Saves Records by Baseball Almanac

Saves Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for saves — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

"I call Mo (Mariano Rivera) 'The Equalizer.' I mean, I can't tell you how comforting it felt to have him come in when I left the game." - Pitcher Roger Clemens

Saves Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Saves In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Mariano Rivera	New York	443	443
	NL	Trevor Hoffman	Florida	2	524
	NL	Trevor Hoffman	San Diego	522	524
Saves Records Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Saves In A Season	AL	Bobby Thigpen	Chicago	57	1990
	NL	Eric Gagne	Los Angeles	55	2003
	NL	John Smoltz	Atlanta	55	2002
Most Saves In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Seattle	37	2000
Most Saves In A Season By A Rookie	NL	Todd Worrell	St. Louis	36	1986
Most Saves In Any Month	AL	John Wetteland	New York	15	06-1996
	NL	Chad Cordero	Washington	15	06-2005
	NL	Lee Smith	St. Louis	15	06-1993
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Saves Records Click Computer to Download Text File With Data From Record Below Single Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Saves On Any Given Day	AL	Mike Timlin	Boston	2	09-17-2006
	NL	Francisco Cordero	Milwaukee	2	04-11-2007
	* Last two appear above. * More than 125 recorded instances in history. * Click computer above to download more.
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Saves Records

Did you know that Major League Baseball saves did not become an officially recognized statistic until the 1969 season? Did you know that the blown save did not become official until 1998?

Baseball Almanac added Bobby Thigpen's fifty-seven save season (in 2001) to our fabulous feats section — see every save of his amazing record setting season.

Baseball Almanac recently added Eric Gagne's consecutive save streak to our fabulous feats section — see every save of his amazing record setting streak.

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