Before 1985, Rollie Fingers had the most saves, with 324 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 1985

	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	324	897	113	112	.502	37	2.83	1,275	4	2	1646.0	1,415	518	582	114	473	39	672	104	6,701	39	6.97	2.59	2.70	0.62	19.0	7.1	1.15	.271	3.18	82	2.88	80	7.74	131.4
2	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	260	549	58	60	.492	0	2.54	753	0	0	889.2	722	251	289	57	260	9	425	74	3,596	37	7.62	2.63	2.90	0.58	20.9	7.2	1.10	.264	2.92	67	2.74	75	7.30	92.2
3	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	238	899	99	76	.566	0	2.88	873	0	0	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,794	66	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	79	3.19	86	8.36	81.4
4	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	231	630	91	79	.535	37	2.86	1,160	16	0	1338.2	1,063	425	474	80	555	31	452	66	5,529	42	7.80	3.73	2.09	0.54	21.0	10.0	1.21	.265	3.19	78	3.00	81	7.15	111.8
5	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
6	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
7	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	188	724	97	112	.464	24	3.14	880	3	1	1386.2	1,281	484	548	79	514	31	549	52	5,842	72	5.71	3.34	1.71	0.51	15.1	8.8	1.29	.277	3.56	85	3.22	87	8.31	75.5
8	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	180	360	36	26	.581	0	2.51	205	0	0	635.2	595	177	196	39	84	2	321	36	2,516	3	2.90	1.19	2.44	0.55	8.1	3.3	1.07	.254	2.78	62	3.28	83	8.42	46.2
9	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	180	824	96	92	.511	39	3.14	1,109	5	1	1514.2	1,318	528	597	108	582	22	541	128	6,313	63	6.59	3.46	1.91	0.64	17.6	9.2	1.25	.269	3.55	87	3.25	91	7.83	51.2
10	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
11	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
12	Gene Garber G. Garber	169	723	77	88	.467	9	3.31	747	4	0	1218.1	1,161	448	531	100	358	30	456	128	5,086	21	5.52	2.64	2.09	0.74	14.7	7.0	1.25	.276	3.92	87	3.45	91	8.58	46.5
13	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	158	719	70	61	.534	0	2.64	548	0	0	1014.0	893	297	349	40	362	13	469	127	4,214	17	4.86	3.21	1.51	0.36	13.0	8.6	1.24	.262	3.10	71	3.22	88	7.93	50
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	143	765	66	74	.471	8	3.12	681	1	1	1092.0	1,006	378	437	65	480	38	417	85	4,658	30	5.61	3.96	1.42	0.54	14.6	10.3	1.36	.277	3.60	88	3.51	99	8.29	2.9
19	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
20	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
21	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	127	647	73	67	.521	3	2.82	696	0	0	980.1	910	307	359	44	382	13	369	117	4,149	18	6.39	3.51	1.82	0.40	16.8	9.2	1.32	.287	3.30	79	3.05	87	8.35	51.2
22	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	126	647	65	58	.528	15	3.53	819	1	0	1049.1	919	411	448	94	459	29	381	81	4,459	18	7.02	3.94	1.78	0.81	18.4	10.3	1.31	.270	3.84	94	3.61	95	7.88	20
23	John Hiller J. Hiller	125	545	87	76	.534	43	2.83	1,036	13	6	1242.0	1,040	391	438	110	535	12	363	71	5,206	39	7.51	3.88	1.94	0.80	19.9	10.3	1.27	.265	3.17	75	3.38	89	7.54	58.9
24	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
25	Terry Forster T. Forster	121	527	48	61	.440	39	3.28	726	5	0	1005.1	938	366	414	42	412	21	282	58	4,265	45	6.50	3.69	1.76	0.38	17.0	9.7	1.34	.292	3.71	89	2.99	82	8.40	73.8