How many saves did Tommy John have in 1978?
11978 Regular Season
Tommy John recorded 1 saves in the 1978 regular season, 82nd in the MLB.
- 2nd-best of Tommy John's 26 seasons on file; the high is 3 in 1965.
- Up 1 from 0 in 1977.
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  CLE | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2.21 | 20.1 | 9 | 6 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1964 | CLE | 25 | 2 | 9 | 3.91 | 94.1 | 65 | 35 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1965 |  CHW | 39 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 183.2 | 126 | 58 | 1.20 | 3 |
| 1966 | CHW | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2.62 | 223.0 | 138 | 57 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHW | 31 | 10 | 13 | 2.47 | 178.1 | 110 | 47 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 1968 | CHW | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1.98 | 177.1 | 117 | 49 | 1.04 | 0 |
| 1969 | CHW | 33 | 9 | 11 | 3.25 | 232.1 | 128 | 90 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1970 | CHW | 37 | 12 | 17 | 3.27 | 269.1 | 138 | 101 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1971 | CHW | 38 | 13 | 16 | 3.61 | 229.1 | 131 | 58 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1972 |  LAD | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2.89 | 186.2 | 117 | 40 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAD | 36 | 16 | 7 | 3.10 | 218.0 | 116 | 50 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1974 | LAD | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2.59 | 153.0 | 78 | 42 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1976 | LAD | 31 | 10 | 10 | 3.09 | 207.0 | 91 | 61 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1977 | LAD | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2.78 | 220.1 | 123 | 50 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1978 | LAD | 33 | 17 | 10 | 3.30 | 213.0 | 124 | 53 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 1979 |  NYY | 37 | 21 | 9 | 2.96 | 276.1 | 111 | 65 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1980 | NYY | 36 | 22 | 9 | 3.43 | 265.1 | 78 | 56 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYY | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2.63 | 140.1 | 50 | 39 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1982 |  NYY/LAA | 37 | 14 | 12 | 3.69 | 221.2 | 68 | 39 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1983 | LAA | 34 | 11 | 13 | 4.33 | 234.2 | 65 | 49 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1984 | LAA | 32 | 7 | 13 | 4.52 | 181.1 | 47 | 56 | 1.54 | 0 |
| 1985 |  LAA/ATH | 23 | 4 | 10 | 5.53 | 86.1 | 25 | 28 | 1.68 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYY | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2.93 | 70.2 | 28 | 15 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYY | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4.03 | 187.2 | 63 | 47 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYY | 35 | 9 | 8 | 4.49 | 176.1 | 81 | 46 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYY | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5.80 | 63.2 | 18 | 22 | 1.71 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV