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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Statistic Description: Saves

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning performances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	SV	Single-Season	SV	Active	SV	Yearly	SV
1871	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3	Harry Wright+	3
1872	Harry Wright+	7	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	7	Harry Wright+	4
1873	Harry Wright+	11	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	11	Harry Wright+	4
1874	Harry Wright+	14	Harry Wright+	4	Harry Wright+	14	Harry Wright+	3
1875	Harry Wright+	14	Al Spalding+	9	Al Spalding+	12	Al Spalding+	9

1876	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Al Spalding+	12	Jack Manning	5
1877	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Al Spalding+	13	Cal McVey	2
1878	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Jack Manning	12	Tom Healey	1
1879	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Cal McVey	5	John Ward+ Bobby Mathews	1
1880	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond	3	Lee Richmond	3
1881	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond Bobby Mathews	3	Bobby Mathews	2
1882	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond John Ward+ Bobby Mathews	3	John Ward+ Eddie Fusselback	1
1883	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Lee Richmond John Ward+ Bobby Mathews	3	Stump Weidman Jim Whitney	2
1884	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Billy Taylor	4	Billy Taylor	4
1885	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Billy Taylor Oyster Burns	4	Oyster Burns	3
1886	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Billy Taylor Oyster Burns	4	Charlie Ferguson	2
1887	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Adonis Terry Billy Taylor Charlie Ferguson Oyster Burns	4	Adonis Terry	3
1888	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning	5	Adonis Terry Oyster Burns	4	George Wood	2
1889	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Tony Mullane	7	Tony Mullane	5
1890	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	8	Herb Goodall	4
1891	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	8	Kid Nichols+ John Clarkson+ Joe Neale	3
1892	Harry Wright+	14	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Tony Mullane	9	Gus Weyhing	3
1893	Harry Wright+	14	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Tony Mullane	11	Mark Baldwin Tony Mullane Tom Colcolough Frank Donnelly Frank Dwyer	2
1894	Tony Mullane	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane	4
1895	Tony Mullane	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	7	Ernie Beam Kid Nichols+ Tom Parrott	3
1896	Tony Mullane	15	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	8	Cy Young+	3
1897	Tony Mullane	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	11	Win Mercer Kid Nichols+	3
1898	Tony Mullane Kid Nichols+	15	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	15	Kid Nichols+	4
1899	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Sam Leever	3
1900	Kid Nichols+	16	Tony Mullane Jack Manning	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Frank Kitson	4
1901	Kid Nichols+	16	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Bill Donovan Bill Hoffer Jack Powell	3
1902	Kid Nichols+	16	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Vic Willis+	3
1903	Kid Nichols+	16	Jack Manning Tony Mullane	5	Kid Nichols+	16	Carl Lundgren Roscoe Miller	3
1904	Kid Nichols+	17	Jack Manning Tony Mullane Joe McGinnity+	5	Kid Nichols+	17	Joe McGinnity+	5
1905	Kid Nichols+	17	Claude Elliott	6	Kid Nichols+	17	Claude Elliott	6
1906	Kid Nichols+	17	Cecil Ferguson	7	Kid Nichols+	17	Cecil Ferguson	7
1907	Joe McGinnity+	19	Cecil Ferguson	7	Joe McGinnity+	19	Ed Walsh+ Bill Dinneen Tom Hughes Joe McGinnity+	4
1908	Joe McGinnity+	24	Cecil Ferguson	7	Joe McGinnity+	24	Ed Walsh+	6
1909	Joe McGinnity+	24	Frank Arellanes	8	Mordecai Brown+ Hooks Wiltse	19	Frank Arellanes	8
1910	Mordecai Brown+	26	Frank Arellanes	8	Mordecai Brown+	26	Harry Gaspar Mordecai Brown+	7
1911	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13
1912	Mordecai Brown+	39	Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	39	Ed Walsh+	10
1913	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+	13
1914	Mordecai Brown+	45	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	45	Red Ames Slim Sallee Russ Ford Dave Davenport	6
1915	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Mordecai Brown+	49	Hugh Bedient	10
