300 save club

This is a list of the top 300 Major League Baseball leaders in career saves. In the sport of baseball, a save is a statistic credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. The number of saves, or percentage of save opportunities successfully completed, is an oft-cited statistic of relief pitchers. It first became an official Major League Baseball statistic in 1969.

Trevor Hoffman holds the Major League Baseball save record with 571. In second is Mariano Rivera with 498. Lee Smith & John Franco are the only other pitchers that have recorded more than 400 saves.

List

Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 45 or more saves, the current cutoff for the top 300 (includes ties for the top 300, whenever applicable). Players in bold face are active as of the 2009 Major League Baseball season (including free agents), with the number in parentheses designating the number of saves they have earned during that season. Saves earned prior to 1969 are applied retroactively.

The stats are updated as of June 25, 2009.

Rank	Player (2009 SVs)	SV
1	Trevor Hoffman (17)	571
2	Mariano Rivera (16)	498
3	Lee Smith	478
4	John Franco	424
5	Dennis Eckersley	390
6	Billy Wagner	385
7	Jeff Reardon	367
8	Troy Percival (6)	358
9	Randy Myers	347
10	Rollie Fingers	341
11	John Wetteland	330
12	Roberto Hernández	326
13	José 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	Bruce Sutter	300
22	Jason Isringhausen	293
23	Armando Benítez	289
24	Rod Beck	286
25	Bob Wickman	267
26	Todd Worrell	256
27	Dave Righetti	252
28	Dan Quisenberry	244
29	Sparky Lyle	238
30	Ugueth Urbina	237
31	Francisco Cordero (17)	228
	Francisco Rodriguez (19)	228
33	Hoyt Wilhelm	227
34	Gene Garber	218
35	Gregg Olson	217
36	Joe Nathan (16)	216
	Dave Smith	216
38	Jeff Shaw	203
39	Bobby Thigpen	201
40	Roy Face	193
	Mike Henneman	193
42	Mitch Williams	192
43	Keith Foulke	191
44	Mike Marshall	188
45	Éric Gagné	187
	Eddie Guardado	187
47	Jeff Russell	186
48	Steve Bedrosian	184
	Kent Tekulve	184
50	Danny Graves	182
51	Tug McGraw	180
52	Ron Perranoski	179
53	Bryan Harvey	177
	Brad Lidge (13)	177
55	Jeff Brantley	172
	Lindy McDaniel	172
57	Billy Koch	163
58	Roger McDowell	159
59	Tom Gordon	158
	Dan Plesac	158
61	Jay Howell	155
62	Stu Miller	154
	John Smoltz	154
64	Don McMahon	153
65	Greg Minton	150
66	Ted Abernathy	148
67	Willie Hernández	147
	José Valverde (5)	147
69	Dave Giusti	145
70	Jesse Orosco	144
	Mike Williams	144
72	Clay Carroll	143
	Darold Knowles	143
74	Mike Jackson	142
75	Mike Timlin	141
76	Gary Lavelle	136
77	Brian Fuentes (20)	135
78	Bobby Jenks (17)	134
79	Jim Brewer	132
	Steve Farr	132
	Bob Stanley	132
82	Joe Borowski	131
83	Ron Davis	130
84	Antonio Alfonseca	129
	Jonathan Papelbon (16)	129
	Kazuhiro Sasaki	129
87	Chad Cordero	128
88	Terry Forster	127
89	Bill Campbell	126
	Dave LaRoche	126
	Mel Rojas	126
92	John Hiller	125
93	Jack Aker	123
94	Dick Radatz	122
95	Duane Ward	121
96	Mark Wohlers	119
97	B. J. Ryan (2)	117
98	Ricky Bottalico	116
99	Tippy Martinez	115
100	Danys Báez	114
101	Frank Linzy	111

Rank	Player (2009 SVs)	SV
102	José Jiménez	110
	Huston Street (16)	110
	Al Worthington	110
105	Fred Gladding	109
106	Wayne Granger	108
	Ron Kline	108
108	Johnny Murphy	107
109	Bill Caudill	106
110	Braden Looper	103
	J. J. Putz (2)	103
	Ron Reed	103
	John Wyatt	103
114	Tom Burgmeier	102
	Tim Burke	102
	Ellis Kinder	102
117	Craig Lefferts	101
	Firpo Marberry	101
119	Mike Fetters	100
	Billy Taylor	100
121	Joe Hoerner	99
	Jorge Julio	99
123	Mike Schooler	98
	Heathcliff Slocumb	98
124	Norm Charlton	97
	Al Hrabosky	97
	Tom Niedenfuer	97
128	Mark Davis	96
	Clem Labine	96
	Randy Moffitt	96
131	Bob Locker	95
	Dave Veres	95
133	Aurelio López	93
	Matt Mantei	93
135	Tom Hume	92
	Phil Regan	92
137	Jim Gott	91
	Steve Howe	91
139	Bill Henry	90
140	Rob Dibble	89
	Donnie Moore	89
142	Jim Kern	88
	John Rocker	88
144	Ryan Dempster	87
145	Byung-Hyun Kim	86
	Ken Sanders	86
	Cecil Upshaw	86
148	LaTroy Hawkins (9)	85
	Derek Lowe	85
150	Joe Sambito	84
	Mike Stanton	84
152	Mark Clear	83
	Octavio Dotel	83
	Turk Farrell	83
	Claude Raymond	83
	Takashi Saito (2)	83
	Elias Sosa	83
158	Don Aase	82
	Doug Henry	82
	Larry Sherry	82
161	Doug Bair	81
	Eddie Fisher	81
163	Pedro Borbón	80
	Eddie Watt	80
165	Stan Belinda	79
	Grant Jackson	79
167	Al Holland	78
168	Joe Page	76
	Tim Stoddard	76
170	Neil Allen	75
	Ed Farmer	75
	David Weathers (1)	75
173	Jim Konstanty	74
	Alejandro Peña	74
175	Kevin Gregg (11)	73
	Bob James	73
	Danny Kolb	73
	Turk Lown	73
179	Ron Taylor	72
180	Diego Seguí	71
	Tim Worrell	71
182	Ted Power	70
183	Rawly Eastwick	68
	Dick Hall	68
	Skip Lockwood	68
	Brian Wilson (20)	68
186	Jim Brosnan	67
	Joakim Soria (8)	67
189	Al Benton	66
	Doug Corbett	66
	Bob Howry	66
	Johnny Klippstein	66
193	Derrick Turnbow	65
194	Clint Brown	64
	Paul Lindblad	64
	Tom Morgan	64
	Don Stanhouse	64
197	Don Elston	63
	Joe Heving	63
	Bob Lee	63
	Gary Lucas	63
	Al McBean	63

Rank	Player (2009 SVs)	SV
	Bruce Ruffin	63
204	Ed Roebuck	62
205	Charlie Hough	61
	Jerry Staley	61
	Hal Woodeshick	61
208	Jack Baldschun	60
	Doug Bird	60
	Al Brazle	60
	Dale Murray	60
212	Bobby Ayala	59
	Kelvim Escobar	59
	Terry Fox	59
	Darren Holmes	59
	Tom Murphy	59
217	Dick Drago	58
	Woodie Fryman	58
	Marv Grissom	58
	Bill Landrum	58
	Billy McCool	58
	Ray Narleski	58
223	Rick Camp	57
	Ryne Duren	57
	Danny Frisella	57
	Jack Quinn	57
	Don Robinson	57
	Salomon Torres	57
	Wilbur Wood	57
230	Paul Assenmacher	56
	Matt Capps (16)	56
	Frank DiPino	56
	Tom Ferrick	56
	Dustin Hermanson	56
	Mark Littell	56
	Sid Monge	56
236	Hugh Casey	55
	Moe Drabowsky	55
	Mike Fornieles	55
	Lefty Grove	55
	Curt Leskanic	55
	Pedro Ramos	55
	Dick Tidrow	55
	Scott Williamson	55
245	Greg Harris	54
	Lerrin LaGrow	54
	Edwin Núñez	54
248	Juan Acevedo	53
	Mudcat Grant	53
	Greg McMichael	53
251	Mike DeJean	52
	Steve Foucault	52
	Mike González (8)	52
	Waite Hoyt	52
	Mike MacDougal (2)	52
	Bob McClure	52
	Scott Radinsky	52
	Enrique Romo	52
	Vicente Romo	52
	Ken Tatum	52
261	Gary Bell	51
	Ken Forsch	51
	Brandon Lyon	51
	Bob Miller	51
	Pete Richert	51
	Johnny Sain	51
	Esteban Yan	51
268	Bobby Bolin	50
	Don Mossi	50
	Dave Schmidt	50
	George Sherrill (15)	50
	Dan Spillner	50
273	Ace Adams	49
	Larry Andersen	49
	Joe Boever	49
	Mordecai Brown	49
	Jerry Dipoto	49
	Rich Loiselle	49
	Pete Mikkelsen	49
	Wilcy Moore	49
	Chris Ray	49
	Allie Reynolds	49
283	Mace Brown	48
	Scott Garrelts	48
	Harry Gumbert	48
	Kerry Ligtenberg	48
	Billy O'Dell	48
	Steve Olin	48
	Bobby Shantz	48
290	Fernando Rodney (14)	47
291	Rocky Biddle	46
	Ramón Hernández	46
	Dennis Higgins	46
	Ray Moore	46
	Ted Wilks	46
296	Ernie Camacho	45
	Bill Castro	45
	Chuck Crim	45
	Joe Grahe	45
	Hal Reniff	45
	Sammy Stewart	45

Close to the top 300

As of June 24, 2009, these active players are within five saves of entering the top 300, now with a cutoff of 45 career saves:

• C. J. Wilson (44)
• Kerry Wood (43)

See also

• Baseball statistics
• 300+ save leaders
• List of Major League Baseball saves champions

Sources

• MLB.com
• Baseball-Reference.com