Most Career Partial Inning Saves

by TheJay on Aug 20, 2010 11:14 PM CDT

In last night's game, Trevor Hoffman warmed up in the ninth inning in case Zach Braddock ran into trouble and a save situation arose. Braddock eventually finished the game and Hoffman stayed at 598 career saves.

I figured the career saves leader would also rank highly on the list of career "partial inning" saves (only one or two outs recorded), especially considering he hasn't thrown more than one inning in a game since 2004.

It turns out Hoffman is currently tied for eighth on the partial inning saves leaderboard. Some of the names on the list may surprise you, as they hail from an era that is often praised for its multiple-inning saves.

Most Career Partial Inning Saves
(through 8/19/2010)

Rank	Name	Partial Inning Saves	Total Saves
1	Jeff Reardon	62	367
2	Sparky Lyle	59	238
	Rollie Fingers	59	341
4	Todd Worrell	57	256
5	Dennis Eckersley	53	390
6	Lee Smith	49	478
	Roy Face	49	193
8	Randy Myers	47	347
	Trevor Hoffman	47	598
	Rich Gossage	47	310
11	Tippy Martinez	43	115
	John Franco	43	424
13	Lindy McDaniel	41	172
	Doug Jones	41	303
15	Kent Tekulve	39	184
16	Dan Plesac	38	158
	Tom Henke	38	311
18	Rod Beck	37	286
19	Mariano Rivera	36	550
	Dave Righetti	36	252
	Bill Henry	36	90
	Dave Giusti	36	145
23	Hoyt Wilhelm	35	227
	Jesse Orosco	35	144

Note: for this list saves were retroactively determined for pitchers like Roy Face who threw before the save rule was created in 1969.

Curiously, exactly 250 pitchers have 10 or more such saves through 8/19/2010. The entire list of those pitchers can be found here.

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Let me just say I appreciate that SB Nation takes a dump on FanPosters' auto-tag choices

Once again had to go in and unlink the guys I already unlinked after the AutoTag BS. They fixed it for front page stories but I guess regular users don’t get that preferred treatment.

Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.

by TheJay on Aug 20, 2010 11:16 PM CDT reply actions

I really don't think partial-inning saves are the cheapies

Aren’t most partial-inning saves in high-leverage situations?

by morineko on Aug 21, 2010 12:08 AM CDT reply actions

Probably

Just something that came to mind given the last couple times Hoffman has gotten warmed up. I like that Goose Gossage is high on the list considering his disdain for modern one-inning closers. To hear him and other early closers tell it, every real save was at least six outs. Shrug.

Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.

by TheJay on Aug 21, 2010 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions

the problem with old ballplayer memories

Most of those pitchers on that list are on the leaderboard for most multi-inning saves, I’d gather. (Jesse Orosco being the exception? his presence on this list is probably the ultimate example of an early situational lefty usage pattern.) Instead of framing it as an issue with managers using their bullpens on autopilot, those old guys are complaining that pitchers aren’t as tough these days. Nice misdirection.

by morineko on Aug 21, 2010 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Old guys

Don’t they always think that things were “tougher” and “harder” in the “old days”?

Reminds me of the “Grumpy Old Man” character from SNL…

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Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Aug 23, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions

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