most saves as a yankees relief pitcher single season

Mariano Rivera has the most saves by a Yankees relief pitcher in a season, with 53 saves in 2004.

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	NAME	SV	SEASON	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	53	2004	NYY	74	4	2	.667	0	1.94	66	0	0	78.2	65	17	17	3	20	5	69	3	316	0	7.55	2.29	3.30	0.34	20.9	6.3	1.08	.279	1.94	7.44
2	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	50	2001	NYY	71	4	6	.400	0	2.34	83	0	0	80.2	61	21	24	5	12	1	66	2	310	1	9.26	1.34	6.92	0.56	26.8	3.9	0.90	.268	2.68	6.81
3	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	46	1986	NYY	74	8	8	.500	0	2.45	83	0	0	106.2	88	29	31	4	35	2	68	7	435	1	7.00	2.95	2.37	0.34	19.1	8.0	1.15	.270	2.62	7.43
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	45	1999	NYY	66	4	3	.571	0	1.83	52	0	0	69.0	43	14	15	2	18	3	63	3	268	2	6.78	2.35	2.89	0.26	19.4	6.7	0.88	.212	1.96	5.61
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	44	2013	NYY	64	6	2	.750	0	2.11	54	0	0	64.0	58	15	16	6	9	1	60	3	256	0	7.59	1.27	6.00	0.84	21.1	3.5	1.05	.280	2.25	8.16
6	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	44	2011	NYY	64	1	2	.333	0	1.91	60	0	0	61.1	47	13	13	3	8	2	54	2	233	1	8.80	1.17	7.50	0.44	25.8	3.4	0.90	.275	1.91	6.90
7	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	44	2009	NYY	66	3	3	.500	0	1.76	72	0	0	66.1	48	13	14	7	12	1	55	1	257	1	9.77	1.63	6.00	0.95	28.0	4.7	0.90	.248	1.90	6.51
8	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	43	2005	NYY	71	7	4	.636	0	1.38	80	0	0	78.1	50	12	18	2	18	4	67	0	306	0	9.19	2.07	4.44	0.23	26.1	5.9	0.87	.238	2.07	5.74
9	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	43	1997	NYY	66	6	4	.600	0	1.88	68	0	0	71.2	65	15	17	5	20	0	56	6	301	2	8.54	2.51	3.40	0.63	22.6	6.6	1.19	.288	2.13	8.16
10	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	43	1996	NYY	62	2	3	.400	0	2.83	69	0	0	63.2	54	20	23	9	21	0	58	4	265	1	9.75	2.97	3.29	1.27	26.0	7.9	1.18	.271	3.25	7.63
11	Rafael Soriano R. Soriano	42	2012	NYY	69	2	1	.667	0	2.26	69	0	0	67.2	55	17	17	6	24	1	54	4	279	3	9.18	3.19	2.88	0.80	24.7	8.6	1.17	.274	2.26	7.32
12	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	40	2003	NYY	64	5	2	.714	0	1.66	63	0	0	70.2	61	13	15	3	10	4	57	1	277	0	8.02	1.27	6.30	0.38	22.7	3.6	1.00	.294	1.91	7.77
13	David Robertson D. Robertson	39	2014	NYY	63	4	5	.444	0	3.08	96	0	0	64.1	45	22	23	7	23	1	55	2	259	0	13.43	3.22	4.17	0.98	37.1	8.9	1.06	.288	3.22	6.30
14	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	39	2008	NYY	64	6	5	.545	0	1.40	77	0	0	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	2	60	0	259	1	9.81	0.76	12.83	0.51	29.7	2.3	0.67	.218	1.40	5.22
15	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	37	2019	NYY	60	3	2	.600	0	2.21	85	0	0	57.0	38	14	18	3	25	1	53	0	235	6	13.42	3.95	3.40	0.47	36.2	10.6	1.11	.289	2.84	6.00
16	Andrew Miller A. Miller	36	2015	NYY	60	3	2	.600	0	2.04	100	0	0	61.2	33	14	16	5	20	5	53	1	246	2	14.59	2.92	5.00	0.73	40.7	8.1	0.86	.241	2.34	4.82
17	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	36	2000	NYY	66	7	4	.636	0	2.85	58	0	0	75.2	58	24	26	4	25	0	61	3	311	2	6.90	2.97	2.32	0.48	18.6	8.0	1.10	.241	3.09	6.90
18	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	36	1998	NYY	54	3	0	1.000	0	1.91	36	0	0	61.1	48	13	13	3	17	1	49	1	246	0	5.28	2.49	2.12	0.44	14.6	6.9	1.06	.238	1.91	7.04
19	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	36	1990	NYY	53	1	1	.500	0	3.57	43	0	0	53.0	48	21	24	8	26	2	47	2	235	2	7.30	4.42	1.65	1.36	18.3	11.1	1.40	.256	4.08	8.15
20	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	35	1972	NYY	59	9	5	.643	0	1.92	75	0	0	107.2	84	23	25	3	29	0	56	7	427	5	6.27	2.42	2.59	0.25	17.6	6.8	1.05	.253	2.09	7.02
21	David Bednar D. Bednar	34	2026	NYY	61	7	3	.700	0	2.58	74	0	0	66.1	51	19	25	4	18	2	53	2	268	2	10.04	2.44	4.11	0.54	27.6	6.7	1.04	.276	3.39	6.92
22	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	34	2006	NYY	63	5	5	.500	0	1.80	55	0	0	75.0	61	15	16	3	11	5	59	4	293	0	6.60	1.32	5.00	0.36	18.8	3.8	0.96	.265	1.92	7.32
23	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	33	2010	NYY	61	3	3	.500	0	1.80	45	0	0	60.0	39	12	14	2	11	5	55	3	230	0	6.75	1.65	4.09	0.30	19.6	4.8	0.83	.222	2.10	5.85
24	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	33	1980	NYY	64	6	2	.750	0	2.27	103	0	0	99.0	74	25	29	5	37	1	58	3	401	4	9.36	3.36	2.78	0.45	25.7	9.2	1.12	.271	2.64	6.73
25	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	32	2018	NYY	55	3	0	1.000	0	2.45	93	0	0	51.1	24	14	15	2	30	5	43	0	212	9	16.31	5.26	3.10	0.35	43.9	14.2	1.05	.268	2.63	4.21

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