Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Mariano Rivera had the most saves by a relief pitcher, with 397 saves.
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relievers with the most regular-season saves in 2000s| NAME | SV | 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 | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Rivera | 397 | 651 | 45 | 39 | .536 | 0 | 2.08 | 669 | 0 | 0 | 713.1 | 548 | 165 | 182 | 38 | 137 | 30 | 590 | 18 | 2,811 | 7 | 8.44 | 1.73 | 4.88 | 0.48 | 23.8 | 4.9 | 0.96 | .263 | 2.30 | 6.91 |
| 2 |  | T. Hoffman | 363 | 546 | 23 | 40 | .365 | 0 | 2.77 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 533.0 | 432 | 164 | 180 | 46 | 124 | 5 | 466 | 20 | 2,142 | 17 | 8.83 | 2.09 | 4.22 | 0.78 | 24.4 | 5.8 | 1.04 | .267 | 3.04 | 7.29 |
| 3 |  | J. Isringhausen | 284 | 541 | 27 | 28 | .491 | 0 | 3.03 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 556.1 | 439 | 187 | 211 | 41 | 234 | 19 | 447 | 27 | 2,342 | 24 | 8.25 | 3.79 | 2.18 | 0.66 | 21.8 | 10.0 | 1.21 | .259 | 3.41 | 7.10 |
| 4 | | B. Wagner | 284 | 558 | 23 | 24 | .489 | 0 | 2.40 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 580.2 | 405 | 155 | 176 | 55 | 170 | 23 | 465 | 18 | 2,309 | 33 | 10.82 | 2.63 | 4.11 | 0.85 | 30.2 | 7.4 | 0.99 | .257 | 2.73 | 6.28 |
| 5 | | F. Cordero | 250 | 590 | 31 | 35 | .470 | 0 | 3.17 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 624.0 | 554 | 220 | 248 | 42 | 281 | 20 | 426 | 23 | 2,678 | 25 | 9.30 | 4.05 | 2.30 | 0.61 | 24.1 | 10.5 | 1.34 | .303 | 3.58 | 7.99 |
| 6 | | J. Nathan | 246 | 499 | 34 | 16 | .680 | 0 | 2.12 | 613 | 0 | 0 | 513.2 | 336 | 121 | 126 | 36 | 161 | 11 | 373 | 18 | 2,020 | 24 | 10.74 | 2.82 | 3.81 | 0.63 | 30.3 | 8.0 | 0.97 | .250 | 2.21 | 5.89 |
| 7 | | F. Rodriguez | 243 | 478 | 26 | 23 | .531 | 0 | 2.53 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 519.2 | 356 | 146 | 164 | 41 | 236 | 9 | 363 | 25 | 2,133 | 44 | 11.43 | 4.09 | 2.80 | 0.71 | 30.9 | 11.1 | 1.14 | .265 | 2.84 | 6.17 |
| 8 | | A. Benitez | 230 | 478 | 25 | 28 | .472 | 0 | 3.12 | 535 | 0 | 0 | 487.1 | 356 | 169 | 188 | 64 | 233 | 5 | 378 | 19 | 2,026 | 11 | 9.88 | 4.30 | 2.30 | 1.18 | 26.4 | 11.5 | 1.21 | .246 | 3.47 | 6.57 |
| 9 | | T. Percival | 219 | 396 | 21 | 21 | .500 | 0 | 3.38 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 384.0 | 280 | 144 | 157 | 51 | 168 | 14 | 322 | 13 | 1,595 | 17 | 8.63 | 3.94 | 2.19 | 1.20 | 23.1 | 10.5 | 1.17 | .230 | 3.68 | 6.56 |
| 10 | | B. Lidge | 195 | 516 | 25 | 28 | .472 | 0 | 3.58 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 526.0 | 430 | 209 | 228 | 51 | 237 | 31 | 322 | 29 | 2,246 | 41 | 12.15 | 4.06 | 3.00 | 0.87 | 31.6 | 10.6 | 1.27 | .311 | 3.90 | 7.36 |
| 11 | | B. Wickman | 193 | 383 | 13 | 24 | .351 | 0 | 3.08 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 370.2 | 364 | 127 | 147 | 27 | 121 | 11 | 317 | 14 | 1,589 | 8 | 7.36 | 2.94 | 2.50 | 0.66 | 19.1 | 7.6 | 1.31 | .299 | 3.57 | 8.84 |
| 12 | | T. Jones | 191 | 589 | 30 | 38 | .441 | 0 | 4.25 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 601.0 | 651 | 284 | 311 | 56 | 212 | 21 | 348 | 26 | 2,619 | 19 | 6.69 | 3.17 | 2.11 | 0.84 | 17.1 | 8.1 | 1.44 | .316 | 4.66 | 9.75 |
