Before 1991, Rollie Fingers had the most saves, with 341 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 1991

	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	287	694	62	65	.488	0	3.03	755	0	0	943.2	796	318	340	87	320	19	554	61	3,912	18	7.20	3.05	2.36	0.83	19.3	8.2	1.18	.260	3.24	80	3.42	91	7.59	34
5	Lee Smith L. Smith	265	650	55	62	.470	6	2.88	923	0	0	918.2	787	294	328	54	363	7	502	80	3,825	39	9.04	3.56	2.54	0.53	24.1	9.5	1.25	.296	3.21	73	2.71	70	7.71	114.9
6	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	244	674	56	46	.549	0	2.76	379	0	0	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
7	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
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	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	224	522	74	61	.548	76	3.11	940	13	2	1136.2	999	393	448	65	473	16	379	37	4,811	33	7.44	3.75	1.99	0.51	19.5	9.8	1.30	.282	3.55	79	3.12	78	7.91	110.1
10	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
11	Dave Smith D. Smith	199	563	53	47	.530	1	2.53	529	0	0	762.0	646	214	254	28	260	12	400	57	3,145	27	6.25	3.07	2.03	0.33	16.8	8.3	1.19	.267	3.00	74	2.90	84	7.63	47.3
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	John Franco J. Franco	181	448	47	33	.588	0	2.49	423	0	0	595.2	526	165	196	31	231	5	334	43	2,483	22	6.39	3.49	1.83	0.47	17.0	9.3	1.27	.276	2.96	66	3.21	85	7.95	38.3
16	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
17	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	178	552	65	70	.481	46	3.31	779	0	0	990.0	841	364	402	89	439	19	389	60	4,189	25	7.08	3.99	1.77	0.81	18.6	10.5	1.29	.263	3.65	88	3.72	99	7.65	5.9
18	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
19	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
20	Tom Henke T. Henke	154	381	29	26	.527	0	2.72	596	0	0	517.0	404	156	168	40	165	8	317	22	2,097	18	10.38	2.87	3.61	0.70	28.4	7.9	1.10	.283	2.92	66	2.48	61	7.03	91
21	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
22	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
23	Greg Minton G. Minton	150	710	59	65	.476	7	3.10	479	0	0	1130.2	1,082	389	452	43	483	16	415	131	4,810	56	3.81	3.84	0.99	0.34	10.0	10.0	1.38	.274	3.60	86	3.70	101	8.61	-3.2
24	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
25	Bobby Thigpen B. Thigpen	148	277	20	25	.444	0	2.78	251	0	0	382.1	330	118	129	32	141	10	239	14	1,592	10	5.91	3.32	1.78	0.75	15.8	8.9	1.23	.257	3.04	69	3.75	95	7.77	8.8