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

John Hiller had the most saves for the Tigers in a season in the 1970s, 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
2Tom Timmermann
T. Timmermann
27
1970
DET DET
61
6
7
.462
0
4.11
49
0
0
85.1
90
39
44
3
34
2
43
11
378
4
5.17
3.59
1.44
0.32
13.0
9.0
1.45
.300
4.64
108
3.21
79
9.49
7.8
3Aurelio Lopez
A. Lopez
21
1979
DET DET
61
10
5
.667
0
2.41
106
0
0
127.0
95
34
37
12
51
3
49
3
519
3
7.51
3.61
2.08
0.85
20.4
9.8
1.15
.239
2.62
55
3.55
82
6.73
11.1
4Fred Scherman
F. Scherman
20
1971
DET DET
69
11
6
.647
1
2.71
46
1
0
113.0
91
34
38
11
49
5
40
7
464
2
3.66
3.90
0.94
0.88
9.9
10.6
1.24
.227
3.03
77
4.33
119
7.25
-8.6
5John Hiller
J. Hiller
15
1978
DET DET
51
9
4
.692
0
2.34
74
0
0
92.1
64
24
27
6
35
0
46
4
363
3
7.21
3.41
2.11
0.58
20.4
9.6
1.07
.234
2.63
60
2.95
75
6.24
9.7
6John Hiller
J. Hiller
14
1975
DET DET
36
2
3
.400
0
2.17
87
0
0
70.2
52
17
20
6
36
0
34
4
295
1
11.08
4.58
2.42
0.76
29.5
12.2
1.25
.277
2.55
55
2.75
70
6.62
9.1
7Chuck Seelbach
C. Seelbach
14
1972
DET DET
61
9
8
.529
3
2.89
76
0
0
112.0
96
36
39
6
39
3
34
4
455
6
6.11
3.13
1.95
0.48
16.7
8.6
1.21
.272
3.13
92
2.86
87
7.71
5.4
8Steve Foucault
S. Foucault
13
1977
DET DET
44
7
7
.500
0
3.15
58
0
0
74.1
64
26
29
7
17
0
34
4
303
2
7.02
2.06
3.41
0.85
19.1
5.6
1.09
.258
3.51
75
3.08
74
7.75
9
9John Hiller
J. Hiller
13
1976
DET DET
56
12
8
.600
1
2.38
117
1
1
121.0
93
32
37
7
67
2
46
9
510
6
8.70
4.98
1.75
0.52
22.9
13.1
1.32
.271
2.75
64
3.16
87
6.92
6.5
10John Hiller
J. Hiller
13
1974
DET DET
59
17
14
.548
0
2.64
134
0
0
150.0
127
44
51
10
62
3
52
19
633
7
8.04
3.72
2.16
0.60
21.2
9.8
1.26
.276
3.06
70
2.95
79
7.62
12.9
11Fred Scherman
F. Scherman
12
1972
DET DET
57
7
3
.700
3
3.64
53
0
0
94.0
91
38
43
5
53
5
27
9
410
1
5.07
5.07
1.00
0.48
12.9
12.9
1.53
.293
4.12
115
3.81
116
8.71
-5.1
12John Hiller
J. Hiller
9
1979
DET DET
43
4
7
.364
0
5.22
46
0
0
79.1
83
46
47
14
55
0
30
7
372
4
5.22
6.24
0.84
1.59
12.4
14.8
1.74
.268
5.33
120
5.93
136
9.42
-13.2
13John Hiller
J. Hiller
7
1977
DET DET
45
8
14
.364
8
3.56
115
3
0
124.0
120
49
59
15
61
1
27
8
539
6
8.35
4.43
1.89
1.09
21.3
11.3
1.46
.303
4.28
85
3.95
94
8.71
3.3
14Steve Foucault
S. Foucault
4
1978
DET DET
24
2
4
.333
0
3.13
18
0
0
37.1
48
13
18
1
21
1
15
4
177
1
4.34
5.06
0.86
0.24
10.2
11.9
1.85
.346
4.34
81
3.73
95
11.57
0.8
15Tom Timmermann
T. Timmermann
4
1971
DET DET
52
7
6
.538
2
3.86
51
0
0
84.0
82
36
36
6
37
3
23
3
362
2
5.46
3.96
1.38
0.64
14.1
10.2
1.42
.287
3.86
109
3.59
99
8.79
0.4
16Jack Billingham
J. Billingham
3
1979
DET DET
35
10
7
.588
19
3.30
59
2
0
158.0
163
58
74
13
60
7
11
11
668
6
3.36
3.42
0.98
0.74
8.8
9.0
1.41
.284
4.22
76
4.31
99
9.28
1
17Dave Tobik
D. Tobik
3
1979
DET DET
37
3
5
.375
0
4.33
48
0
0
68.2
59
33
34
12
25
0
19
5
287
4
6.29
3.28
1.92
1.57
16.7
8.7
1.22
.233
4.46
100
4.69
108
7.73
-2.3
18Steve Grilli
S. Grilli
3
1976
DET DET
36
3
1
.750
0
4.64
36
0
0
66.0
63
34
43
5
41
5
24
5
301
5
4.91
5.59
0.88
0.68
12.0
13.6
1.58
.271
5.86
126
4.61
127
8.59
-6.8
19Bob Reynolds
B. Reynolds
3
1975
DET DET
21
0
2
.000
0
4.67
26
0
0
34.2
40
18
20
8
14
1
14
1
157
1
6.75
3.63
1.86
2.08
16.6
8.9
1.56
.296
5.19
119
5.37
137
10.38
-5.4
20Lerrin LaGrow
L. LaGrow
3
1973
DET DET
21
1
5
.167
3
4.33
33
0
0
54.0
54
26
26
8
23
1
7
2
234
3
5.50
3.83
1.43
1.33
14.1
9.8
1.43
.272
4.33
110
4.59
117
9.00
-3.9
21John Hiller
J. Hiller
3
1972
DET DET
24
1
2
.333
3
2.03
26
1
0
44.1
39
10
13
4
13
3
8
2
186
2
5.28
2.64
2.00
0.81
14.0
7.0
1.17
.250
2.64
64
3.48
106
7.92
-0.8
22John Hiller
J. Hiller
3
1970
DET DET
47
6
6
.500
5
3.03
89
1
1
104.0
82
35
39
12
46
2
18
4
432
3
7.70
3.98
1.93
1.04
20.6
10.6
1.23
.247
3.38
79
3.81
94
7.10
2.8
23Fred Lasher
F. Lasher
3
1970
DET DET
12
1
3
.250
0
5.00
8
0
0
9.0
10
5
6
0
12
1
8
1
50
1
8.00
12.00
0.67
0.00
16.0
24.0
2.44
.345
6.00
131
5.19
128
10.00
-1.1
24Bob Sykes
B. Sykes
2
1978
DET DET
22
6
6
.500
10
3.94
58
3
2
93.2
99
41
43
14
34
1
6
0
400
1
5.57
3.27
1.71
1.35
14.5
8.5
1.42
.290
4.13
102
4.40
112
9.51
-4.8
25Bruce Taylor
B. Taylor
2
1977
DET DET
19
1
0
1.000
0
3.38
19
0
0
29.1
23
11
11
2
10
1
12
3
118
0
5.83
3.07
1.90
0.61
16.1
8.5
1.13
.244
3.38
81
3.44
82
7.06
2.4
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