So, here you see Johnny's league-leading 26 saves in the American League in 1954. That was sure one high total that year.
Notes
Baumgartner appeared as a starter twelve times
Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.
Danforth appeared as a starter nine times.
Phillipe and Walsh appeared as a starter eight times.
Morton and Griffith appeared as a starter seven times.
Paige, Mays and Chappelle appeared as a starter six times.
Marberry, Mossi, Lee, Ellis and Dubuc appeared as a starter five times.
Leever appeared as a starter four times.
Russell, Stanley, Adams and Keefe appeared as a starter three times.
Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall and Lindsey appeared as a starter two times.
Beggs, Quinn, Narleski and McGraw appeared once as a starter.
Maltzberger, Hyde, Konstanty, Duren, Tekulve and Henke all wore glasses.
Britton's and Osuna's stats are not final.
References
Sports Reference LLC. "Johnny Sain Pitching Statistics And History." Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/ players/s/sainjo01-pitch.shtml. Web. 29 Aug. 2016.
Stat Set 2
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Walsh | 1904 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2.60 | 57 | 4.6 | 1.102 | 0.1 |
Griffith | 1905 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 1.68 | 46 | 4.1 | 0.954 | 3.3 |
Keefe | 1907 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 2.50 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.387 | 2.0 |
Chappelle | 1908 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 1.79 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.095 | 0.3 |
Leever | 1909 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 2.83 | 23 | 3.0 | 1.257 | -0.1 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Phillipe | 1910 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | 2.29 | 30 | 2.2 | 0.986 | 2.0 |
Baskette | 1912 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 3.18 | 51 | 4.0 | 1.336 | 2.2 |
Crandall | 1913 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | 2.86 | 42 | 3.9 | 1.290 | 0.5 |
Wolfgang | 1914 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 1.89 | 50 | 3.8 | 1.073 | 1.8 |
Mays | 1915 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | 2.60 | 65 | 4.4 | 1.063 | 1.0 |
Danforth | 1917 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | 2.65 | 79 | 4.1 | 1.324 | 3.2 |
Dubuc | 1919 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 2.66 | 32 | 2.2 | 1.182 | 0.6 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Morton | 1921 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2.76 | 45 | 3.8 | 1.207 | 2.3 |
Baumgartner | 1925 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 3.57 | 18 | 1.4 | 1.368 | 2.5 |
Marberry | 1926 | 22 | ? | ? | ? | 3.00 | 43 | 2.8 | 1.348 | 3.1 |
Haid | 1928 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | 2.30 | 21 | 4.0 | 1.064 | 0.4 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Lindsey | 1931 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 | ? | 2.77 | 32 | 3.9 | 1.634 | 1.1 |
Quinn | 1932 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | 2.66 | 24 | 3.5 | 1.383 | 1.1 |
Russell | 1933 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | 2.69 | 28 | 2.0 | 1.218 | 3.1 |
Brown | 1938 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | 3.80 | 55 | 3.7 | 1.500 | 0.4 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Beggs | 1940 | 7 | 4 | 0.636 | 0 | 2.00 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.161 | 2.2 |
Murphy | 1941 | 15 | 7 | 0.682 | 0 | 1.98 | 29 | 3.4 | 1.397 | 2.2 |
Adams | 1943 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 | 0 | 2.82 | 46 | 3.0 | 1.254 | 3.0 |
Heving | 1944 | 10 | ? | ? | 0 | 1.96 | 46 | 3.5 | 1.228 | 1.9 |
