MLB All-Time Saves Leaders

Career MLB Saves Leaders
Rank Player Throws Team(s) Saves
1 *Trevor Hoffman RHP Florida Marlins (1993)
San Diego Padres (1993 - 2008)
Milwaukee Brewers (2009 - present) 		591
2 * Mariano Rivera  RHP New York Yankees (1995 - present) 526
3Lee 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
4John FrancoLHP Cincinnati Reds (1984 - 1989)
New York Mets (1990 - 2004)
Houston Astros 92005) 		424
5Dennis EckersleyRHPCleveland 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
6 * Billy WagnerLHP Houston Astros (1995 - 2003)
Philadelphia Phillies (2004 - 2005)
New York Mets (2006 - 2008)
Boston Red Sox (2009) 		385
7Jeff 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 - present) 		358
9Randy MyersLHP 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
10Rollie FingersRHP Oakland Athletics (1968 - 1976)
San Diego Padres (1977 - 1980)
Milwaukee Brewers (1981 - 1985) 		341
11John Wetteland RHP Los Angeles Dodgers (1989 - 1991)
Montreal Expos (1992 - 1994)
New York Yankees (1995 - 1996)
Texas Rangers (1997 - 2000) 		330
12Roberto 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
13Jose 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
14Todd 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
15Rick Aguilera RHP New York Mets (1985 - 1989)
Minnesota Twins (1989 - 1995)
Boston Red Sox (1995)
Minnesota Twins (1996 - 1999)
Chicago Cubs (1999 - 2000) 		318
16Robb Nen RHP Texas Rangers (1993)
Florida Marlins (1993 - 1997)
San Francisco 49ers (1998 - 2002) 		314
17Tom Henke RHP Texas Rangers (1982 - 1984)
Toronto Blue Jays (1985 - 1992)
Texas Rangers (1993 - 1994)
St. Louis Cardinals (1995) 		311
18Rich GossageRHP 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
19Jeff Montgomery RHP Cincinnati Reds (1987)
Kansas City Royals (1988 - 1999) 		304
20Doug 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
21Bruce SutterRHP Chicago Cubs (1976 - 1980)
St. Louis Cardinals (1981 - 1984)
Atlanta Braves (1985 - 1986, 1988) 		300
22 * Jason Isringhausen RHP New York Mets (1995 - 1999)
Oakland Athletics (1999 - 2001)
St. Louis Cardinals (2002 - 2008)
Tampa Bay Rays (2009) 		293
23 * 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
24Rod Beck RHP San Francisco Giants (1991 - 1997)
Chicago Cubs (1998 - 1999)
Boston Red Sox (1999 - 2001)
San Diego Padres (2003 - 2004) 		286
25 Bob Wickman RHP New York Yankees (1992 - 1996)
Milwaukee Brewers (1996 - 2000)
Cleveland Indians (2000 - 2006)
Atlanta Braves (2006 - 2007)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2007) 		267
26Todd Worrell RHP St. Louis Cardinals (1985 - 1992)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1993 - 1997) 		256
27Dave RighettiLHP New York Yankees (1979 - 1990)
San Francisco Giants (1991 - 1993)
Oakland Athletics (1994)
Toronto Blue Jays (1994)
Chicago White Sox (1995) 		252
28 * Francisco Cordero  RHP Detroit Tigers (1999)
Texas Rangers (2000 - 2006)
Milwaukee Brewers (2006 - 2007)
Cincinnati Reds (2008 - present) 		250
29 Joe Nathan RHP San Francisco Giants (1999 - 2003)
Minnesota Twins (2004 - present) 		247
30Dan Quisenberry RHP Kansas City Royals (1979 - 1988)
St. Louis Cardinals (1988 - 1989)
San Francisco Giants (1990) 		244
31 * Francisco Rodriguez RHP Anaheim Angels (2002 - 2004)
Los Angeles Angels (2005 - 2008)
New York Mets 		2008
32Sparky LyleLHP Boston Red Sox (1967 - 1971)
New York Yankees (1972 - 1978)
Texas Rangers (1979 - 1980)
Philadelphia Phillies (1980 - 1982)
Chicago White Sox (1982) 		238
33Ugueth 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
34Hoyt WilhelmRHP 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
35Gene 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
36Gregg 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
37Dave Smith RHP Houston Astros (1980 - 1990)
Chicago Cubs (1991 - 1992) 		216
38Jeff Shaw RHP Cleveland Indians (1990 - 1992)
Montreal Expos (1993 - 1995)
Chicago White Sox (1995)
Cincinnati Reds (1996 - 1998)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1998 - 2001) 		203
39Bobby Thigpen RHP Chicago White Sox (1986 - 1993)
Philadelphia Phillies (1993)
Seattle Mariners (1994) 		201


Active pitchers close to 200 career saves
40. Brad Lidge 195
46. Eric Gagne 187
46 Eddie Guardado 187
57. Jose Valverde 167
58. Brian Fuentes 163
61. Tom Gordon 158
64. John Smoltz 154

* Denotes active player
Updated: Oct. 15th 2009

Sources:
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wikipedia.org
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