most saves for a pirates player in a single season

Mark Melancon has the most saves for the Pirates in a season, with 51 saves in 2015.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	51	2015	PIT	78	3	2	.600	0	2.23	62	0	0	76.2	57	19	22	4	14	2	63	2	293	3	7.28	1.64	4.43	0.47	21.2	4.8	0.93	.251	2.58	58	2.81	74	6.69	8.5
2	Mike Williams M. Williams	46	2002	PIT	59	2	6	.250	0	2.93	43	0	0	61.1	54	20	24	6	21	1	59	3	258	2	6.31	3.08	2.05	0.88	16.7	8.1	1.22	.257	3.52	71	3.90	94	7.92	1.7
3	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	43	2004	PIT	70	5	2	.714	0	3.25	37	0	0	69.1	78	25	26	6	20	1	65	3	295	1	4.80	2.60	1.85	0.78	12.5	6.8	1.41	.312	3.38	75	4.01	92	10.13	2.7
4	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	40	2011	PIT	70	1	4	.200	0	1.83	61	0	0	68.2	56	14	17	1	16	1	59	2	274	6	8.00	2.10	3.81	0.13	22.3	5.8	1.05	.282	2.23	50	2.17	58	7.34	12.3
5	David Bednar D. Bednar	39	2023	PIT	66	3	3	.500	0	2.00	80	0	0	67.1	53	15	22	3	21	3	57	4	277	2	10.69	2.81	3.81	0.40	28.9	7.6	1.10	.294	2.94	45	2.52	58	7.08	13.9
6	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	37	2018	PIT	70	4	2	.667	0	2.70	89	0	0	70.0	63	21	24	4	24	1	60	2	296	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.51	30.1	8.1	1.24	.331	3.09	68	2.43	60	8.10	12.7
7	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	36	2012	PIT	63	5	2	.714	0	2.72	67	0	0	59.2	40	18	18	8	36	1	57	0	254	6	10.11	5.43	1.86	1.21	26.4	14.2	1.27	.225	2.72	71	4.44	117	6.03	-4.6
8	Jim Gott J. Gott	34	1988	PIT	67	6	6	.500	0	3.49	76	0	0	77.1	68	30	30	9	22	2	59	5	314	1	8.84	2.56	3.45	1.05	24.2	7.0	1.16	.288	3.49	102	3.24	91	7.91	2.6
9	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	33	2014	PIT	72	3	5	.375	0	1.90	71	0	0	71.0	51	15	15	2	11	3	48	1	277	3	9.00	1.39	6.45	0.25	25.6	4.0	0.87	.258	1.90	54	2.09	58	6.46	12
10	Jason Grilli J. Grilli	33	2013	PIT	54	0	2	.000	0	2.70	74	0	0	50.0	40	15	15	4	13	1	41	0	202	1	13.32	2.34	5.69	0.72	36.6	6.4	1.06	.327	2.70	75	1.96	54	7.20	9.6
11	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	31	1979	PIT	94	10	8	.556	0	2.75	75	0	0	134.1	109	41	46	5	49	2	67	20	550	4	5.02	3.28	1.53	0.33	13.6	8.9	1.18	.248	3.08	72	3.23	84	7.30	9.2
12	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	31	1978	PIT	91	8	7	.533	0	2.33	77	0	0	135.1	115	35	44	5	55	2	65	18	573	5	5.12	3.66	1.40	0.33	13.4	9.6	1.26	.253	2.93	64	3.18	88	7.65	6.4
13	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	30	2016	PIT	45	1	1	.500	0	1.51	38	0	0	41.2	31	7	10	2	9	1	39	0	163	1	8.21	1.94	4.22	0.43	23.3	5.5	0.96	.257	2.16	37	2.66	65	6.70	6.6
14	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	30	1971	PIT	58	5	6	.455	0	2.93	55	0	0	86.0	79	28	31	5	31	1	49	8	365	3	5.76	3.24	1.77	0.52	15.1	8.5	1.28	.271	3.24	87	3.04	93	8.27	2.2
15	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	29	1997	PIT	72	1	5	.167	0	3.10	66	0	0	72.2	76	25	29	7	24	1	58	3	312	4	8.17	2.97	2.75	0.87	21.2	7.7	1.38	.322	3.59	72	3.57	84	9.41	5.4
16	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	28	2019	PIT	56	5	1	.833	0	1.65	90	0	0	60.0	43	11	12	5	13	4	47	0	236	3	13.50	1.95	6.92	0.75	38.1	5.5	0.93	.306	1.80	38	2.14	48	6.45	15.3
17	Roy Face R. Face	28	1962	PIT	63	8	7	.533	0	1.88	45	0	0	91.0	74	19	23	7	18	1	57	7	348	0	4.45	1.78	2.50	0.69	12.9	5.2	1.01	.242	2.27	48	3.25	86	7.32	5.5
18	Matt Capps M. Capps	27	2009	PIT	57	4	8	.333	0	5.80	46	0	0	54.1	73	35	36	10	17	3	50	3	251	0	7.62	2.82	2.71	1.66	18.3	6.8	1.66	.360	5.96	140	4.89	117	12.09	-4.3
19	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	27	2005	PIT	55	2	8	.200	0	4.76	37	0	0	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	3	48	3	257	2	5.88	4.13	1.42	1.11	14.4	10.1	1.54	.293	4.76	114	4.84	116	9.69	-4.4
20	Bill Landrum B. Landrum	26	1989	PIT	56	2	3	.400	0	1.67	51	0	0	81.0	60	15	18	2	28	0	40	8	325	2	5.67	3.11	1.82	0.22	15.7	8.6	1.09	.238	2.00	49	2.85	79	6.67	6.7
21	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	26	1977	PIT	72	11	9	.550	0	1.62	151	0	0	133.0	78	24	27	9	49	2	55	6	523	2	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9	9.4	0.95	.221	1.83	41	2.49	63	5.28	21.4
22	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	26	1970	PIT	66	9	3	.750	1	3.06	85	0	0	103.0	98	35	38	7	39	0	47	9	428	5	7.43	3.41	2.18	0.61	19.9	9.1	1.33	.306	3.32	77	3.00	80	8.56	8.8
23	Mike Williams M. Williams	25	2003	PIT	40	1	3	.250	0	6.27	20	0	0	37.1	42	26	26	5	22	1	33	1	175	1	4.82	5.30	0.91	1.21	11.4	12.6	1.71	.291	6.27	147	5.54	129	10.13	-5.3
24	Michael Gonzalez M. Gonzalez	24	2006	PIT	54	3	4	.429	0	2.17	64	0	0	54.0	42	13	13	1	31	2	47	2	234	0	10.67	5.17	2.06	0.17	27.4	13.2	1.35	.301	2.17	49	2.84	64	7.00	9.7
25	Mike Williams M. Williams	24	2000	PIT	72	3	4	.429	0	3.50	71	0	0	72.0	56	28	34	8	40	4	63	3	307	1	8.88	5.00	1.78	1.00	23.1	13.0	1.33	.261	4.25	75	4.43	95	7.00	1.8

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Wed 5/20	PIT	@	STL	7:45 PM
Thu 5/21	PIT	@	STL	1:15 PM
Fri 5/22	PIT	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Sat 5/23	PIT	@	TOR	3:07 PM
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Twins	23	27	.460	5.0
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