player with most seasons in mlb history with 30 saves and under a 2.5 era

Charlie Hough played the most seasons with an ERA of 2.50 or worse with 30+ saves, with 24 seasons.

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player with most seasons in MLB history with 30 or more saves and under a 2.5 or higher era

	NAME	SEAS	SV	ERA	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	Charlie Hough C. Hough	24	43	3.81	781	204	208	.495	440	2,281	107	13	3658.2	3,181	1,547	1,764	377	1,588	166	185	41	15,570	170	5.61	3.91	1.44	0.93	14.6	10.2	1.30	.251	4.34	96	4.30	109	7.82	-136.9
2	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	22	37	3.60	617	241	162	.598	419	1,227	249	35	3571.2	3,900	1,428	1,699	128	916	36	135		15,096	65	3.09	2.31	1.34	0.32	8.1	6.1	1.35	.295	4.28	95	3.50	93	9.83	113.6
3	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	21	31	3.92	623	213	212	.501	466	1,179	234	31	3699.0	3,933	1,610	1,942	150	1,326	61	114		15,912	67	2.87	3.23	0.89	0.36	7.4	8.3	1.42	.287	4.73	98	3.97	100	9.57	2
4	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	20	154	4.04	810	129	122	.514	203	1,832	18	4	2018.1	1,833	905	993	171	954	37	332	52	8,716	109	8.17	4.25	1.92	0.76	21.0	10.9	1.38	.290	4.43	91	3.75	87	8.17	123.9
5	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	20	109	3.37	661	213	153	.582	481	3,011	53	16	3408.2	3,026	1,276	1,382	286	1,002	57	149	83	14,027	143	7.95	2.65	3.00	0.76	21.5	7.1	1.18	.283	3.65	82	3.27	79	7.99	336.7
6	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	20	213	3.68	828	178	166	.517	361	2,110	100	20	3002.0	2,889	1,227	1,326	330	709	72	352	82	12,478	28	6.33	2.13	2.98	0.99	16.9	5.7	1.20	.276	3.98	90	3.54	88	8.66	162.6
7	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	20	53	3.59	673	237	182	.566	425	1,204	226	26	3761.1	4,037	1,500	1,780	154	1,003	49	172		16,007	39	2.88	2.40	1.20	0.37	7.5	6.3	1.34	.286	4.26	89	3.76	93	9.66	103.4
8	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	19	102	3.59	984	57	59	.491	4	890	0	0	958.2	819	382	425	89	446	28	374	70	4,104	36	8.36	4.19	2.00	0.84	21.7	10.9	1.32	.275	3.99	89	3.72	93	7.69	32.6
9	Syl Johnson S. Johnson	19	43	4.06	542	112	117	.489	209	920	82	11	2165.2	2,290	977	1,099	172	488	48	206		9,124	22	3.82	2.03	1.89	0.71	10.1	5.3	1.28	.283	4.57	96	4.00	93	9.52	79.1
10	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	19	55	3.43	684	211	197	.517	389	1,156	204	27	3458.2	3,821	1,317	1,669	99	764	80	200		14,549	54	3.01	1.99	1.51	0.26	7.9	5.3	1.33	.299	4.34	90	3.28	86	9.94	195.8
11	Miguel Batista M. Batista	18	41	4.48	658	102	115	.470	248	1,250	11	5	1956.1	2,021	974	1,089	194	899	79	164	58	8,643	102	5.75	4.14	1.39	0.89	14.5	10.4	1.49	.294	5.01	101	4.59	105	9.30	-41.4
12	David Weathers D. Weathers	18	71	4.37	884	69	83	.454	69	910	0	0	1290.1	1,367	627	687	127	570	54	279	70	5,720	41	6.35	3.98	1.60	0.89	15.9	10.0	1.50	.305	4.79	102	4.41	101	9.53	-4.3
13	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	18	77	3.97	1,158	68	62	.523	1	868	0	0	1090.0	1,069	481	519	93	412	33	353	75	4,668	34	7.17	3.40	2.11	0.77	18.6	8.8	1.36	.299	4.29	91	3.79	87	8.83	71.9
14	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	18	118	3.67	823	117	109	.518	72	1,128	17	2	1843.1	1,872	752	854	153	551	14	454	123	7,808	99	5.51	2.69	2.05	0.75	14.4	7.1	1.31	.288	4.17	97	3.29	88	9.14	88.4
15	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	18	32	3.66	626	203	144	.585	373	1,074	158	33	3067.1	3,186	1,246	1,400	289	628	56	128	63	12,745	23	3.15	1.84	1.71	0.85	8.4	4.9	1.24	.271	4.11	101	3.68	103	9.35	-41.7
16	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	18	33	3.36	564	172	172	.500	346	1,037	180	26	2935.2	3,040	1,095	1,342	150	678	51	134		12,320	93	3.18	2.08	1.53	0.46	8.4	5.5	1.27	.278	4.11	86	3.41	87	9.32	160.3
17	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	17	86	4.03	681	176	157	.529	377	1,722	10	4	2671.1	2,759	1,195	1,333	217	794	78	168	67	11,358	55	5.80	2.68	2.17	0.73	15.2	7.0	1.33	.297	4.49	93	3.82	89	9.30	139.2
18	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	17	114	4.80	786	56	86	.394	98	772	2	0	1198.0	1,365	639	689	146	400	18	302	30	5,240	56	5.80	3.01	1.93	1.10	14.7	7.6	1.47	.312	5.18	104	4.45	100	10.25	-0.7
19	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	17	187	4.31	908	46	61	.430	25	798	0	0	944.2	894	452	476	138	348	16	401	39	4,011	25	7.60	3.32	2.29	1.31	19.9	8.7	1.31	.279	4.53	92	4.44	98	8.52	7
20	Bob McClure B. McClure	17	48	3.97	638	61	56	.521	73	650	12	1	1091.0	1,082	481	537	102	468	33	202	36	4,734	27	5.36	3.86	1.39	0.84	13.7	9.9	1.42	.282	4.43	103	4.14	107	8.93	-33.4
21	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	17	70	3.56	647	78	75	.510	83	842	16	5	1278.1	1,218	506	571	104	487	21	258	67	5,444	43	5.93	3.43	1.73	0.73	15.5	8.9	1.33	.279	4.02	98	3.51	98	8.58	7
22	Charlie Root C. Root	17	42	3.59	632	201	160	.557	341	1,459	177	21	3197.1	3,252	1,274	1,467	189	889	79	186		13,529	22	4.11	2.50	1.64	0.53	10.8	6.6	1.30	.281	4.13	91	3.79	94	9.15	86.7
23	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	16	279	4.08	875	46	69	.400	0	867	0	0	858.1	774	389	424	71	449	49	525	37	3,782	61	9.09	4.71	1.93	0.74	22.9	11.9	1.42	.300	4.45	97	3.91	93	8.12	27.4
24	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	16	87	4.35	579	132	133	.498	351	2,075	11	3	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	103	4.25	100	8.85	-1.1
25	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	16	123	3.79	946	64	67	.489	4	777	0	0	1082.0	1,044	456	497	115	340	43	421	62	4,561	25	6.46	2.83	2.29	0.96	17.0	7.5	1.28	.283	4.13	84	4.06	92	8.68	44.1