Before 1990, Rollie Fingers had the most saves, with 341 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 1990

	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	341	944	114	118	.491	37	2.90	1,299	4	2	1701.1	1,474	549	615	123	492	39	709	109	6,942	40	6.87	2.60	2.64	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.16	.271	3.25	83	2.95	82	7.80	125.4
2	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	307	853	113	98	.536	37	2.92	1,379	16	0	1636.0	1,339	531	594	98	656	38	619	82	6,767	54	7.59	3.61	2.10	0.54	20.4	9.7	1.22	.270	3.27	80	3.03	81	7.37	131.8
3	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	300	661	68	71	.489	0	2.83	861	0	0	1042.0	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
4	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	266	647	57	62	.479	0	3.03	722	0	0	892.1	757	300	321	82	301	18	517	57	3,702	18	7.28	3.04	2.40	0.83	19.5	8.1	1.19	.262	3.24	81	3.39	91	7.64	34
5	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	244	669	56	45	.554	0	2.69	377	0	0	1036.2	1,051	310	344	58	159	7	551	68	4,210	4	3.27	1.38	2.37	0.50	9.0	3.8	1.17	.275	2.99	68	3.21	82	9.12	82.9
6	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
7	Lee Smith L. Smith	234	586	50	57	.467	6	2.96	836	0	0	835.2	716	275	304	51	334	7	449	73	3,481	37	9.00	3.60	2.50	0.55	24.0	9.6	1.26	.295	3.27	75	2.75	72	7.71	100.2
8	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
9	Gene Garber G. Garber	218	931	96	113	.459	9	3.34	940	4	0	1510.0	1,464	560	654	123	445	37	609	155	6,327	30	5.60	2.65	2.11	0.73	14.9	7.0	1.26	.280	3.90	86	3.44	90	8.73	63.2
10	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
11	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	188	469	73	60	.549	76	3.09	897	13	2	1083.2	951	372	424	57	447	14	332	35	4,576	31	7.45	3.71	2.01	0.47	19.6	9.8	1.29	.283	3.52	78	3.04	76	7.90	114.3
12	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
13	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	184	1,050	94	90	.511	0	2.85	779	0	0	1436.2	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	77	3.25	88	8.18	71.1
14	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
15	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
16	Dave Smith D. Smith	176	514	47	41	.534	1	2.54	479	0	0	701.2	601	198	236	24	240	12	358	53	2,906	22	6.14	3.08	2.00	0.31	16.5	8.3	1.20	.268	3.03	74	2.89	84	7.71	43.3
17	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
18	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	161	484	56	61	.479	46	3.23	736	0	0	910.2	769	327	362	83	395	17	336	51	3,840	22	7.27	3.90	1.86	0.82	19.2	10.3	1.28	.263	3.58	86	3.66	97	7.60	12.1
19	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
20	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
21	Greg Minton G. Minton	150	699	58	64	.475	7	3.11	475	0	0	1115.1	1,071	385	448	42	476	15	412	130	4,749	56	3.83	3.84	1.00	0.34	10.0	10.0	1.39	.275	3.62	86	3.69	101	8.64	-1.9
22	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
23	John Franco J. Franco	148	393	42	30	.583	0	2.49	367	0	0	528.0	460	146	174	27	210	5	286	41	2,196	15	6.26	3.58	1.75	0.46	16.7	9.6	1.27	.273	2.97	66	3.26	86	7.84	31.7
24	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	147	744	70	63	.526	11	3.38	788	0	0	1044.2	952	392	431	97	349	25	419	79	4,366	37	6.79	3.01	2.26	0.84	18.0	8.0	1.25	.275	3.71	85	3.50	88	8.20	55.7
25	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