Saves All Time Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Saves

The pressure is intense as you step onto the mound — knowing you only have to pitch an inning or two at most. However, you also know that the entire game is riding on your skill as a pitcher who should be able to "mow" down the opposing batters and save the game for a team victory.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time career leaders in Major League games saved. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"Trevor Hoffman is a Hall of Famer, in my opinion. So is Mariano Rivera. Look, Yogi Berra once said, 'If you ain't got relief pitching, you ain't got nothing.' So where in my mind do you think Trevor Hoffman figures? Relief pitchers are critical." - Commissioner Bud Selig on MLB.com (Bryan Hoch, 01/04/09, Are today's closers Hall-worthy?)

Games Saved All Time Leaders 'Top 1,000'
Name	Games	Rank
Mariano Rivera	603	1
Trevor Hoffman	601	2
Lee Smith	478	3
John Franco	424	4
Billy Wagner	422	5
Dennis Eckersley	390	6
Jeff Reardon	367	7
Troy Percival	358	8
Randy Myers	347	9
Rollie Fingers	341	10
John Wetteland	330	11
Francisco Cordero	327	12
Roberto Hernandez	326	13
Jose Mesa	321	14
Todd Jones	319	15
Rick Aguilera	318	16
Robb Nen	314	17
Tom Henke	311	18
Goose Gossage	310	19
Jeff Montgomery	304	20
Doug Jones	303	21
Jason Isringhausen	300	22
Bruce Sutter	300
Francisco Rodriguez	291	24
Armando Benitez	289	25
Rod Beck	286	26
Bob Wickman	267	27
Joe Nathan	261	28
Todd Worrell	256	29
Dave Righetti	252	30
Dan Quisenberry	244	31
Jose Valverde	242	32
Sparky Lyle	238	33
Ugueth Urbina	237	34
Hoyt Wilhelm	227	35
Brad Lidge	223	36
Jonathan Papelbon	219	37
Gene Garber	218	38
Gregg Olson	217	39
Dave Smith	216	40
Jeff Shaw	203	41
Bobby Thigpen	201	42
Brian Fuentes	199	43
Roy Face	193	44
Mike Henneman	193
Mitch Williams	192	46
Keith Foulke	191	47
Mike Marshall	188	48
Eric Gagne	187	49
Eddie Guardado	187
Jeff Russell	186	51
Steve Bedrosian	184	52
Kent Tekulve	184
Danny Graves	182	54
Tug McGraw	180	55
Ron Perranoski	179	56
Huston Street	178	57
Bryan Harvey	177	58
Jeff Brantley	172	59
Bobby Jenks	172
Lindy McDaniel	172
Brian Wilson	170	62
Billy Koch	163	63
Joakim Soria	160	64
Roger McDowell	159	65
Tom Gordon	158	66
Dan Plesac	158
Jay Howell	155	68
Stu Miller	154	69
John Smoltz	154
Don McMahon	153	71
J.J. Putz	151	72
Greg Minton	150	73
Ted Abernathy	148	74
Willie Hernandez	147	75
Dave Giusti	145	76
Kevin Gregg	144	77
Jesse Orosco	144
Mike Williams	144
Clay Carroll	143	80
Darold Knowles	143
Mike Jackson	142	82
Mike Timlin	141	83
Gary Lavelle	136	84
Heath Bell	134	85
Jim Brewer	132	86
Steve Farr	132
Bob Stanley	132
Joe Borowski	131	89
Ron Davis	130	90
Antonio Alfonseca	129	91
Kazuhiro Sasaki	129
Chad Cordero	128	93
Terry Forster	127	94
