10 pitchers saved 2 games in their careers. The first three are Phil Niekro, Early Wynn and Warren Spahn.

Interpreted as:

most defensive runs regular-season saves by a player in a career

	NAME	SV	R	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2	2,337	707	245	274	.472	650	3.85	2,887	200	0	4702.0	4,699	2,012	482	1,624	117	22	82	20,099	208	5.53	3.11	1.78	0.92	14.4	8.1	1.34	.281	4.47	8.99
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1	2,178	672	222	292	.432	657	3.85	4,638	161	0	4462.2	3,587	1,911	321	2,412	142	5	74	19,166	256	9.35	4.86	1.92	0.65	24.2	12.6	1.34	.280	4.39	7.23
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1	2,130	647	262	244	.518	631	3.69	3,619	199	0	4541.1	4,340	1,864	414	1,673	46	4	142	19,245	169	7.17	3.32	2.16	0.82	18.8	8.7	1.32	.291	4.22	8.60
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	0	2,128	665	248	265	.483	626	3.54	3,080	250	0	4688.1	4,607	1,846	399	1,253	96	13	157	19,568	150	5.91	2.41	2.46	0.77	15.7	6.4	1.25	.285	4.09	8.84
5	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	4	2,117	535	221	225	.496	488	4.29	1,738	290	0	3845.2	4,043	1,835	254	1,424	54	33		16,734	44	4.07	3.33	1.22	0.59	10.4	8.5	1.42	.286	4.95	9.46
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	0	2,104	675	248	256	.492	670	3.80	3,066	120	0	4528.1	4,291	1,914	472	1,195	76	3	86	18,884	104	6.09	2.38	2.57	0.94	16.2	6.3	1.21	.271	4.18	8.53
7	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	0	2,076	610	217	209	.509	581	4.82	2,161	23	0	3600.0	3,972	1,926	522	1,044	133	6	68	15,596	54	5.40	2.61	2.07	1.31	13.9	6.7	1.39	.294	5.19	9.93
8	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	4	2,055	517	227	230	.497	457	3.98	999	329	0	3833.1	4,309	1,696	221	1,064	30	45		16,616	53	2.35	2.50	0.94	0.52	6.0	6.4	1.40	.286	4.82	10.12
9	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	3	2,048	530	225	212	.515	460	3.93	1,366	279	0	3764.2	4,204	1,644	149	1,200	93	51		16,465	91	3.27	2.87	1.14	0.36	8.3	7.3	1.44	.297	4.90	10.05
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1	2,038	682	230	237	.493	577	3.97	2,165	149	0	3936.2	4,242	1,738	395	981	113	31	100	16,839	115	4.95	2.24	2.21	0.90	12.9	5.8	1.33	.292	4.66	9.70
11	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2	2,037	589	240	244	.496	557	4.04	2,039	240	0	3997.2	4,025	1,793	339	1,604	57	27	34	17,329	45	4.59	3.61	1.27	0.76	11.8	9.3	1.41	.277	4.59	9.06
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	0	2,029	613	216	250	.464	609	3.82	3,199	182	0	4312.2	4,291	1,830	430	1,199	137	2	65	18,120	107	6.68	2.50	2.67	0.90	17.7	6.6	1.27	.294	4.23	8.95
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2	2,018	637	297	245	.548	602	3.52	2,231	319	0	4609.2	4,502	1,801	434	1,310	41	25	55	19,273	73	4.36	2.56	1.70	0.85	11.6	6.8	1.26	.267	3.94	8.79
14	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	1	2,018	483	192	185	.509	456	4.65	1,269	210	0	3344.0	3,788	1,728	192	1,365	97	12		14,946	43	3.42	3.67	0.93	0.52	8.5	9.1	1.54	.299	5.43	10.19
15	Tommy John T. John	0	2,017	647	218	231	.486	623	3.91	1,895	116	0	4024.2	4,384	1,749	302	1,129	87	4	94	17,194	171	4.24	2.52	1.68	0.68	11.0	6.6	1.37	.296	4.51	9.80
16	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	9	2,007	542	184	217	.459	450	4.35	1,086	214	0	3427.2	3,847	1,657	154	1,269	67	59		15,060	70	2.85	3.33	0.86	0.40	7.2	8.4	1.49	.296	5.27	10.10
17	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	4	1,993	585	215	251	.461	515	3.51	1,196	252	0	4025.0	4,366	1,571	93	989	75	43		17,055	91	2.67	2.21	1.21	0.21	7.0	5.8	1.33	.291	4.46	9.76
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	0	1,981	635	265	227	.539	632	3.76	2,811	74	0	4199.2	4,271	1,756	353	892	120	3	162	17,510	66	6.02	1.91	3.15	0.76	16.1	5.1	1.23	.294	4.25	9.15
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2	1,962	587	234	245	.489	562	3.79	2,115	260	0	4215.0	4,314	1,773	505	837	50	13	69	17,514	31	4.52	1.79	2.53	1.08	12.1	4.8	1.22	.272	4.19	9.21
20	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	0	1,910	570	190	236	.446	562	4.13	2,384	109	0	3706.1	3,797	1,702	448	1,135	124	3	103	15,855	105	5.79	2.76	2.10	1.09	15.0	7.2	1.33	.285	4.64	9.22
21	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2	1,908	505	174	222	.439	451	4.42	1,872	215	0	3387.1	3,588	1,664	207	1,605	58	27		15,098	53	4.97	4.26	1.17	0.55	12.4	10.6	1.53	.298	5.07	9.53
22	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	11	1,902	612	271	279	.493	547	2.14	2,701	421	0	4687.0	4,313		97	1,175	180	59			136	5.19	2.26	2.30	0.19		6.1	1.17	.280	3.65	8.28
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	0	1,900	613	246	203	.548	613	4.00	2,314	31	0	3905.1	4,016	1,734	356	1,390	62	0	142	16,737	62	5.33	3.20	1.66	0.82	13.8	8.3	1.38	.290	4.38	9.26
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	0	1,885	602	264	184	.589	601	3.76	3,824	72	0	4083.0	3,782	1,707	363	1,386	144	0	59	17,193	130	8.43	3.06	2.76	0.80	22.2	8.1	1.27	.298	4.16	8.34
25	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	0	1,853	568	227	226	.501	535	3.81	2,781	218	0	3947.0	3,857	1,669	484	900	78	14	107	16,405	59	6.34	2.05	3.09	1.10	17.0	5.5	1.21	.277	4.23	8.79

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