most saves by pitchers in 1998 in the american league

Tom Gordon had the most saves in the AL in a season in 1998, with 46 saves.

NAMESVSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
46
1998
BOS BOS
73
7
4
.636
0
2.72
78
0
0
79.1
55
24
24
2
25
0
69
1
317
9
8.85
2.84
3.12
0.23
24.6
7.9
1.01
.250
2.72
57
2.44
54
6.24
18.2
2Troy Percival
T. Percival
42
1998
ANA ANA
67
2
7
.222
0
3.64
87
0
0
66.2
45
27
31
5
37
3
60
4
287
3
11.75
5.00
2.35
0.68
30.3
12.9
1.23
.258
4.18
78
3.30
71
6.08
9.7
3John Wetteland
J. Wetteland
42
1998
TEX TEX
63
3
1
.750
0
2.03
72
0
0
62.0
47
14
17
6
14
0
59
1
249
1
10.45
2.03
5.14
0.87
28.9
5.6
0.98
.261
2.47
42
2.74
59
6.82
13
4Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
40
1998
CLE CLE
69
1
1
.500
0
1.55
55
0
0
64.0
43
11
11
4
13
4
57
0
239
1
7.73
1.83
4.23
0.56
23.0
5.4
0.88
.239
1.55
33
3.02
66
6.05
11
5Rick Aguilera
R. Aguilera
38
1998
MIN MIN
68
4
9
.308
0
4.24
57
0
0
74.1
75
35
35
8
15
1
64
1
307
1
6.90
1.82
3.80
0.97
18.6
4.9
1.21
.296
4.24
89
3.64
81
9.08
7.3
6Jeff Montgomery
J. Montgomery
36
1998
KCR KCR
56
2
5
.286
0
4.98
54
0
0
56.0
58
31
35
8
22
2
54
2
247
0
8.68
3.54
2.45
1.29
21.9
8.9
1.43
.311
5.63
105
4.35
93
9.32
1.9
7Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
36
1998
NYY 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
42
3.47
77
7.04
7.2
8Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
33
1998
OAK OAK
70
4
9
.308
0
3.58
58
0
0
73.0
71
29
37
7
22
3
58
4
311
0
7.15
2.71
2.64
0.86
18.6
7.1
1.27
.290
4.56
78
3.82
84
8.75
5.7
9Todd Jones
T. Jones
28
1998
DET DET
65
1
4
.200
0
4.97
57
0
0
63.1
58
35
38
7
36
2
53
4
279
5
8.10
5.12
1.58
0.99
20.4
12.9
1.48
.288
5.40
106
4.57
97
8.24
1
10Randy Myers
R. Myers
28
1998
TOR TOR
41
3
4
.429
0
4.46
32
0
0
42.1
44
21
21
4
19
2
37
4
190
2
6.80
4.04
1.68
0.85
16.8
10.0
1.49
.301
4.46
96
4.34
96
9.35
0.9
11Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
26
1998
TBD TBD
67
2
6
.250
0
4.04
55
0
0
71.1
55
32
33
5
41
5
58
4
310
1
6.94
5.17
1.34
0.63
17.7
13.2
1.35
.245
4.16
86
4.44
97
6.94
1
12Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
22
1998
BAL BAL
71
5
6
.455
0
3.82
87
0
0
68.1
48
29
29
10
39
4
54
2
289
0
11.46
5.14
2.23
1.32
30.1
13.5
1.27
.255
3.82
85
4.38
96
6.32
1.4
13Mike Timlin
M. Timlin
19
1998
SEA SEA
70
3
3
.500
0
2.95
60
0
0
79.1
78
26
26
5
16
3
40
2
321
0
6.81
1.82
3.75
0.57
18.7
5.0
1.18
.308
2.95
63
3.16
68
8.85
12.7
14Bill Simas
B. Simas
18
1998
CWS CWS
60
4
3
.571
0
3.57
56
0
0
70.2
54
28
29
12
22
1
41
4
287
1
7.13
2.80
2.55
1.53
19.5
7.7
1.08
.214
3.69
78
4.73
104
6.88
-1.3
15Matt Karchner
M. Karchner
11
1998
CWS CWS
32
2
4
.333
0
5.15
30
0
0
36.2
33
21
21
2
19
5
23
6
167
0
7.36
4.66
1.58
0.49
18.0
11.4
1.42
.279
5.15
113
4.17
91
8.10
1.6
16Bob Howry
B. Howry
9
1998
CWS CWS
44
0
3
.000
0
3.15
51
0
0
54.1
37
19
20
7
19
2
15
2
217
2
8.45
3.15
2.68
1.16
23.5
8.8
1.03
.217
3.31
69
4.09
90
6.13
2.9
17Bobby Ayala
B. Ayala
8
1998
SEA SEA
62
1
10
.091
0
7.29
68
0
0
75.1
100
61
66
9
26
1
36
4
351
4
8.12
3.11
2.62
1.08
19.4
7.4
1.67
.368
7.88
157
3.95
86
11.95
5.5
18Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
7
1998
BAL BAL
69
4
1
.800
0
3.18
50
0
0
56.2
46
20
20
6
28
1
26
1
243
3
7.94
4.45
1.79
0.95
20.6
11.5
1.31
.253
3.18
70
4.28
94
7.31
1.8
19Paul Quantrill
P. Quantrill
7
1998
TOR TOR
82
3
4
.429
0
2.59
59
0
0
80.0
88
23
26
5
22
3
32
6
345
1
6.64
2.47
2.68
0.56
17.1
6.4
1.38
.324
2.93
56
3.41
75
9.90
10
20Robert Person
R. Person
6
1998
TOR TOR
27
3
1
.750
0
7.04
31
0
0
38.1
45
30
31
9
22
2
14
1
184
0
7.28
5.17
1.41
2.11
16.8
12.0
1.75
.300
7.28
152
6.44
143
10.57
-8.3
21Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
6
1998
NYY NYY
67
4
1
.800
0
5.47
69
0
0
79.0
71
48
51
13
26
4
26
1
330
0
7.86
2.96
2.65
1.48
20.9
7.9
1.23
.266
5.81
120
4.66
103
8.09
-1.3
22Mike Fetters
M. Fetters
5
1998
TOT
60
2
8
.200
0
4.30
43
0
0
58.2
62
28
34
5
25
1
28
2
264
6
6.60
3.84
1.72
0.77
16.3
9.5
1.48
.300
5.22
93
4.10
90
9.51
2.8
23Shigetoshi Hasegawa
S. Hasegawa
5
1998
ANA ANA
61
8
3
.727
0
3.14
73
0
0
97.1
86
34
37
14
32
2
20
2
401
5
6.75
2.96
2.28
1.29
18.2
8.0
1.21
.257
3.42
68
4.55
99
7.95
0.7
24Derek Lowe
D. Lowe
4
1998
BOS BOS
63
3
9
.250
10
4.02
77
0
0
123.0
126
55
65
5
42
4
8
5
527
8
5.63
3.07
1.83
0.37
14.6
8.0
1.37
.303
4.76
85
3.53
79
9.22
13.1
25Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
4
1998
TOR TOR
78
4
3
.571
0
3.78
55
0
0
50.0
41
21
23
4
16
1
16
1
203
0
9.90
2.88
3.44
0.72
27.1
7.9
1.14
.291
4.14
81
2.99
66
7.38
8.6
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