List of Major League Baseball career saves leaders
In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a save (denoted by SV) who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Most commonly a pitcher earns a save by entering in the ninth inning of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and finishing the game by pitching one inning without losing the lead.[1]
Mariano Rivera[2][3][4] is the all-time leader in saves with 652. Rivera and Trevor Hoffman[5] are the only pitchers in MLB history to save more than 600 career games. Lee Smith,[6] Craig Kimbrel,[7] Kenley Jansen,[8] Francisco Rodríguez,[9] John Franco,[10] and Billy Wagner[11] are the only other pitchers to save more than 400 games in their careers.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career saves. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2024 SV) | Number of saves during the 2024 Major League Baseball season |
SV | Total career saves |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List
- Stats updated as of July 14, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 SV) | SV |
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1 | Mariano Rivera* | 652 |
2 | Trevor Hoffman* | 601 |
3 | Lee Smith* | 478 |
4 | Craig Kimbrel (23) | 440 |
5 | Kenley Jansen (19) | 439 |
6 | Francisco Rodríguez | 437 |
7 | John Franco | 424 |
8 | Billy Wagner | 422 |
9 | Dennis Eckersley* | 390 |
10 | Joe Nathan | 377 |
11 | Jonathan Papelbon | 368 |
12 | Jeff Reardon | 367 |
13 | Troy Percival | 358 |
14 | Randy Myers | 347 |
15 | Rollie Fingers* | 341 |
16 | John Wetteland | 330 |
17 | Francisco Cordero | 329 |
18 | Fernando Rodney | 327 |
19 | Roberto Hernández | 326 |
20 | Aroldis Chapman (4) | 325 |
21 | Huston Street | 324 |
22 | José Mesa | 321 |
23 | Todd Jones | 319 |
24 | Rick Aguilera | 318 |
25 | Robb Nen | 314 |
26 | Tom Henke | 311 |
27 | Goose Gossage* | 310 |
28 | Jeff Montgomery | 304 |
29 | Doug Jones | 303 |
30 | Jason Isringhausen | 300 |
Bruce Sutter* | 300 | |
32 | Armando Benítez | 289 |
33 | José Valverde | 288 |
34 | Rod Beck | 286 |
35 | Bob Wickman | 267 |
36 | Mark Melancon (0) | 262 |
37 | Todd Worrell | 256 |
38 | Dave Righetti | 252 |
39 | Dan Quisenberry | 244 |
40 | Sparky Lyle | 238 |
41 | Ugueth Urbina | 237 |
42 | Joakim Soria | 229 |
43 | Hoyt Wilhelm* | 228 |
44 | Brad Lidge | 225 |
45 | Greg Holland | 220 |
46 | Gene Garber | 218 |
47 | Gregg Olson | 217 |
48 | Dave Smith | 216 |
49 | Edwin Díaz (10) | 215 |
50 | Raisel Iglesias (22) | 212 |
Rank | Player (2024 SV) | SV |
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51 | Rafael Soriano | 207 |
52 | Brian Fuentes | 204 |
53 | Jeff Shaw | 203 |
54 | Bobby Thigpen | 201 |
55 | Mike Henneman | 193 |
56 | Mitch Williams | 192 |
57 | Roy Face | 191 |
Keith Foulke | 191 | |
59 | J. J. Putz | 189 |
60 | Mike Marshall | 188 |
61 | Éric Gagné | 187 |
Eddie Guardado | 187 | |
63 | Jeff Russell | 186 |
64 | Steve Bedrosian | 184 |
Kent Tekulve | 184 | |
66 | Josh Hader (18) | 183 |
67 | Danny Graves | 182 |
68 | Tug McGraw | 180 |
69 | Jim Johnson | 178 |
Ron Perranoski | 178 | |
71 | Kevin Gregg | 177 |
Bryan Harvey | 177 | |
73 | David Robertson (1) | 176 |
74 | Lindy McDaniel | 174 |
75 | Bobby Jenks | 173 |
76 | Jeff Brantley | 172 |
Brian Wilson | 172 | |
78 | Heath Bell | 168 |
79 | Billy Koch | 163 |
80 | Alex Colomé (0) | 159 |
Roger McDowell | 159 | |
82 | Tom Gordon | 158 |
Dan Plesac | 158 | |
84 | Jay Howell | 155 |
Roberto Osuna | 155 | |
86 | Zack Britton | 154 |
John Smoltz* | 154 | |
88 | Cody Allen | 153 |
Stu Miller | 153 | |
90 | Don McMahon | 152 |
91 | Greg Minton | 150 |
92 | Ted Abernathy | 149 |
93 | Willie Hernández | 147 |
94 | Dave Giusti | 145 |
95 | John Axford | 144 |
Santiago Casilla | 144 | |
Jesse Orosco | 144 | |
Mike Williams | 144 | |
99 | Clay Carroll | 143 |
Darold Knowles | 143 |
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References
- ^ Horneman, Tim (March 23, 2010). "Baseball Save Rules". livestrong.com. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "Mariano Rivera Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Alan. "Mariano Rivera Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Mariano Rivera Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Trevor Hoffman Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Lee Smith Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Craig Kimbrel Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "Kenley Jansen Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ "Francisco Rodríguez Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "John Franco Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Billy Wagner Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links
- "Career Leaders & Records for Saves". Baseball-Reference.com.
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