How many saves did Jim Willoughby have in 1978?
131978 Regular Season
Jim Willoughby recorded 13 saves in the 1978 regular season, 18th in the MLB.
- Jim Willoughby's best regular season for saves in 8 seasons on file.
- Up 11 from 2 in 1977.
- 39% of the Chicago White Sox's saves that regular season.
Best of 8 regular seasons, 1971 through 1978. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  SF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 0 |
| 1972 | SF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2.36 | 87.2 | 40 | 14 | 0.98 | 0 |
| 1973 | SF | 39 | 4 | 5 | 4.68 | 123.0 | 60 | 37 | 1.42 | 1 |
| 1974 | SF | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4.65 | 40.2 | 12 | 9 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1975 |  BOS | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3.54 | 48.1 | 29 | 16 | 1.28 | 8 |
| 1976 | BOS | 54 | 3 | 12 | 2.82 | 99.0 | 37 | 31 | 1.26 | 10 |
| 1977 | BOS | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4.94 | 54.2 | 33 | 18 | 1.32 | 2 |
| 1978 |  CHW | 59 | 1 | 6 | 3.86 | 93.1 | 36 | 19 | 1.22 | 13 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV