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The Club

All statistics are current as of September 6, 2007.
Bold-faced pitchers are still active.

Rank	Pitcher	Saves	Teams played for	Seasons played
1	Trevor Hoffman	518	Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres	1993–
2	Lee Smith	478	Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos	1980–1997
3	Mariano Rivera	436	New York Yankees	1995–
4	John Franco	424	Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Houston Astros	1984–2005
5	Dennis Eckersley	390	Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals	1975–1998
6	Jeff Reardon	367	New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees	1979–1994
7	Billy Wagner	354	Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets	1995–
8	Randy Myers	347	New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays	1985–1998
9	Rollie Fingers	341	Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers	1968–1985
10	John Wetteland	330	Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers	1989–2000
11	Roberto Hernández	326	Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians	1991–
12	Troy Percival	324	California Angels, Anaheim Angels, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals	1995–
13	José Mesa	321	Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers	1987–
14	Rick Aguilera	318	New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs	1985–2000
15	Robb Nen	314	Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants	1993–2002
16	Tom Henke	311	Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals	1982–1995
17	Rich Gossage	310	Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners	1972–1994
18	Jeff Montgomery	304	Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals	1987–1999
19	Doug Jones	303	Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics	1982–2000
20	Bruce Sutter	300	Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves	1976–1988
21	Todd Jones	296	Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins	1993–
22	Armando Benítez	289	Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Florida Marlins, San Francisco Giants	1994–
23	Rod Beck	286	San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres	1991–2004
24	Jason Isringhausen	277	New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals	1995–
25	Bob Wickman	267	New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks	1992–
26	Todd Worrell	256	St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers	1985–1997
27	Dave Righetti	252	New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox	1979–1995
28	Dan Quisenberry	244	Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants	1979–1990
29	Sparky Lyle	238	Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox	1967–1982
30	Ugueth Urbina	237	Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies	1995–2005
31	Hoyt Wilhelm	227	New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers	1952–1972
32	Gene Garber	218	Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves	1969–1988
33	Gregg Olson	217	Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers	1988–2001
34	Dave Smith	216	Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs	1980–1992
35	Jeff Shaw	203	Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers	1990–2001
36	Bobby Thigpen	201	Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners	1986–1994
37	Roy Face	193	Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos	1953–1969
	Mike Henneman	193	Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers	1987–1996
39	Mitch Williams	192	Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, California Angels, Kansas City Royals	1986–1997
40	Keith Foulke	190	San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox	1997–2006
41	Mike Marshall	188	Detroit Tigers, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets	1967–1981
42	Jeff Russell	186	Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians	1983–1996
43	Steve Bedrosian	184	Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins	1981–1995
	Kent Tekulve	184	Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds	1974–1989
45	Eddie Guardado	183	Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds	1993–
46	Danny Graves	182	Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets	1996–
47	Tug McGraw	180	New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies	1965–1984
48	Ron Perranoski	179	Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, California Angels	1961–1973
49	Eric Gagné	177	Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox	1999–
	Bryan Harvey	177	California Angels, Florida Marlins	1987–1995
51	Francisco Cordero	173	Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers	1999–
52	Jeff Brantley	172	San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers	1988–2001
	Lindy McDaniel	172	St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals	1955–1975
54	Billy Koch	163	Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins	1999–2004
55	Roger McDowell	159	New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles	1985–1996
56	Dan Plesac	158	Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies	1986–2003
57	Tom Gordon	156	Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies	1988–
58	Jay Howell	155	Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers	1980–1994
59	Stu Miller	154	St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves	1952–1968
	John Smoltz	154	Atlanta Braves	1988–
61	Don McMahon	153	Milwaukee Braves, Houston Colt 45's, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants	1957–1974
	Joe Nathan	153	San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins	1999–
63	Greg Minton	150	San Francisco Giants, California Angels	1975–1990
64	Ted Abernathy	148	Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals	1955–1972
65	Willie Hernández	147	Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers,	1977–1989
66	Dave Giusti	145	Houston Colt 45's, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics	1962–1977
67	Jesse Orosco	144	New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres	1979–2003
	Mike Williams	144	Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros	1992–2003
69	Clay Carroll	143	Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates	1964–1978
	Darold Knowles	143	Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals	1965–1980
71	Mike Jackson	142	Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox	1986–2004
72	Francisco Rodríguez	140	Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	2002–
	Mike Timlin	140	Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox	1991–
74	Gary Lavelle	136	San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics	1974–1987
75	Jim Brewer	132	Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels	1960–1976
	Steve Farr	132	Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox	1984–1994
	Bob Stanley	132	Boston Red Sox	1977–1989
78	Ron Davis	130	New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants	1978–1988
79	Antonio Alfonseca	129	Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies	1997–
	Kazuhiro Sasaki	129	Seattle Mariners	2000–2003
81	Terry Forster	127	Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, California Angels	1971–1986
82	Bill Campbell	126	Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos	1973–1987
	Dave LaRoche	126	California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees	1970–1983
	Mel Rojas	126	Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers	1990–1999
85	John Hiller	125	Detroit Tigers	1965–1980
86	Jack Aker	123	Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Pilots, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets	1964–1974
87	Chad Cordero	122	Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals	2003–
	Dick Radatz	122	Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos	1962–1969
89	Duane Ward	121	Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays	1986–1995
90	Joe Borowski	120	Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians	1995–
91	Mark Wohlers	119	Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians	1991–2002
92	Brad Lidge	118	Houston Astros	2002–
93	Ricky Bottalico	116	Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers	1994–2005
94	Tippy Martinez	115	New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins	1974–1988
95	Danys Báez	114	Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles	2001–
96	Frank Linzy	111	San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies	1963–1974
97	José Jiménez	110	St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians	1998–2004
	Al Worthington	110	New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins	1953–1969
99	Fred Gladding	109	Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros	1961–1973
100	Wayne Granger	108	St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos	1968–1976
	Ron Kline	108	Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves	1952–1970

Top 5 active pitchers closest to the top 100

Pitcher	Saves	Teams played for	Seasons played
Braden Looper	103	St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, New York Mets	1998–
Jorge Julio	99	Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies	2001–
Dave Veres	95	Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs	1994–
Matt Mantei	93	Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox	1995–
José Valverde	93	Arizona Diamondbacks	2003–

See also

• Career Leaders in Games Finished

Sources

• MLB.com
• Baseball-Reference.com