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.

NAMESVSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1John Hiller
J. Hiller
38
1973
DET 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
2Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
37
1979
CHC 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
3Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
37
1978
SDP 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
4Clay Carroll
C. Carroll
37
1972
CIN 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
5Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
35
1977
SDP 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
6Sparky Lyle
S. Lyle
35
1972
NYY 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
7Wayne Granger
W. Granger
35
1970
CIN 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
8Ron Perranoski
R. Perranoski
34
1970
MIN 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
9Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
33
1980
NYY 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
10Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
33
1980
KCR 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
11Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
32
1979
MIN 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
12Jack Aker
J. Aker
32
1966
KCA 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
13Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
31
1979
PIT 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
14Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
31
1978
PIT 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
15Bill Campbell
B. Campbell
31
1977
BOS 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
16Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
31
1977
CHC 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
17Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
31
1973
MON 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
18Ken Sanders
K. Sanders
31
1971
MIL 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
19Ron Perranoski
R. Perranoski
31
1969
MIN 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
20Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
31
1965
CHC 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
21Ed Farmer
E. Farmer
30
1980
CWS 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
22Dave Giusti
D. Giusti
30
1971
PIT 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
23Jim Kern
J. Kern
29
1979
TEX 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
24Terry Forster
T. Forster
29
1972
CWS 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
25Lindy McDaniel
L. McDaniel
29
1970
NYY 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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Sun
3/28
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Mon
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Phillies Phillies - w
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Nationals Nationals
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85
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86
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81
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Rangers Rangers
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82
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86
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STL STL
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DET DET
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HOU HOU
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Thu
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@
TBR TBR
4:00 AM
Thu
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LAD LAD
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DET DET
4:00 AM
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MIA MIA
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