Dave Righetti career saves

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252Career Regular Season

Dave Righetti has recorded 252 saves over 16 regular seasons, 40th among 4,323 MLB players on file.

• Best season on file: 46 in 1986.
• Most recent: 0 in 1995.

Sum of 16 regular seasons, 1979 through 1995. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Dave Righetti career saves, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1979	NYY	3	0	1	3.71	17.0	13	10	1.18	0
1981	NYY	15	8	4	2.06	105.0	89	38	1.08	0
1982	NYY	33	11	10	3.79	183.0	163	108	1.44	1
1983	NYY	31	14	8	3.44	217.0	169	67	1.20	0
1984	NYY	64	5	6	2.34	96.1	90	37	1.20	31
1985	NYY	74	12	7	2.78	107.0	92	45	1.32	29
1986	NYY	74	8	8	2.45	106.2	83	35	1.15	46
1987	NYY	60	8	6	3.51	95.0	77	44	1.46	31
1988	NYY	60	5	4	3.52	87.0	70	37	1.41	25
1989	NYY	55	2	6	3.00	69.0	51	26	1.43	25
1990	NYY	53	1	1	3.57	53.0	43	26	1.40	36
1991	SF	61	2	7	3.39	71.2	51	28	1.28	24
1992	SF	54	2	7	5.06	78.1	47	36	1.47	3
1993	SF	51	1	1	5.70	47.1	31	17	1.58	1
1994	ATH/TOR	20	0	1	10.18	20.1	14	19	2.02	0
1995	CHW	10	3	2	4.20	49.1	29	18	1.68	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV