most saves in a season by pirates pitcher from 1986 to 2018

Between 1986 and 2018, Mark Melancon had the most saves for the Pirates in a season, with 51 saves in 2015.

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	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	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	51	2015	PIT	78	3	2	.600	0	2.23	62	0	0	76.2	57	19	22	4	14	2	63	2	293	3	7.28	1.64	4.43	0.47	21.2	4.8	0.93	.251	2.58	58	2.81	74	6.69	8.5
2	Mike Williams M. Williams	46	2002	PIT	59	2	6	.250	0	2.93	43	0	0	61.1	54	20	24	6	21	1	59	3	258	2	6.31	3.08	2.05	0.88	16.7	8.1	1.22	.257	3.52	71	3.90	94	7.92	1.7
3	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	43	2004	PIT	70	5	2	.714	0	3.25	37	0	0	69.1	78	25	26	6	20	1	65	3	295	1	4.80	2.60	1.85	0.78	12.5	6.8	1.41	.312	3.38	75	4.01	92	10.13	2.7
4	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	40	2011	PIT	70	1	4	.200	0	1.83	61	0	0	68.2	56	14	17	1	16	1	59	2	274	6	8.00	2.10	3.81	0.13	22.3	5.8	1.05	.282	2.23	50	2.17	58	7.34	12.3
5	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	37	2018	PIT	70	4	2	.667	0	2.70	89	0	0	70.0	63	21	24	4	24	1	60	2	296	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.51	30.1	8.1	1.24	.331	3.09	68	2.43	60	8.10	12.7
6	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	36	2012	PIT	63	5	2	.714	0	2.72	67	0	0	59.2	40	18	18	8	36	1	57	0	254	6	10.11	5.43	1.86	1.21	26.4	14.2	1.27	.225	2.72	71	4.44	117	6.03	-4.6
7	Jim Gott J. Gott	34	1988	PIT	67	6	6	.500	0	3.49	76	0	0	77.1	68	30	30	9	22	2	59	5	314	1	8.84	2.56	3.45	1.05	24.2	7.0	1.16	.288	3.49	102	3.24	91	7.91	2.6
8	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	33	2014	PIT	72	3	5	.375	0	1.90	71	0	0	71.0	51	15	15	2	11	3	48	1	277	3	9.00	1.39	6.45	0.25	25.6	4.0	0.87	.258	1.90	54	2.09	58	6.46	12
9	Jason Grilli J. Grilli	33	2013	PIT	54	0	2	.000	0	2.70	74	0	0	50.0	40	15	15	4	13	1	41	0	202	1	13.32	2.34	5.69	0.72	36.6	6.4	1.06	.327	2.70	75	1.96	54	7.20	9.6
10	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	30	2016	PIT	45	1	1	.500	0	1.51	38	0	0	41.2	31	7	10	2	9	1	39	0	163	1	8.21	1.94	4.22	0.43	23.3	5.5	0.96	.257	2.16	37	2.66	65	6.70	6.6
11	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	29	1997	PIT	72	1	5	.167	0	3.10	66	0	0	72.2	76	25	29	7	24	1	58	3	312	4	8.17	2.97	2.75	0.87	21.2	7.7	1.38	.322	3.59	72	3.57	84	9.41	5.4
12	Matt Capps M. Capps	27	2009	PIT	57	4	8	.333	0	5.80	46	0	0	54.1	73	35	36	10	17	3	50	3	251	0	7.62	2.82	2.71	1.66	18.3	6.8	1.66	.360	5.96	140	4.89	117	12.09	-4.3
13	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	27	2005	PIT	55	2	8	.200	0	4.76	37	0	0	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	3	48	3	257	2	5.88	4.13	1.42	1.11	14.4	10.1	1.54	.293	4.76	114	4.84	116	9.69	-4.4
14	Bill Landrum B. Landrum	26	1989	PIT	56	2	3	.400	0	1.67	51	0	0	81.0	60	15	18	2	28	0	40	8	325	2	5.67	3.11	1.82	0.22	15.7	8.6	1.09	.238	2.00	49	2.85	79	6.67	6.7
15	Mike Williams M. Williams	25	2003	PIT	40	1	3	.250	0	6.27	20	0	0	37.1	42	26	26	5	22	1	33	1	175	1	4.82	5.30	0.91	1.21	11.4	12.6	1.71	.291	6.27	147	5.54	129	10.13	-5.3
16	Michael Gonzalez M. Gonzalez	24	2006	PIT	54	3	4	.429	0	2.17	64	0	0	54.0	42	13	13	1	31	2	47	2	234	0	10.67	5.17	2.06	0.17	27.4	13.2	1.35	.301	2.17	49	2.84	64	7.00	9.7
17	Mike Williams M. Williams	24	2000	PIT	72	3	4	.429	0	3.50	71	0	0	72.0	56	28	34	8	40	4	63	3	307	1	8.88	5.00	1.78	1.00	23.1	13.0	1.33	.261	4.25	75	4.43	95	7.00	1.8
18	Mike Williams M. Williams	23	1999	PIT	58	3	4	.429	0	5.09	76	0	0	58.1	63	33	36	9	37	1	50	7	269	4	11.73	5.71	2.05	1.39	28.3	13.8	1.71	.370	5.55	111	4.48	98	9.72	0.6
19	Mike Williams M. Williams	22	2001	PIT	40	2	4	.333	0	3.67	43	0	0	41.2	39	17	18	6	21	0	38	2	183	1	9.29	4.54	2.05	1.30	23.5	11.5	1.44	.292	3.89	84	4.36	100	8.42	-0.1
20	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	21	2017	PIT	73	5	3	.625	0	1.67	88	0	0	75.1	47	14	19	4	20	4	40	0	300	2	10.51	2.39	4.40	0.48	29.3	6.7	0.89	.234	2.27	39	2.46	57	5.62	15.5
21	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	21	2010	PIT	41	2	2	.500	0	4.27	48	0	0	40.0	35	19	21	5	17	3	37	2	173	2	10.80	3.83	2.82	1.13	27.7	9.8	1.30	.300	4.73	110	3.80	97	7.88	0.5
22	Matt Capps M. Capps	21	2008	PIT	49	2	3	.400	0	3.02	39	0	0	53.2	47	18	20	5	5	2	39	0	211	0	6.54	0.84	7.80	0.84	18.5	2.4	0.97	.263	3.35	71	3.27	77	7.88	6
23	Dan Miceli D. Miceli	21	1995	PIT	58	4	4	.500	0	4.66	56	0	0	58.0	61	30	30	7	28	4	51	5	264	4	8.69	4.34	2.00	1.09	21.2	10.6	1.53	.320	4.66	109	4.39	103	9.47	-0.8
24	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	19	1998	PIT	54	2	7	.222	0	3.44	48	0	0	55.0	56	21	26	2	36	2	43	9	258	0	7.85	5.89	1.33	0.33	18.6	14.0	1.67	.318	4.25	80	3.93	92	9.16	2
25	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	19	1993	PIT	40	3	1	.750	0	3.61	30	0	0	42.1	35	17	18	4	11	1	37	4	171	0	6.38	2.34	2.73	0.85	17.5	6.4	1.09	.248	3.83	89	3.64	91	7.44	1.7

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