Maltzberger | 1944 | 12 | ? | ? | 0 | 2.96 | 49 | 4.8 | 1.095 | 1.8 |
Christopher | 1947 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 0 | 2.90 | 33 | 3.7 | 1.277 | 1.4 |
Page | 1949 | 27 | 11 | 0.711 | 0 | 2.59 | 99 | 6.6 | 1.315 | 4.2 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Konstanty | 1950 | 22 | 4 | 0.846 | 0 | 2.66 | 56 | 3.3 | 1.039 | 4.7 |
Wilhelm | 1952 | 11 | 1 | 0.917 | 1 | 2.43 | 108 | 6.1 | 1.155 | 2.7 |
Paige | 1952 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 1 | 3.07 | 91 | 5.9 | 1.254 | 3.4 |
Kinder | 1953 | 27 | 8 | 0.771 | 4 | 1.85 | 39 | 3.3 | 1.140 | 4.5 |
Mossi | 1954 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1.94 | 55 | 5.3 | 1.022 | 3.3 |
Sain | 1954 | 26 | 4 | 0.867 | 1 | 3.16 | 33 | 3.9 | 1.052 | 1.5 |
Narleski | 1955 | 19 | 2 | 0.905 | 6 | 3.71 | 94 | 7.6 | 1.281 | 2.5 |
Freeman | 1956 | 18 | 3 | 0.857 | 2 | 3.40 | 50 | 4.1 | 1.344 | 2.6 |
Farrell | 1957 | 10 | 3 | 0.769 | 0 | 2.38 | 54 | 5.8 | 1.320 | 2.4 |
Zuverink | 1957 | 9 | 8 | 0.529 | 0 | 2.48 | 36 | 2.9 | 1.278 | 2.7 |
Hyde | 1958 | 18 | 5 | 0.783 | 0 | 1.75 | 49 | 4.3 | 1.136 | 4.9 |
Duren | 1959 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.88 | 96 | 11.3 | 1.200 | 3.8 |
Staley | 1959 | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 2 | 2.24 | 54 | 4.2 | 1.169 | 2.5 |
Face | 1959 | 10 | 9 | 0.526 | 1 | 2.70 | 69 | 6.7 | 1.243 | 3.2 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
McDaniel | 1960 | 26 | 6 | 0.813 | 1 | 1.29 | 95 | 8.2 | 0.863 | 6.0 |
Arroyo | 1961 | 29 | 10 | 0.744 | 1 | 2.19 | 87 | 6.6 | 1.109 | 3.3 |
Fox | 1961 | 12 | 2 | 0.857 | 3 | 1.41 | 32 | 5.0 | 1.012 | 2.6 |
Radatz | 1963 | 25 | 3 | 0.893 | 0 | 1.97 | 162 | 11.0 | 1.096 | 5.7 |
Perranoski | 1963 | 21 | 8 | 0.724 | 0 | 1.67 | 75 | 5.2 | 1.202 | 4.5 |
Lee | 1964 | 19 | 8 | 0.704 | 1 | 1.51 | 111 | 7.3 | 1.058 | 4.3 |
Ellis | 1964 | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 1 | 2.57 | 125 | 9.2 | 1.054 | 3.1 |
Miller | 1965 | 24 | 1 | 0.960 | 1 | 1.89 | 104 | 7.8 | 0.997 | 4.3 |
Regan | 1966 | 21 | 7 | 0.750 | 1 | 1.62 | 88 | 6.8 | 0.934 | 5.0 |
Drabowsky | 1967 | 12 | 5 | 0.706 | 3 | 1.60 | 96 | 9.1 | 0.955 | 3.2 |
Abernathy | 1967 | 28 | 6 | 0.824 | 1 | 1.27 | 88 | 7.4 | 0.978 | 6.2 |
Wood | 1968 | 16 | 5 | 0.762 | 7 | 1.87 | 74 | 4.2 | 1.006 | 5.4 |
Tatum | 1969 | 22 | 1 | 0.957 | 2 | 1.36 | 65 | 6.8 | 1.042 | 4.3 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Williams | 1970 | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 7 | 1.99 | 76 | 6.0 | 1.032 | 2.8 |
McMahon | 1970 | 19 | 5 | 0.792 | 0 | 2.96 | 74 | 7.1 | 1.219 | 3.0 |
Sanders | 1971 | 31 | 4 | 0.886 | 0 | 1.91 | 80 | 5.3 | 1.064 | 4.1 |
Giusti | 1972 | 22 | 5 | 0.815 | 0 | 1.93 | 54 | 6.5 | 1.058 | 2.3 |
Hiller | 1973 | 38 | 4 | 0.905 | 0 | 1.44 | 124 | 8.9 | 1.021 | 8.1 |
Jackson | 1973 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 | 3 | 1.90 | 47 | 5.3 | 0.971 | 2.1 |
Borbon | 1973 | 14 | 5 | 0.737 | 6 | 2.16 | 60 | 4.5 | 1.421 | 2.5 |
Marshall | 1974 | 21 | 12 | 0.636 | 9 | 2.42 | 143 | 6.2 | 1.186 | 3.1 |
Gossage | 1975 | 26 | 5 | 0.839 | 1 | 1.84 | 130 | 8.3 | 1.193 | 8.2 |
Eastwick | 1976 | 26 | 9 | 0.743 | 1 | 2.09 | 70 | 5.9 | 1.115 | 2.8 |
Lyle | 1977 | 26 | 8 | 0.765 | 1 | 2.17 | 68 | 4.5 | 1.197 | 3.7 |
Sutter | 1977 | 31 | 9 | 0.775 | 0 | 1.34 | 129 | 10.8 | 0.857 | 6.5 |
Stanley | 1978 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 1 | 2.60 | 38 | 2.2 | 1.242 | 4.1 |
Blair | 1978 | 28 | 5 | 0.848 | 2 | 1.97 | 91 | 8.2 | 1.246 | 4.1 |
Tekulve | 1979 | 31 | 6 | 0.838 | 8 | 2.79 | 75 | 5.0 | 1.176 | 3.2 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
McGraw | 1980 | 20 | 5 | 0.800 | 0 | 1.46 | 75 | 7.3 | 0.921 | 4.7 |
Fingers | 1981 | 28 | 6 | 0.824 | 0 | 1.04 | 61 | 7.0 | 0.872 | 4.2 |
Caudill | 1982 | 26 | 6 | 0.813 | 0 | 2.35 | 111 | 10.4 | 1.045 | 4.4 |
