most pitching games saved in mlb playoff history

Mariano Rivera has the most career games pitched in the postseason, with 96 games.

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most pitching games by a player saved in MLB playoff history

	NAME	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	110	0	0	42	141.0	86	11	13	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	5.24	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	94	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
3	Ryan Madson R. Madson	57	6	1	.857	0	2.73	70	0	0	2	56.0	57	17	17	7	18	2	11	4	241	4	11.25	2.89	3.89	1.13	29.0	7.5	1.34	.347	2.73	9.16
4	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	55	2	3	.400	0	2.65	62	0	0	0	54.1	52	16	17	4	24	5	9	2	235	0	10.27	3.98	2.58	0.66	26.4	10.2	1.40	.343	2.82	8.61
5	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	53	5	2	.714	0	2.10	47	0	0	1	55.2	43	13	15	1	21	0	15	9	222	2	7.60	3.40	2.24	0.16	21.2	9.5	1.15	.275	2.43	6.95
6	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	47	3	1	.750	0	2.78	60	0	0	14	45.1	34	14	16	1	15	3	27	1	186	7	11.91	2.98	4.00	0.20	32.3	8.1	1.08	.308	3.18	6.75
7	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	46	3	4	.429	0	2.26	73	0	0	11	51.2	39	13	16	4	21	3	29	1	213	3	12.72	3.66	3.48	0.70	34.3	9.9	1.16	.313	2.79	6.79
8	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	46	0	3	.000	0	4.26	41	0	0	1	50.2	46	24	29	4	19	1	10	4	222	1	7.28	3.38	2.16	0.71	18.5	8.6	1.28	.268	5.15	8.17
9	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	44	19	11	.633	44	3.81	183	0	0	0	276.2	285	117	121	31	76	3	0	4	1,157	4	5.95	2.47	2.41	1.01	15.8	6.6	1.30	.294	3.94	9.27
10	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	43	4	3	.571	0	4.36	47	0	0	5	43.1	42	21	21	3	13	3	10	2	187	2	9.76	2.70	3.62	0.62	25.1	7.0	1.27	.322	4.36	8.72
11	David Robertson D. Robertson	43	6	1	.857	0	3.40	57	0	0	1	47.2	38	18	18	6	16	2	11	3	196	3	10.76	3.02	3.56	1.13	29.1	8.2	1.13	.278	3.40	7.17
12	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	41	4	3	.571	5	3.45	56	0	0	1	60.0	54	23	25	4	22	2	4	2	255	6	8.40	3.30	2.55	0.60	22.0	8.6	1.27	.292	3.75	8.10
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	213	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	3.94	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	41	15	4	.789	27	2.67	199	2	1	4	209.0	172	62	67	17	67	3	11	6	856	6	8.57	2.89	2.97	0.73	23.2	7.8	1.14	.272	2.89	7.41
15	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	39	2	4	.333	0	2.18	62	0	0	18	45.1	32	11	11	2	19	3	32	2	185	3	12.31	3.77	3.26	0.40	33.5	10.3	1.13	.303	2.18	6.35
16	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	39	1	2	.333	0	2.35	44	0	0	9	38.1	33	10	12	5	17	0	25	6	164	2	10.33	3.99	2.59	1.17	26.8	10.4	1.30	.286	2.82	7.75
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	244	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
18	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	36	2	0	1.000	0	4.05	26	0	0	0	20.0	23	9	10	2	8	1	5	2	92	0	11.70	3.60	3.25	0.90	28.3	8.7	1.55	.382	4.50	10.35
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	35	14	16	.467	35	3.30	143	3	0	0	218.1	191	80	91	21	87	7	0	11	912	3	5.89	3.59	1.64	0.87	15.7	9.5	1.27	.260	3.75	7.87
20	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	35	11	14	.440	30	3.27	125	2	0	1	198.0	195	72	97	14	51	9	2	16	836	4	5.68	2.32	2.45	0.64	15.0	6.1	1.24	.284	4.41	8.86
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	35	12	8	.600	34	3.75	173	1	1	0	199.0	173	83	87	17	70	6	1	1	837	10	7.82	3.17	2.47	0.77	20.7	8.4	1.22	.273	3.93	7.82
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	182	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
23	Jeremy Affeldt J. Affeldt	33	2	0	1.000	0	0.86	20	0	0	0	31.1	14	3	3	1	8	2	4	2	111	2	5.74	2.30	2.50	0.29	18.0	7.2	0.70	.163	0.86	4.02
24	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	33	1	1	.500	0	3.50	15	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	7	0	2	1	75	1	7.50	3.50	2.14	0.00	20.0	9.3	1.28	.302	3.50	8.00
25	Tommy Kahnle T. Kahnle	31	2	2	.500	0	3.06	31	0	0	2	32.1	23	11	14	2	15	1	7	1	134	0	8.63	4.18	2.07	0.56	23.1	11.2	1.18	.247	3.90	6.40

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Rays	80	54	.597
Yankees	76	58	.567	4.0
Red Sox	73	61	.545	7.0
Orioles	66	69	.489	14.5
Blue Jays	66	70	.485	15.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	7:15 PM
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Mon 8/31	NYY	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Tue 9/1	NYY	@	LAA	9:38 PM

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Final

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Olson

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RBI Leaders

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Burleson

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Wood

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SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

38

Chisholm

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222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

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WHIP Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

6.34

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Braves	80	55	.593
Phillies	75	60	.556	5.0
Marlins	68	67	.504	12.0
Nationals	64	73	.467	17.0
Mets	60	75	.444	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	76	59	.563	8.0
Cardinals	68	68	.500	16.5
Pirates	65	71	.478	19.5
Reds	64	71	.474	20.0
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Rays	80	54	.597
Yankees	76	58	.567	4.0
Red Sox	73	61	.545	7.0
Orioles	66	69	.489	14.5
Blue Jays	66	70	.485	15.0
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Fri 8/14	STL	@	CHC	0-3
Fri 8/14	MIA	@	CIN	0-1
Fri 8/14	BOS	@	PIT	4-8
Fri 8/14	CWS	@	DET	9-5
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Schedule

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Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Sat 8/29	LAD	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 8/29	CWS	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Sat 8/29	PIT	@	STL	2:15 PM
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