3 inning saves

Everett Teaford's 3 inning save Saturday was the 173rd such occurrence in team history. In this age of the 3 out closer these types of saves usually only happen in blowouts. But once upon a time they were a regularity as a manager had no qualms about bringing his closer in the game in the 6th or 7th inning. Dan Quisenberry excelled when entering this early and, unsurprisingly, he holds the franchise record for most saves of 3+ innings.

Here are the Royals with the most 3+ inning saves and how they fared in these situations.

Rk	Player	#Matching		ERA	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1	Dan Quisenberry	36	Ind. Games	1.13	36	111.1	76	14	4	39	0.72
2	Doug Bird	16	Ind. Games	0.91	16	49.1	29	5	11	38	0.81
3	Steve Mingori	6	Ind. Games	0.93	6	19.1	11	2	2	8	0.67
4	Steve Farr	6	Ind. Games	0.45	6	20.0	4	1	7	19	0.55
5	Tom Burgmeier	6	Ind. Games	0.00	6	21.2	11	0	4	7	0.69
6	Marty Pattin	5	Ind. Games	2.08	5	17.1	15	4	0	6	0.87
7	Mike Armstrong	5	Ind. Games	2.70	5	16.2	14	5	2	7	0.96
8	Renie Martin	4	Ind. Games	0.00	4	13.0	7	0	0	6	0.54
9	Mark Littell	4	Ind. Games	2.13	4	12.2	9	3	8	11	1.34
10	Gene Garber	4	Ind. Games	0.61	4	14.2	7	1	0	9	0.48
11	Bruce Dal Canton	4	Ind. Games	4.30	4	14.2	12	7	4	7	1.09
12	Larry Gura	3	Ind. Games	0.90	3	10.0	5	1	3	5	0.80
13	Mike Boddicker	3	Ind. Games	1.64	3	11.0	7	2	2	5	0.82
14	Buddy Black	3	Ind. Games	0.00	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	0.33
15	Luis Aquino	3	Ind. Games	0.00	3	10.1	8	0	2	8	0.97
16	Ted Abernathy	3	Ind. Games	2.89	3	9.1	5	3	8	8	1.39

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Dan Quisenberry was awesome.