| Index | ||||||
| Baseball | ||||||
| Pitching - Saves | ||||||
| Player underlined is Major League champion | ||||||
| American League | National League | |||||
| 1960 | Mike Fornieles | Boston Red Sox | 14 | Lindy McDaniel | St Louis Cardinals | 26 |
| 1961 | Luis Arroyo | New York Yankees | 29 | Roy Face | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 |
| 1962 | Dick Radatz | Boston Red Sox | 24 | Roy Face | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 |
| 1963 | Stu Miller | Baltimore Orioles | 27 | Lindy McDaniel | Chicago Cubs | 22 |
| 1964 | Dick Radatz | Boston Red Sox | 29 | Hal Woodeshick | Houston Astros | 23 |
| 1965 | Ron Kline | Washington Senators | 29 | Ted Abernathy | Chicago Cubs | 31 |
| 1966 | Jack Aker | Kansas City Royals | 32 | Phil Regan | Los Angeles Dodgers | 21 |
| 1967 | Minnie Rojas | California Angels | 27 | Ted Abernathy | Cincinnati Reds | 28 |
| 1968 | Al Worthington | Minnesota Twins | 18 | Phil Regan | Chicago Cubs | 25 |
| 1969 | Ron Perranoski | Minnesota Twins | 31 | Fred Gladding | Houston Astros | 29 |
| 1970 | Ron Perranoski | Minnesota Twins | 34 | Wayne Granger | Cincinnati Reds | 35 |
| 1971 | Ken Sanders | Milwaukee Brewers | 31 | Dave Giusti | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 |
| 1972 | Sparky Lyle | New York Yankees | 35 | Clay Carroll | Cincinnati Reds | 37 |
| 1973 | John Hiller | Detroit Tigers | 38 | Mike Marshall | Montreal Expos | 31 |
| 1974 | Terry Forster | Chicago White Sox | 24 | Mike Marshall | Los Angeles Dodgers | 21 |
| 1975 | Rich Gossage | Chicago White Sox | 26 | Rawly Eastwick | Cincinnati Reds | 22 |
| 1976 | Sparky Lyle | New York Yankees | 23 | Rawly Eastwick | Cincinnati Reds | 26 |
| 1977 | Bill Campbell | Boston Red Sox | 31 | Rollie Fingers | San Diego Padres | 35 |
| 1978 | Rich Gossage | New York Yankees | 27 | Rollie Fingers | San Diego Padres | 37 |
| 1979 | Mike Marshall | Minnesota Twins | 32 | Bruce Sutter | Chicago Cubs | 37 |
| 1980 | Rich Gossage | New York Yankees | 33 | Bruce Sutter | Chicago Cubs | 28 |
| Dan Quisenberry | Kansas City Royals | 33 | ||||
| 1981 | Rollie Fingers | Milwaukee Brewers | 28 | Bruce Sutter | St Louis Cardinals | 25 |
| 1982 | Dan Quisenberry | Kansas City Royals | 35 | Bruce Sutter | St Louis Cardinals | 36 |
| 1983 | Dan Quisenberry | Kansas City Royals | 45 | Lee Smith | Chicago Cubs | 29 |
| 1984 | Dan Quisenberry | Kansas City Royals | 44 | Bruce Sutter | St Louis Cardinals | 45 |
| 1985 | Dan Quisenberry | Kansas City Royals | 37 | Jeff Reardon | Montreal Expos | 41 |
| 1986 | Dave Righetti | New York Yankees | 46 | Todd Worrell | St Louis Cardinals | 36 |
| 1987 | Tom Henke | Toronto Blue Jays | 34 | Steve Bedrosian | Philadelphia Phillies | 40 |
| 1988 | Dennis Eckersley | Oakland Athletics | 45 | John Franco | Cincinnati Reds | 39 |
| 1989 | Jeff Russell | Texas Rangers | 38 | Mark Davis | San Diego Padres | 44 |
| 1990 | Bobby Thigpen | Chicago White Sox | 57 | John Franco | New York Mets | 33 |
| 1991 | Bryan Harvey | California Angels | 46 | Lee Smith | St Louis Cardinals | 47 |
| 1992 | Dennis Eckersley | Oakland Athletics | 51 | Lee Smith | St Louis Cardinals | 43 |
| 1993 | Jeff Montgomery | Kansas City Royals | 45 | Randy Myers | Chicago Cubs | 53 |
| Duane Ward | Toronto Blue Jays | 45 | ||||
| 1994 | Lee Smith | Baltimore Orioles | 33 | John Franco | New York Mets | 30 |
| 1995 | Jose Mesa | Cleveland Indians | 46 | Randy Myers | Chicago Cubs | 38 |
| 1996 | John Wetteland | New York Yankees | 43 | Jeff Brantley | Cincinnati Reds | 44 |
| Todd Worrell | Los Angeles Dodgers | 44 | ||||
| 1997 | Randy Myers | Baltimore Orioles | 45 | Jeff Shaw | Cincinnati Reds | 42 |
| 1998 | Tom Gordon | Boston Red Sox | 46 | Trevor Hoffman | San Diego Padres | 53 |
| 1999 | Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees | 45 | Ugueth Urbina | Montreal Expos | 41 |
| 2000 | Todd Jones | Detroit Tigers | 42 | Antonio Alfonseca | Florida Marlins | 45 |
| Derek Low | Boston Red Sox | 42 | ||||
| 2001 | Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees | 51 | Robb Nen | San Francisco Giants | 45 |
| 2002 | Eddie Guardado | Minnesota Twins | 45 | John Smoltz | Atlanta Braves | 55 |
| 2003 | Keith Foulke | Oakland Athletics | 43 | Eric Gagne | Los Angeles Dodgers | 55 |
| 2004 | Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees | 53 | Armando Benitez | Florida Marlins | 47 |
| 2005 | Francisco Rodriguez | Los Angeles Angels | 45 | Chad Cordero | Washington Nationals | 47 |
| 2006 | Francisco Rodriguez | Los Angeles Angels | 47 | Trevor Hoffman | San Diego Padres | 46 |
| 2007 | Joe Borowski | Cleveland Indians | 45 | Jose Valverde | Arizona Diamondbacks | 47 |
| 2008 | Francisco Rodriguez | Los Angeles Angels | 62 | Jose Valverde | Houston Astros | 44 |
| 2009 | Brian Fuentes | Los Angeles Angels | 48 | Heath Bell | San Diego Padres | 42 |
| 2010 | Rafael Soriano | Tampa Bay Rays | 45 | Brian Wilson | San Francisco Giants | 48 |
| 2011 | Jose Valverde | Detroit Tigers | 48 | Craig Kimbrel | Atlanta Braves | 46 |