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1979 NL Saves Leaders

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Bruce Sutter led the NL in saves in 1979 with 37, 6 ahead of Kent Tekulve (31). It was one of 5 times Bruce Sutter led in saves.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Bruce Sutter Led the NL in 1979 Bruce Sutter Chicago Cubs
37 Saves 6 clear of Kent Tekulve
Showing Saves and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SV G ERA IP SO
1 Bruce Sutter Bruce Sutter CHN 37 62 2.22 101.1 110
2 Kent Tekulve Kent Tekulve PIT 31 94 2.75 134.1 75
3 Gene Garber Gene Garber ATL 25 68 4.33 106.0 56
4 Joe Sambito Joe Sambito HOU 22 63 1.77 91.1 83
5 Gary Lavelle Gary Lavelle SFN 20 70 2.51 96.2 80
6 Elias Sosa Elias Sosa MON 18 62 1.96 96.2 59
7 Tom Hume Tom Hume CIN 17 57 2.76 163.0 80
8 Doug Bair CIN 16 65 4.29 94.1 86
9 Tug McGraw Tug McGraw PHI 16 65 5.16 83.2 57
10 Grant Jackson Grant Jackson PIT 14 72 2.96 82.0 39
11 Mark Littell SLN 13 63 2.19 82.1 67
12 Rollie Fingers Rollie Fingers SDN 13 54 4.52 83.2 65
13 Woodie Fryman Woodie Fryman MON 10 44 2.79 58.0 44
14 Skip Lockwood Skip Lockwood NYN 9 27 1.49 42.1 42
15 Neil Allen NYN 8 50 3.55 99.0 65
16 Ed Glynn Ed Glynn NYN 7 46 3.00 60.0 32
17 Bobby Castillo Bobby Castillo LAN 7 19 1.11 24.1 25
18 Dick Tidrow Dick Tidrow CHN +1 6 77 3.66 125.1 75
19 Rawly Eastwick Rawly Eastwick PHI 6 51 4.90 82.2 47
20 Darold Knowles Darold Knowles SLN 6 48 4.07 48.2 22
21 Dave Patterson LAN 6 36 5.26 53.0 34
22 Enrique Romo Enrique Romo PIT 5 84 2.99 129.1 106
23 Dale Murray Dale Murray NYN +1 5 67 4.57 110.1 41
24 Ron Reed Ron Reed PHI 5 61 4.15 102.0 58
25 Pedro Borbon Pedro Borbon CIN +1 5 60 4.17 90.2 49
26 Stan Bahnsen Stan Bahnsen MON 5 55 3.15 94.1 71
27 Mark Lee Mark Lee SDN 5 46 4.29 65.0 25
28 Lerrin LaGrow Lerrin LaGrow LAN +1 5 42 5.27 54.2 31
29 Joey McLaughlin Joey McLaughlin ATL 5 37 2.48 69.0 40
30 Bob Welch Bob Welch LAN 5 25 3.98 81.1 64
31 Dave Roberts Dave Roberts SFN +1 4 47 2.90 80.2 38
32 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 4 46 3.43 194.0 77
33 Greg Minton Greg Minton SFN 4 46 1.81 79.2 33
34 Andy Hassler Andy Hassler NYN +1 4 37 4.52 95.2 60
35 Frank Pastore Frank Pastore CIN 4 30 4.25 95.1 63
36 Bert Roberge HOU 4 26 1.69 32.0 13
37 Eric Rasmussen Eric Rasmussen SDN 3 45 3.27 156.2 54
38 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 3 39 3.54 160.0 83
39 Buddy Schultz SLN 3 31 4.46 42.1 38
40 Tom Griffin Tom Griffin SFN 2 59 3.91 94.1 82
41 John D'Acquisto John D'Acquisto SDN 2 51 4.92 133.2 97
42 Will McEnaney SLN 2 45 2.95 64.0 15
43 Craig Skok ATL 2 44 3.98 54.1 30
44 Lynn McGlothen Lynn McGlothen CHN 2 42 4.12 212.0 147
45 Ken Brett Ken Brett LAN +1 2 39 3.77 59.2 16
46 Steve Mura Steve Mura SDN 2 38 3.08 73.0 59
47 David Palmer MON 2 36 2.64 122.2 72
48 Randy Moffitt Randy Moffitt SFN 2 28 7.71 35.0 16
49 Larry Bradford Larry Bradford ATL 2 21 0.95 19.0 11
50 Tom Hausman Tom Hausman NYN 2 19 2.75 78.2 33
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