Ace reliever/best Fu Manchu in Baseball: Rod Beck dies

Only 10 Closers in the history of baseball have recorded 48 Saves or more in a major league season. Rod Beck is one of only four to accomplish this rare feat twice.
From 1993 to 1995, Beck set a major league record by converting 41 consecutive Saves.
In 1998 Rod Beck set a major league record when he recorded Saves in six consecutive scheduled games.

the San Francisco Chronicle article is HERE