most saves in a season by a pitcher until 1980

Before 1981, John Hiller had the most saves in a season, with 38 saves in 1973.

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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	John Hiller J. Hiller	38	1973	DET	65	10	5	.667	0	1.44	124	0	0	125.1	89	20	21	7	39	0	60	7	498	1	8.90	2.80	3.18	0.50	24.9	7.8	1.02	.250	1.51	37	2.24	57	6.39	22.8
2	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	37	1979	CHC	62	6	6	.500	0	2.22	110	0	0	101.1	67	25	29	3	32	0	56	5	403	9	9.77	2.84	3.44	0.27	27.3	7.9	0.98	.248	2.58	54	1.88	48	5.95	22.5
3	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	37	1978	SDP	67	6	13	.316	0	2.52	72	0	0	107.1	84	30	33	4	29	1	62	12	434	2	6.04	2.43	2.48	0.34	16.6	6.7	1.05	.244	2.77	76	2.56	75	7.04	10.5
4	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	37	1972	CIN	65	6	4	.600	0	2.25	51	0	0	96.0	89	24	27	5	32	1	54	9	392	2	4.78	3.00	1.59	0.47	13.0	8.2	1.26	.277	2.53	68	3.04	95	8.34	1.5
5	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	35	1977	SDP	78	8	9	.471	0	2.99	113	0	0	132.1	123	44	47	12	36	1	69	12	543	2	7.69	2.45	3.14	0.82	20.8	6.6	1.20	.291	3.20	81	3.04	80	8.37	11.2
6	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	66	2.17	72	7.02	10.6
7	Wayne Granger W. Granger	35	1970	CIN	67	6	5	.545	0	2.66	38	0	0	84.2	79	25	33	5	27	1	59	8	352	3	4.04	2.87	1.41	0.53	10.8	7.7	1.25	.263	3.51	68	3.49	95	8.40	1.7
8	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	34	1970	MIN	67	7	8	.467	0	2.43	55	0	0	111.0	108	30	38	7	42	1	52	7	471	1	4.46	3.41	1.31	0.57	11.7	8.9	1.35	.276	3.08	64	3.62	90	8.76	5.2
9	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	58	2.47	62	6.73	16.8
10	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	33	1980	KCR	75	12	7	.632	0	3.09	37	0	0	128.1	129	44	47	5	27	1	68	15	528	1	2.59	1.89	1.37	0.35	7.0	5.1	1.22	.271	3.30	76	3.33	84	9.05	8.9
11	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	32	1979	MIN	90	10	15	.400	1	2.65	81	0	0	142.2	132	42	47	8	48	4	84	2	586	8	5.11	3.03	1.69	0.50	13.8	8.2	1.26	.279	2.96	61	3.41	81	8.33	12.3
12	Jack Aker J. Aker	32	1966	KCA	66	8	4	.667	0	1.99	68	0	0	113.0	81	25	27	6	28	3	57	10	442	0	5.42	2.23	2.43	0.48	15.4	6.3	0.96	.223	2.15	57	2.86	79	6.45	9.5
13	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
14	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
15	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	31	1977	BOS	69	13	9	.591	0	2.96	114	0	0	140.0	112	46	48	13	60	5	60	10	583	3	7.33	3.86	1.90	0.84	19.6	10.3	1.23	.253	3.09	67	3.70	88	7.20	8.1
16	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	31	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	1.34	129	0	0	107.1	69	16	21	5	23	1	48	7	411	7	10.82	1.93	5.61	0.42	31.4	5.6	0.86	.253	1.76	31	1.60	38	5.79	29.2
17	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	31	1973	MON	92	14	11	.560	0	2.66	124	0	0	179.0	163	53	62	10	75	4	73	12	746	8	6.23	3.77	1.65	0.50	16.6	10.1	1.33	.287	3.12	70	3.22	84	8.20	11.9
18	Ken Sanders K. Sanders	31	1971	MIL	83	7	12	.368	0	1.91	80	0	0	136.1	111	29	35	9	34	4	77	10	539	0	5.28	2.24	2.35	0.59	14.8	6.3	1.06	.248	2.31	55	2.97	83	7.33	8.9
19	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	31	1969	MIN	75	9	10	.474	0	2.11	62	0	0	119.2	85	28	32	4	52	1	52	16	484	0	4.66	3.91	1.19	0.30	12.8	10.7	1.14	.222	2.41	57	3.23	84	6.39	8.1
20	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	31	1965	CHC	84	4	6	.400	0	2.57	104	0	0	136.1	113	39	49	7	56	5	62	13	572	6	6.87	3.70	1.86	0.46	18.2	9.8	1.24	.265	3.23	71	3.00	85	7.46	7.9
21	Ed Farmer E. Farmer	30	1980	CWS	64	7	9	.438	0	3.34	54	0	0	99.2	92	37	37	6	56	1	55	11	438	7	4.88	5.06	0.96	0.54	12.3	12.8	1.48	.268	3.34	83	4.16	104	8.31	-2
22	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
23	Jim Kern J. Kern	29	1979	TEX	71	13	5	.722	0	1.57	136	0	0	143.0	99	25	35	5	62	2	57	6	578	5	8.56	3.90	2.19	0.31	23.5	10.7	1.13	.252	2.20	38	2.61	64	6.23	23.4
24	Terry Forster T. Forster	29	1972	CWS	62	6	5	.545	0	2.25	104	0	0	100.0	75	25	31	0	44	3	45	3	419	5	9.36	3.96	2.36	0.00	24.8	10.5	1.19	.280	2.79	71	1.72	52	6.75	17
25	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	29	1970	NYY	62	9	5	.643	0	2.01	81	0	0	111.2	88	25	29	7	23	0	51	5	436	3	6.53	1.85	3.52	0.56	18.6	5.3	0.99	.249	2.34	57	2.61	70	7.09	14.2

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Sat 9/19	DET	@	CWS	7:10 PM
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