most saves in a season by a pirates pitcher in the 1970s

Kent Tekulve had the most saves for the Pirates in a season in the 1970s, with 31 saves in 1979 and in 1978.

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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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	22	1972	PIT	54	7	4	.636	0	1.93	54	0	0	74.2	59	16	18	3	20	0	44	6	295	3	6.51	2.41	2.70	0.36	18.3	6.8	1.06	.257	2.17	58	2.27	71	7.11	8
7	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	20	1973	PIT	67	9	2	.818	0	2.37	64	0	0	98.2	89	26	31	9	37	0	60	13	416	3	5.84	3.38	1.73	0.82	15.4	8.9	1.28	.261	2.83	67	3.57	100	8.12	-0.2
8	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	17	1975	PIT	61	5	4	.556	0	2.95	38	0	0	91.2	79	30	38	3	42	0	43	17	389	2	3.73	4.12	0.90	0.29	9.8	10.8	1.32	.248	3.73	83	3.55	99	7.76	0.5
9	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	14	1979	PIT	72	8	5	.615	0	2.96	39	0	0	82.0	67	27	32	9	35	2	29	5	339	3	4.28	3.84	1.11	0.99	11.5	10.3	1.24	.228	3.51	78	4.55	118	7.35	-6.2
10	Ramon Hernandez R. Hernandez	14	1972	PIT	53	5	0	1.000	0	1.67	47	0	0	70.0	50	13	14	3	22	3	31	2	285	1	6.04	2.83	2.14	0.39	16.5	7.7	1.03	.224	1.80	50	2.68	83	6.43	4.3
11	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	12	1974	PIT	64	7	5	.583	2	3.32	53	0	0	105.2	101	39	43	2	40	0	41	11	445	7	4.51	3.41	1.33	0.17	11.9	9.0	1.33	.283	3.66	95	2.95	82	8.60	7.8
12	Ramon Hernandez R. Hernandez	11	1973	PIT	59	4	5	.444	0	2.41	64	0	0	89.2	71	24	27	5	25	4	33	8	361	1	6.42	2.51	2.56	0.50	17.7	6.9	1.07	.251	2.71	68	2.83	79	7.13	7.5
13	Bob Moose B. Moose	10	1976	PIT	53	3	9	.250	2	3.70	38	0	0	87.2	100	36	44	4	32	4	26	7	388	3	3.90	3.29	1.19	0.41	9.8	8.2	1.51	.310	4.52	106	3.59	103	10.27	-1
14	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	9	1976	PIT	64	5	3	.625	0	2.45	68	0	0	102.2	91	28	30	3	25	0	33	7	409	0	5.96	2.19	2.72	0.26	16.6	6.1	1.13	.281	2.63	70	2.41	69	7.98	12.2
15	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	7	1977	PIT	72	10	1	.909	0	3.06	59	0	0	103.0	89	35	41	5	33	1	35	6	422	2	5.16	2.88	1.79	0.44	14.0	7.8	1.18	.259	3.58	77	3.20	81	7.78	8.5
16	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	7	1971	PIT	42	5	3	.625	0	3.60	22	0	0	75.0	79	30	32	8	28	1	27	8	323	1	2.64	3.36	0.79	0.96	6.8	8.7	1.43	.269	3.84	107	4.41	135	9.48	-9.9
17	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	6	1976	PIT	40	5	4	.556	0	4.32	24	0	0	58.1	59	28	31	5	27	0	22	9	257	0	3.70	4.17	0.89	0.77	9.3	10.5	1.47	.269	4.78	123	4.31	124	9.10	-5.3
18	Enrique Romo E. Romo	5	1979	PIT	84	10	5	.667	0	2.99	106	0	0	129.1	122	43	50	11	43	3	25	9	537	6	7.38	2.99	2.47	0.77	19.7	8.0	1.28	.297	3.48	79	3.25	85	8.49	8.5
19	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	5	1978	PIT	60	7	5	.583	0	3.26	45	0	0	77.1	89	28	32	5	32	1	25	9	346	2	5.24	3.72	1.41	0.58	13.0	9.2	1.56	.319	3.72	89	3.53	98	10.36	0.7
20	Ramon Hernandez R. Hernandez	5	1975	PIT	46	7	2	.778	0	2.95	43	0	0	64.0	62	21	21	0	28	0	27	14	280	1	6.05	3.94	1.54	0.00	15.4	10.0	1.41	.297	2.95	83	2.54	71	8.72	7.4
21	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	5	1975	PIT	34	1	2	.333	0	2.25	28	0	0	56.0	43	14	20	2	23	1	9	6	232	3	4.50	3.70	1.22	0.32	12.1	9.9	1.18	.230	3.21	63	3.33	93	6.91	1.7
22	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	5	1973	PIT	41	10	6	.625	18	2.85	122	6	3	170.1	143	54	59	12	52	2	9	10	694	4	6.45	2.75	2.35	0.63	17.6	7.5	1.14	.259	3.12	80	2.99	84	7.56	10.9
23	Joe Gibbon J. Gibbon	5	1970	PIT	41	0	1	.000	0	4.83	26	0	0	41.0	44	22	25	2	24	2	13	8	190	5	5.71	5.27	1.08	0.44	13.7	12.6	1.66	.309	5.49	122	3.90	104	9.66	-0.7
24	Ed Whitson E. Whitson	4	1978	PIT	43	5	6	.455	0	3.28	64	0	0	74.0	66	27	31	5	37	2	14	5	318	1	7.78	4.50	1.73	0.61	20.1	11.6	1.39	.290	3.77	90	3.30	92	8.03	2.5
25	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	4	1977	PIT	49	5	3	.625	2	3.86	41	0	0	91.0	81	39	44	11	39	1	19	8	385	0	4.05	3.86	1.05	1.09	10.6	10.1	1.32	.239	4.35	98	4.72	119	8.01	-7.7

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