most saves in a single season by a pitcher with an era above 4

Joe Borowski and Antonio Alfonseca are tied for the most saves with an ERA worse than 4.00 in a season, with 45 saves.

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	NAME	SV	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Joe Borowski J. Borowski	45	5.07	2007	CLE	69	4	5	.444	0	58	0	0	65.2	77	37	39	9	17	2	58	4	292	2	7.95	2.33	3.41	1.23	19.9	5.8	1.43	.330	5.35	115	4.11	95	10.55	1.7
2	Antonio Alfonseca A. Alfonseca	45	4.24	2000	FLA	68	5	6	.455	0	47	0	0	70.0	82	33	35	7	24	1	62	3	311	0	6.04	3.09	1.96	0.90	15.1	7.7	1.51	.323	4.50	95	4.15	91	10.54	3.2
3	Wade Davis W. Davis	43	4.13	2018	COL	69	3	6	.333	0	78	0	0	65.1	43	30	31	8	26	2	63	0	261	6	10.74	3.58	3.00	1.10	29.9	10.0	1.06	.238	4.27	90	3.64	85	5.92	4.4
4	Brian Wilson B. Wilson	41	4.62	2008	SFG	63	3	2	.600	0	67	0	0	62.1	62	32	32	7	28	3	54	4	274	2	9.67	4.04	2.39	1.01	24.5	10.2	1.44	.325	4.62	108	3.93	93	8.95	2.1
5	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	41	4.00	2006	CWS	67	3	4	.429	0	80	0	0	69.2	66	31	32	5	31	2	58	10	300	3	10.33	4.00	2.58	0.65	26.7	10.3	1.39	.335	4.13	85	3.20	67	8.53	11.5
6	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	39	4.23	2017	ARI	61	5	4	.556	0	65	0	0	55.1	40	26	29	3	26	2	53	3	231	7	10.57	4.23	2.50	0.49	28.1	11.3	1.19	.274	4.72	93	3.02	69	6.51	8.2
7	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	39	4.06	1999	CLE	72	3	4	.429	0	55	0	0	68.2	60	31	32	11	26	2	65	1	291	0	7.21	3.41	2.12	1.44	18.9	8.9	1.25	.249	4.19	82	4.83	100	7.86	0.1
8	Riley O'Brien R. O'Brien	38	4.08	2026	STL	66	3	9	.250	0	64	0	0	64.0	53	29	35	5	29	10	54	4	276	7	9.00	4.08	2.21	0.70	23.2	10.5	1.28	.286	4.92	99	3.94	96	7.45	1.3
9	Todd Jones T. Jones	38	4.26	2007	DET	63	1	4	.200	0	33	0	0	61.1	64	29	29	3	23	0	54	6	265	3	4.84	3.38	1.43	0.44	12.5	8.7	1.42	.296	4.26	94	3.91	87	9.39	3.8
10	Kelvim Escobar K. Escobar	38	4.27	2002	TOR	76	5	7	.417	0	85	0	0	78.0	75	37	39	10	44	5	68	6	355	4	9.81	5.08	1.93	1.15	23.9	12.4	1.53	.308	4.50	93	4.33	97	8.65	1.1
11	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	38	4.24	1998	MIN	68	4	9	.308	0	57	0	0	74.1	75	35	35	8	15	1	64	1	307	1	6.90	1.82	3.80	0.97	18.6	4.9	1.21	.296	4.24	89	3.64	81	9.08	7.3
12	Randy Myers R. Myers	38	4.29	1992	SDP	66	3	6	.333	0	66	0	0	79.2	84	38	38	7	34	1	57	3	348	5	7.46	3.84	1.94	0.79	19.0	9.8	1.48	.321	4.29	121	3.58	100	9.49	0.1
13	Jeanmar Gomez J. Gomez	37	4.85	2016	PHI	70	3	5	.375	0	47	0	0	68.2	78	37	38	6	22	2	59	2	297	3	6.16	2.88	2.14	0.79	15.8	7.4	1.46	.327	4.98	118	3.95	94	10.22	1.9
14	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	37	4.40	2009	DET	73	2	5	.286	0	61	0	0	75.2	70	37	38	8	41	2	65	4	330	5	7.26	4.88	1.49	0.95	18.5	12.4	1.47	.284	4.52	97	4.55	102	8.33	-0.8
15	Josh Hader J. Hader	36	5.22	2022	TOT	56	2	5	.286	0	81	0	0	50.0	43	29	30	8	21	4	45	0	219	5	14.58	3.78	3.86	1.44	37.0	9.6	1.28	.333	5.40	133	3.45	86	7.74	3.1
16	Juan Carlos Oviedo J. Carlos Oviedo	36	4.06	2011	FLA	68	1	4	.200	0	55	0	0	64.1	57	29	30	8	21	1	51	2	268	1	7.69	2.94	2.62	1.12	20.5	7.8	1.21	.268	4.20	105	3.95	105	7.97	-1.4
17	Jorge Julio J. Julio	36	4.38	2003	BAL	64	0	7	.000	0	52	0	0	61.2	60	30	36	10	34	2	51	4	273	0	7.59	4.96	1.53	1.46	19.0	12.5	1.52	.286	5.25	100	5.20	114	8.76	-4.3
18	Billy Koch B. Koch	36	4.80	2001	TOR	69	2	5	.286	0	55	0	0	69.1	69	37	39	7	33	6	56	7	308	5	7.14	4.28	1.67	0.91	17.9	10.7	1.47	.300	5.06	105	4.46	100	8.96	0.1
19	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	36	4.98	1998	KCR	56	2	5	.286	0	54	0	0	56.0	58	31	35	8	22	2	54	2	247	0	8.68	3.54	2.45	1.29	21.9	8.9	1.43	.311	5.63	105	4.35	93	9.32	1.9
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	36	4.16	1993	OAK	64	2	4	.333	0	80	0	0	67.0	67	31	32	7	13	2	52	4	276	0	10.75	1.75	6.15	0.94	29.0	4.7	1.19	.345	4.30	103	2.62	61	9.00	12.4
21	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	35	4.81	2014	DET	62	5	4	.556	0	54	0	0	58.0	60	31	32	5	29	1	54	3	259	4	8.38	4.50	1.86	0.78	20.8	11.2	1.53	.324	4.97	125	3.94	103	9.31	-0.7
22	John Axford J. Axford	35	4.67	2012	MIL	75	5	8	.385	0	93	0	0	69.1	61	36	42	10	39	2	54	2	310	10	12.07	5.06	2.38	1.30	30.0	12.6	1.44	.307	5.45	115	4.05	100	7.92	0.1
23	Shawn Chacon S. Chacon	35	7.11	2004	COL	66	1	9	.100	0	52	0	0	63.1	71	50	52	12	52	5	60	7	316	9	7.39	7.39	1.00	1.71	16.5	16.5	1.94	.303	7.39	147	6.56	141	10.09	-12.4
24	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	35	5.28	1997	LAD	65	2	6	.250	0	61	0	0	59.2	60	35	38	12	23	0	55	1	265	1	9.20	3.47	2.65	1.81	23.0	8.7	1.39	.284	5.73	135	4.83	116	9.05	-4.6
25	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	34	4.16	2019	CIN	68	3	12	.200	0	89	0	0	67.0	61	31	31	12	21	2	55	4	279	3	11.96	2.82	4.24	1.61	31.9	7.5	1.22	.316	4.16	90	3.90	85	8.19	5.1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	CWS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 10/5	CWS	@	CLE	5:00 PM
Wed 10/7	CLE	@	CWS	4:00 PM
Thu 10/8	CLE	@	CWS	5:00 PM
Sat 10/10	CWS	@	CLE	5:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Rays - y	98	64	.605
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Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Sun 9/13	CLE	@	MIN	9-2
Sun 9/13	CIN	@	MIL	4-3

Schedule

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Sat 10/3	CWS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
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Sat 10/3	NYY	@	TBR	6:30 PM
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