Hernandez | 1984 | 32 | 1 | 0.970 | 0 | 1.92 | 112 | 7.2 | 0.941 | 4.8 |
Lamp | 1985 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 8 | 3.32 | 68 | 5.8 | 1.164 | 1.3 |
Eichhorn | 1986 | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 7 | 1.72 | 166 | 9.5 | 0.955 | 7.4 |
Henke | 1987 | 34 | 8 | 0.810 | 1 | 2.49 | 128 | 12.3 | 0.926 | 3.3 |
Burke | 1987 | 18 | 4 | 0.818 | 5 | 1.19 | 58 | 5.7 | 0.890 | 4.3 |
Henneman | 1988 | 22 | 7 | 0.759 | 2 | 1.87 | 58 | 5.7 | 1.051 | 3.3 |
Lancaster | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 0.727 | 7 | 1.36 | 56 | 6.9 | 1.032 | 3.9 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Eckersley | 1990 | 48 | 2 | 0.960 | 0 | 0.61 | 73 | 9.0 | 0.614 | 3.3 |
Thigpen | 1990 | 57 | 8 | 0.877 | 0 | 1.83 | 70 | 7.1 | 1.038 | 3.4 |
Henry | 1991 | 15 | 1 | 0.938 | 3 | 1.00 | 28 | 7.0 | 0.833 | 2.2 |
Aguilera | 1991 | 42 | 9 | 0.824 | 0 | 2.35 | 61 | 8.0 | 1.072 | 2.4 |
Ward | 1992 | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 24 | 1.95 | 103 | 9.1 | 1.135 | 3.1 |
Rojas | 1992 | 10 | 1 | 0.909 | 13 | 1.43 | 70 | 6.3 | 1.043 | 3.9 |
Wetteland | 1993 | 43 | 1 | 0.977 | 0 | 1.37 | 113 | 12.0 | 1.008 | 4.2 |
Harvey | 1993 | 45 | 4 | 0.918 | 0 | 1.70 | 73 | 9.5 | 0.841 | 4.0 |
Beck | 1993 | 48 | 4 | 0.923 | 0 | 2.16 | 86 | 9.8 | 0.882 | 2.4 |
Hoffman | 1998 | 53 | 1 | 0.981 | 0 | 1.48 | 86 | 10.6 | 0.849 | 4.1 |
Urbina | 1998 | 34 | 4 | 0.895 | 0 | 1.30 | 94 | 12.2 | 1.010 | 3.2 |
Williamson | 1999 | 19 | 7 | 0.731 | 5 | 2.41 | 107 | 10.3 | 1.039 | 2.8 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Rhodes | 2001 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 31 | 1.72 | 83 | 11.0 | 0.853 | 2.5 |
Smoltz | 2003 | 45 | 4 | 0.918 | 0 | 1.12 | 73 | 10.2 | 0.870 | 3.3 |
Timlin | 2005 | 13 | 7 | 0.650 | 24 | 2.24 | 59 | 6.6 | 1.320 | 2.9 |
Nathan | 2006 | 36 | 2 | 0.947 | 0 | 1.58 | 95 | 12.5 | 0.790 | 3.3 |
Putz | 2007 | 40 | 2 | 0.952 | 0 | 1.38 | 82 | 10.3 | 0.698 | 4.0 |
Rivera | 2008 | 39 | 1 | 0.975 | 0 | 1.40 | 77 | 9.8 | 0.665 | 4.3 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Bell | 2010 | 47 | 3 | 0.940 | 0 | 1.93 | 86 | 11.1 | 1.200 | 1.9 |
Cook | 2012 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 21 | 2.09 | 80 | 9.8 | 0.941 | 2.6 |
Chapman | 2012 | 38 | 5 | 0.884 | 6 | 1.51 | 122 | 15.3 | 0.809 | 3.6 |
Johnson | 2012 | 51 | 3 | 0.944 | 0 | 2.49 | 41 | 5.4 | 1.019 | 2.4 |
Davis | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 33 | 1.00 | 109 | 13.6 | 0.847 | 3.7 |
Rondon | 2015 | 30 | 4 | 0.882 | 8 | 1.67 | 69 | 8.6 | 1.000 | 2.2 |
Britton | 2016 | 34 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.58 | 55 | 10.6 | 0.750 | 2.8 |
Osuna | 2016 | 28 | 3 | 0.903 | 0 | 2.13 | 67 | 11.0 | 0.855 | 1.8 |
Pitcher | Year | S | BS | S% | H | ERA | K | K/9 | WHIP | WAR |
Notes
Baumgartner appeared as a starter twelve times
Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.
Danforth appeared as a starter nine times.
Phillipe and Walsh appeared as a starter eight times.
Morton and Griffith appeared as a starter seven times.
Paige, Mays and Chappelle appeared as a starter six times.
Marberry, Mossi, Lee, Ellis and Dubuc appeared as a starter five times.
Leever appeared as a starter four times.
Russell, Stanley, Adams and Keefe appeared as a starter three times.
Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall and Lindsey appeared as a starter two times.
Beggs, Quinn, Narleski and McGraw appeared once as a starter.
Maltzberger, Hyde, Konstanty, Duren, Tekulve and Henke all wore glasses.
Britton's and Osuna's stats are not final.
References
Sports Reference LLC. "Johnny Sain Pitching Statistics And History." Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/ players/s/sainjo01-pitch.shtml. Web. 29 Aug. 2016.