MLB All-Time Saves Leaders

MLB All-Time Saves Leaders

All Time MLB Records	Single Season MLB Records
Career BA Leaders	Highest BA in a Season
Career Hits Leaders	Most Hits in a Season
Career HR Leaders	Most HRs in a Season
Career RBI Leaders	Most RBIs in a Season
Career Runs Leaders	Most Runs in a Season
Career SB Leaders	Most SBs in a Season
Career Wins Leaders	Most Saves in a Season
Career Saves Leaders	Most Strikeout in a Season
Career Strikeout Leaders	Lowest ERA in a Season
Career ERA Leaders

MLB Milestones
No Hitters and Perfect Games	500 Home Run Club
300 Wins Club	3000 Hits Club
3000 Strikeouts Club	Triple Crown Winners

Career MLB Saves Leaders
Rank	Player	Throws	Team(s)	Saves
1	* Mariano Rivera	RHP	New York Yankees (1995 - present)	602
2	Trevor Hoffman	RHP	Florida Marlins (1993) San Diego Padres (1993 - 2008) Milwaukee Brewers (2009 - 2010)	601
3	Lee Smith	RHP	Chicago Cubs (1980 - 1987) Boston Red Sox (1988 - 1990) St. Louis Cardinals (1990 - 1993) New York Yankees (1993) Baltimore Orioles (1994) California Angels (1995 - 1996) Cincinnati Reds (1996) Montreal Expos (1997)	478
4	John Franco	LHP	Cincinnati Reds (1984 - 1989) New York Mets (1990 - 2004) Houston Astros 92005)	424
5	Billy Wagner	LHP	Houston Astros (1995 - 2003) Philadelphia Phillies (2004 - 2005) New York Mets (2006 - 2009) Boston Red Sox (2009) Atlanta Braves (2010)	422
6	Dennis Eckersley	RHP	Cleveland Indians (1975 - 1977) Boston Red Sox (1978 - 1984) Chicago Cubs (1984 - 1985) Oakland A's (1987 - 1995) St. Louis Cardinals (1996 - 1997) Boston Red Sox (1998)	390
7	Jeff Reardon	RHP	New York Mets (1979 - 1981) Montreal Expos (1981 - 1986) Minnesota Twins (1987 - 1989) Boston Red Sox (1990 - 1992) Atlanta Braves (1992) Cincinnati Reds (1993) New York Yankees (1994)	367
8	Troy Percival	RHP	California Angels (1995 - 1996) Anaheim Angels (1997 - 2004) Detroit Tigers (2005) St. Louis Cardinals (2007) Tampa Bay Rays (2008 - 2010)	358
9	Randy Myers	LHP	New York Mets (1985 - 1989) Cincinnati Reds (1990 - 1991) San Diego Padres (1992) Chicago Cubs (1993 - 1995) Baltimore Orioles (1996 - 1997) Toronto Blue Jays (1998) San Diego Padres (1998)	347
10	Rollie Fingers	RHP	Oakland Athletics (1968 - 1976) San Diego Padres (1977 - 1980) Milwaukee Brewers (1981 - 1985)	341
11	John Wetteland	RHP	Los Angeles Dodgers (1989 - 1991) Montreal Expos (1992 - 1994) New York Yankees (1995 - 1996) Texas Rangers (1997 - 2000)	330
12	Roberto Hernandez	RHP	Chicago White Sox (1991 - 1997) San Francisco Giants (1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998 - 1999) Kansas City Royals (2001 - 2002) Atlanta Braves (2003) Philadelphia Phillies (2004) New York Mets (2005, 2006) Pittsburgh Pirates (2006) Cleveland Indians (2007) Los Angeles Dodgers (2007)	326
13	* Francisco Cordero	RHP	Detroit Tigers (1999) Texas Rangers (2000 - 2006) Milwaukee Brewers (2006 - 2007) Cincinnati Reds (2008 - present)	322
14	Jose Mesa	RHP	Baltimore Orioles (1987 - 1992) Cleveland Indians (1992 - 1998) San Francisco Giants (1998) Seattle Mariners (1999 - 2000) Philadelphia Phillies (2001 - 2003) Pittsburgh Pirates (2004 - 2005) Colorado Rockies (2006) Detroit Tigers (2007) Philadelphia Phillies (2007)	321
15	Todd Jones	RHP	Houston Astros (1993 - 1996) Detroit Tigers (1997 - 2001) Minnesota Twins (2001) Colorado Rockies (2002 - 2003) Boston Red Sox (2003) Cincinnati Reds (2004) Philadelphia Phillies (2004) Florida Marlins (2005) Detroit Tigers (2006 - 2008)	319
16	Rick Aguilera	RHP	New York Mets (1985 - 1989) Minnesota Twins (1989 - 1995) Boston Red Sox (1995) Minnesota Twins (1996 - 1999) Chicago Cubs (1999 - 2000)	318
17	Robb Nen	RHP	Texas Rangers (1993) Florida Marlins (1993 - 1997) San Francisco 49ers (1998 - 2002)	314
18	Tom Henke	RHP	Texas Rangers (1982 - 1984) Toronto Blue Jays (1985 - 1992) Texas Rangers (1993 - 1994) St. Louis Cardinals (1995)	311
19	Rich Gossage	RHP	Chicago White Sox (1972 - 1976) Pittsburgh Pirates (1977) New York Yankees (1978 - 1983) San Diego Padres (1984 - 1987) Chicago Cubs (1988) San Francisco Giants (1989) New York Yankees (1989) Texas Rangers (1991) Oakland Athletics (1992 - 1993) Seattle Mariners (1994)	310
