Sandy Alomar Sr. and Rusty Staub were tied for the most games in 1971, with 162 games.

Interpreted as:

most MLB games by a player saved 1971

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Sandy Alomar Sr. S. Alomar Sr.	162	1971	CAL	689	77	179	24	3	4	42	41	0	60	39	10	739	221	31	7	2	4	7	.260	.301	.321	.621	62	-14.2	.284	80	-16
2	Rusty Staub R. Staub	162	1971	MON	599	94	186	34	6	19	97	74	9	42	9	5	690	289	59	3	5	13	21	.311	.392	.482	.874	111	40	.390	145	33.8
3	Cesar Cedeno C. Cedeno	161	1971	HOU	611	85	161	40	6	10	81	25	3	102	20	9	649	243	56	3	7	5	9	.264	.293	.398	.690	66	-1.1	.308	94	-4.3
4	Paul Schaal P. Schaal	161	1971	KCR	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	103	2	51	7	5	659	226	48	0	6	5	9	.274	.387	.412	.799	94	26.4	.365	129	21.4
5	Joe Torre J. Torre	161	1971	STL	634	97	230	34	8	24	137	63	4	70	4	1	707	352	66	1	5	20	18	.363	.421	.555	.976	134	61.6	.429	173	56.6
6	Ken McMullen K. McMullen	160	1971	CAL	593	63	148	19	2	21	68	53	3	74	1	1	657	234	42	4	4	10	18	.250	.312	.395	.707	71	3.6	.318	103	2
7	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	160	1971	HOU	583	87	149	27	11	13	56	88	1	52	40	8	689	237	51	10	7	2	4	.256	.351	.407	.757	88	17.5	.345	119	14.1
8	Pete Rose P. Rose	160	1971	CIN	632	86	192	27	4	13	44	68	3	50	13	9	707	266	44	1	3	15	9	.304	.373	.421	.793	96	23.5	.356	128	21.4
9	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	159	1971	PHI	650	74	162	18	5	0	25	36	5	61	28	11	696	190	23	4	1	2	4	.249	.293	.292	.586	51	-20.3	.270	64	-27.3
10	Ed Brinkman E. Brinkman	159	1971	DET	527	40	120	18	2	1	37	44	7	54	1	4	589	145	21	6	5	7	14	.228	.293	.275	.568	40	-20.8	.262	59	-26.5
11	Horace Clarke H. Clarke	159	1971	NYY	625	76	156	23	7	2	41	64	2	43	17	7	696	199	32	4	1	2	14	.250	.321	.318	.639	65	-6.9	.297	89	-8.6
12	Reggie Smith R. Smith	159	1971	BOS	618	85	175	33	2	30	96	63	5	82	11	3	692	302	65	1	5	4	15	.283	.352	.489	.840	105	33.9	.377	132	24.4
13	Willie Davis W. Davis	158	1971	LAD	641	84	198	33	10	10	74	23	0	47	20	8	672	281	53	3	5	3	17	.309	.330	.438	.769	86	16.6	.344	121	15.3
14	Deron Johnson D. Johnson	158	1971	PHI	582	74	154	29	0	34	95	72	2	146	0	1	660	285	63	2	2	8	18	.265	.347	.490	.836	99	31	.374	133	24.3
15	Willie Montanez W. Montanez	158	1971	PHI	599	78	153	27	6	30	99	67	3	105	4	7	683	282	63	1	13	14	18	.255	.327	.471	.798	90	20.1	.350	118	13.2
16	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	158	1971	CLE	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	82	3	56	7	4	690	260	47	1	6	6	15	.261	.350	.435	.785	94	22.7	.355	119	14.7
17	Tony Perez T. Perez	158	1971	CIN	609	72	164	22	3	25	91	51	1	120	4	1	664	267	50	0	3	5	13	.269	.325	.438	.764	85	16.5	.344	120	14.5
18	Rico Petrocelli R. Petrocelli	158	1971	BOS	553	82	139	24	4	28	89	91	2	108	2	0	661	255	56	6	9	5	20	.251	.354	.461	.815	95	27.2	.367	125	18.1
19	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	157	1971	MON	545	65	137	21	4	14	83	97	0	105	13	7	654	208	39	3	9	8	19	.251	.359	.382	.741	81	13.3	.338	110	7.4
20	Lou Brock L. Brock	157	1971	STL	640	126	200	37	7	7	61	76	1	107	64	19	720	272	51	1	2	5	5	.313	.385	.425	.810	104	30.4	.368	132	25.3
21	Wes Parker W. Parker	157	1971	LAD	533	69	146	24	1	6	62	63	1	63	6	1	609	190	31	4	8	5	13	.274	.347	.356	.704	68	5.1	.322	106	4
22	Chris Speier C. Speier	157	1971	SFG	601	74	141	17	6	8	46	56	7	90	4	7	670	194	31	5	1	6	15	.235	.307	.323	.630	59	-10	.290	80	-14.7
23	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	157	1971	MIN	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	45	3	39	18	14	718	242	33	11	2	5	5	.311	.356	.368	.725	84	10.5	.330	105	3.6
24	Billy Williams B. Williams	157	1971	CHC	594	86	179	27	5	28	93	77	3	44	7	5	677	300	60	0	3	18	17	.301	.383	.505	.888	110	40.6	.392	139	28.9
25	Nate Colbert N. Colbert	156	1971	SDP	565	81	149	25	3	27	84	63	4	119	5	2	639	261	55	2	5	6	17	.264	.339	.462	.801	89	23	.360	130	21.2