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] Kenley Jansen,[7] Craig Kimbrel,[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 August 25, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 SV) | SV |
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1 | Mariano Rivera* | 652 |
2 | Trevor Hoffman* | 601 |
3 | Lee Smith* | 478 |
4 | Kenley Jansen (24) | 445 |
5 | Craig Kimbrel (23) | 440 |
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 | 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 | Edwin Díaz (14) | 219 |
47 | Gene Garber | 218 |
Raisel Iglesias (28) | 218 | |
49 | Gregg Olson | 217 |
50 | Dave Smith | 216 |
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has 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.
- ^ "Kenley Jansen Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ "Craig Kimbrel Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "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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