20	Jeff Montgomery	RHP	Cincinnati Reds (1987) Kansas City Royals (1988 - 1999)	304
21	Doug Jones	RHP	Milwaukee Brewers (1982) Cleveland Indians (1986 - 1991) Houston Astros (1992 - 1993) Philadelphia Phillies (1994) Baltimore Orioles (1995) Chicago Cubs (1996) Milwaukee Brewers (1996 - 1997) Cleveland Indians (1998) Oakland Athletics (1999 - 2000)	303
T22	Bruce Sutter	RHP	Chicago Cubs (1976 - 1980) St. Louis Cardinals (1981 - 1984) Atlanta Braves (1985 - 1986, 1988)	300
T22	* Jason Isringhausen	RHP	New York Mets (1995 - 1999) Oakland Athletics (1999 - 2001) St. Louis Cardinals (2002 - 2008) Tampa Bay Rays (2009) New York Mets (2011)	300
24	* Francisco Rodriguez	RHP	Anaheim Angels (2002 - 2004) Los Angeles Angels (2005 - 2008) New York Mets (2009 - 2011) Milwaukee Brewers (2011)	291
25	Armando Benitez	RHP	Baltimore Orioles (1994 - 1998) New York Mets (1999 - 2003) New York Yankees (2003) Seattle Mariners (2003) Florida Marlins (2004) San Francisco Giants (2005 - 2007) Florida Marlins (2007) Toronto Blue Jays (2008)	289
26	Rod Beck	RHP	San Francisco Giants (1991 - 1997) Chicago Cubs (1998 - 1999) Boston Red Sox (1999 - 2001) San Diego Padres (2003 - 2004)	286
27	Bob Wickman	RHP	New York Yankees (1992 - 1996) Milwaukee Brewers (1996 - 2000) Cleveland Indians (2000 - 2006) Atlanta Braves (2006 - 2007) Arizona Diamondbacks (2007)	267
28	* Joe Nathan	RHP	San Francisco Giants (1999 - 2003) Minnesota Twins (2004 - present)	260
29	Todd Worrell	RHP	St. Louis Cardinals (1985 - 1992) Los Angeles Dodgers (1993 - 1997)	256
30	Dave Righetti	LHP	New York Yankees (1979 - 1990) San Francisco Giants (1991 - 1993) Oakland Athletics (1994) Toronto Blue Jays (1994) Chicago White Sox (1995)	252
31	Dan Quisenberry	RHP	Kansas City Royals (1979 - 1988) St. Louis Cardinals (1988 - 1989) San Francisco Giants (1990)	244
32	Sparky Lyle	LHP	Boston Red Sox (1967 - 1971) New York Yankees (1972 - 1978) Texas Rangers (1979 - 1980) Philadelphia Phillies (1980 - 1982) Chicago White Sox (1982)	238
33	Ugueth Urbina	RHP	Montreal Expos (1995 - 2001) Boston Red Sox (2001 - 2002) Texas Rangers (2003) Florida Marlins (2003) Detroit Tigers (2004 - 2005) Philadelphia Phillies (2005)	237
34	* Jose Valverde	RHP	Arizona Diamondbacks (2003 - 2007) Houston Astros (2008 - 2009) Detroit Tigers (2010 - present)	236
35	Hoyt Wilhelm	RHP	New York Giants (1952 - 1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1957) Cleveland Indians (1957 - 1958) Baltimore Orioles (1958 - 1962) Chicago White Sox (1963 - 1968) California Angels (1969) Atlanta Braves (1969 - 1970) Chicago Cubs (1970) Atlanta Braves (1971) Los Angeles Dodgers (1971 - 1972)	227
36	* Brad Lidge	RHP	Houston Astros (2002 - 2007) Philadelphia Phillies (2008 - present)	223
37	Gene Garber	RHP	Pittsburgh Pirates (1969 - 1970, 1972) Kansas City Royals (1973 - 1974) Philadelphia Phillies (1974 - 1978) Atlanta Braves (1978 - 1987) Kansas City Royals (1987 - 1988)	218
T38	Gregg Olson	RHP	Baltimore Orioles (1988 - 1993) Cleveland Indians (1995) Kansas City Royals (1995) Detroit Tigers (1996) Houston Astros (1996) Minnesota Twins (1997) Kansas City Royals (1997) Arizona Diamondbacks (1998 - 1999) Los Angeles Dodgers (2000 - 2001)	217
T38	Jonathan Papelbon	RHP	Boston Red Sox (2005 - present)	217
40	Dave Smith	RHP	Houston Astros (1980 - 1990) Chicago Cubs (1991 - 1992)	216
41	Jeff Shaw	RHP	Cleveland Indians (1990 - 1992) Montreal Expos (1993 - 1995) Chicago White Sox (1995) Cincinnati Reds (1996 - 1998) Los Angeles Dodgers (1998 - 2001)	203
42	Bobby Thigpen	RHP	Chicago White Sox (1986 - 1993) Philadelphia Phillies (1993) Seattle Mariners (1994)	201

Active pitchers close to 200 career saves

43. Brian Fuentes 199
57. Huston Street 178
59. Bobby Jenks 173
62. Brian Wilson 169
64. Joakim Soria 160

* Denotes active player
Updated: Sept. 20th 2011

Sources:
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