which relief pitcher had the most saves last season

Carlos Estévez had the most saves by a relief pitcher in 2025, with 42 saves.

	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	H/9
1	Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	42	2025	KCR	67	4	5	.444	0	2.45	54	0	0	66.0	48	18	22	5	22	4	57	6	269	2	7.36	3.00	2.45	0.68	20.1	8.2	1.06	.234	3.00	6.55
2	Robert Suarez R. Suarez	40	2025	SDP	70	4	6	.400	0	2.97	75	0	0	69.2	47	23	24	6	16	2	56	2	269	1	9.69	2.07	4.69	0.78	27.9	5.9	0.90	.241	3.10	6.07
3	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	38	2025	SEA	64	3	3	.500	0	1.73	83	0	0	62.1	36	12	18	2	28	4	47	3	254	7	11.98	4.04	2.96	0.29	32.7	11.0	1.03	.248	2.60	5.20
4	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	33	2025	TOR	71	9	7	.563	0	4.37	84	0	0	68.0	54	33	34	15	27	4	59	1	287	2	11.12	3.57	3.11	1.99	29.3	9.4	1.19	.248	4.50	7.15
5	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	32	2025	TOT	72	7	6	.538	0	2.06	80	0	0	70.0	58	16	19	3	19	3	55	4	287	3	10.29	2.44	4.21	0.39	27.9	6.6	1.10	.302	2.44	7.46
6	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	32	2025	BOS	67	5	3	.625	0	1.17	85	0	0	61.1	28	8	9	3	15	0	43	0	228	6	12.47	2.20	5.67	0.44	37.3	6.6	0.70	.200	1.32	4.11
7	Emilio Pagán E. Pagán	32	2025	CIN	70	2	4	.333	0	2.88	81	0	0	68.2	41	22	26	10	22	2	56	0	270	1	10.62	2.88	3.68	1.31	30.0	8.1	0.92	.200	3.41	5.37
8	Trevor Megill T. Megill	30	2025	MIL	50	6	3	.667	0	2.49	60	0	0	47.0	36	13	16	3	17	0	44	3	192	2	11.49	3.26	3.53	0.57	31.3	8.9	1.13	.295	3.06	6.89
9	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	29	2025	ATL	70	4	6	.400	0	3.21	73	0	0	67.1	51	24	25	8	16	2	57	2	266	0	9.76	2.14	4.56	1.07	27.4	6.0	1.00	.257	3.34	6.82
10	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	29	2025	LAA	62	5	4	.556	0	2.59	57	0	0	59.0	37	17	18	8	19	1	47	2	234	0	8.69	2.90	3.00	1.22	24.4	8.1	0.95	.195	2.75	5.64
11	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	28	2025	NYM	62	6	3	.667	0	1.63	98	0	0	66.1	37	12	14	4	21	8	48	0	258	7	13.30	2.85	4.67	0.54	38.0	8.1	0.87	.260	1.90	5.02
12	Josh Hader J. Hader	28	2025	HOU	48	6	2	.750	0	2.05	76	0	0	52.2	29	12	16	8	16	2	41	1	206	2	12.99	2.73	4.75	1.37	36.9	7.8	0.85	.202	2.73	4.96
13	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	27	2025	TBR	61	4	5	.444	0	2.83	59	0	0	60.1	45	19	22	7	18	1	48	0	244	2	8.80	2.69	3.28	1.04	24.2	7.4	1.04	.239	3.28	6.71
14	David Bednar D. Bednar	27	2025	TOT	64	6	5	.545	0	2.30	86	0	0	62.2	46	16	18	4	19	1	51	2	251	4	12.35	2.73	4.53	0.57	34.3	7.6	1.04	.298	2.59	6.61
15	Kyle Finnegan K. Finnegan	24	2025	TOT	56	4	4	.500	0	3.47	55	0	0	57.0	45	22	24	4	18	1	38	2	229	6	8.68	2.84	3.06	0.63	24.0	7.9	1.11	.272	3.79	7.11
16	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	24	2025	CLE	48	5	3	.625	0	3.23	47	0	0	47.1	46	17	20	2	12	4	41	2	201	4	8.94	2.28	3.92	0.38	23.4	6.0	1.23	.324	3.80	8.75
17	Will Vest W. Vest	23	2025	DET	64	6	5	.545	0	3.01	75	0	0	68.2	61	23	26	4	22	1	40	1	284	4	9.83	2.88	3.41	0.52	26.4	7.7	1.21	.313	3.41	8.00
18	Tanner Scott T. Scott	23	2025	LAD	61	1	4	.200	0	4.74	60	0	0	57.0	54	30	33	11	18	4	33	2	238	2	9.47	2.84	3.33	1.74	25.2	7.6	1.26	.297	5.21	8.53
19	Daniel Palencia D. Palencia	22	2025	CHC	54	1	6	.143	0	2.91	61	0	0	52.2	44	17	19	5	16	2	38	1	215	2	10.42	2.73	3.81	0.85	28.4	7.4	1.14	.298	3.25	7.52
20	Mason Miller M. Miller	22	2025	TOT	60	1	2	.333	0	2.63	104	0	0	61.2	28	18	19	5	28	1	37	2	234	3	15.18	4.09	3.71	0.73	44.4	12.0	0.91	.240	2.77	4.09
21	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	21	2025	TOT	58	3	4	.429	0	4.50	63	0	0	56.0	61	28	32	8	25	1	36	3	252	7	10.13	4.02	2.52	1.29	25.0	9.9	1.54	.342	5.14	9.80
22	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	19	2025	BAL	35	1	1	.500	0	2.60	50	0	0	34.2	16	10	10	3	23	0	28	0	142	1	12.98	5.97	2.17	0.78	35.2	16.2	1.13	.197	2.60	4.15
23	Devin Williams D. Williams	18	2025	NYY	67	4	6	.400	0	4.79	90	0	0	62.0	45	33	37	5	25	4	29	1	259	4	13.06	3.63	3.60	0.73	34.7	9.7	1.13	.296	5.37	6.53
24	Ryan Walker R. Walker	17	2025	SFG	68	5	7	.417	0	4.11	60	0	0	61.1	60	28	32	4	18	8	36	2	266	1	8.80	2.64	3.33	0.59	22.6	6.8	1.27	.318	4.70	8.80
25	Camilo Doval C. Doval	16	2025	TOT	69	4	3	.571	0	3.58	72	0	0	65.1	51	26	34	4	35	3	37	1	278	4	9.92	4.82	2.06	0.55	25.9	12.6	1.32	.287	4.68	7.03

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