1879 NL Saves Leaders

John Ward led the NL in saves in 1879 with 1, tied with Bobby Mathews. It was one of 2 times John Ward led in saves.

Led the NL in 1879 John Ward Providence Grays

1 Saves Tied with Bobby Mathews

Showing Saves and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SV	G	ERA	IP	SO
1	John Ward	PRO	1	70	2.15	587.0	239
2	Bobby Mathews	PRO	1	27	2.29	189.0	90
3	Will White	CN1	0	76	1.99	680.0	232
4	Pud Galvin	BFN	0	66	2.28	593.0	136
5	Tommy Bond	BSN	0	64	1.96	555.1	155
6	Jim McCormick	CL2	0	62	2.42	546.1	197
7	Terry Larkin	CHN	0	58	2.44	513.1	142
8	George Bradley	TRN	0	54	2.85	487.0	133
9	Harry McCormick	SR1	0	54	2.99	457.1	96
10	Frank Hankinson	CHN	0	26	2.50	230.2	69
11	Blondie Purcell	SR1 +1	0	24	3.78	197.2	31
12	BM Bobby Mitchell	CL2	0	23	3.28	194.2	90
13	Curry Foley	BSN	0	21	2.51	161.2	57
14	BM Bill McGunnigle	BFN	0	14	2.62	120.0	62
15	HS Harry Salisbury	TRN	0	10	2.22	89.0	31
16	FG Fred Goldsmith	TRN	0	8	1.57	63.0	31
17	Dan Brouthers	TRN	0	3	5.57	21.0	6
18	Cal McVey	CN1	0	3	8.36	14.0	7
19	Jim Tyng	BSN	0	3	5.00	27.0	7
20	MD Mike Dorgan	SR1	0	2	2.25	12.0	8
21	Gid Gardner	TRN	0	2	5.79	14.0	3
22	PM Pat McManus	TRN	0	2	3.00	21.0	6
23	JN Jack Neagle	CN1	0	2	3.46	13.0	4
24	Lee Richmond	BSN	0	1	2.00	9.0	11
25	HW Harry Wheeler	CN1	0	1	81.00	1.0	0