record for most saves in a mlb season in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Dave Righetti had the most saves in a season, with 46 saves in 1986.

Interpreted as:
record for most saves by a player in a MLB season in the 1980s
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1Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
46
1986
NYY NYY
74
8
8
.500
0
2.45
83
0
0
106.2
88
29
31
4
35
2
68
7
435
1
7.00
2.95
2.37
0.34
19.1
8.0
1.15
.270
2.62
60
2.73
66
7.43
16.5
2Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
45
1988
OAK OAK
60
4
2
.667
0
2.35
70
0
0
72.2
52
19
20
5
11
1
53
2
279
0
8.67
1.36
6.36
0.62
25.1
3.9
0.87
.245
2.48
63
2.22
59
6.44
12.8
3Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
45
1984
STL STL
71
5
7
.417
0
1.54
77
0
0
122.2
109
21
26
9
23
1
63
4
477
2
5.65
1.69
3.35
0.66
16.1
4.8
1.08
.272
1.91
43
3.05
87
8.00
6
4Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
45
1983
KCR KCR
69
5
3
.625
0
1.94
48
0
0
139.0
118
30
35
6
11
0
62
2
536
0
3.11
0.71
4.36
0.39
9.0
2.1
0.93
.238
2.27
48
2.85
73
7.64
16.6
5Mark Davis
M. Davis
44
1989
SDP SDP
70
4
3
.571
0
1.85
92
0
0
92.2
66
19
21
6
31
2
65
1
370
8
8.94
3.01
2.97
0.58
24.9
8.4
1.05
.251
2.04
53
2.68
74
6.41
9.8
6Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
44
1984
KCR KCR
72
6
3
.667
0
2.64
41
0
0
129.1
121
38
39
10
12
0
67
4
506
0
2.85
0.84
3.42
0.70
8.1
2.4
1.03
.251
2.71
66
3.41
87
8.42
7.5
7Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
42
1988
MIN MIN
63
2
4
.333
0
2.47
56
0
0
73.0
68
20
21
6
15
2
58
2
299
0
6.90
1.85
3.73
0.74
18.7
5.0
1.14
.282
2.59
60
2.99
76
8.38
7.7
8Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
41
1985
MON MON
63
2
8
.200
0
3.18
67
0
0
87.2
68
31
31
7
26
1
50
4
356
2
6.88
2.67
2.58
0.72
18.8
7.3
1.07
.239
3.18
90
3.11
85
6.98
5.3
9Steve Bedrosian
S. Bedrosian
40
1987
PHI PHI
65
5
3
.625
0
2.83
74
0
0
89.0
79
28
31
11
28
1
56
5
366
3
7.48
2.83
2.64
1.11
20.2
7.7
1.20
.270
3.13
67
3.78
92
7.99
3.4
10John Franco
J. Franco
39
1988
CIN CIN
70
6
6
.500
0
1.57
46
0
0
86.0
60
15
18
3
27
0
61
3
336
1
4.81
2.83
1.70
0.31
13.7
8.0
1.01
.219
1.88
44
3.09
85
6.28
5.3
11Jeff Russell
J. Russell
38
1989
TEX TEX
71
6
4
.600
0
1.98
77
0
0
72.2
45
16
21
4
24
3
66
5
278
6
9.54
2.97
3.21
0.50
27.7
8.6
0.95
.241
2.60
51
2.47
64
5.57
11
12Doug Jones
D. Jones
37
1988
CLE CLE
51
3
4
.429
0
2.27
72
0
0
83.1
69
21
26
1
16
2
46
3
338
2
7.78
1.73
4.50
0.11
21.3
4.7
1.02
.275
2.81
57
1.84
46
7.45
19.4
13Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
37
1985
KCR KCR
84
8
9
.471
0
2.37
54
0
0
129.0
142
34
41
8
16
1
76
5
532
0
3.77
1.12
3.38
0.56
10.2
3.0
1.22
.296
2.86
57
3.04
75
9.91
14.4
14Mitch Williams
M. Williams
36
1989
CHC CHC
76
4
4
.500
0
2.76
67
0
0
81.2
71
25
27
6
52
8
61
4
365
6
7.38
5.73
1.29
0.66
18.4
14.2
1.51
.280
2.98
75
4.27
115
7.82
-4.9
15Lee Smith
L. Smith
36
1987
CHC CHC
62
4
10
.286
0
3.12
96
0
0
83.2
84
29
30
4
32
0
55
5
360
4
10.33
3.44
3.00
0.43
26.7
8.9
1.39
.351
3.23
71
2.33
54
9.04
17.5
16Todd Worrell
T. Worrell
36
1986
STL STL
74
9
10
.474
0
2.08
73
0
0
103.2
86
24
29
9
41
1
60
16
430
1
6.34
3.56
1.78
0.78
17.0
9.5
1.23
.252
2.52
57
3.70
102
7.47
-1
17Bill Caudill
B. Caudill
36
1984
OAK OAK
68
9
7
.563
0
2.71
89
0
0
96.1
77
29
30
9
31
0
62
4
394
1
8.31
2.90
2.87
0.84
22.6
7.9
1.12
.257
2.80
71
3.09
78
7.19
9.4
18Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
36
1982
STL STL
70
9
8
.529
0
2.90
61
0
0
102.1
88
33
38
8
34
3
58
13
424
5
5.36
2.99
1.79
0.70
14.4
8.0
1.19
.252
3.34
80
3.62
103
7.74
-1.5
19Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
35
1986
MON MON
62
7
9
.438
0
3.94
67
0
0
89.0
83
39
42
12
26
1
48
2
368
0
6.78
2.63
2.58
1.21
18.2
7.1
1.22
.271
4.25
107
3.92
105
8.39
-1.8
20Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
35
1982
KCR KCR
72
9
7
.563
0
2.57
46
0
0
136.2
126
39
43
12
12
0
68
2
529
1
3.03
0.79
3.83
0.79
8.7
2.3
1.01
.248
2.83
63
3.44
86
8.30
8.8
21Bobby Thigpen
B. Thigpen
34
1989
CWS CWS
61
2
6
.250
0
3.76
47
0
0
79.0
62
33
34
10
40
1
56
3
336
2
5.35
4.56
1.18
1.14
14.0
11.9
1.29
.218
3.87
97
4.77
128
7.06
-9.5
22Jim Gott
J. Gott
34
1988
PIT 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
23Bobby Thigpen
B. Thigpen
34
1988
CWS CWS
68
5
8
.385
0
3.30
62
0
0
90.0
96
33
38
6
33
4
59
3
398
6
6.20
3.30
1.88
0.60
15.6
8.3
1.43
.307
3.80
83
3.48
91
9.60
3.5
24Tom Henke
T. Henke
34
1987
TOR TOR
72
0
6
.000
0
2.49
128
0
0
94.0
62
26
27
10
25
0
62
3
363
5
12.26
2.39
5.12
0.96
35.3
6.9
0.93
.260
2.59
55
2.32
53
5.94
22.1
25Don Aase
D. Aase
34
1986
BAL BAL
66
6
7
.462
0
2.98
67
0
0
81.2
71
27
29
6
28
0
58
2
337
4
7.38
3.09
2.39
0.66
19.9
8.3
1.21
.275
3.20
73
3.10
74
7.82
9.9
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