Wednesday night, Mets closer Jeurys Familia recorded a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts against the Marlins in Miami. Now just one save shy of 100 for his career, Familia became the 13th player to reach 50 in a season.
The other New York player, Mariano Rivera, pulled it off twice with the Yankees, reaching 50 in 2001 and 53 in 2004.
Famila won’t come anywhere near breaking Francisco Rodriguez‘s record of 62 Saves set back in 2008. However, he can do some serious damage to the list of top saves achievers.