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

Ted Abernathy had the most saves for the Royals in a season in the 1970s, with 23 saves in 1971.

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1Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
23
1971
KCR KCR
63
4
6
.400
0
2.56
55
0
0
81.0
60
23
28
3
50
6
46
4
348
1
6.11
5.56
1.10
0.33
15.8
14.4
1.36
.244
3.11
74
3.64
102
6.67
-0.8
2Al Hrabosky
A. Hrabosky
20
1978
KCR KCR
58
8
7
.533
0
2.88
60
0
0
75.0
52
24
24
6
35
1
47
2
308
2
7.20
4.20
1.71
0.72
19.5
11.4
1.16
.223
2.88
76
3.45
92
6.24
2.6
3Doug Bird
D. Bird
20
1973
KCR KCR
54
4
4
.500
0
2.99
83
0
0
102.1
81
34
37
10
30
2
41
7
414
1
7.30
2.64
2.77
0.88
20.0
7.2
1.08
.246
3.25
76
3.14
80
7.12
8.7
4Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
17
1971
KCR KCR
67
9
7
.563
0
1.73
44
0
0
88.1
71
17
23
3
30
7
34
4
364
2
4.48
3.06
1.47
0.31
12.1
8.2
1.14
.243
2.34
50
3.15
89
7.23
4
5Mark Littell
M. Littell
16
1976
KCR KCR
60
8
4
.667
1
2.08
92
0
0
104.0
68
24
26
1
60
0
37
4
428
1
7.96
5.19
1.53
0.09
21.5
14.0
1.23
.244
2.25
58
2.71
78
5.88
8.7
6Doug Bird
D. Bird
14
1977
KCR KCR
53
11
4
.733
5
3.88
83
0
0
118.1
120
51
52
14
29
3
31
4
490
3
6.31
2.21
2.86
1.06
16.9
5.9
1.26
.294
3.95
95
3.67
92
9.13
3.9
7Mark Littell
M. Littell
12
1977
KCR KCR
48
8
4
.667
5
3.61
106
0
0
104.2
73
42
49
6
55
1
29
6
434
8
9.11
4.73
1.93
0.52
24.4
12.7
1.22
.252
4.21
88
3.05
77
6.28
10.8
8Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
12
1970
KCR KCR
36
9
3
.750
0
2.59
49
0
0
55.2
41
16
23
3
38
1
31
0
244
2
7.92
6.14
1.29
0.49
20.1
15.6
1.42
.248
3.72
70
3.67
94
6.63
1.5
9Al Hrabosky
A. Hrabosky
11
1979
KCR KCR
58
9
4
.692
0
3.74
39
0
0
65.0
67
27
31
3
41
1
37
10
294
7
5.40
5.68
0.95
0.42
13.3
13.9
1.66
.305
4.29
88
4.06
99
9.28
0.2
10Doug Bird
D. Bird
11
1975
KCR KCR
51
9
6
.600
4
3.25
81
0
0
105.1
100
38
42
7
40
2
36
10
444
2
6.92
3.42
2.03
0.60
18.2
9.0
1.33
.296
3.59
83
3.10
83
8.54
7.4
11Gene Garber
G. Garber
11
1973
KCR KCR
48
9
9
.500
8
4.24
60
4
0
152.2
164
72
78
14
49
2
26
15
643
4
3.54
2.89
1.22
0.83
9.3
7.6
1.40
.290
4.60
108
3.97
101
9.67
-0.6
12Larry Gura
L. Gura
10
1977
KCR KCR
52
8
5
.615
6
3.13
46
1
1
106.1
108
37
43
8
28
1
24
4
445
4
3.89
2.37
1.64
0.68
10.3
6.3
1.28
.276
3.64
76
3.66
92
9.14
3.7
13Steve Mingori
S. Mingori
10
1976
KCR KCR
55
5
5
.500
0
2.32
38
0
0
85.1
73
22
23
3
25
3
27
8
341
3
4.01
2.64
1.52
0.32
11.1
7.3
1.15
.257
2.43
65
3.18
92
7.70
2.6
14Doug Bird
D. Bird
10
1974
KCR KCR
55
7
6
.538
1
2.73
62
1
0
92.1
100
28
31
6
27
1
44
9
390
1
6.04
2.63
2.30
0.58
15.9
6.9
1.38
.320
3.02
73
2.98
84
9.75
5.9
15Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
9
1972
KCR KCR
51
6
2
.750
0
4.23
18
0
0
55.1
67
26
32
0
33
1
30
6
260
0
2.93
5.37
0.55
0.00
6.9
12.7
1.81
.322
5.20
138
3.59
112
10.90
-2.4
16Steve Mingori
S. Mingori
7
1978
KCR KCR
45
1
4
.200
0
2.74
28
0
0
69.0
64
21
25
5
16
3
21
4
289
1
3.65
2.09
1.75
0.65
9.7
5.5
1.16
.249
3.26
72
3.53
94
8.35
1.8
17Renie Martin
R. Martin
5
1979
KCR KCR
25
0
3
.000
0
5.19
25
0
0
34.2
32
20
20
1
14
1
11
3
149
2
6.49
3.63
1.79
0.26
16.8
9.4
1.33
.287
5.19
122
2.95
72
8.31
4.5
18Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
5
1979
KCR KCR
32
3
2
.600
0
3.15
13
0
0
40.0
42
14
16
5
7
0
21
5
163
1
2.93
1.58
1.86
1.13
8.0
4.3
1.23
.268
3.60
74
4.22
103
9.45
-0.6
19Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
5
1976
KCR KCR
44
8
14
.364
15
2.49
65
4
1
141.0
114
39
51
9
38
3
19
9
575
2
4.15
2.43
1.71
0.57
11.3
6.6
1.08
.228
3.26
70
3.41
98
7.28
0.7
20Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
5
1975
KCR KCR
44
10
10
.500
15
3.25
89
5
1
177.0
173
64
77
13
45
3
16
6
739
0
4.53
2.29
1.98
0.66
12.0
6.1
1.23
.272
3.92
84
3.34
89
8.80
7.7
21Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
5
1972
KCR KCR
45
3
4
.429
0
1.70
28
0
0
58.1
44
11
15
2
19
3
25
3
239
0
4.32
2.93
1.47
0.31
11.7
7.9
1.08
.225
2.31
55
3.01
94
6.79
1.2
22Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
4
1978
KCR KCR
32
3
3
.500
5
3.32
30
2
0
78.2
72
29
41
8
25
2
12
7
326
1
3.43
2.86
1.20
0.92
9.2
7.7
1.23
.245
4.69
87
4.16
111
8.24
-3.6
23Steve Mingori
S. Mingori
4
1977
KCR KCR
43
2
4
.333
0
3.09
19
0
0
64.0
59
22
26
4
19
1
22
4
262
3
2.67
2.67
1.00
0.56
7.3
7.3
1.22
.251
3.66
75
3.88
98
8.30
0.6
24Joe Hoerner
J. Hoerner
4
1973
KCR KCR
22
2
0
1.000
0
5.12
15
0
0
19.1
28
11
11
0
13
0
9
5
100
0
6.98
6.05
1.15
0.00
15.0
13.0
2.12
.389
5.12
130
3.02
77
13.03
1.9
25Ken Wright
K. Wright
4
1972
KCR KCR
17
1
2
.333
0
4.91
18
0
0
18.1
15
10
10
0
15
1
11
1
84
3
8.84
7.36
1.20
0.00
21.4
17.9
1.64
.300
4.91
160
3.05
95
7.36
0.3
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