6.00
17	Robb Nen R. Nen	2	2002	World Series	SFG	3	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	11	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	27.3	9.1	1.00	.286	0.00	6.00
18	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2	2000	World Series	NYY	4	0	0		0	3.00	7	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	24	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	1.50	29.2	4.2	0.83	.214	3.00	6.00
19	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2	1999	World Series	NYY	3	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	3	0	0	4.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	17	0	5.79	1.93	3.00	0.00	17.6	5.9	0.86	.231	0.00	5.79
20	Robb Nen R. Nen	2	1997	World Series	FLA	4	0	0		0	7.71	7	0	0	4.2	8	4	5	0	2	0	3	0	24	0	13.50	3.86	3.50	0.00	29.2	8.3	2.14	.533	9.64	15.43
21	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	2	1995	World Series	ATL	4	0	0		0	1.80	3	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	2	2	22	0	5.40	5.40	1.00	1.80	13.6	13.6	1.40	.200	1.80	7.20
22	Duane Ward D. Ward	2	1993	World Series	TOR	4	1	0	1.000	0	1.93	7	0	0	4.2	3	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	17	0	13.50	0.00		1.93	41.2	0.0	0.64	.222	3.86	5.79
23	Tom Henke T. Henke	2	1992	World Series	TOR	3	0	0		0	2.70	1	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	15	0	2.70	5.40	0.50	0.00	6.7	13.3	1.20	.182	2.70	5.40
24	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	2	1991	World Series	MIN	4	1	1	.500	0	1.80	3	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	20	0	5.40	1.80	3.00	0.00	15.0	5.0	1.40	.375	1.80	10.80
25	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	2	1987	World Series	STL	4	0	0		0	1.29	3	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	31	0	3.86	5.14	0.75	0.00	9.7	12.9	1.43	.250	1.29	7.71

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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