2 padres kirby yates rhp.
Best closer ever in baseball.
He retired after the 2013 season with an mlb record 652 saves and 952 games finished also the most.
His 601 saves were the most all time until no.
3 astros roberto.
The closer is a relatively recent invention in major league baseball.
Saves weren t an official statistic until 1969 and for most of the game s history up to that point pitchers were.
Ranking mlb s closers right now 1 to 30 1 brewers josh hader lhp.
Best closers of all time 1.
While not usually appearing in 9th innings of games pressly is certainly the guy the stros are turning to in high leverage situations.
Like many trends in baseball teams copied the a s approach and the official closer position was born.
Yes there had been closers in the past but they mostly went 2 or even 3 innings to close.
Another non conventional closer at the top of the list maybe you re sensing a theme that the mlb is changing is the astros ryan pressly.
The eck sixth.
1 on this list passed him in the 2011 season.