Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees has the most saves in Major League Baseball
Trevor Hoffman with 601. Mariano Rivera is the all-time saves leader.
0. Through 2010, Bell has led the National League in saves once ... that being in 2009 with 42. Brian Fuentes of the Angels led MLB in saves that season with 48.
John Franco. Franco had 424 career saves which is 4th most in MLB history. He led the National League in saves in 3 seasons (1988, 1990, 1994) but was never the MLB season leader.
11 Blown Saves
The only thing I could suggest is to log on to yahoo.sports.com/mlb and check the game log for individual players. You can count how many blown saves a pitcher has had over the course of the year.
With todays game ( 6/12 ) it's 5 blown saves. With todays game ( 6/12 ) it's 5 blown saves.
Saves has been a statistic since the first major league (National Association) was founded in 1871. In 1871, Harry Wright of the Boston Red Stockings led the league with 3 saves.
Through the games of September 23, 2007 Bobby Jenks has 39 saves and 6 blown saves.
The 1996 Colorado Rockies hold the record with 39 blown saves.
The Cardinals currently have 27 blown saves this season. Unfortuneatly we will probably have to add to that number
Jose Valverde, Detroit Tigers, 2011 = 0 blown saves out of 49 saves total