Baseball has no role designed for so much individualized significance as the closer. There’s the job description itself—either the shepherd of victory or the architect of defeat, with no space in between. There’s the setting, the lone man on the mound in the biggest moments of the game, his arrival signaled by signature music. There’s the style, in terms of both baseball (high heat) and aesthetics (those beards). Simply put, the closer is built to be remembered, for good or for bad. So for the next installment of SI’s Save Week, we’re running down each team’s most memorable closer—the wild, the elite, and the ones fans might rather forget.
Every Team's Most Memorable Closer
