Saves, Blown Saves and Holds

Saves, Blown Saves and Holds

Saves, Blown, Saves and Holds for a Player


Saves for a player can be found in the Standard Pitching table. Here is Kenley Jansen's page as an example:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janseke01.shtml#all_players_standard_pitching



Blown Saves, Holds, and other stats for relievers can be found in the Reliever Pitching table on Advanced Stats pages.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janseke01-pitch.shtml#all_pitching_reliever



To access that page, click Finders & Advanced Stats in the navigation bar on player pages, then click Advanced Stats.



Saves, Blown, Saves and Holds for a Team


To see the reliever stats for a specific team, click on Detailed Stats under Pitching in the navigation bar on the team page.



The team's reliever data is found in the Team Relief Pitching table on that page. Here's where that table is located for the 2025 Los Angeles Angels:



League-wide Saves, Blown, Saves and Holds


To see this data for the entire league in a season, click the Relief Pitching link under Pitching in the toolbar on league pages.



This page has a summary of each team’s reliever data, as well as a table with the individual stats for every reliever in the league. Here is that page for the 2025 season:


https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-reliever-pitching.shtml





There are many more stats located in the Relief Pitching tables than just Saves, Blown Saves and Holds. Those tables also include stats for Inherited Runners, Inherited Runners Scored, Games Won and Lost in relief, a breakdown of appearances by game leverage, games on zero days rest, and many others. Clicking the red "Glossary" link above the table will bring up definitions for each of the stats contained in the table.


For more detailed information on Saves, Blown Saves and Holds, including definitions and examples, see our Baseball Reference Glossary pages:


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