Most Games Finished with Zero Saves in a Season Since 1901

Usually the pitchers with the most games finished (GF) in a particular season are the ones that appear high on the saves list. This makes sense because closers tend to close out a lot of games and often will pitch an inning even if it's not a save situation if they haven't been in a game for a while. Less common is a pitcher ending a season with a considerable number of games finished and zero saves.

Usually if you're the finishing pitcher in enough games you stumble into a save one way or another. Whether the pitchers below were simply mop-up relievers on bad teams or just unlucky enough not to enter any games in a save situation all they got for their trouble was a steadily increasing number in the obscure GF column of their season stats lines.

Most Games Finished with Zero Saves in a Season Since 1901

Rank	Name	Year	GF
1	Justin Speier	2005	36
2	Marty Kutyna	1962	31
3	Roger Mason	1993	29
	Jeff Innis	1991	29
	Doug Sisk	1988	29
	Ed Vande Berg	1986	29
	Gary Ross	1973	29
8	Braden Looper	2006	28
9	Lance Carter	2004	27
	Duaner Sanchez	2004	27
	Joe Boever	1991	27
	Norm Charlton	1989	27
	Clyde Shoun	1942	27
14	Terry Mulholland	2005	26
	Mike Remlinger	2003	26
	Bobby Howry	2002	26
	Felix Rodriguez	1999	26
	Matt Turner	1993	26
	Joe Coleman	1978	26
20	Kyle Farnsworth	2004	25
	Kerry Ligtenberg	2002	25
	Mark Wohlers	2001	25
	Lindy McDaniel	1972	25

The 2007 leaders were Brian Stokes of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Chris Spurling of the Milwaukee Brewers with 21 each. That might well be the only time either pitcher is atop a major league leaderboard in his career.