Before 1980, Hoyt Wilhelm had the most saves, with 228 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 1980

	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	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	228	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	1,610	20	5	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
2	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	223	747	84	65	.564	0	2.60	777	0	0	1172.0	1,038	338	400	68	395	13	561	62	4,833	59	5.97	3.03	1.97	0.52	16.1	8.2	1.22	.271	3.07	71	3.04	82	7.97	87.9
3	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	221	701	90	92	.495	37	2.98	1,034	4	2	1339.1	1,158	444	502	98	395	37	510	79	5,465	27	6.95	2.65	2.62	0.66	18.9	7.2	1.16	.272	3.37	87	2.95	82	7.78	92.8
4	Roy Face R. Face	191	848	104	95	.523	27	3.48	877	6	0	1375.0	1,347	531	591	141	362	14	574	106	5,691	32	5.74	2.37	2.42	0.92	15.4	6.4	1.24	.281	3.87	92	3.38	91	8.82	51.8
5	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	187	686	93	107	.465	24	3.08	859	3	1	1323.1	1,213	453	515	75	494	29	528	50	5,565	66	5.84	3.36	1.74	0.51	15.4	8.9	1.29	.277	3.50	84	3.19	86	8.25	76.5
6	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	178	737	79	74	.516	1	2.79	687	0	0	1174.2	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
7	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	174	987	141	119	.542	74	3.45	1,361	18	2	2139.1	2,099	821	934	172	623	15	577	136	8,971	112	5.73	2.62	2.18	0.72	15.2	6.9	1.27	.283	3.93	92	3.19	86	8.83	123.8
8	Stu Miller S. Miller	153	704	105	103	.505	93	3.24	1,164	24	5	1693.1	1,522	610	697	140	600	39	406	114	7,083	25	6.19	3.19	1.94	0.74	16.4	8.5	1.25	.269	3.70	86	3.35	89	8.09	76.2
9	Don McMahon D. McMahon	152	874	90	68	.570	2	2.96	1,003	0	0	1310.2	1,054	431	482	104	579	34	505	84	5,503	75	6.89	3.98	1.73	0.71	18.2	10.5	1.25	.251	3.31	84	3.43	97	7.24	14
10	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	149	681	63	69	.477	34	3.46	765	7	2	1148.1	1,010	441	513	70	592	45	416	80	4,963	35	6.00	4.64	1.29	0.55	15.4	11.9	1.40	.269	4.02	94	3.61	101	7.92	-0.9
11	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	145	640	82	80	.506	38	3.20	927	5	1	1245.0	1,077	443	508	95	504	19	417	102	5,203	57	6.70	3.64	1.84	0.69	17.8	9.7	1.27	.268	3.67	89	3.32	94	7.79	29.9
12	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	145	668	100	93	.518	133	3.60	1,103	35	9	1716.2	1,654	687	764	126	570	15	380	109	7,251	87	5.78	2.99	1.94	0.66	15.2	7.9	1.30	.281	4.01	105	3.22	96	8.67	24.2
13	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	143	763	66	73	.475	8	3.10	680	1	1	1090.1	1,003	376	435	64	480	38	417	85	4,650	30	5.61	3.96	1.42	0.53	14.6	10.3	1.36	.277	3.59	88	3.50	98	8.28	4
14	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	143	731	96	73	.568	28	2.94	681	1	0	1353.1	1,296	442	506	67	442	37	373	112	5,673	41	4.53	2.94	1.54	0.45	12.0	7.8	1.28	.276	3.37	83	3.24	93	8.62	34.5
15	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	133	584	69	65	.515	35	3.07	810	1	1	1040.1	898	355	401	92	360	10	351	77	4,299	41	7.01	3.11	2.25	0.80	18.8	8.4	1.21	.266	3.47	89	3.19	96	7.77	14.7
16	John Hiller J. Hiller	125	534	86	76	.531	43	2.79	1,018	13	6	1211.1	1,002	376	423	107	521	12	361	70	5,066	38	7.56	3.87	1.95	0.79	20.1	10.3	1.26	.263	3.14	74	3.36	88	7.44	58.7
17	Jack Aker J. Aker	124	495	47	45	.511	0	3.28	404	0	0	746.0	679	272	312	63	274	40	321	68	3,144	13	4.87	3.31	1.47	0.76	12.8	8.7	1.28	.261	3.76	95	3.79	106	8.19	-18.5
18	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
19	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	120	381	52	43	.547	0	3.13	745	0	0	693.2	532	241	260	65	296	30	297	46	2,906	25	9.67	3.84	2.52	0.84	25.6	10.2	1.19	.264	3.37	84	3.03	80	6.90	64.2
20	Al Worthington A. Worthington	111	602	75	82	.478	69	3.39	834	11	3	1246.2	1,130	469	546	105	527	27	314	61	5,331	44	6.02	3.80	1.58	0.76	15.6	9.9	1.33	.267	3.94	91	3.58	95	8.16	24.9
21	Gene Garber G. Garber	110	446	53	56	.486	9	3.39	494	4	0	791.1	742	298	344	73	235	24	281	82	3,276	16	5.62	2.67	2.10	0.83	15.1	7.2	1.23	.273	3.91	88	3.55	94	8.44	22.2
22	Frank Linzy F. Linzy	110	516	62	57	.521	2	2.85	358	0	0	817.1	790	259	315	35	282	14	342	97	3,454	30	3.94	3.11	1.27	0.39	10.4	8.2	1.31	.273	3.47	81	3.27	97	8.70	10.3
23	Fred Gladding F. Gladding	109	450	48	34	.585	1	3.13	394	0	0	601.0	566	209	237	38	223	27	278	45	2,552	35	5.90	3.34	1.77	0.57	15.4	8.7	1.31	.282	3.55	88	3.29	92	8.48	18.2
24	Wayne Granger W. Granger	108	451	35	35	.500	0	3.14	303	0	0	638.2	632	223	290	47	201	22	270	57	2,718	15	4.27	2.83	1.51	0.66	11.1	7.4	1.30	.273	4.09	90	3.56	103	8.91	-8
25	Ron Kline R. Kline	108	736	114	144	.442	203	3.75	989	44	8	2078.0	2,113	866	991	217	731	33	338	118	8,868	59	4.28	3.17	1.35	0.94	11.2	8.2	1.37	.275	4.29	99	3.99	105	9.15	-45.7