most saves in mlb in a single season since 2000

Since 2000, Francisco Rodriguez has the most saves in a season, with 62 saves in 2008.

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most saves by a player in MLB in a single season since 2000

	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	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	62	2008	LAA	76	2	3	.400	0	2.24	77	0	0	68.1	54	17	21	4	34	2	69	4	288	6	10.14	4.48	2.26	0.53	26.7	11.8	1.29	.292	2.77	52	3.21	75	7.11	8.1
2	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	57	2018	SEA	73	0	4	.000	0	1.96	124	0	0	73.1	41	16	17	5	17	6	65	0	280	3	15.22	2.09	7.29	0.61	44.3	6.1	0.79	.281	2.09	48	1.60	38	5.03	21.3
3	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	55	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	1.20	137	0	0	82.1	37	11	12	2	20	3	67	2	306	2	14.98	2.19	6.85	0.22	44.8	6.5	0.69	.243	1.31	30	0.85	20	4.04	31.8
4	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	55	2002	ATL	75	3	2	.600	0	3.25	85	0	0	80.1	59	29	30	4	24	0	68	1	314	1	9.52	2.69	3.54	0.45	27.1	7.6	1.03	.274	3.36	80	2.38	57	6.61	16.2
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	53	2004	NYY	74	4	2	.667	0	1.94	66	0	0	78.2	65	17	17	3	20	5	69	3	316	0	7.55	2.29	3.30	0.34	20.9	6.3	1.08	.279	1.94	43	2.81	63	7.44	14.6
6	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	52	2002	LAD	77	4	1	.800	0	1.97	114	0	0	82.1	55	18	18	6	16	2	68	4	314	1	12.46	1.75	7.13	0.66	36.3	5.1	0.86	.278	1.97	51	1.79	43	6.01	21.8
7	Jeurys Familia J. Familia	51	2016	NYM	78	3	4	.429	0	2.55	84	0	0	77.2	63	22	25	1	31	1	67	6	321	3	9.73	3.59	2.71	0.12	26.2	9.7	1.21	.304	2.90	65	2.38	59	7.30	14.6
8	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
9	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	51	2012	BAL	71	2	1	.667	0	2.49	41	0	0	68.2	55	19	21	3	15	3	63	1	269	1	5.37	1.97	2.73	0.39	15.2	5.6	1.02	.251	2.75	60	3.25	76	7.21	7.8
10	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	50	2013	BAL	74	3	8	.273	0	2.94	56	0	0	70.1	72	23	26	5	18	7	63	4	291	2	7.17	2.30	3.11	0.64	19.2	6.2	1.28	.327	3.33	72	3.44	84	9.21	5.2
11	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	50	2013	ATL	68	4	3	.571	0	1.21	98	0	0	67.0	39	9	10	4	20	3	60	2	258	3	13.16	2.69	4.90	0.54	38.0	7.8	0.88	.263	1.34	33	1.92	53	5.24	13.2
12	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	50	2001	NYY	71	4	6	.400	0	2.34	83	0	0	80.2	61	21	24	5	12	1	66	2	310	1	9.26	1.34	6.92	0.56	26.8	3.9	0.90	.268	2.68	53	2.27	51	6.81	19.3
13	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	49	2024	STL	65	7	4	.636	0	2.04	79	0	0	66.1	50	15	19	3	23	0	62	3	266	1	10.72	3.12	3.43	0.41	29.7	8.6	1.10	.292	2.58	50	2.41	61	6.78	11.8
14	Jose Valverde J. Valverde	49	2011	DET	75	2	4	.333	0	2.24	69	0	0	72.1	52	18	21	5	34	3	70	4	301	3	8.59	4.23	2.03	0.62	22.9	11.3	1.19	.247	2.61	54	3.54	88	6.47	4
15	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	49	2004	TEX	67	3	4	.429	0	2.13	79	0	0	71.2	60	17	19	1	32	1	63	2	304	3	9.92	4.02	2.47	0.13	26.0	10.5	1.28	.309	2.39	43	2.40	52	7.53	17.5
16	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	48	2015	STL	68	2	4	.333	0	2.10	83	0	0	68.2	62	16	16	3	25	1	57	3	287	7	10.88	3.28	3.32	0.39	28.9	8.7	1.27	.337	2.10	55	2.41	63	8.13	10.9
17	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	48	2014	SEA	69	1	6	.143	0	2.85	76	0	0	66.1	61	21	24	3	28	3	64	3	286	4	10.31	3.80	2.71	0.41	26.6	9.8	1.34	.330	3.26	78	2.83	76	8.28	6.6
18	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	48	2012	TBR	76	2	2	.500	0	0.60	76	0	0	74.2	43	5	9	2	15	3	65	1	282	4	9.16	1.81	5.07	0.24	27.0	5.3	0.78	.220	1.08	16	2.12	52	5.18	16.2
19	Brian Wilson B. Wilson	48	2010	SFG	70	3	3	.500	0	1.81	93	0	0	74.2	62	15	16	3	26	1	59	5	311	0	11.21	3.13	3.58	0.36	29.9	8.4	1.18	.314	1.93	47	2.19	57	7.47	14.3
20	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	48	2009	LAA	65	1	5	.167	0	3.93	46	0	0	55.0	53	24	24	6	24	5	57	2	242	1	7.53	3.93	1.92	0.98	19.0	9.9	1.40	.292	3.93	89	4.41	101	8.67	-0.3
21	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	47	2024	CLE	74	4	2	.667	0	0.61	66	0	0	74.1	39	5	10	2	10	2	66	1	270	2	7.99	1.21	6.60	0.24	24.4	3.7	0.66	.195	1.21	15	2.22	55	4.72	15.2
22	Alex Colome A. Colome	47	2017	TBR	65	2	3	.400	0	3.24	58	0	0	66.2	57	24	27	4	23	3	53	7	281	4	7.83	3.11	2.52	0.54	20.6	8.2	1.20	.275	3.64	77	3.36	79	7.69	6.7
23	Zack Britton Z. Britton	47	2016	BAL	69	2	1	.667	0	0.54	74	0	0	67.0	38	4	7	1	18	0	63	3	254	10	9.94	2.42	4.11	0.13	29.1	7.1	0.84	.230	0.94	13	1.93	44	5.10	17.7
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	47	2016	LAD	72	3	2	.600	0	1.83	104	0	0	68.2	35	14	14	4	11	2	63	2	251	1	13.63	1.44	9.45	0.52	41.4	4.4	0.67	.238	1.83	46	1.43	36	4.59	20.2
25	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	47	2016	TOT	75	2	2	.500	0	1.64	65	0	0	71.1	52	13	16	3	12	1	67	0	270	4	8.20	1.51	5.42	0.38	24.1	4.4	0.90	.259	2.02	39	2.41	59	6.56	13.4

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Since 2000, Francisco Rodriguez has the most saves in a season, with 62 saves in 2008.

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