what japanese mlb player has most single season saves since 1980

Since 1980, Francisco Rodriguez has the most saves in a season, with 62 saves in 2008.

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1Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
62
2008
LAA 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
2Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
57
2018
SEA 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
3Bobby Thigpen
B. Thigpen
57
1990
CWS CWS
77
4
6
.400
0
1.83
70
0
0
88.2
60
18
20
5
32
1
73
3
347
2
7.11
3.25
2.19
0.51
20.2
9.2
1.04
.230
2.03
47
3.07
80
6.09
7.6
4Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
55
2003
LAD 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
5John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
55
2002
ATL 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
6Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
53
2004
NYY 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
7Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
53
1998
SDP SDP
66
4
2
.667
0
1.48
86
0
0
73.0
41
12
12
2
21
1
61
2
274
8
10.60
2.59
4.10
0.25
31.4
7.7
0.85
.238
1.48
37
2.04
49
5.05
17.8
8Randy Myers
R. Myers
53
1993
CHC CHC
73
2
4
.333
0
3.11
86
0
0
75.1
65
26
26
7
26
1
69
2
313
3
10.27
3.11
3.31
0.84
27.5
8.3
1.21
.301
3.11
76
2.98
72
7.77
9.5
9Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
52
2002
LAD 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
10Jeurys Familia
J. Familia
51
2016
NYM 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
11Mark Melancon
M. Melancon
51
2015
PIT 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
12Jim Johnson
J. Johnson
51
2012
BAL 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
13Rod Beck
R. Beck
51
1998
CHC CHC
81
3
4
.429
0
3.02
81
0
0
80.1
86
27
33
11
20
2
70
4
349
2
9.07
2.24
4.05
1.23
23.2
5.7
1.32
.319
3.70
71
3.72
86
9.63
5.6
14Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
51
1992
OAK OAK
69
7
1
.875
0
1.91
93
0
0
80.0
62
17
17
5
11
1
65
6
309
0
10.46
1.24
8.45
0.56
30.1
3.6
0.91
.286
1.91
52
1.71
44
6.98
19.4
15Jim Johnson
J. Johnson
50
2013
BAL 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
16Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
50
2013
ATL 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
17Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
50
2001
NYY 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
18Ryan Helsley
R. Helsley
49
2024
STL 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
19Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
49
2011
DET 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
20Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
49
2004
TEX 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
21Trevor Rosenthal
T. Rosenthal
48
2015
STL 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
22Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
48
2014
SEA 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
23Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
48
2012
TBR 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
24Brian Wilson
B. Wilson
48
2010
SFG 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
25Brian Fuentes
B. Fuentes
48
2009
LAA 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
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