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1997 MLB Saves Leaders

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Randy Myers led the majors with 45 saves in 1997, 2 ahead of Mariano Rivera (43). It stands 54th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Randy Myers led in saves.

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# Player Team SV G ERA IP SO
1 Randy Myers Randy Myers BAL 45 61 1.51 59.2 56
2 Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera NYA 43 66 1.88 71.2 68
3 Jeff Shaw CIN 42 78 2.38 94.2 74
4 Rod Beck SFN 37 73 3.47 70.0 53
5 Trevor Hoffman Trevor Hoffman SDN 37 70 2.66 81.1 111
6 Doug Jones Doug Jones ML4 36 75 2.02 80.1 82
7 John Franco John Franco NYN 36 59 2.55 60.0 53
8 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley SLN 36 57 3.91 53.0 45
9 Robb Nen FLO 35 73 3.89 74.0 81
10 Todd Worrell Todd Worrell LAN 35 65 5.28 59.2 61
11 Ricky Bottalico Ricky Bottalico PHI 34 69 3.65 74.0 89
12 Mark Wohlers ATL 33 71 3.50 69.1 92
13 Roberto Hernandez Roberto Hernandez CHA +1 31 74 2.45 80.2 82
14 Todd Jones Todd Jones DET 31 68 3.09 70.0 70
15 John Wetteland John Wetteland TEX 31 61 1.94 65.0 63
16 Rich Loiselle PIT 29 72 3.10 72.2 66
17 Heathcliff Slocumb BOS +1 27 76 5.16 75.0 64
18 Ugueth Urbina MON 27 63 3.78 64.1 84
19 Troy Percival Troy Percival ANA 27 55 3.46 52.0 72
20 Rick Aguilera Rick Aguilera MIN 26 61 3.82 68.1 68
21 Billy Taylor OAK 23 72 3.82 73.0 66
22 Billy Wagner Billy Wagner HOU 23 62 2.85 66.1 106
23 Terry Adams CHN 18 74 4.62 74.0 64
24 Jerry Dipoto COL 16 74 4.70 95.2 74
25 Jose Mesa Jose Mesa CLE 16 66 2.40 82.1 69
26 Mel Rojas CHN +1 15 77 4.64 85.1 93
27 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson CLE 15 71 3.24 75.0 74
28 Matt Karchner CHA 15 52 2.91 52.2 30
29 Norm Charlton Norm Charlton SEA 14 71 7.27 69.1 55
30 Jeff Montgomery Jeff Montgomery KCA 14 55 3.49 59.1 48
31 Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Escobar TOR 14 27 2.90 31.0 36
32 Hipolito Pichardo KCA 11 47 4.22 49.0 34
33 Tom Gordon Tom Gordon BOS 11 42 3.74 182.2 159
34 Mike Timlin Mike Timlin TOR +1 10 64 3.22 72.2 45
35 Armando Benitez Armando Benitez BAL 9 71 2.45 73.1 106
36 Bobby Ayala SEA 8 71 3.82 96.2 92
37 Greg McMichael NYN 7 73 2.98 87.2 81
38 Mike James ANA 7 58 4.31 62.2 57
39 Bruce Ruffin Bruce Ruffin COL 7 23 5.32 22.0 31
40 Steve Reed COL 6 63 4.04 62.1 43
41 Mike Fetters Mike Fetters ML4 6 51 3.45 70.1 62
42 Butch Henry Butch Henry BOS 6 36 3.52 84.1 51
43 John Ericks PIT 6 10 1.93 9.1 6
44 Paul Quantrill TOR 5 77 1.94 88.0 56
45 Turk Wendell Turk Wendell CHN +1 5 65 4.36 76.1 64
46 Lee Smith Lee Smith MON 5 25 5.82 21.2 15
47 Paul Assenmacher CLE 4 75 2.94 49.0 53
48 Aaron Small OAK 4 71 4.28 96.2 57
49 Tony Castillo CHA 4 64 4.91 62.1 42
50 Ricardo Rincon PIT 4 62 3.45 60.0 71
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