Before 1912, Mordecai Brown had the most saves, with 39 saves.

Interpreted as:

most career MLB regular-season saves by a player before 1912

	NAME	SV	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	39	345	190	90	.679	253	1.79	1,071	218	47	2393.0	1,966	476	722	24	475	45	87	9,252	45	4.03	1.79	2.25	0.09	11.6	5.1	1.02	.254	2.72	63	2.27	79	7.39	149.9
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	24	335	155	101	.605	248	1.70	1,414	204	48	2380.2	1,845	450	676	16	445	45	80	9,090	65	5.35	1.68	3.18	0.06	15.6	4.9	0.96	.255	2.56	67	1.85	76	6.97	145.4
3	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	24	465	246	142	.634	381	2.66	1,068	314	32	3441.1	3,276	1,016	1,436	52	812	179	73	14,132	30	2.79	2.12	1.32	0.14	7.6	5.7	1.19	.268	3.76	85	3.04	95	8.57	68.9
4	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	21	274	126	78	.618	203	2.45	846	146	27	1823.1	1,609	496	657	43	443	36	64	7,234	36	4.18	2.19	1.91	0.21	11.7	6.1	1.13	.267	3.24	89	2.50	89	7.94	62.6
5	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	19	472	289	134	.683	417	1.97	2,124	338	68	3600.0	3,030	789	1,154	47	742	54	48	14,137	100	5.31	1.85	2.86	0.12	15.0	5.2	1.05	.267	2.89	69	2.13	72	7.58	318.5
6	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	17	621	361	208	.634	562	2.96	1,881	532	48	5067.1	4,929	1,664	2,480	156	1,272	129	56	21,082	169	3.34	2.26	1.48	0.28	8.9	6.0	1.22	.271	4.40	73	3.48	85	8.75	377.8
7	Cy Young C. Young	17	906	511	316	.618	815	2.63	2,803	749	76	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84	29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
8	Doc Crandall D. Crandall	16	145	50	25	.667	65	2.74	299	39	4	743.0	708	226	309	28	186	22	76	3,037	6	3.62	2.25	1.61	0.34	9.8	6.1	1.20	.272	3.74	99	2.88	99	8.58	1.4
9	Jack Powell J. Powell	15	546	236	237	.499	489	2.97	1,554	403	46	4153.2	4,071	1,369	1,874	105	969	117	53	16,944	62	3.37	2.10	1.60	0.23	9.2	5.7	1.21	.279	4.06	95	2.99	97	8.82	36.8
10	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	15	555	284	220	.563	504	3.05	1,803	468	30	4531.1	4,195	1,537	2,523	97	1,408	135	52	19,407	343	3.58	2.80	1.28	0.19	9.3	7.3	1.24	.258	5.01	85	3.54	99	8.33	25.1
11	Harry Gaspar H. Gaspar	13	136	45	45	.500	92	2.62	215	46	10	788.2	757	230	312	15	201	38	37	3,150	7	2.45	2.29	1.07	0.17	6.8	6.4	1.21	.277	3.56	88	3.04	102	8.64	-7.5
12	Sam Leever S. Leever	13	388	194	100	.660	299	2.47	847	241	39	2660.2	2,449	731	1,023	29	587	88	75	10,662	46	2.87	1.99	1.44	0.10	7.9	5.5	1.14	.266	3.46	81	2.84	92	8.28	74.2
13	Orval Overall O. Overall	12	207	104	66	.612	173	2.18	905	127	29	1467.1	1,159	356	487	15	525	44	30	5,849	57	5.55	3.22	1.72	0.09	15.5	9.0	1.15	.262	2.99	79	2.35	84	7.11	71.9
14	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	12	372	189	109	.634	289	2.59	929	242	27	2607.0	2,518	749	1,071	41	363	59	72	10,380	45	3.21	1.25	2.56	0.14	8.9	3.5	1.11	.276	3.70	85	2.60	82	8.69	156.8
15	Chief Bender C. Bender	11	282	142	81	.637	225	2.30	1,204	188	26	2015.1	1,689	515	718	23	467	73	53	7,902	49	5.38	2.09	2.58	0.10	15.2	5.9	1.07	.272	3.21	85	2.18	81	7.54	104.6
16	Vic Willis V. Willis	11	513	249	205	.548	471	2.63	1,651	388	50	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41	16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
17	Win Mercer W. Mercer	10	335	132	164	.446	300	3.98	532	253	11	2484.2	3,081	1,098	1,753	64	755	144	34	11,106	43	1.93	2.73	0.70	0.23	4.8	6.8	1.54	.314	6.35	96	4.18	99	11.16	13.6
18	Elwood Richie E. Richie	9	186	56	53	.514	105	2.24	354	71	16	1056.1	891	263	389	13	391	25	60	4,154	22	3.02	3.33	0.91	0.11	8.5	9.4	1.21	.260	3.31	81	3.04	105	7.59	-19
19	Howie Camnitz H. Camnitz	9	200	88	55	.615	142	2.42	621	89	16	1285.1	1,069	346	479	16	366	34	51	5,057	26	4.35	2.56	1.70	0.11	12.3	7.2	1.12	.262	3.35	86	2.46	86	7.49	55.1
20	Red Ames R. Ames	9	241	95	71	.572	185	2.45	1,056	117	13	1582.0	1,313	431	633	14	577	34	38	6,375	95	6.01	3.28	1.83	0.08	16.6	9.1	1.19	.277	3.60	88	2.32	81	7.47	97.1
21	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	9	332	115	152	.431	275	3.04	1,201	212	24	2318.1	2,280	783	1,112	38	714	81	50	9,619	73	4.66	2.77	1.68	0.15	12.5	7.4	1.29	.296	4.32	108	2.72	99	8.85	3
22	Brickyard Kennedy B. Kennedy	9	406	187	159	.540	354	3.96	799	294	13	3030.0	3,282	1,332	1,863	94	1,203	68	49	13,285	87	2.37	3.57	0.66	0.28	6.0	9.1	1.48	.287	5.53	98	4.28	106	9.75	-104.3
23	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	9	271	120	117	.506	235	4.22	529	209	7	2091.0	2,476	981	1,423	74	583	126	31	9,213	38	2.28	2.51	0.91	0.32	5.7	6.3	1.46	.304	6.12	98	4.24	98	10.66	18
24	Frank Arellanes F. Arellanes	8	74	24	22	.522	49	2.28	148	25	2	409.2	358	104	147	5	85	11	23	1,602	8	3.25	1.87	1.74	0.11	9.2	5.3	1.08	.261	3.23	91	2.36	96	7.86	4.4
25	Cecil Ferguson C. Ferguson	8	142	29	46	.387	74	3.34	298	47	8	698.0	659	259	332	12	281	34	58	2,842	15	3.84	3.62	1.06	0.15	10.5	9.9	1.35	.292	4.28	119	2.95	103	8.50	-5.1

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