Jansen has tossed scoreless relief in 14 of 16 career postseason games, while successfully converting all eight save opportunities. His eight saves are the most in Dodger postseason history. he has pitched more than 1.0 inning in four of his six postseason appearances this year. He picked up the NLCS Game 2 save with 2.0 scoreless innings, and, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, only four other pitchers saved a 1-0 postseason game by pitching more than one inning: Al Holland, Phillies vs. Dodgers in the 1983 NLCS (2 innings); Roger Mason, Pirates vs. Braves in the 1991 NLCS (2 IP); Mariano Rivera, Yankees vs. A's in the 2001 first round (3 IP); and Koji Uehara, Red Sox vs. Tigers in the 2013 ALCS (2 IP). In Game 1 of the NLDS, Jansen became the first Dodger since Jay Howell in 1988 (2.1 IP) to record a save while working the final five outs or more. He Established career highs with both 51 pitches and 2.1 innings in the Dodgers’ NLDS Game 5 win at Washington
In the 2016 regular season, Jansen tied with Zach Britton and Mark Melancon for second in the Majors with a career-high 47 saves in 53 opportunities. He was selected to his first-career All-Star game, where he earned that honor by tossing scoreless relief in 61 of 71 appearances. He ranks second among NL relievers in ERA (1.83), limiting opponents to a .150 batting average, which was the best in baseball. His 0.67 WHIP also ranked first in the Majors. He recorded 104 Ks, which ranked third in the National League. He walked just 11 batters, and owned the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the National League (9.45). Jansen Appeared in three games against the Cubs this season, allowing one run in 3.0 innings while recording two saves. Batters were 1-for-10 (2B) against him.
On June 21 vs. Washington, Jansen established new Dodger franchise marks in saves, finishing the year with 189 after surpassing Eric Gagné (161). He also set the franchise record for strikeouts as a reliever (632), eclipsing Jim Brewer’s mark of 604. He was the only Dodger to record a save this season. The first time that’s happened since the save became a statistic in 1969. He posted a 1.60 ERA (7 ER/39.1 IP) and held the opposition to a .111 average at Dodger Stadium this year
Righties hit just .109 (13-for-119), and was strong against left-handers as well (.191, 22-for-115). Jansen Had a sub-2.00 ERA in every single month this season except for August (3.97). He recorded at least six saves in every month First batters hit .092 (6-for-65) with five walks against him, and batters were just 2-for-25 (.080) against with runners in scoring position and two out.
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