Before 1916, Mordecai Brown had the most saves, with 49 saves.

Interpreted as:

most career MLB regular-season saves by a player before 1916

	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	49	469	237	127	.651	328	2.03	1,354	269	55	3124.0	2,656	704	1,017	43	664	57	131	12,219	59	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.06	.259	2.93	69	2.42	83	7.65	159.4
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	35	424	195	124	.611	311	1.80	1,729	249	57	2943.0	2,320	590	861	23	605	51	103	11,314	75	5.29	1.85	2.86	0.07	15.3	5.3	0.99	.258	2.63	69	2.01	79	7.09	166.6
3	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	33	357	139	90	.607	225	2.47	965	152	27	2112.1	1,892	580	787	54	498	40	109	8,413	41	4.11	2.12	1.94	0.23	11.5	5.9	1.13	.268	3.35	89	2.56	90	8.06	70.5
4	Chief Bender C. Bender	29	411	197	118	.625	311	2.42	1,625	243	36	2780.1	2,423	749	1,011	35	651	85	90	10,915	71	5.26	2.11	2.50	0.11	14.9	6.0	1.11	.280	3.27	87	2.25	82	7.84	148.5
5	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	28	623	369	184	.667	545	2.12	2,488	430	78	4714.0	4,145	1,110	1,585	85	840	59	69	18,614	114	4.75	1.60	2.96	0.16	13.4	4.5	1.06	.268	3.03	74	2.25	76	7.91	366
6	Doc Crandall D. Crandall	25	295	101	60	.627	131	2.91	602	88	9	1511.1	1,492	489	649	51	374	37	144	6,206	8	3.58	2.23	1.61	0.30	9.7	6.0	1.23	.280	3.86	97	2.90	96	8.88	18.8
7	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	25	301	101	102	.498	205	2.64	624	119	15	1835.1	1,756	538	751	42	444	37	77	7,519	10	3.06	2.18	1.41	0.21	8.3	5.9	1.20	.269	3.68	90	2.91	96	8.61	26
8	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
9	Red Ames R. Ames	22	392	145	120	.547	294	2.56	1,451	170	23	2468.1	2,176	702	1,007	34	840	50	70	10,056	133	5.29	3.06	1.73	0.12	14.4	8.4	1.22	.279	3.67	90	2.52	86	7.93	116.3
10	Hugh Bedient H. Bedient	19	179	59	53	.527	102	3.08	420	57	4	936.2	932	321	425	15	236	17	61	3,786	12	4.04	2.27	1.78	0.14	11.1	6.2	1.25	.296	4.08	104	2.69	90	8.96	30.2
11	Eddie Plank E. Plank	19	566	305	173	.638	489	2.37	2,132	385	65	4129.0	3,650	1,087	1,449	38	967	182	64	16,367	85	4.65	2.11	2.20	0.08	13.0	5.9	1.12	.277	3.16	82	2.42	85	7.96	196.3
12	George Suggs G. Suggs	17	245	99	91	.521	185	3.11	588	115	16	1652.0	1,722	571	720	40	355	62	52	6,703	23	3.20	1.93	1.66	0.22	8.8	5.3	1.26	.297	3.92	97	2.91	92	9.38	47.2
13	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
14	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
15	Larry Cheney L. Cheney	16	179	76	53	.589	136	2.71	523	81	14	1088.0	916	328	454	22	424	31	37	4,533	72	4.33	3.51	1.23	0.18	11.5	9.4	1.23	.253	3.76	89	3.14	101	7.58	-1.3
16	Howie Camnitz H. Camnitz	15	326	133	106	.556	237	2.75	915	137	20	2085.1	1,852	637	857	41	656	65	74	8,426	37	3.95	2.83	1.39	0.18	10.9	7.8	1.20	.268	3.70	92	2.86	96	7.99	20.6
17	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	15	399	132	174	.431	313	3.09	1,368	227	25	2644.0	2,610	909	1,292	52	853	102	73	11,009	83	4.66	2.90	1.60	0.18	12.4	7.7	1.31	.296	4.40	109	2.85	102	8.88	-18.7
18	Jack Powell J. Powell	15	578	245	254	.491	516	2.97	1,621	422	46	4389.0	4,319	1,450	1,991	110	1,021	120	57	17,896	67	3.32	2.09	1.59	0.23	9.1	5.7	1.22	.280	4.08	95	3.01	97	8.86	35
19	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
20	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	14	192	87	55	.613	137	2.49	667	108	18	1295.1	1,075	358	468	23	408	22	49	5,166	38	4.63	2.83	1.63	0.16	12.9	7.9	1.14	.260	3.25	81	2.77	92	7.47	31.1
21	Nap Rucker N. Rucker	14	327	132	133	.498	270	2.43	1,203	185	38	2338.0	2,055	632	809	41	694	72	54	9,292	43	4.63	2.67	1.73	0.16	12.9	7.5	1.18	.277	3.11	87	2.60	90	7.91	71.7
22	Harry Gaspar H. Gaspar	13	143	46	48	.489	98	2.69	228	48	11	825.1	795	247	333	15	217	39	38	3,310	7	2.49	2.37	1.05	0.16	6.9	6.6	1.23	.277	3.63	90	3.06	102	8.67	-7.4
23	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	13	245	105	78	.574	192	2.90	910	99	16	1570.2	1,449	506	650	49	435	27	35	6,397	52	5.21	2.49	2.09	0.28	14.2	6.8	1.20	.281	3.72	99	2.69	88	8.30	64.8
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	13	371	206	128	.617	309	1.61	1,889	266	60	2778.2	2,131	497	749	26	547	104	57	10,679	101	6.12	1.77	3.45	0.08	17.7	5.1	0.96	.259	2.43	59	1.93	70	6.90	259.8
25	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	13	373	175	99	.639	287	2.27	1,081	194	40	2500.2	1,997	631	836	32	836	102	71	9,968	45	3.89	3.01	1.29	0.12	10.8	8.4	1.13	.248	3.01	79	2.84	98	7.19	16.1

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