Bill Campbell	126	95
Dave LaRoche	126
Mel Rojas	126
John Hiller	125	98
Matt Capps	124	99
Jack Aker	123	100
Dick Radatz	122	101
Duane Ward	121	102
Mark Wohlers	119	103
B.J. Ryan	117	104
Ricky Bottalico	116	105
Tippy Martinez	115	106
Danys Baez	114	107
Frank Linzy	111	108
Jose Jimenez	110	109
Al Worthington	110
Fred Gladding	109	111
Octavio Dotel	108	112
Wayne Granger	108
Ron Kline	108
Johnny Murphy	107	115
Bill Caudill	106	116
Braden Looper	103	117
Ron Reed	103
John Wyatt	103
Tom Burgmeier	102	120
Tim Burke	102
Ellis Kinder	102
Craig Lefferts	101	123
Firpo Marberry	101
Mike Fetters	100	125
Billy Taylor	100
Joe Hoerner	99	127
Jorge Julio	99
Mike Schooler	98	129
Heathcliff Slocumb	98
Norm Charlton	97	131
Al Hrabosky	97
Tom Niedenfuer	97
Mark Davis	96	134
Clem Labine	96
Randy Moffitt	96
Bob Locker	95	137
Carlos Marmol	95
Dave Veres	95
Aurelio Lopez	93	140
Matt Mantei	93
Tom Hume	92	142
Leo Nunez	92
Phil Regan	92
Jim Gott	91	145
Steve Howe	91
Bill Henry	90	147
Rafael Soriano	90
Rob Dibble	89	149
Donnie Moore	89
Jim Kern	88	151
John Rocker	88
Ryan Dempster	87	153
LaTroy Hawkins	87
Fernando Rodney	87
Byung-Hyun Kim	86	156
Ken Sanders	86
Cecil Upshaw	86
Derek Lowe	85	159
Jonathan Broxton	84	160
Ryan Franklin	84
Takashi Saito	84
Joe Sambito	84
Mike Stanton	84
Mark Clear	83	165
Turk Farrell	83
Claude Raymond	83
Elias Sosa	83
Don Aase	82	169
Doug Henry	82
Larry Sherry	82
Doug Bair	81	172
Eddie Fisher	81
Pedro Borbon	80	174
Eddie Watt	80
Stan Belinda	79	176
Grant Jackson	79
Al Holland	78	178
Brandon Lyon	78
Joe Page	76	180
Tim Stoddard	76
Neil Allen	75	182
Andrew Bailey	75
Ed Farmer	75
David Weathers	75
Neftali Feliz	74	186
Jim Konstanty	74
Alejandro Pena	74
Bob James	73	189
Dan Kolb	73
Turk Lown	73
Ron Taylor	72	192
John Axford	71	193
Mike MacDougal	71
Diego Segui	71
Tim Worrell	71
Ted Power	70	197
David Aardsma	69	198
Rawly Eastwick	68	199
Dick Hall	68
Skip Lockwood	68
Chris Perez	68
Jim Brosnan	67	203
Al Benton	66	204
Doug Corbett	66
Bob Howry	66
Johnny Klippstein	66
Derrick Turnbow	65	208
Clint Brown	64	209
Paul Lindblad	64
Tom Morgan	64
Don Stanhouse	64
Don Elston	63	213
Joe Heving	63
Bob Lee	63
Gary Lucas	63
Al McBean	63
Bruce Ruffin	63
Kerry Wood	63
Ed Roebuck	62	220
Charlie Hough	61	221
Jerry Staley	61
Hal Woodeshick	61
Jack Baldschun	60	224
Doug Bird	60
Al Brazle	60
Joel Hanrahan	60
Dale Murray	60
Bobby Ayala	59	229
Kelvim Escobar	59
Terry Fox	59
Darren Holmes	59
Tom Murphy	59
Dick Drago	58	234
Woodie Fryman	58
Marv Grissom	58
Bill Landrum	58
Billy McCool	58
Ray Narleski	58
Jon Rauch	58
Rick Camp	57	241
Ryne Duren	57
Danny Frisella	57
Jack Quinn	57
Don Robinson	57
Salomon Torres	57
Wilbur Wood	57
Paul Assenmacher	56	248
Frank DiPino	56
Tom Ferrick	56
Michael Gonzalez	56
Dustin Hermanson	56
Mark Littell	56
Sid Monge	56
George Sherrill	56
Hugh Casey	55	256
Moe Drabowsky	55
Mike Fornieles	55
Lefty Grove	55
Curtis Leskanic	55
Pedro Ramos	55
Dick Tidrow	55
Scott Williamson	55
Greg Harris	54	264
Lerrin LaGrow	54
Edwin Nunez	54
Juan Acevedo	53	267
Mudcat Grant	53
Greg McMichael	53
Mike DeJean	52	270
Kyle Farnsworth	52
Steve Foucault	52
Waite Hoyt	52
Ryan Madson	52
Bob McClure	52
Scott Radinsky	52
Enrique Romo	52
Vicente Romo	52
Ken Tatum	52
C.J. Wilson	52
Gary Bell	51	281
Ken Forsch	51
Bob Miller	51
Chad Qualls	51
Chris Ray	51
Pete Richert	51
Johnny Sain	51
Esteban Yan	51
Bobby Bolin	50	289
Don Mossi	50
Dave Schmidt	50
Dan Spillner	50
Ace Adams	49	293
Larry Andersen	49
Joe Boever	49
Mordecai Brown	49
Jerry DiPoto	49
Frank Francisco	49
Rich Loiselle	49
Pete Mikkelsen	49
Wilcy Moore	49
Allie Reynolds	49
Mace Brown	48	303
Scott Garrelts	48
Harry Gumbert	48
Kerry Ligtenberg	48
Billy O'Dell	48
Steve Olin	48
Bobby Shantz	48
Drew Storen	48
Craig Kimbrel	47	311
Rocky Biddle	46	312
Ramon Hernandez	46
Dennis Higgins	46
Ray Moore	46
Ted Wilks	46
Ernie Camacho	45	317
Bill Castro	45
Chuck Crim	45
Joe Grahe	45
Brandon League	45
Matt Lindstrom	45
Hal Reniff	45
Sammy Stewart	45
Luis Arroyo	44	325
Harry Dorish	44
Dutch Leonard	44
Frank Smith	44
Mike Trombley	44
Syl Johnson	43	330
Minnie Rojas	43
Dan Wheeler	43
Stan Williams	43
Terry Adams	42	334
Mike Garman	42
Tom Gorman	42
Steve Hamilton	42
Steve Mingori	42
Allen Russell	42
Miguel Batista	41	340
Jerry Johnson	41
Steve Karsay	41
Hooks Dauss	40	343
Orlando Pena	40
Shane Rawley	40
Charlie Root	40
Bob Smith	40
George Zuverink	40
George Caster	39	349
Ken Dayley	39
Jim Hughes	39
Steve Kline	39
Pete Ladd	39
Lance McCullers	39
Dan Miceli	39
Akinori Otsuka	39
Jeff Robinson	39
Fred Scherman	39
Rod Scurry	39
Jeremy Accardo	38	360
Dick Coffman	38
Rick Honeycutt	38
Horacio Pina	38
Jack Russell	38
Victor Cruz	37	365
Hersh Freeman	37
Bob Grim	37
Chris Reitsma	37
Red Ames	36	369
Shawn Chacon	36
Jason Frasor	36
Damaso Marte	36
Joey McLaughlin	36
Slim Sallee	36
Salome Barojas	35	375
Russ Christopher	35
CeciIio Guante	35
Xavier Hernandez	35
Dennis Lamp	35
Eric Plunk	35
Barney Schultz	35
Tom Timmermann	35
Dizzy Trout	35
Chief Bender	34	384
Guy Bush	34
Tom Buskey	34
Manuel Corpas	34
Matt Herges	34
Roy Lee Jackson	34
Walter Johnson	34
Tyler Walker	34
Ed Walsh	34
Jim Willoughby	34
Hooks Wiltse	34
Hank Aguirre	33	395
Curt Davis	33
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	33
Billy Hoeft	33
Chief Hogsett	33
Tom House	33
Carl Hubbell	33
Ed Klieman	33
Gordon Maltzberger	33
Dale Mohorcic	33
Jeff Nelson	33
Herb Pennock	33
Arthur Rhodes	33
Doug Sisk	33
Jordan Walden	33
Turk Wendell	33
Grover Alexander	32	411
Juan Berenguer	32
Garland Braxton	32
Danny Darwin	32
Luis DeLeon	32
Mark Eichhorn	32
Art Fowler	32
Joe Gibbon	32
Tom Hall	32
Billy Loes	32
Satchel Paige	32
Billy Pierce	32
Al Reyes	32
Eduardo Rodriguez	32
Bob Shaw	32
Rube Walberg	32
Jeff Zimmerman	32
Lew Burdette	31	428
Sarge Connally	31
Ike Delock	31
Adrian Devine	31
Dave Hamilton	31
Ken Howell	31
Willis Hudlin	31
Sam Jones	31
Carl Mays	31
Sergio Santos	31
Dick Selma	31
Mike Stanton	31
Chuck Taylor	31
Jim Acker	30	441
Dave Beard	30
Tex Clevenger	30
Dizzy Dean	30
Rob Murphy	30
Ken Ryan	30
Virgil Trucks	30
Juan Agosto	29	448
Jim Bagby	29
Joe Beggs	29
Lou Brissie	29
Jumbo Brown	29
John Candelaria	29
Lance Carter	29
Paul Derringer	29
George Frazier	29
Wayne Gomes	29
Andy Hassler	29
John Hudek	29
Leo Kiely	29
Will McEnaney	29
Phil Niekro	29
Eddie Rommel	29
Clyde Shoun	29
Dave Sisler	29
Warren Spahn	29
Red Faber	28	467
Steve Frey	28
Dolf Luque	28
Christy Mathewson	28
Gene Nelson	28
Bob Patterson	28
Juan Pizarro	28
Kenny Rogers	28
Bob Shawkey	28
Dave Tobik	28
Cy Acosta	27	477
Rafael Betancourt	27
Buddy Groom	27
Matt Karchner	27
Luis Sanchez	27
Bill Swift	27
Shingo Takatsu	27
Matt Anderson	26	484
Bob Apodaca	26
Pete Appleton	26
Keith Atherton	26
Sandy Consuegra	26
Jerry Don Gleaton	26
Gene Harris	26
Dave Heaverlo	26
Andy Karl	26
Frank LaCorte	26
Don Larsen	26
Mark Leiter	26
Pat Malone	26
Hal Newhouser	26
Bill Sherdel	26
Jeremy Affeldt	25	499
Joe Black	25
Marshall Bridges	25
Earl Caldwell	25
Eddie Cicotte	25
Reggie Cleveland	25
Bill Dawley	25
Alan Embree	25
Jeff Fassero	25
Lee Guetterman	25
Bump Hadley	25
Phil Hennigan	25
Bob Hooper	25
Hal Jeffcoat	25
Kent Mercker	25
Marty Pattin	25
Jim Ray	25
Robin Roberts	25
Urban Shocker	25
George Uhle	25
Hal White	25
Matt Young	25
Hi Bell	24	521
Phil Collins	24
Doc Crandall	24
Juan Gutierrez	24
Kirby Higbe	24
Cal Koonce	24
Andy McGaffigan	24
Joe McGinnity	24
Fernando Salas	24
Jim Todd	24
Dooley Womack	24
Dean Chance	23	532
George Culver	23
Dave Danforth	23
Murry Dickson	23
Brian Fisher	23
Mike Garcia	23
Steve Gromek	23
Mel Harder	23
Chuck Hartenstein	23
Dick Hyde	23
Barry Jones	23
Bob Klinger	23
Ted Lyons	23
Butch Metzger	23
Johnny Morrison	23
Eddie Plank	23
Paul Shuey	23
Bill Simas	23
Julian Tavarez	23
Bobby Tiefenauer	23
Oscar Zamora	23
Lloyd Allen	22	553
Dave Baldwin	22
Larry Benton	22
Nelson Briles	22
Tony Castillo	22
Alvin Crowder	22
Bill Dailey	22
Sam Gray	22
Darren Hall	22
Tom Johnson	22
Dave Koslo	22
Bob Lacey	22
Les Lancaster	22
Fred Lasher	22
Brooks Lawrence	22
Bob Lemon	22
Dyar Miller	22
Jeff Parrett	22
Mike Perez	22
Nels Potter	22
Jay Powell	22
Mike Proly	22
David Riske	22
Curt Schilling	22
Wes Stock	22
Ed Vande Berg	22
Gary Wagner	22
Tim Wakefield	22
Tom Zachary	22
Johnny Antonelli	21	582
Rube Benton	21
Yhency Brazoban	21
Lloyd Brown	21
Ben Cantwell	21
Stan Coveleski	21
Tom Dukes	21
Bob Feller	21
Javy Guerra	21
Harvey Haddix	21
Mickey Harris	21
Joe Haynes	21
Joe Hesketh	21
J.P. Howell	21
Jim Johnson	21
Lew Krausse	21
Jack Meyer	21
John Montague	21
Brett Myers	21
Bobo Newsom	21
Don Nottebart	21
Vladimir Nunez	21
Antonio Osuna	21
Jim Owens	21
Claude Passeau	21
Paul Quantrill	21
Bob Reynolds	21
Ricardo Rincon	21
Mac Scarce	21
Calvin Schiraldi	21
Johnny Schmitz	21
Scot Shields	21
Sherry Smith	21
Lee Stange	21
Dave Stevens	21
Mark Thurmond	21
Ken Trinkle	21
Bob Veale	21
Mark Williamson	21
Stan Bahnsen	20	621
De Wayne Buice	20
Ambiorix Burgos	20
Joe Bush	20
Casey Cox	20
Jack Hamilton	20
Brad Hennessey	20
Jeremy Hernandez	20
Art Houtteman	20
Bob Humphreys	20
Larry Jackson	20
Jeff Lahti	20
Mike Maddux	20
Walt Masterson	20
Mark Melancon	20
George Mogridge	20
Hipolito Pichardo	20
Howie Pollet	20
Mike Remlinger	20
Scott Stewart	20
Scott Strickland	20
Bill Swift	20
Matt Thornton	20
Jim Turner	20
Jack Wilson	20
Anthony Young	20
Bob Allen	19	647
Hugh Bedient	19
Hank Behrman	19
Ray Benge	19
Ralph Branca	19
Don Brennan	19
Hal Carlson	19
Hector Carrasco	19
Larry Cheney	19
Roger Craig	19
Steve Crawford	19
Bruce Dal Canton	19
Pat Dobson	19
Bill Greif	19
Dixie Howell	19
Ernie Johnson	19
Dave Jolly	19
Jack Knott	19
Ryan Kohlmeier	19
Bill Lee	19
Jim Lindsey	19
Rube Marquard	19
Jakie May	19
Bob Moose	19
Joe Nuxhall	19
Steve Ontiveros	19
Ron Robinson	19
Rosy Ryan	19
Kevin Saucier	19
Jack Scott	19
Dave Stewart	19
Chuck Stobbs	19
Elam Vangilder	19
Ron Willis	19
Brad Ziegler	19
Johnny Allen	18	682
Luis Ayala	18
Joe Berry	18
Harry Brecheen	18
Mike Caldwell	18
Bobby Castillo	18
Joe Dobson	18
Sammy Ellis	18
Frank Funk	18
Burleigh Grimes	18
Ed Heusser	18
Ken Holloway	18
Jim Kaat	18
Ray Kolp	18
Dan Osinski	18
Bob Priddy	18
Jerry Reed	18
Steve Reed	18
Joe Shaute	18
Bob Shirley	18
Chris Short	18
Frank Sullivan	18
Tom Underwood	18
Dave Wickersham	18
Greg Aquino	17	706
Ed Brandt	17
Ray Corbin	17
Scott Downs	17
Larry French	17
Johnny Gorsica	17
Warren Hacker	17
Claude Hendrix	17
Kevin Hickey	17
Bobby Hogue	17
Tex Hughson	17
Bart Johnson	17
Earl Johnson	17
Claude Jonnard	17
Chad Kimsey	17
Jerry Koosman	17
Max Lanier	17
Derek Lilliquist	17
Graeme Lloyd	17
Chuck McElroy	17
Julio Navarro	17
Kid Nichols	17
Gene Packard	17
Dave Rozema	17
Bob Scanlan	17
Carl Scheib	17
Jim Shaw	17
Alfredo Simon	17
Al Smith	17
Justin Speier	17
Tom Sturdivant	17
George Suggs	17
Gabe White	17
Bill Wilson	17
Cy Young	17
Huck Betts	16	741
Jim Bunning	16
Alex Carrasquel	16
Jason Christiansen	16
Watty Clark	16
Bill Doak	16
Andy Hansen	16
Greg Harris	16
Slim Harriss	16
Aaron Heilman	16
Ron Herbel	16
Tom Hughes	16
Tom Hughes	16
Hideki Irabu	16
Eric King	16
Barry Latman	16
Vic Lombardi	16
T.J. Mathews	16
Archie McKain	16
Byron McLaughlin	16
Hugh McQuillan	16
Cliff Melton	16
Ramiro Mendoza	16
Brandon Morrow	16
Van Mungo	16
Joe Niekro	16
Ken Raffensberger	16
Xavier Rescigno	16
Red Ruffing	16
Mike Ryba	16
Scott Service	16
Sonny Siebert	16
Dick Stigman	16
Rick White	16
Babe Adams	15	775
Luis Aloma	15
Doc Ayers	15
Jack Billingham	15
John Boozer	15
Howie Camnitz	15
Jim Coates	15
Tim Crews	15
John D'Acquisto	15
Ray Herbert	15
Al Hollingsworth	15
Ricky Horton	15
Si Johnson	15
Joe Kerrigan	15
Jack Lamabe	15
Aquilino Lopez	15
Duke Maas	15
Morrie Martin	15
Andy Messersmith	15
Bob Miller	15
Alan Mills	15
Billy Muffett	15
Tony Mullane	15
Fritz Ostermueller	15
Joe Ostrowski	15
Cliff Politte	15
Jack Powell	15
Dave Roberts	15
Rip Sewell	15
Marlin Stuart	15
Luis Tiant	15
Tom Waddell	15
Bob Wells	15
Bill Werle	15
Mike Willis	15
Early Wynn	15
Al Aber	14	811
Warren Brusstar	14
Bud Byerly	14
Greg Cadaret	14
Dave Campbell	14
Bob Chipman	14
Mort Cooper	14
Wilbur Cooper	14
Art Ditmar	14
Justin Duchscherer	14
Bob Duliba	14
Arnold Earley	14
Jamie Easterly	14
Howard Ehmke	14
Harry Eisenstat	14
John Ericks	14
Wes Gardner	14
Joe Grzenda	14
Larry Gura	14
Mark Guthrie	14
Bill Hands	14
Dwayne Henry	14
Tom Hilgendorf	14
Howie Judson	14
Paul LaPalme	14
Jensen Lewis	14
Sal Maglie	14
Mickey McDermott	14
Sam McDowell	14
George McQuillan	14
Mike Myers	14
Al Osuna	14
Mel Queen	14
Eppa Rixey	14
Nap Rucker	14
Charley Schanz	14
Chuck Seelbach	14
Jim Slaton	14
Lil Stoner	14
Murray Wall	14
Les Webber	14
Bob Anderson	13	852
Scott Bailes	13
Steve Barber	13
Jesse Barnes	13
Frank Baumann	13
Bucky Brandon	13
Brian Bruney	13
Todd Burns	13
Steve Comer	13
Fritz Coumbe	13
Jim Crawford	13
Jean Dubuc	13
Dick Errickson	13
Carl Erskine	13
Wes Ferrell	13
Bill Fischer	13
Freddie Fitzsimmons	13
Denny Galehouse	13
Harry Gaspar	13
Bob Gibson	13
Bob Groom	13
Mickey Haefner	13
Earl Hamilton	13
David Hernandez	13
Art Herring	13
Johnny Hetki	13
Oral Hildebrand	13
Sid Hudson	13
Ira Hutchinson	13
Odell Jones	13
Hong-Chih Kuo	13
Bob Kuzava	13
Johnny Lanning	13
Vern Law	13
Bill Lee	13
Sam Leever	13
Max Leon	13
Dutch Leonard	13
Roger Mason	13
Paul Mirabella	13
Art Nehf	13
Joe Nelson	13
Lou North	13
Jose Paniagua	13
Bill Pleis	13
Joe Price	13
Hub Pruett	13
Ed Reulbach	13
Paul Reuschel	13
Reb Russell	13
Tom Tellmann	13
Sloppy Thurston	13
Koji Uehara	13
Ed Vosberg	13
Jerry Walker	13
Lon Warneke	13
David Wells	13
Ed Wells	13
Carl Willis	13
Roger Wolff	13
Whit Wyatt	13
Jim Barr	12	913
Frank Barrett	12
Don Bessent	12
George Blaeholder	12
Bernie Boland	12
Tommy Byrne	12
Santiago Casilla	12
Pat Clements	12
Jackie Collum	12
Francisco Cordova	12
Dave Davenport	12
Jeff Dedmon	12
Blix Donnelly	12
Pete Donohue	12
George Earnshaw	12
Jumbo Elliott	12
Fred Frankhouse	12
Ned Garver	12
Joe Genewich	12
Ed Glynn	12
Vean Gregg	12
John Habyan	12
Hal Haid	12
Charley Hall	12
Bob Harmon	12
Paul Hartzell	12
Bob Hendley	12
Johnny Humphries	12
Bob Johnson	12
Don Johnson	12
Gordon Jones	12
Sheldon Jones	12
Tony Kaufmann	12
Bill Kelso	12
Bruce Kison	12
Emil Kush	12
Mike LaCoss	12
Jimmy Lavender	12
Renie Martin	12
Rudy May	12
Windy McCall	12
Mike McCormick	12
Jim Mecir	12
Trever Miller	12
Roger Moret	12
Jason Motte	12
Red Munger	12
Red Oldham	12
Chi-Chi Olivo	12
Orval Overall	12
Harry Parker	12
Joe Pate	12
Deacon Phillippe	12
Ron Piche	12
George Pipgras	12
Tot Pressnell	12
Schoolboy Rowe	12
Chris Sale	12
Manny Sarmiento	12
Ray Scarborough	12
Buddy Schultz	12
Rudy Seanez	12
Dave Sells	12
Eddie Smith	12
Dean Stone	12
Tommy Thomas	12
Dave Tomlin	12
Fred Toney	12
Bob Turley	12
Jamie Walker	12
Bill Wilkinson	12
Mike Armstrong	11	984
Rene Arocha	11
Bill Atkinson	11
Jerry Augustine	11
Virgil Barnes	11
Ed Bauta	11
Joaquin Benoit	11
Bud Black	11
Bill Bonham	11
Joe Bowman	11
Chad Bradford	11
Ken Brett	11
Hal Brown	11
Jim Bullinger	11
Don Carman	11
Todd Coffey	11
Rich Croushore	11	1000
Mike Cuellar	11
John Curtis	11
Peaches Davis	11
Storm Davis	11
Bill Dietrich	11
Paul Doyle	11
Darren Dreifort	11
Monk Dubiel	11
Carl Fischer	11
Bob Friend	11
Todd Frohwirth	11
Paul Gibson	11
Don Gullett	11
Ed Head	11
Mark Huismann	11
Tom Hurd	11
Mike James	11
Hank Johnson	11
Steve Kealey	11
Bill Kennedy	11
Clyde King	11
Bob Kipper	11
Frank Lary	11
Roxie Lawson	11
Don Lee	11
John Littlefield	11
Mickey Lolich	11
Rick Lysander	11
Mike Munoz	11
Dickie Noles	11
Daryl Patterson	11
Gaylord Perry	11
Johnny Podres	11
Jerry Reuss	11
Steve Ridzik	11
Jimmy Ring	11
Felix Rodriguez	11
Vern Ruhle	11
Jack Sanford	11
Bill Scherrer	11
Ron Schueler	11
Ray Searage	11
Tom Seaton	11
Jerry Spradlin	11
Allyn Stout	11
Russ Swan	11
Steve Swetonic	11
Ralph Terry	11
Dazzy Vance	11
Tom Walker	11
Earl Whitehill	11
Vic Willis	11
Joe Wood	11
Michael Wuertz	11
Name	Games	Rank
Current Through 2011 Season

Do you know who was the first Major League closer inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Need a (really big) hint? He is ranked tenth in all-time / career games saved.

Great idea for a theme releated autograph ball: the 300 Saves Club as every member in this closer club is still living and eighteen "stopper" signatures on the same baseball would look incredibly great.

Will four-hundred plus saves be the new standard by which great closers are judged? If they reach that plateau, do they deserve to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame due to that stat? How about closers with three-hundred plus career saves — do they deserve recognition? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever.

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