How many saves did Bobby Thigpen have in 1990?
571990 Regular Season
Bobby Thigpen recorded 57 saves in the 1990 regular season, 1st in the MLB.
- Bobby Thigpen's best regular season for saves in 9 seasons on file.
- Up 23 from 34 in 1989.
- 84% of the Chicago White Sox's saves that regular season.
Best of 9 regular seasons, 1986 through 1994. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  CHW | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.77 | 35.2 | 20 | 12 | 1.07 | 7 |
| 1987 | CHW | 51 | 7 | 5 | 2.73 | 89.0 | 52 | 24 | 1.24 | 16 |
| 1988 | CHW | 68 | 5 | 8 | 3.30 | 90.0 | 62 | 33 | 1.43 | 34 |
| 1989 | CHW | 61 | 2 | 6 | 3.76 | 79.0 | 47 | 40 | 1.29 | 34 |
| 1990 | CHW | 77 | 4 | 6 | 1.83 | 88.2 | 70 | 32 | 1.04 | 57 |
| 1991 | CHW | 67 | 7 | 5 | 3.49 | 69.2 | 47 | 38 | 1.45 | 30 |
| 1992 | CHW | 55 | 1 | 3 | 4.75 | 55.0 | 45 | 33 | 1.65 | 22 |
| 1993 |  CHW/PHI | 42 | 3 | 1 | 5.83 | 54.0 | 29 | 21 | 1.76 | 1 |
| 1994 |  SEA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9.39 | 7.2 | 4 | 5 | 2.22 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV