most saves by relief pitcher career

Mariano Rivera has the most career saves by a relief pitcher, with 652 saves.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season saves by relief pitcher career
NAMESVGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
652
1,105
79
57
.581
0
2.06
1,135
0
0
1233.2
934
282
305
63
266
44
952
41
4,870
13
8.28
1.94
4.27
0.46
23.3
5.5
0.97
.259
2.23
6.81
2Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
601
1,035
61
75
.449
0
2.87
1,133
0
0
1089.1
846
347
378
100
307
9
856
58
4,388
49
9.36
2.54
3.69
0.83
25.8
7.0
1.06
.263
3.12
6.99
3Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
490
970
57
44
.564
0
2.62
1,315
0
0
960.0
630
279
299
93
302
32
727
21
3,817
22
12.33
2.83
4.35
0.87
34.5
7.9
0.97
.259
2.80
5.91
4Lee Smith
L. Smith
478
1,016
71
87
.449
0
2.98
1,225
0
0
1252.1
1,095
415
456
87
474
9
802
100
5,230
46
8.80
3.41
2.58
0.63
23.4
9.1
1.25
.293
3.28
7.87
5Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
440
886
56
50
.528
0
2.67
1,314
0
0
857.2
522
254
283
79
363
42
672
12
3,457
74
13.79
3.81
3.62
0.83
38.0
10.5
1.03
.267
2.97
5.48
6Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
437
948
52
53
.495
0
2.86
1,142
0
0
976.0
738
310
336
98
389
17
677
42
4,011
68
10.53
3.59
2.94
0.90
28.5
9.7
1.15
.271
3.10
6.81
7John Franco
J. Franco
424
1,119
90
87
.508
0
2.89
975
0
0
1245.2
1,166
400
466
81
495
22
774
78
5,312
54
7.04
3.58
1.97
0.59
18.4
9.3
1.33
.290
3.37
8.42
8Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
422
853
47
40
.540
0
2.31
1,196
0
0
903.0
601
232
262
82
300
33
703
26
3,600
43
11.92
2.99
3.99
0.82
33.2
8.3
1.00
.261
2.61
5.99
9Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
394
905
62
51
.549
0
2.50
1,383
0
0
862.0
506
239
266
56
426
34
597
7
3,512
89
14.44
4.45
3.25
0.58
39.4
12.1
1.08
.279
2.78
5.28
10Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
390
710
48
41
.539
0
2.85
792
0
0
807.1
680
256
278
79
126
19
577
29
3,204
4
8.83
1.40
6.29
0.88
24.7
3.9
1.00
.275
3.10
7.58
11Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
377
758
52
29
.642
0
2.50
881
0
0
761.0
540
211
222
60
248
18
587
27
3,048
41
10.42
2.93
3.55
0.71
28.9
8.1
1.04
.261
2.63
6.39
12Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
368
686
41
36
.532
0
2.45
793
0
0
709.2
557
193
221
55
175
32
585
17
2,867
13
10.06
2.22
4.53
0.70
27.7
6.1
1.03
.277
2.80
7.06
13Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
367
880
73
77
.487
0
3.16
877
0
0
1132.1
1,000
397
426
109
358
27
695
65
4,720
20
6.97
2.85
2.45
0.87
18.6
7.6
1.20
.266
3.39
7.95
14Troy Percival
T. Percival
358
702
35
43
.449
0
3.18
779
0
0
707.2
478
250
271
85
306
27
546
25
2,911
32
9.91
3.89
2.55
1.08
26.8
10.5
1.11
.229
3.45
6.08
15Randy Myers
R. Myers
347
716
42
57
.424
0
3.17
829
0
0
814.1
696
287
303
64
353
11
548
43
3,433
31
9.16
3.90
2.35
0.71
24.1
10.3
1.29
.290
3.35
7.69
16Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
341
907
107
101
.514
0
2.73
1,183
0
0
1505.2
1,276
456
502
97
429
29
709
105
6,104
37
7.07
2.56
2.76
0.58
19.4
7.0
1.13
.270
3.00
7.63
17John Wetteland
J. Wetteland
330
601
46
36
.561
0
2.62
730
0
0
683.0
537
199
230
63
221
12
523
27
2,793
28
9.62
2.91
3.30
0.83
26.1
7.9
1.11
.268
3.03
7.08
18Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
329
800
47
53
.470
0
3.38
796
0
0
824.2
751
310
342
64
375
27
575
30
3,551
37
8.69
4.09
2.12
0.70
22.4
10.6
1.37
.300
3.73
8.20
19Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
327
951
48
71
.403
0
3.80
943
0
0
933.0
817
394
433
73
464
52
590
38
4,064
65
9.10
4.48
2.03
0.70
23.2
11.4
1.37
.294
4.18
7.88
20Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
326
1,007
66
71
.482
0
3.42
940
0
0
1060.0
992
403
465
95
457
35
667
53
4,583
49
7.98
3.88
2.06
0.81
20.5
10.0
1.37
.294
3.95
8.42
21Huston Street
H. Street
324
668
42
34
.553
0
2.95
665
0
0
680.0
542
223
237
70
183
8
525
37
2,718
20
8.80
2.42
3.63
0.93
24.5
6.7
1.07
.263
3.14
7.17
22Jose Mesa
J. Mesa
321
927
53
69
.434
0
3.95
753
0
0
984.0
1,007
432
475
96
419
40
633
51
4,321
58
6.89
3.83
1.80
0.88
17.4
9.7
1.45
.302
4.34
9.21
23Todd Jones
T. Jones
319
981
58
62
.483
0
3.95
866
0
0
1067.2
1,063
468
513
93
443
38
619
62
4,629
43
7.30
3.73
1.95
0.78
18.7
9.6
1.41
.304
4.32
8.96
24Rick Aguilera
R. Aguilera
318
643
46
52
.469
0
3.19
651
0
0
740.1
648
262
293
79
216
20
557
37
3,053
28
7.91
2.63
3.01
0.96
21.3
7.1
1.17
.273
3.56
7.88
25Robb Nen
R. Nen
314
639
43
41
.512
0
2.94
779
0
0
697.0
593
228
255
50
244
7
549
41
2,903
36
10.06
3.15
3.19
0.65
26.8
8.4
1.20
.298
3.29
7.66
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66
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74
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69
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.556
5.5
66
58
.532
8.5
61
63
.492
13.5
61
65
.484
14.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
65
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.528
60
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.484
5.5
60
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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