most saves by a player in a single season before the all star break

Francisco Rodriguez has the most saves in a season before the All-Star Game, with 38 saves in 2008.

	NAME	SV	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	38	2008	LAA	45	0	2	.000	0	2.36	41	0	0	42.0	27	11	11	2	26	0	41	4	175	4	8.79	5.57	1.58	0.43	23.4	14.9	1.26	.236	2.36	5.79
2	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	36	2018	SEA	48	0	2	.000	0	2.25	79	0	0	48.0	25	12	12	2	13	4	42	0	181	3	14.81	2.44	6.08	0.38	43.6	7.2	0.79	.277	2.25	4.69
3	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	34	2003	ATL	44	0	1	.000	0	0.95	54	0	0	47.1	34	5	5	1	7	0	41	1	180	2	10.27	1.33	7.71	0.19	30.0	3.9	0.87	.280	0.95	6.46
4	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	33	2013	BAL	47	2	7	.222	0	3.71	36	0	0	43.2	42	18	20	3	14	5	41	2	183	0	7.42	2.89	2.57	0.62	19.7	7.7	1.28	.312	4.12	8.66
5	Danny Graves D. Graves	33	2004	CIN	49	1	3	.250	0	2.72	29	0	0	49.2	48	15	20	9	5	1	43	3	198	1	5.26	0.91	5.80	1.63	14.6	2.5	1.07	.253	3.62	8.70
6	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	32	2024	STL	41	3	3	.500	0	2.36	48	0	0	42.0	32	11	14	2	17	0	39	2	173	1	10.29	3.64	2.82	0.43	27.7	9.8	1.17	.283	3.00	6.86
7	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	32	2004	NYY	42	0	0		0	0.99	36	0	0	45.1	34	5	5	1	15	3	38	3	183	0	7.15	2.98	2.40	0.20	19.7	8.2	1.08	.258	0.99	6.75
8	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	32	2002	LAD	42	0	0		0	1.39	62	0	0	45.1	26	7	7	3	6	1	38	2	165	0	12.31	1.19	10.33	0.60	37.6	3.6	0.71	.247	1.39	5.16
9	Jeurys Familia J. Familia	31	2016	NYM	43	2	1	.667	0	2.55	41	0	0	42.1	36	12	12	0	15	1	41	2	171	1	8.72	3.19	2.73	0.00	24.0	8.8	1.20	.316	2.55	7.65
10	Chad Cordero C. Cordero	31	2005	WSH	46	2	1	.667	0	1.13	42	0	0	47.2	37	6	11	4	12	1	39	2	196	0	7.93	2.27	3.50	0.76	21.4	6.1	1.03	.241	2.08	6.99
11	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	31	2003	LAD	44	1	3	.250	0	1.99	76	0	0	45.1	23	10	11	1	11	2	38	2	172	0	15.09	2.18	6.91	0.20	44.2	6.4	0.75	.268	2.18	4.57
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	31	2002	ATL	44	1	2	.333	0	4.44	54	0	0	48.2	41	24	24	4	16	0	38	1	197	1	9.99	2.96	3.38	0.74	27.4	8.1	1.17	.301	4.44	7.58
13	Kirby Yates K. Yates	30	2019	SDP	38	0	2	.000	0	1.15	60	0	0	39.0	22	5	7	1	9	3	35	1	148	1	13.85	2.08	6.67	0.23	40.5	6.1	0.79	.280	1.62	5.08
14	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	30	2018	BOS	41	2	1	.667	0	1.77	62	0	0	40.2	20	8	8	5	16	0	38	0	156	3	13.72	3.54	3.88	1.11	39.7	10.3	0.89	.205	1.77	4.43
15	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	30	2013	NYY	38	1	2	.333	0	1.83	32	0	0	34.1	36	7	8	2	7	1	38	2	144	0	8.39	1.83	4.57	0.52	22.2	4.9	1.25	.333	2.10	9.44
16	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	30	2013	TEX	41	1	0	1.000	0	1.36	42	0	0	39.2	20	6	6	2	10	1	37	1	148	2	9.53	2.27	4.20	0.45	28.4	6.8	0.76	.194	1.36	4.54
17	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	30	2004	FLA	40	2	0	1.000	0	0.98	41	0	0	46.0	23	5	6	4	15	0	35	3	173	0	8.02	2.93	2.73	0.78	23.7	8.7	0.83	.168	1.17	4.50
18	Lee Smith L. Smith	30	1993	STL	38	2	2	.500	0	4.08	33	0	0	35.1	31	16	16	8	7	0	34	1	143	0	8.41	1.78	4.71	2.04	23.1	4.9	1.08	.242	4.08	7.90
19	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	30	1992	OAK	37	2	0	1.000	0	1.67	50	0	0	43.0	35	8	8	2	5	0	35	1	167	0	10.47	1.05	10.00	0.42	29.9	3.0	0.93	.300	1.67	7.33
20	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	29	2024	CLE	45	4	1	.800	0	0.81	39	0	0	44.1	25	4	8	1	5	2	40	0	164	2	7.92	1.02	7.80	0.20	23.8	3.0	0.68	.205	1.62	5.08
21	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	29	2015	PIT	44	1	1	.500	0	1.47	31	0	0	43.0	33	7	8	2	8	1	36	2	166	2	6.49	1.67	3.88	0.42	18.7	4.8	0.95	.250	1.67	6.91
22	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	29	2014	ATL	39	0	1	.000	0	1.91	62	0	0	37.2	18	8	10	1	15	2	32	0	151	3	14.81	3.58	4.13	0.24	41.1	9.9	0.88	.239	2.39	4.30
23	Jason Grilli J. Grilli	29	2013	PIT	43	0	1	.000	0	1.99	63	0	0	40.2	26	9	9	2	9	1	36	0	159	1	13.94	1.99	7.00	0.44	39.6	5.7	0.86	.286	1.99	5.75
24	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	29	2001	NYY	41	2	4	.333	0	2.66	50	0	0	47.1	32	14	17	4	8	0	39	0	181	0	9.51	1.52	6.25	0.76	27.6	4.4	0.85	.235	3.23	6.08
25	Kazuhiro Sasaki K. Sasaki	29	2001	SEA	41	0	3	.000	0	3.03	39	0	0	38.2	24	13	13	6	6	2	39	2	147	3	9.08	1.40	6.50	1.40	26.5	4.1	0.78	.191	3.03	5.59