most saves in a season by an angels pitcher in the 1970s

Dave LaRoche had the most saves for the California Angels in a season in the 1970s, with 25 saves in 1978.

NAMESVSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
25
1978
CAL CAL
59
10
9
.526
0
2.82
70
0
0
95.2
73
30
35
7
48
2
46
11
403
0
6.59
4.52
1.46
0.66
17.4
11.9
1.26
.239
3.29
78
3.63
97
6.87
0.9
2Ken Tatum
K. Tatum
17
1970
CAL CAL
62
7
4
.636
0
2.94
50
0
0
88.2
68
29
35
12
26
5
33
5
364
6
5.08
2.64
1.92
1.22
13.7
7.1
1.06
.207
3.55
83
4.31
116
6.90
-6.3
3Lloyd Allen
L. Allen
15
1971
CAL CAL
54
4
6
.400
1
2.49
72
0
0
94.0
75
26
29
4
40
0
28
8
387
5
6.89
3.83
1.80
0.38
18.6
10.3
1.22
.262
2.78
76
2.74
81
7.18
6.7
4Mark Clear
M. Clear
14
1979
CAL CAL
52
11
5
.688
0
3.63
98
0
0
109.0
87
44
48
6
68
3
37
5
481
9
8.09
5.61
1.44
0.50
20.4
14.1
1.42
.265
3.96
89
3.59
88
7.18
6.2
5Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
13
1977
CAL CAL
46
6
5
.545
0
3.10
61
0
0
81.1
64
28
31
8
37
2
39
8
341
0
6.75
4.09
1.65
0.89
17.9
10.9
1.24
.240
3.43
80
3.95
100
7.08
-0.2
6Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
10
1979
CAL CAL
53
7
11
.389
1
5.57
59
0
0
85.2
107
53
54
13
32
2
25
4
387
0
6.20
3.36
1.84
1.37
15.2
8.3
1.62
.335
5.67
136
4.51
110
11.24
-4
7Dave Sells
D. Sells
10
1973
CAL CAL
51
7
2
.778
0
3.71
25
0
0
68.0
72
28
30
2
35
5
37
6
308
8
3.31
4.63
0.71
0.26
8.1
11.4
1.57
.290
3.97
103
3.97
111
9.53
-3.4
8Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
9
1971
CAL CAL
56
5
1
.833
0
2.50
63
0
0
72.0
55
20
21
3
27
1
32
10
295
2
7.88
3.38
2.33
0.38
21.4
9.2
1.14
.259
2.63
76
2.40
71
6.88
8
9Mel Queen
M. Queen
9
1970
CAL CAL
34
3
6
.333
3
4.20
44
0
0
60.0
58
28
28
5
28
5
17
6
265
0
6.60
4.20
1.57
0.75
16.6
10.6
1.43
.290
4.20
119
3.90
105
8.70
-1.4
10Eddie Fisher
E. Fisher
8
1970
CAL CAL
67
4
4
.500
2
3.04
74
0
0
130.1
117
44
51
15
35
2
36
1
532
6
5.11
2.42
2.11
1.04
13.9
6.6
1.17
.251
3.52
86
3.84
103
8.08
-2.2
11Don Kirkwood
D. Kirkwood
7
1975
CAL CAL
44
6
5
.545
2
3.11
49
0
0
84.0
85
29
38
6
28
0
27
2
356
1
5.25
3.00
1.75
0.64
13.8
7.9
1.35
.289
4.07
87
3.34
90
9.11
3.3
12John Montague
J. Montague
6
1979
CAL CAL
14
2
0
1.000
0
5.09
6
0
0
17.2
16
10
12
3
9
0
10
0
75
2
3.06
4.58
0.67
1.53
8.0
12.0
1.42
.228
6.11
125
5.78
141
8.15
-3.4
