300 save club

In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 300 save club is the group of pitchers who have recorded 300 or more regular-season saves in their careers. Most commonly a relief pitcher ("reliever" or "closer") earns a save by being the final pitcher of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and pitching at least one inning without losing the lead. The final pitcher of a game can earn a save by getting at least one batter out to end the game with the tying run on base, at bat, or on deck, or by pitching the last three innings without relinquishing the lead, regardless of score.{{cite book | author-link = Commissioner of Baseball | access-date = 2018-02-18 | archive-date = 2017-12-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171215100108/http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/0/4/0/224919040/2017_Official_Baseball_Rules_dbt69t59.pdf | url-status = live The statistic was created by Jerome Holtzman in 1959 to "measure the effectiveness of relief pitchers" and was adopted as an official statistic by MLB in 1969. The save has been retroactively measured for past pitchers where applicable. Hoyt Wilhelm retired in 1972 and recorded just 31 saves from 1969 onwards, for example, but holds 228 total career saves.

Mariano Rivera holds the MLB save record with 652. Only Rivera and Trevor Hoffman have exceeded 500 or 600 saves, and Hoffman was the first to achieve either. Only eight pitchers have recorded 400 or more saves: Rivera, Hoffman, Lee Smith, Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel, Francisco Rodríguez, John Franco, and Billy Wagner.

Rollie Fingers was the first player to record 300 saves, reaching the mark on August 21, 1982. Aroldis Chapman is the most recent, achieving his 300th on August 26, 2021. The New York Mets are the only franchise to see three players reach the milestone while on their roster—John Franco, Billy Wagner, and Jason Isringhausen. In total, 31 players have recorded 300 or more saves in their career. Only nine relievers – Dennis Eckersley, Fingers, Goose Gossage, Hoffman, Rivera, Smith, Bruce Sutter, Wagner, and Wilhelm – have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; all but Wilhelm also have at least 300 saves. Jansen, Kimbrel, and Chapman are the only active players with more than 300 saves.

List

• Stats updated as of September 26, 2025.

Player	SV	300th save	Years active	Ref(s)	Date	Team
652		New York Yankees	1995–2013
601		San Diego Padres	1993–2010
478		St. Louis Cardinals	1980–1997
476		Los Angeles Dodgers	2010–present
440		Boston Red Sox	2010–present
437		Milwaukee Brewers	2002–2017
424		New York Mets	1984–2005
422		New York Mets	1995–2010
390		Oakland Athletics	1975–1998
377		Texas Rangers	1999–2000, 2002–2009, 2011–2016
368		Philadelphia Phillies	2005–2016
367		New York Yankees	2010–present
367		Boston Red Sox	1979–1994
358		Anaheim Angels	1995–2005, 2007–2009
347		Baltimore Orioles	1985–1998
341		Milwaukee Brewers	1968–1985
330		Texas Rangers	1989–2000
329		Cincinnati Reds	1999–2012	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml	title=Francisco Cordero Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	access-date=June 19, 2011	archive-date=June 12, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612213810/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml	url-status=live}}
327		Arizona Diamondbacks	2002–2003, 2005–2019
326		Kansas City Royals	1991–2007
324		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	2005–2017
321		Pittsburgh Pirates	1987, 1990–2007
319		Detroit Tigers	1993–2008
318		Chicago Cubs	1985–2000
314		San Francisco Giants	1993–2002	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nenro01.shtml	title=Robb Nen Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	access-date=June 18, 2011	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110523043251/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nenro01.shtml	archive-date= 23 May 2011	url-status= live}}
311		St. Louis Cardinals	1982–1995
310		Chicago Cubs	1972–1989, 1991–1994
304		Kansas City Royals	1987–1999
303		Oakland Athletics	1982–2000
300		New York Mets	1995–2012
300		Atlanta Braves	1976–1986, 1988