List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders

Mariano Rivera, the all-time leader in games finished.

In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a game finished (denoted by GF) if he is the last pitcher to pitch for his team in a game. A starting pitcher is not credited with a GF for pitching a complete game.

Mariano Rivera^[1]^[2]^[3] is the all-time leader in games finished with 952. Rivera is the only pitcher in MLB history to finish more than 900 career games. Trevor Hoffman^[4] and Lee Smith^[5] are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.

Key[edit]

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career games finished. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2021 GF)	Number of games finished during the 2021 Major League Baseball season
GF	Total career games finished
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.^{[note 1]}

List[edit]

Craig Kimbrel, the active leader in games finished and tied for 37th all-time.

Stats updated as of September 20, 2021

Rank	Player (2021 GF)	GF
1	Mariano Rivera *	952
2	Trevor Hoffman *	856
3	Lee Smith *	802
4	John Franco	774
5	Rollie Fingers *	709
6	Billy Wagner	703
7	Jeff Reardon	695
8	Goose Gossage *	681
9	Francisco Rodríguez	677
10	Roberto Hernández	667
11	Hoyt Wilhelm *	651
12	Doug Jones	640
13	Kent Tekulve	638
14	Sparky Lyle	634
15	José Mesa	633
16	Todd Jones	619
17	Gene Garber	609
18	Fernando Rodney	590
19	Joe Nathan	587
20	Jonathan Papelbon	585
21	Dennis Eckersley *	577
	Lindy McDaniel	577
23	Francisco Cordero	575
24	Roy Face	574
25	Rick Aguilera	557
26	Dan Quisenberry	553
27	Mike Marshall	549
	Jeff Montgomery	549
	Robb Nen	549
30	Tom Henke	548
	Randy Myers	548
32	Troy Percival	546
33	Tug McGraw	541
34	Armando Benítez	527
35	Huston Street	525
36	John Wetteland	523
37	Craig Kimbrel (43)	520
	José Valverde	520
39	Rod Beck	519
40	Kenley Jansen (48)	515
41	Bruce Sutter *	512
42	Bob Wickman	511
43	Don McMahon	505
44	Jesse Orosco	501
45	Jason Isringhausen	499
46	Dave Righetti	474
47	Mike Timlin	467
48	Aroldis Chapman (41)	460
49	Ron Perranoski	458
50	Todd Worrell	456

Rank	Player (2021 GF)	GF
51	Bill Campbell	455
52	Gregg Olson	447
53	Steve Bedrosian	439
54	Mike Henneman	432
	Dave Smith	432
56	Roger McDowell	430
57	Joakim Soria (20)	427
58	Mike Jackson	422
	Dan Plesac	422
60	Willie Hernández	419
	Mitch Williams	419
62	Darold Knowles	417
63	Ted Abernathy	416
64	Greg Minton	415
65	Ugueth Urbina	408
66	Keith Foulke	406
	Stu Miller	406
68	Mark Melancon (50)	403
69	Eddie Guardado	401
70	Gary Lavelle	399
71	Jeff Shaw	384
72	Kevin Gregg	382
73	Brian Fuentes	381
	Dave LaRoche	381
75	Dave Giusti	380
76	Jeff Brantley	379
77	Bob Stanley	377
78	Clay Carroll	373
	LaTroy Hawkins	373
80	Tom Burgmeier	370
81	Brad Lidge	368
82	John Hiller	363
	Mike Stanton	363
84	Danny Graves	360
	Jay Howell	360
86	J. J. Putz	357
87	Bobby Thigpen	356
88	Greg Holland (22)	352
89	Jim Brewer	351
90	Tom Gordon	347
91	Eddie Fisher	344
92	Rafael Soriano	343
93	Frank Linzy	342
94	Ron Davis	340
	Jeff Russell	340
96	Ron Kline	338
97	Mark Clear	337
98	Elías Sosa	330
99	Billy Koch	325
100	Jim Johnson	324

Notes[edit]

^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References[edit]

^ "Mariano Rivera Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ Cohen, Alan. "Mariano Rivera Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ "Mariano Rivera Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ "Trevor Hoffman Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ "Lee Smith Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

External links[edit]

"Career Leaders & Records for Games Finished". Baseball-Reference.com.
Major League Baseball

[6] A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

[1] "Mariano Rivera Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

[2] Cohen, Alan. "Mariano Rivera Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

[3] "Mariano Rivera Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

[4] "Trevor Hoffman Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

[5] "Lee Smith Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

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