The Angel's closer has 28 saves in 70 games, on pace to break Bobby Thigpen's 18-year-old season saves record of 57. At the time of Thigpen's record, the previous high was 46. Since then, 46 has been eclipsed 19 more times, over one a year, but none of those times have yet reached 57 again.
Rodriguez is also a rarity in racking up so many saves at a young age. At age 26, he already has 174 saves, and is likely to have 200 before the year is over. The youngest so far to reach 200 was Thigpen at age 28; many great closers don't even get started on racking up big saves numbers until their late 20's.
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