Hideki Irabu career saves
16Career Regular Season
Hideki Irabu has recorded 16 saves over 6 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 16 in 2002.
Sum of 6 regular seasons, 1997 through 2002. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  NYY | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7.09 | 53.1 | 56 | 20 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYY | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4.06 | 173.0 | 126 | 76 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYY | 32 | 11 | 7 | 4.84 | 169.1 | 133 | 46 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 2000 |  WSH | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7.24 | 54.2 | 42 | 14 | 1.66 | 0 |
| 2001 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.86 | 16.2 | 18 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2002 |  TEX | 38 | 3 | 8 | 5.74 | 47.0 | 30 | 16 | 1.43 | 16 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV