Jose Valverde career saves
288Career Regular Season
Jose Valverde has recorded 288 saves over 12 regular seasons, 32nd among 4,323 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 49 in 2011.
- Most recent: 2 in 2014.
Sum of 12 regular seasons, 2003 through 2014. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  ARI | 54 | 2 | 1 | 2.15 | 50.1 | 71 | 26 | 0.99 | 10 |
| 2004 | ARI | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4.25 | 29.2 | 38 | 17 | 1.35 | 8 |
| 2005 | ARI | 61 | 3 | 4 | 2.44 | 66.1 | 75 | 20 | 1.07 | 15 |
| 2006 | ARI | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5.84 | 49.1 | 69 | 22 | 1.46 | 18 |
| 2007 | ARI | 65 | 1 | 4 | 2.66 | 64.1 | 78 | 26 | 1.12 | 47 |
| 2008 |  HOU | 74 | 6 | 3 | 3.38 | 72.0 | 83 | 23 | 1.18 | 44 |
| 2009 | HOU | 52 | 4 | 2 | 2.33 | 54.0 | 56 | 21 | 1.13 | 25 |
| 2010 |  DET | 60 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 63.0 | 63 | 32 | 1.16 | 26 |
| 2011 | DET | 75 | 2 | 4 | 2.24 | 72.1 | 69 | 34 | 1.19 | 49 |
| 2012 | DET | 71 | 3 | 4 | 3.78 | 69.0 | 48 | 27 | 1.25 | 35 |
| 2013 | DET | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5.59 | 19.1 | 19 | 6 | 1.24 | 9 |
| 2014 |  NYM | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5.66 | 20.2 | 23 | 10 | 1.65 | 2 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV