Before 1994, Lee Smith had the most saves, with 401 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 1994

	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	Lee Smith L. Smith	401	850	67	78	.462	6	2.91	1,110	0	0	1124.2	972	364	400	74	416	7	674	91	4,674	43	8.88	3.33	2.67	0.59	23.7	8.9	1.23	.293	3.20	75	2.77	73	7.78	129.9
2	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	365	869	72	77	.483	0	3.11	873	0	0	1122.2	983	388	417	106	355	27	687	65	4,672	20	7.00	2.85	2.46	0.85	18.7	7.6	1.19	.265	3.34	81	3.45	91	7.88	41.4
3	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
4	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	309	966	121	107	.531	37	2.98	1,473	16	0	1762.0	1,453	583	647	113	717	44	660	89	7,310	61	7.52	3.66	2.05	0.58	20.2	9.8	1.23	.270	3.30	81	3.13	84	7.42	125.1
5	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
6	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	275	804	183	149	.551	361	3.45	2,198	100	20	3038.1	2,814	1,164	1,256	314	692	65	377	84	12,489	26	6.51	2.05	3.18	0.93	17.6	5.5	1.15	.271	3.72	86	3.36	84	8.34	209.5
7	Tom Henke T. Henke	260	553	37	35	.514	0	2.67	774	0	0	697.1	532	207	225	56	225	9	470	29	2,817	26	9.99	2.90	3.44	0.72	27.5	8.0	1.09	.272	2.90	65	2.63	65	6.87	112.6
8	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	252	688	79	76	.510	80	3.33	1,069	13	2	1334.0	1,200	494	555	84	554	20	466	48	5,665	40	7.21	3.74	1.93	0.57	18.9	9.8	1.31	.283	3.74	86	3.26	83	8.10	101.5
9	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
10	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
11	John Franco J. Franco	236	566	62	47	.569	0	2.62	517	0	0	720.1	657	210	253	40	279	7	442	52	3,030	33	6.46	3.49	1.85	0.50	17.1	9.2	1.30	.282	3.16	70	3.26	86	8.21	41.5
12	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
13	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
14	Dave Smith D. Smith	216	609	53	53	.500	1	2.67	548	0	0	809.1	700	240	280	34	283	13	432	64	3,357	28	6.09	3.15	1.94	0.38	16.3	8.4	1.21	.269	3.11	77	3.03	87	7.78	40.2
15	Bobby Thigpen B. Thigpen	201	441	31	34	.477	0	3.35	372	0	0	561.0	525	209	228	53	233	23	353	28	2,408	12	5.97	3.74	1.60	0.85	15.4	9.7	1.35	.273	3.66	83	4.09	103	8.42	-6.8
16	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
17	Doug Jones D. Jones	190	427	41	50	.451	4	3.06	499	0	0	620.2	620	211	247	34	137	22	358	33	2,607	11	7.24	1.99	3.64	0.49	19.1	5.3	1.22	.306	3.58	77	2.69	70	8.99	81.8
18	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
19	Mitch Williams M. Williams	186	567	43	51	.457	3	3.40	620	0	0	654.0	492	247	282	42	492	49	394	36	2,910	39	8.53	6.77	1.26	0.58	21.3	16.9	1.50	.264	3.88	86	4.24	108	6.77	-20.3
20	Randy Myers R. Myers	184	448	32	42	.432	12	3.07	622	1	0	613.2	503	209	228	44	275	9	318	30	2,573	20	9.12	4.03	2.26	0.65	24.2	10.7	1.27	.283	3.34	83	3.12	82	7.38	46.3
21	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	184	657	75	75	.500	46	3.31	856	0	0	1117.0	945	411	455	104	488	24	423	68	4,719	32	6.90	3.93	1.75	0.84	18.1	10.3	1.28	.259	3.67	87	3.81	100	7.61	-0.5
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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