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Linear Saves
by Keith Glab, BaseballEvolution.com
January 28, 2007

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Career Linear Saves Leaders:

Player Sv BS SV% Raw LSV LSV10 IP/RG IP ERA+
Trevor Hoffman 524 63 89.3% 30.4 32.1 1.07 942 2/3 147   
Lee Smith 478 103 82.3% 17.5 24.4 1.23 1289 1/3 132   
Mariano Rivera 443 59 88.2% 19.5 22 1.16 953 194
Tom Henke 311 55 85.0% 18.3 19.9 1.23 789 2/3 156   
Dennis Eckersley 390 71 84.6% 15.6 17.8 1.14 3285 2/3 116   
Billy Wagner 358 58 86.1% 9.5 17.8 1.07 771 180
Randy Myers 347 60 85.3% 14.3 17.3 1.14 884 2/3 122   
Eric Gagne 177 10 94.7% 17.9 16.7 1.09 597 1/3 124   
Dan Quisenberry 244 55 81.6% 12.6 16.6 1.55 1043 1/3 146   
John Smoltz 154 14 91.7% 11.2 11.2 1.08 3367 127
Troy Percival 324 57 85.0% 7.2 10.9 1.02 651 2/3 154   
Jose Mesa 321 61 84.0% -2.7 10.4 1.06 1548 2/3 100   
Rod Beck 286 55 83.9% 3.2 8.8 1.09 768 123
Tug McGraw 179 50 78.2% 2.8 8.8 1.66 1337 1/3 116   
Dave Smith 216 52 80.6% 7.4 8.5 1.33 809 1/3 129   
John Franco 424 101 80.8% -0.7 7.8 1.11 1245 2/3 137   
Robb Nen 314 54 85.3% 7 7 1.09 715 138
John Wetteland 330 63 84.0% 5.3 5.9 1.14 765 147
Doug Jones 303 77 79.7% -6.1 4.3 1.30 1128 1/3 129   
Keith Foulke 190 42 81.9% -0.2 4.2 1.24 755 2/3 141   
Gene Garber 218 82 72.7% -8.3 3.2 1.58 1510 116
Bob Wickman 267 72 78.8% -14.4 3.1 1.11 1059 125
Bobby Thigpen 201 52 79.4% -1.2 2.4 1.27 568 2/3 119   
Dave Righetti 252 74 77.3% -1.7 2.2 1.32 1403 2/3 113   
Armando Benitez 289 58 83.3% -4.2 2.1 1.02 772 2/3 140 
Jeff Shaw 203 51 79.9% -8.4 1.5 1.24 848 119
Todd Jones 301 49 86.0% -9.3 1.4