13Paul Hartzell
P. Hartzell
6
1978
CAL CAL
54
6
10
.375
12
3.44
55
5
0
157.0
168
60
67
8
41
5
28
9
659
5
3.15
2.35
1.34
0.46
8.3
6.2
1.33
.291
3.84
95
3.41
92
9.63
5.3
14Dick Drago
D. Drago
6
1976
CAL CAL
43
7
8
.467
0
4.42
43
0
0
79.1
80
39
42
7
31
5
27
8
346
3
4.88
3.52
1.39
0.79
12.4
9.0
1.40
.281
4.76
131
4.05
118
9.08
-5.8
15Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
5
1975
CAL CAL
21
1
0
1.000
0
1.82
22
0
0
34.2
38
7
9
2
11
0
16
1
151
2
5.71
2.86
2.00
0.52
14.6
7.3
1.41
.310
2.34
51
3.01
81
9.87
2.7
16Lloyd Allen
L. Allen
5
1972
CAL CAL
42
3
7
.300
6
3.48
53
0
0
85.1
76
33
38
7
55
3
22
5
382
8
5.59
5.80
0.96
0.74
13.9
14.4
1.54
.261
4.01
121
4.26
142
8.02
-12.9
17Paul Doyle
P. Doyle
5
1970
CAL CAL
40
3
1
.750
0
5.14
34
0
0
42.0
43
24
25
7
21
1
18
3
184
2
7.29
4.50
1.62
1.50
18.5
11.4
1.52
.298
5.36
146
4.75
128
9.21
-5.2
18Andy Messersmith
A. Messersmith
5
1970
CAL CAL
37
11
10
.524
26
3.01
162
6
1
194.2
144
65
75
21
78
6
8
6
795
2
7.49
3.61
2.08
0.97
20.4
9.8
1.14
.233
3.47
85
3.66
98
6.66
0.8
19Paul Hartzell
P. Hartzell
4
1977
CAL CAL
41
8
12
.400
23
3.57
79
6
0
189.1
200
75
92
14
38
4
12
6
793
5
3.76
1.81
2.08
0.67
10.0
4.8
1.26
.283
4.37
92
3.52
89
9.51
8.7
20Dyar Miller
D. Miller
4
1977
CAL CAL
41
4
4
.500
0
3.02
49
0
0
92.1
81
31
35
10
30
0
28
7
375
2
4.78
2.92
1.63
0.97
13.1
8.0
1.20
.248
3.41
78
4.05
103
7.90
-1.4
21John Verhoeven
J. Verhoeven
4
1976
CAL CAL
21
0
2
.000
0
3.38
23
0
0
37.1
35
14
15
2
14
0
13
8
156
1
5.54
3.38
1.64
0.48
14.7
9.0
1.31
.282
3.62
100
3.22
94
8.44
0.8
22Steve Barber
S. Barber
4
1973
CAL CAL
50
3
2
.600
1
3.53
58
0
0
89.1
90
35
40
5
32
3
19
3
386
4
5.84
3.22
1.81
0.50
15.0
8.3
1.37
.295
4.03
98
3.16
89
9.07
4
23Eddie Fisher
E. Fisher
4
1972
CAL CAL
43
4
5
.444
1
3.76
32
0
0
81.1
73
34
35
6
31
0
28
3
337
0
3.54
3.43
1.03
0.66
9.5
9.2
1.28
.250
3.87
131
3.71
124
8.08
-7
24Mel Queen
M. Queen
4
1971
CAL CAL
44
2
2
.500
0
1.78
53
0
0
65.2
49
13
17
3
29
8
18
6
275
6
7.26
3.97
1.83
0.41
19.3
10.5
1.19
.253
2.33
54
3.12
92
6.72
1.8
25Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
4
1970
CAL CAL
38
4
1
.800
0
3.44
44
0
0
49.2
41
19
20
6
21
4
11
6
211
1
7.97
3.81
2.10
1.09
20.9
10.0
1.25
.257
3.62
98
3.94
106
7.43
-1.4
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