| 13 | | E. Gagne | 187 | 354 | 23 | 13 | .639 | 0 | 2.62 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 378.1 | 264 | 110 | 115 | 33 | 113 | 15 | 269 | 12 | 1,505 | 10 | 11.70 | 2.69 | 4.35 | 0.79 | 32.7 | 7.5 | 1.00 | .271 | 2.74 | 6.28 |
| 14 | | J. Mesa | 184 | 532 | 26 | 40 | .394 | 0 | 4.38 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 532.2 | 555 | 259 | 280 | 58 | 238 | 23 | 359 | 25 | 2,363 | 27 | 6.66 | 4.02 | 1.66 | 0.98 | 16.7 | 10.1 | 1.49 | .301 | 4.73 | 9.38 |
| 15 | | E. Guardado | 178 | 540 | 28 | 27 | .509 | 0 | 3.52 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 508.1 | 437 | 199 | 212 | 74 | 160 | 8 | 327 | 19 | 2,097 | 13 | 7.83 | 2.83 | 2.76 | 1.31 | 21.1 | 7.6 | 1.17 | .257 | 3.75 | 7.74 |
| 16 | | K. Foulke | 178 | 471 | 31 | 27 | .534 | 0 | 3.04 | 484 | 0 | 0 | 542.2 | 441 | 183 | 189 | 61 | 130 | 33 | 352 | 15 | 2,197 | 9 | 8.03 | 2.16 | 3.72 | 1.01 | 22.0 | 5.9 | 1.05 | .255 | 3.13 | 7.31 |
| 17 | | J. Valverde | 167 | 379 | 19 | 19 | .500 | 0 | 3.17 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 386.0 | 296 | 136 | 148 | 44 | 155 | 14 | 297 | 18 | 1,613 | 16 | 10.96 | 3.61 | 3.03 | 1.03 | 29.1 | 9.6 | 1.17 | .271 | 3.45 | 6.90 |
| 18 | | B. Fuentes | 163 | 503 | 18 | 32 | .360 | 0 | 3.47 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 477.0 | 396 | 184 | 196 | 47 | 203 | 45 | 303 | 19 | 2,034 | 25 | 9.92 | 3.83 | 2.59 | 0.89 | 25.9 | 10.0 | 1.26 | .288 | 3.70 | 7.47 |
| 19 |  | J. Smoltz | 154 | 242 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2.41 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 261.1 | 205 | 70 | 74 | 17 | 50 | 1 | 204 | 5 | 1,015 | 9 | 9.64 | 1.72 | 5.60 | 0.59 | 27.6 | 4.9 | 0.98 | .282 | 2.55 | 7.06 |
| 20 | | J. Papelbon | 151 | 265 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 0 | 1.82 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 282.0 | 200 | 57 | 65 | 19 | 67 | 10 | 227 | 4 | 1,116 | 4 | 10.56 | 2.14 | 4.94 | 0.61 | 29.7 | 6.0 | 0.95 | .263 | 2.07 | 6.38 |
| 21 | | D. Graves | 147 | 321 | 26 | 22 | .542 | 0 | 3.91 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 379.1 | 409 | 165 | 195 | 46 | 120 | 14 | 261 | 33 | 1,643 | 16 | 5.12 | 2.85 | 1.80 | 1.09 | 13.1 | 7.3 | 1.39 | .291 | 4.63 | 9.70 |
| 22 | | B. Jenks | 146 | 274 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 0 | 3.21 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 289.0 | 248 | 103 | 109 | 22 | 92 | 7 | 236 | 22 | 1,188 | 14 | 8.50 | 2.87 | 2.97 | 0.69 | 23.0 | 7.7 | 1.18 | .285 | 3.39 | 7.72 |
| 23 | | U. Urbina | 135 | 345 | 15 | 25 | .375 | 0 | 3.49 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 350.2 | 263 | 136 | 143 | 45 | 151 | 4 | 235 | 15 | 1,454 | 13 | 10.60 | 3.88 | 2.74 | 1.15 | 28.4 | 10.4 | 1.18 | .259 | 3.67 | 6.75 |
| 24 | | B. Koch | 132 | 323 | 29 | 20 | .592 | 0 | 3.98 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 343.2 | 324 | 152 | 166 | 36 | 161 | 15 | 277 | 22 | 1,505 | 19 | 7.86 | 4.22 | 1.86 | 0.94 | 19.9 | 10.7 | 1.41 | .290 | 4.35 | 8.48 |
| 25 | | J. Borowski | 131 | 365 | 17 | 26 | .395 | 0 | 4.01 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 383.2 | 366 | 171 | 180 | 46 | 133 | 6 | 242 | 23 | 1,639 | 5 | 7.93 | 3.12 | 2.54 | 1.08 | 20.6 | 8.1 | 1.30 | .287 | 4.22 | 8.59 |
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