Think of the most reliable finishers in baseball—they form the prestigious 300 save club, a milestone for relief pitchers who have closed out 300 or more career games. The save statistic was invented by Jerome Holtzman in 1959 and made official by MLB in 1969, and it has been applied retroactively, as shown by Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm, who accumulated 228 total saves despite only 31 coming after the rule was adopted. Mariano Rivera reigns supreme with an unmatched 652 saves, while Trevor Hoffman was the first to crack both 500 and 600, and only eight pitchers have ever reached 400. Rollie Fingers kicked off the club on August 21, 1982, and Aroldis Chapman became its 31st member on August 26, 2021, with the New York Mets uniquely seeing three players—John Franco, Billy Wagner, and Jason Isringhausen—achieve the feat while on their roster. Although 31 athletes have earned membership, only nine are in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and interestingly, Wilhelm is the sole inductee who actually fell short of 300 saves himself. Today, the club's active torchbearers are Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel, and Chapman, ensuring the legacy of elite closing continues.