Bob Stanley career saves
132Career Regular Season
Bob Stanley has recorded 132 saves over 13 regular seasons, 110th among 4,323 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 33 in 1983.
- Most recent: 4 in 1989.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 1977 through 1989. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  BOS | 41 | 8 | 7 | 3.99 | 151.0 | 44 | 43 | 1.45 | 3 |
| 1978 | BOS | 52 | 15 | 2 | 2.60 | 141.2 | 38 | 34 | 1.24 | 10 |
| 1979 | BOS | 40 | 16 | 12 | 3.99 | 216.2 | 56 | 44 | 1.36 | 1 |
| 1980 | BOS | 52 | 10 | 8 | 3.39 | 175.0 | 71 | 52 | 1.36 | 14 |
| 1981 | BOS | 35 | 10 | 8 | 3.83 | 98.2 | 28 | 38 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1982 | BOS | 48 | 12 | 7 | 3.10 | 168.1 | 83 | 50 | 1.25 | 14 |
| 1983 | BOS | 64 | 8 | 10 | 2.85 | 145.1 | 65 | 38 | 1.26 | 33 |
| 1984 | BOS | 57 | 9 | 10 | 3.54 | 106.2 | 52 | 23 | 1.28 | 22 |
| 1985 | BOS | 48 | 6 | 6 | 2.87 | 87.2 | 46 | 30 | 1.21 | 10 |
| 1986 | BOS | 66 | 6 | 6 | 4.37 | 82.1 | 54 | 22 | 1.59 | 16 |
| 1987 | BOS | 34 | 4 | 15 | 5.01 | 152.2 | 67 | 42 | 1.57 | 0 |
| 1988 | BOS | 57 | 6 | 4 | 3.19 | 101.2 | 57 | 29 | 1.17 | 5 |
| 1989 | BOS | 43 | 5 | 2 | 4.88 | 79.1 | 32 | 26 | 1.61 | 4 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV