Kent Tekulve career saves
184Career Regular Season
Kent Tekulve has recorded 184 saves over 16 regular seasons, 64th among 4,323 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 31 in 1978.
- Most recent: 1 in 1989.
Sum of 16 regular seasons, 1974 through 1989. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  PIT | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 1.89 | 0 |
| 1975 | PIT | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2.25 | 56.0 | 28 | 23 | 1.18 | 5 |
| 1976 | PIT | 64 | 5 | 3 | 2.45 | 102.2 | 68 | 25 | 1.13 | 9 |
| 1977 | PIT | 72 | 10 | 1 | 3.06 | 103.0 | 59 | 33 | 1.18 | 7 |
| 1978 | PIT | 91 | 8 | 7 | 2.33 | 135.0 | 77 | 55 | 1.26 | 31 |
| 1979 | PIT | 94 | 10 | 8 | 2.75 | 134.1 | 75 | 49 | 1.18 | 31 |
| 1980 | PIT | 78 | 8 | 12 | 3.39 | 93.0 | 47 | 40 | 1.46 | 21 |
| 1981 | PIT | 45 | 5 | 5 | 2.49 | 65.0 | 34 | 17 | 1.20 | 3 |
| 1982 | PIT | 85 | 12 | 8 | 2.87 | 128.2 | 66 | 46 | 1.24 | 20 |
| 1983 | PIT | 76 | 7 | 5 | 1.64 | 99.0 | 52 | 36 | 1.15 | 18 |
| 1984 | PIT | 72 | 3 | 9 | 2.66 | 88.0 | 36 | 33 | 1.35 | 13 |
| 1985 |  PIT/PHI | 61 | 4 | 10 | 3.57 | 75.2 | 40 | 30 | 1.37 | 14 |
| 1986 | PHI | 73 | 11 | 5 | 2.54 | 110.0 | 57 | 25 | 1.13 | 4 |
| 1987 | PHI | 90 | 6 | 4 | 3.09 | 105.0 | 60 | 29 | 1.19 | 3 |
| 1988 | PHI | 70 | 3 | 7 | 3.60 | 80.0 | 43 | 22 | 1.36 | 4 |
| 1989 |  CIN | 37 | 0 | 3 | 5.02 | 52.0 | 31 | 23 | 1.52 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV