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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 Yanks 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 Cleve 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 NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70

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