1916	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Mordecai Brown+	49	Bob Shawkey Red Ames	8
1917	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Ed Walsh+	35	Dave Danforth	9
1918	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Chief Bender+ Red Ames	34	George Mogridge	7
1919	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Red Ames	36	Jim Shaw Bob Shawkey Allen Russell	5
1920	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Chief Bender+ Slim Sallee	34	Bill Sherdel	6
1921	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Slim Sallee	36	Carl Mays Lou North	7
1922	Mordecai Brown+	49	Mordecai Brown+ Chief Bender+	13	Chief Bender+	34	Sad Sam Jones	8
1923	Mordecai Brown+	49	Chief Bender+ Mordecai Brown+	13	Walter Johnson+ Chief Bender+	34	Allen Russell	9
1924	Mordecai Brown+	49	Firpo Marberry	15	Allen Russell	40	Firpo Marberry	15
1925	Mordecai Brown+	49	Firpo Marberry	16	Allen Russell	42	Firpo Marberry	16
1926	Firpo Marberry	53	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	53	Firpo Marberry	22
1927	Firpo Marberry	61	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	61	Wilcy Moore	13
1928	Firpo Marberry	63	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	63	Waite Hoyt+	8
1929	Firpo Marberry	72	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	72	Firpo Marberry Wilcy Moore	9
1930	Firpo Marberry	73	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	73	Lefty Grove+	9
1931	Firpo Marberry	81	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	81	Jack Quinn	13
1932	Firpo Marberry	94	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	94	Firpo Marberry	13
1933	Firpo Marberry	96	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	96	Jack Russell	13
1934	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	99	Carl Hubbell+ Jack Russell	8
1935	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	99	Dutch Leonard	8
1936	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Firpo Marberry	99	Dizzy Dean+	11
1937	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+ Waite Hoyt+	53	Clint Brown	18
1938	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+	54	Dick Coffman	12
1939	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Lefty Grove+ Johnny Murphy	54	Johnny Murphy	19
1940	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	63	Al Benton	17
1941	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	78	Johnny Murphy	15
1942	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	89	Hugh Casey	13
1943	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Gordon Maltzberger	14
1944	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Ace Adams	13
1945	Firpo Marberry	99	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	97	Ace Adams Andy Karl	15
1946	Johnny Murphy	104	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	104	Bob Klinger	9
1947	Johnny Murphy	107	Firpo Marberry	22	Johnny Murphy	107	Hugh Casey	18
1948	Johnny Murphy	107	Firpo Marberry	22	Hugh Casey	49	Harry Gumbert Russ Christopher	17
1949	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	63	Joe Page	27
1950	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Jim Konstanty	22
1951	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Ellis Kinder	16
1952	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page	27	Joe Page	76	Al Brazle	16
1953	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Joe Page	76	Ellis Kinder	27
1954	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Ellis Kinder	77	Johnny Sain	26
1955	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Ellis Kinder	95	Ray Narleski	19
1956	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Ellis Kinder	104	Clem Labine	19
1957	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Joe Page	27	Ellis Kinder	104	Bob Grim	19
1958	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Joe Page	27	Clem Labine	72	Roy Face	20
1959	Johnny Murphy	107	Joe Page Ellis Kinder	27	Clem Labine	80	Lindy McDaniel	16
1960	Johnny Murphy	107	Ellis Kinder Lindy McDaniel Joe Page	27	Clem Labine	86	Lindy McDaniel	27
1961	Johnny Murphy	107	Luis Arroyo	29	Clem Labine	94	Luis Arroyo	29
1962	Roy Face	118	Luis Arroyo	29	Roy Face	118	Roy Face	28
1963	Roy Face	134	Luis Arroyo	29	Roy Face	134	Stu Miller	27
1964	Hoyt Wilhelm+	146	Luis Arroyo Dick Radatz	29	Hoyt Wilhelm+	146	Dick Radatz	29
1965	Hoyt Wilhelm+	167	Ted Abernathy	31	Hoyt Wilhelm+	167	Ted Abernathy	31
1966	Hoyt Wilhelm+	173	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	173	Jack Aker	32
1967	Hoyt Wilhelm+	185	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	185	Ted Abernathy	28
1968	Hoyt Wilhelm+	197	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	197	Phil Regan	25
1969	Hoyt Wilhelm+	211	Jack Aker	32	Hoyt Wilhelm+	211	Ron Perranoski	31
1970	Hoyt Wilhelm+	224	Wayne Granger	35	Hoyt Wilhelm+	224	Wayne Granger	35
1971	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	Wayne Granger	35	Hoyt Wilhelm+	227	Ken Sanders	31
1972	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	Clay Carroll	37	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	Clay Carroll	37
1973	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Ron Perranoski	178	John Hiller	38
1974	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Lindy McDaniel	173	Terry Forster	24
1975	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Lindy McDaniel	174	Rich Gossage+	26
1976	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	175	Rawly Eastwick	26
1977	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	201	Rollie Fingers+	35
1978	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	210	Rollie Fingers+	37
1979	Hoyt Wilhelm+	228	John Hiller	38	Sparky Lyle	223	Bruce Sutter+	37
1980	Rollie Fingers+	244	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	244	Dan Quisenberry Rich Gossage+	33
1981	Rollie Fingers+	272	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	272	Rollie Fingers+	28
1982	Rollie Fingers+	301	John Hiller	38	Rollie Fingers+	301	Bruce Sutter+	36
1983	Rollie Fingers+	301	Dan Quisenberry	45	Rollie Fingers+	301	Dan Quisenberry	45
1984	Rollie Fingers+	324	Dan Quisenberry Bruce Sutter+	45	Rollie Fingers+	324	Bruce Sutter+	45
1985	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dan Quisenberry Bruce Sutter+	45	Rollie Fingers+	341	Jeff Reardon	41
1986	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Bruce Sutter+	286	Dave Righetti	46
1987	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	289	Steve Bedrosian	40
1988	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	302	Dennis Eckersley+	45
1989	Rollie Fingers+	341	Dave Righetti	46	Rich Gossage+	307	Mark Davis	44
1990	Rollie Fingers+	341	Bobby Thigpen	57	Rich Gossage+	307	Bobby Thigpen	57
1991	Rollie Fingers+	341	Bobby Thigpen	57	Jeff Reardon	327	Lee Smith	47
1992	Jeff Reardon	357	Bobby Thigpen	57	Jeff Reardon	357	Dennis Eckersley+	51
1993	Lee Smith	401	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	401	Randy Myers	53
1994	Lee Smith	434	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	434	Lee Smith	33
1995	Lee Smith	471	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	471	Jose Mesa	46
1996	Lee Smith	473	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	473	Jeff Brantley Todd Worrell	44
1997	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	Lee Smith	478	Randy Myers	45
1998	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	397	Trevor Hoffman	53
1999	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	416	Mariano Rivera	45
2000	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	420	Antonio Alfonseca	45
2001	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	422	Mariano Rivera	50
2002	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	422	John Smoltz+	55
2003	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	424	Eric Gagne	55
2004	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	John Franco	424	Mariano Rivera	53
2005	Lee Smith	478	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	436	Chad Cordero	47
2006	Trevor Hoffman	482	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	482	Francisco Rodriguez	47
2007	Trevor Hoffman	524	Bobby Thigpen	57	Trevor Hoffman	524	Jose Valverde	47
2008	Trevor Hoffman	554	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	554	Francisco Rodriguez	62
2009	Trevor Hoffman	591	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	591	Brian Fuentes	48
2010	Trevor Hoffman	601	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Trevor Hoffman	601	Brian Wilson	48
2011	Mariano Rivera	603	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	603	Jose Valverde	49
2012	Mariano Rivera	608	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	608	Jim Johnson	51
2013	Mariano Rivera	652	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Mariano Rivera	652	Jim Johnson Craig Kimbrel	50
2014	Mariano Rivera	652	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Joe Nathan	376	Fernando Rodney	48
2015	Mariano Rivera	652	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Francisco Rodriguez	386	Mark Melancon	51
2016	Mariano Rivera	652	Francisco Rodriguez	62	Francisco Rodriguez	430	Jeurys Familia	51

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