Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rollie Fingers had the most saves, with 209 saves.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season saves by a player in the 1970s

	NAME	SV	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	209	640	84	85	.497	29	2.89	973	3	1	1219.0	1,038	391	438	84	353	32	480	74	4,953	25	7.18	2.61	2.76	0.62	19.6	7.1	1.14	.272	3.23	84	2.83	79	7.66	100.9
2	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	190	600	69	59	.539	0	2.61	590	0	0	960.1	847	278	329	51	319	10	477	55	3,947	41	5.53	2.99	1.85	0.48	14.9	8.1	1.21	.267	3.08	71	3.08	83	7.94	67.9
3	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	177	629	89	94	.486	10	2.98	771	0	0	1176.2	1,063	390	446	61	439	25	505	47	4,926	58	5.90	3.36	1.76	0.47	15.7	8.9	1.28	.276	3.41	81	3.12	84	8.13	78.6
4	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	140	470	50	33	.602	3	3.06	416	0	0	703.2	648	239	271	40	270	1	350	80	2,954	28	5.32	3.45	1.54	0.51	14.1	9.1	1.30	.273	3.47	84	3.28	91	8.29	24.3
5	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	132	542	69	58	.543	9	3.07	726	1	1	967.1	815	330	376	67	371	16	374	89	4,009	34	6.75	3.45	1.96	0.62	18.1	9.3	1.23	.264	3.50	84	3.17	88	7.58	44.2
6	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	122	543	54	50	.519	5	3.49	675	0	0	823.1	703	319	349	72	393	24	334	75	3,520	17	7.38	4.30	1.72	0.79	19.2	11.2	1.33	.268	3.81	94	3.60	96	7.68	13.1
7	John Hiller J. Hiller	115	426	69	63	.523	17	2.74	812	6	2	911.0	749	277	314	81	414	11	321	64	3,828	33	8.02	4.09	1.96	0.80	21.2	10.8	1.28	.266	3.10	70	3.38	86	7.40	53.1
8	Gene Garber G. Garber	110	444	53	56	.486	8	3.38	491	4	0	786.1	736	295	341	70	234	24	281	82	3,256	16	5.62	2.68	2.10	0.80	15.1	7.2	1.23	.273	3.90	88	3.51	92	8.42	25.8
9	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	106	447	61	39	.610	11	2.63	385	0	0	766.1	731	224	257	36	252	16	248	65	3,191	17	4.52	2.96	1.53	0.42	12.1	7.9	1.28	.278	3.02	73	3.22	91	8.59	25.4
10	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	105	240	27	22	.551	0	2.33	418	0	0	390.2	281	101	121	22	115	2	179	27	1,560	26	9.63	2.65	3.63	0.51	26.8	7.4	1.01	.258	2.79	58	2.16	56	6.47	72.9
11	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	101	359	55	59	.482	37	3.14	733	16	0	910.1	747	318	355	57	415	27	223	48	3,820	34	7.25	4.10	1.77	0.56	19.2	10.9	1.28	.267	3.51	86	3.26	89	7.39	44.1
12	Terry Forster T. Forster	100	360	38	52	.422	39	3.41	591	5	0	774.0	735	293	330	34	324	15	213	34	3,301	36	6.87	3.77	1.82	0.40	17.9	9.8	1.37	.300	3.84	93	2.92	80	8.55	62.8
13	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	99	543	44	56	.440	6	3.20	399	1	1	736.1	689	262	309	45	329	19	285	56	3,149	17	4.88	4.02	1.21	0.55	12.7	10.4	1.38	.273	3.78	89	3.71	103	8.42	-9.1
14	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	95	355	55	39	.585	9	3.24	508	2	1	706.0	646	254	279	52	283	16	274	37	2,995	28	6.48	3.61	1.80	0.66	17.0	9.4	1.32	.278	3.56	82	3.42	89	8.24	33.9
15	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	92	299	38	32	.543	0	2.54	367	0	0	447.1	351	126	145	37	146	3	217	38	1,817	21	7.38	2.94	2.51	0.74	20.2	8.0	1.11	.248	2.92	72	2.96	86	7.06	23.2
16	Al Hrabosky A. Hrabosky	90	445	57	31	.648	1	3.01	484	0	0	591.1	504	198	227	36	258	13	266	50	2,498	31	7.37	3.93	1.88	0.55	19.4	10.3	1.29	.274	3.45	80	3.15	86	7.67	32.7
17	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	83	363	35	22	.614	0	2.65	313	0	0	540.1	459	159	187	21	190	7	214	59	2,230	14	5.21	3.16	1.65	0.35	14.0	8.5	1.20	.258	3.11	71	3.09	83	7.65	36.9
18	Randy Moffitt R. Moffitt	83	436	34	45	.430	1	3.58	376	0	0	654.1	645	260	293	49	243	17	248	61	2,834	31	5.17	3.34	1.55	0.67	13.3	8.6	1.36	.277	4.03	97	3.60	102	8.87	-4.5
19	Ken Sanders K. Sanders	82	319	23	32	.418	0	2.76	262	0	0	506.1	438	155	173	37	157	13	243	45	2,081	5	4.66	2.79	1.67	0.66	12.6	7.5	1.18	.249	3.08	79	3.44	97	7.79	8.7
20	Pedro Borbon P. Borbon	79	561	66	36	.647	4	3.40	385	0	0	966.2	1,026	365	395	55	230	24	268	79	4,053	21	3.58	2.14	1.67	0.51	9.5	5.7	1.30	.289	3.68	95	3.32	93	9.55	26.6
21	Wayne Granger W. Granger	77	327	22	27	.449	0	3.34	208	0	0	450.0	449	167	212	35	149	13	196	40	1,923	8	4.16	2.98	1.40	0.70	10.8	7.7	1.33	.273	4.24	96	3.69	107	8.98	-12.7
22	Jim Kern J. Kern	75	256	42	35	.545	12	2.72	499	1	0	539.0	428	163	188	20	276	21	178	32	2,261	23	8.33	4.61	1.81	0.33	22.1	12.2	1.31	.282	3.14	71	2.93	75	7.15	58
23	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	74	350	43	38	.531	0	2.66	370	0	0	522.0	484	154	181	22	233	9	216	68	2,239	9	6.38	4.02	1.59	0.38	16.5	10.4	1.37	.288	3.12	73	3.17	90	8.34	21.9
24	Rawly Eastwick R. Eastwick	67	282	28	25	.528	1	3.31	266	0	0	460.0	439	169	185	34	133	6	177	16	1,917	9	5.20	2.60	2.00	0.67	13.9	6.9	1.24	.274	3.62	88	3.36	91	8.59	16.4
25	Elias Sosa E. Sosa	66	423	45	36	.556	2	3.12	393	0	0	651.2	587	226	267	38	259	14	234	52	2,742	24	5.43	3.58	1.52	0.52	14.3	9.4	1.30	.269	3.69	84	3.42	92	8.11	21.6