Ken Sanders career saves
86Career Regular Season
Ken Sanders has recorded 86 saves over 10 regular seasons, 213th among 4,323 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 31 in 1971.
- Most recent: 1 in 1976.
Sum of 10 regular seasons, 1964 through 1976. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  ATH | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3.67 | 27.0 | 18 | 17 | 1.48 | 1 |
| 1966 | BOS/ATH | 62 | 6 | 10 | 3.75 | 112.2 | 74 | 76 | 1.52 | 3 |
| 1968 | ATH | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.2 | 6 | 8 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1970 |  MIL | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1.75 | 92.1 | 64 | 25 | 0.96 | 13 |
| 1971 | MIL | 83 | 7 | 12 | 1.91 | 136.1 | 80 | 34 | 1.06 | 31 |
| 1972 | MIL | 62 | 2 | 9 | 3.12 | 92.1 | 51 | 31 | 1.29 | 17 |
| 1973 |  MIN/CLE | 42 | 7 | 5 | 4.40 | 71.2 | 33 | 30 | 1.41 | 13 |
| 1974 |  CLE/LAA | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6.53 | 20.2 | 8 | 8 | 1.89 | 2 |
| 1975 |  NYM | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2.30 | 43.0 | 8 | 14 | 1.05 | 5 |
| 1976 |  NYM/KC | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2.70 | 50.0 | 18 | 15 | 1.14 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV