How many saves did Rollie Fingers have in 1978?
371978 Regular Season
Rollie Fingers recorded 37 saves in the 1978 regular season, 1st in the MLB.
- Rollie Fingers' best regular season for saves in 17 seasons on file.
- Up 2 from 35 in 1977.
- 67% of the San Diego Padres' saves that regular season.
Best of 17 regular seasons, 1968 through 1985. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  ATH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.75 | 0 |
| 1969 | ATH | 60 | 6 | 7 | 3.71 | 119.0 | 61 | 41 | 1.32 | 12 |
| 1970 | ATH | 45 | 7 | 9 | 3.65 | 148.0 | 79 | 48 | 1.25 | 2 |
| 1971 | ATH | 48 | 4 | 6 | 2.99 | 129.1 | 98 | 30 | 0.96 | 17 |
| 1972 | ATH | 65 | 11 | 9 | 2.51 | 111.1 | 113 | 32 | 1.05 | 21 |
| 1973 | ATH | 62 | 7 | 8 | 1.92 | 126.2 | 110 | 39 | 1.15 | 22 |
| 1974 | ATH | 76 | 9 | 5 | 2.65 | 119.0 | 95 | 29 | 1.12 | 18 |
| 1975 | ATH | 75 | 10 | 6 | 2.98 | 126.2 | 115 | 33 | 1.01 | 24 |
| 1976 | ATH | 70 | 13 | 11 | 2.47 | 134.2 | 113 | 40 | 1.17 | 20 |
| 1977 |  SD | 78 | 8 | 9 | 2.99 | 132.1 | 113 | 36 | 1.20 | 35 |
| 1978 | SD | 67 | 6 | 13 | 2.52 | 107.1 | 72 | 29 | 1.05 | 37 |
| 1979 | SD | 54 | 9 | 9 | 4.52 | 83.2 | 65 | 37 | 1.53 | 13 |
| 1980 | SD | 66 | 11 | 9 | 2.80 | 103.0 | 69 | 32 | 1.29 | 23 |
| 1981 |  MIL | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1.04 | 78.0 | 61 | 13 | 0.87 | 28 |
| 1982 | MIL | 50 | 5 | 6 | 2.60 | 79.2 | 71 | 20 | 1.04 | 29 |
| 1984 | MIL | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1.96 | 46.0 | 40 | 13 | 1.11 | 23 |
| 1985 | MIL | 47 | 1 | 6 | 5.04 | 55.1 | 24 | 19 | 1.41 | 17 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV