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 (100) 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.

"No way, never, not in my lifetime (answer to an autograph request)." - Randy Myers (#7 Ranked Saves Leader)

Games Saved All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Games	Rank
Trevor Hoffman	524	1
Lee Smith	478	2
Mariano Rivera	443	3
John Franco	424	4
Dennis Eckersley	390	5
Jeff Reardon	367	6
Billy Wagner	358	7
Randy Myers	347	8
Rollie Fingers	341	9
John Wetteland	330	10
Roberto Hernandez	326	11
Troy Percival	324	12
Jose Mesa	321	13
Rick Aguilera	318	14
Robb Nen	314	15
Tom Henke	311	16
Goose Gossage	310	17
Jeff Montgomery	304	18
Doug Jones	303	19
Todd Jones	301	20
Bruce Sutter	300	21
Armando Benitez	289	22
Rod Beck	286	23
Jason Isringhausen	281	24
Bob Wickman	267	25
Todd Worrell	256	26
Dave Righetti	252	27
Dan Quisenberry	244	28
Sparky Lyle	238	29
Ugueth Urbina	237	30
Hoyt Wilhelm	227	31
Gene Garber	218	32
Gregg Olson	217	33
Dave Smith	216	34
Jeff Shaw	203	35
Bobby Thigpen	201	36
Roy Face	193	37
Mike Henneman	193
Mitch Williams	192	39
Keith Foulke	190	40
Mike Marshall	188	41
Jeff Russell	186	42
Steve Bedrosian	184	43
Kent Tekulve	184
Eddie Guardado	183	45
Danny Graves	182	46
Tug McGraw	180	47
Ron Perranoski	179	48
Francisco Cordero	177	49
Eric Gagne	177
Bryan Harvey	177
Jeff Brantley	172	52
Lindy McDaniel	172
Billy Koch	163	54
Joe Nathan	161	55
Roger McDowell	159	56
Dan Plesac	158	57
Tom Gordon	156	58
Jay Howell	155	59
Stu Miller	154	60
John Smoltz	154
Don McMahon	153	62
Greg Minton	150	63
Ted Abernathy	148	64
Willie Hernandez	147	65
Francisco Rodriguez	146	66
Dave Giusti	145	67
Jesse Orosco	144	68
Mike Williams	144
Clay Carroll	143	70
Darold Knowles	143
Mike Jackson	142	72
Mike Timlin	140	73
Gary Lavelle	136	74
Jim Brewer	132	75
Steve Farr	132
Bob Stanley	132
Ron Davis	130	78
Antonio Alfonseca	129	79
Kazuhiro Sasaki	129
Chad Cordero	128	81
Terry Forster	127	82
Bill Campbell	126	83
Dave LaRoche	126
Mel Rojas	126
Joe Borowski	125	86
John Hiller	125
Jack Aker	123	88
Brad Lidge	123
Dick Radatz	122	90
Duane Ward	121	91
Mark Wohlers	119	92
Ricky Bottalico	116	93
Tippy Martinez	115	94
Danys Baez	114	95
Frank Linzy	111	96
Jose Jimenez	110	97
Al Worthington	110
Fred Gladding	109	99
Wayne Granger	108	100
Ron Kline	108
Name	Games	Rank
Current Through 2007 Season

Do you know who was the first Major League "closer" inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame was? Need a hint? He is ranked eighth 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 (400+) saves be the new standard by which great closers are judged? If they reach that plateau, do they deserve to be automatically enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame? How about closers with three-hundred (300+) career saves — do they deserve recognition? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever.

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