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Closer (baseball) and Save (baseball)

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Difference between Closer (baseball) and Save (baseball)

Closer (baseball) vs. Save (baseball)

In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer (abbreviated CL), is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading. In baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances, described below.

Similarities between Closer (baseball) and Save (baseball)

Closer (baseball) and Save (baseball) have 35 things in common (in Unionpedia): Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus, Boston Red Sox, Bruce Sutter, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Dennis Eckersley, Detroit Tigers, ESPN.com, Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher), Goose Gossage, Jerome Holtzman, Jim Caple, John Franco, Lee Smith (baseball), Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Milwaukee Brewers, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Relief pitcher, Rollie Fingers, San Diego Padres, Sparky Lyle, St. Louis Cardinals, ..., Texas Rangers (baseball), The San Diego Union-Tribune, Trevor Hoffman, Triumph Books, W. W. Norton & Company. Expand index (5 more) »

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus (BP) is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Bruce Sutter

Howard Bruce Sutter (born January 8, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)

Francisco José Rodríguez, Sr. (born January 7, 1982), nicknamed "Frankie" and "K-Rod", is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

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Goose Gossage

Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage (born July 5, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.

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Jerome Holtzman

Jerome Holtzman (July 12, 1926 – July 19, 2008) was an American sportswriter known for his writings on baseball who served as the official historian for Major League Baseball from 1999 until his death.

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Jim Caple

Jim Caple is a former columnist and senior writer for ESPN.com.

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John Franco

John Anthony Franco (born September 17, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher.

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Lee Smith (baseball)

Lee Arthur Smith (born December 4, 1957) is a retired American right-handed baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Mariano Rivera

Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013.

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Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A's, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.

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Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Relief pitcher

In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.

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Rollie Fingers

Roland Glen Fingers (born August 25, 1946) is an American retired professional baseball pitcher.

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San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball franchise based in San Diego, California.

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Sparky Lyle

Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle (born July 22, 1944) is an American former left-handed relief pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1967 through 1982.

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St. Louis Cardinals

The St.

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Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is an American metropolitan daily newspaper, published in San Diego, California. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015. In 2015, it was acquired by Tribune Publishing, later renamed tronc. In February 2018 it was announced to be sold, along with the Los Angeles Times, to Patrick Soon-Shiong's investment firm Nant Capital LLC for $500 million plus $90m in pension liabilities. The sale closed on June 18, 2018.

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Trevor Hoffman

Trevor William Hoffman (born October 13, 1967) is an American former baseball relief pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010.

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Triumph Books

Triumph Books is a Chicago-based sports book publisher.

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W. W. Norton & Company

W.

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Closer (baseball) and Save (baseball) Comparison

Closer (baseball) has 117 relations, while Save (baseball) has 126. As they have in common 35, the Jaccard index is 14.40% = 35 / (117 + 126).

References

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