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1996 Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves

1996 New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves

1996 Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24

1996 New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves

1995 Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves

1995 Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves

1993 St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves

1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons

1992 Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yankees 1-0)

1992 Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves

1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves

1990 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season

1990 New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves

1989 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons

1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL

1988 Cincinnati Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month

1988 John Franco saves record 13th game of July

1988 KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most

1988 Cleveland pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves

1987 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts

1986 New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves

1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0

1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th

1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days

1974 Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win

1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves

1951 Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor, SNL, Stuart Saves His Family

1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue

1928 Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec)

1925 New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70


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