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

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, John Hiller had the most saves in a season, with 38 saves in 1973.

	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	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Doug Bair D. Bair	28	1978	CIN	70	7	6	.538	0	1.97	91	0	0	100.1	87	22	23	6	38	0	56	3	416	1	8.16	3.41	2.39	0.54	21.9	9.1	1.25	.288	2.06	55	2.67	75	7.80	9.9
21	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	27	1978	NYY	63	10	11	.476	0	2.01	122	0	0	134.1	87	30	41	9	59	2	55	8	543	5	8.17	3.95	2.07	0.60	22.5	10.9	1.09	.222	2.75	55	2.99	80	5.83	11.6
22	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	27	1978	CHC	64	8	10	.444	0	3.19	106	0	0	98.2	82	35	44	10	34	1	47	7	414	8	9.67	3.10	3.12	0.91	25.6	8.2	1.18	.274	4.01	81	2.81	75	7.48	10
23	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	27	1973	NYY	51	5	9	.357	0	2.51	63	0	0	82.1	66	23	30	4	18	0	45	2	330	3	6.89	1.97	3.50	0.44	19.1	5.5	1.02	.253	3.28	68	2.31	63	7.21	12.8
24	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	27	1972	NYM	54	8	6	.571	0	1.70	92	0	0	106.0	71	20	26	3	40	3	47	11	419	2	7.81	3.40	2.30	0.25	22.0	9.5	1.05	.242	2.21	50	2.24	69	6.03	12.1
25	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	27	1970	WSH	71	2	14	.125	0	2.04	71	0	0	119.1	100	27	36	4	58	4	49	16	510	3	5.35	4.37	1.22	0.30	13.9	11.4	1.32	.257	2.72	57	3.44	90	7.54	4.8

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