Before 2005, Lee Smith had the most saves, with 478 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 2005

	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	478	1,022	71	92	.436	6	3.03	1,251	0	0	1289.1	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
2	John Franco J. Franco	424	1,088	90	86	.511	0	2.84	959	0	0	1230.2	1,143	388	453	81	486	21	770	76	5,235	54	7.01	3.55	1.97	0.59	18.3	9.3	1.32	.288	3.31	72	3.45	86	8.36	73.7
3	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	393	696	48	47	.505	0	2.74	861	0	0	764.2	575	233	257	71	225	6	578	44	3,070	42	10.13	2.65	3.83	0.84	28.0	7.3	1.05	.264	3.02	68	2.94	70	6.77	112.3
4	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	390	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	2,401	100	20	3285.2	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
5	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	367	880	73	77	.487	0	3.16	877	0	0	1132.1	1,000	397	426	109	358	27	695	65	4,720	20	6.97	2.85	2.45	0.87	18.6	7.6	1.20	.266	3.39	82	3.49	92	7.95	38.7
6	Randy Myers R. Myers	347	728	44	63	.411	12	3.19	884	1	0	884.2	758	314	338	69	396	12	548	43	3,744	32	8.99	4.03	2.23	0.70	23.6	10.6	1.30	.289	3.44	81	3.32	83	7.71	68.8
7	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
8	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	336	586	47	31	.603	10	2.43	648	0	0	728.1	580	197	211	40	197	20	474	24	2,942	9	8.01	2.43	3.29	0.49	22.0	6.7	1.07	.265	2.61	53	2.92	64	7.17	136.8
9	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	330	618	48	45	.516	17	2.93	804	0	0	765.0	616	249	287	73	252	16	523	30	3,145	40	9.46	2.96	3.19	0.86	25.6	8.0	1.13	.272	3.38	70	3.19	75	7.25	90.2
10	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	320	825	56	59	.487	3	3.39	805	0	0	891.2	825	336	386	81	377	29	608	38	3,835	34	8.13	3.81	2.14	0.82	21.0	9.8	1.35	.293	3.90	75	3.79	84	8.33	70.8
11	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	318	732	86	81	.515	89	3.57	1,030	10	0	1291.1	1,233	512	568	138	351	36	557	42	5,391	53	7.18	2.45	2.93	0.96	19.1	6.5	1.23	.285	3.96	86	3.61	87	8.59	74.5
12	Troy Percival T. Percival	316	579	29	38	.433	0	2.99	680	0	0	586.2	393	195	213	63	253	23	466	22	2,412	26	10.43	3.88	2.69	0.97	28.2	10.5	1.10	.237	3.27	64	3.57	77	6.03	69.1
13	Robb Nen R. Nen	314	643	45	42	.517	4	2.98	793	0	0	715.0	607	237	266	51	260	7	549	41	2,983	36	9.98	3.27	3.05	0.64	26.6	8.7	1.21	.297	3.35	72	2.92	69	7.64	108.2
14	Tom Henke T. Henke	311	642	41	42	.494	0	2.67	861	0	0	789.2	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	2.71	66	6.92	123.5
15	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	310	1,002	124	107	.537	37	3.01	1,502	16	0	1809.1	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
16	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	304	700	46	52	.469	1	3.27	733	0	0	868.2	785	316	347	81	296	26	549	40	3,637	33	7.59	3.07	2.48	0.84	20.2	8.1	1.24	.281	3.60	73	3.58	84	8.13	63.5
17	Doug Jones D. Jones	303	846	69	79	.466	4	3.30	909	0	0	1128.1	1,155	414	465	86	247	39	640	53	4,754	18	7.25	1.97	3.68	0.69	19.1	5.2	1.24	.308	3.71	78	3.10	74	9.21	138.6
18	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
19	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	292	832	75	93	.446	95	4.27	933	6	2	1369.0	1,442	649	701	126	564	45	538	46	6,003	66	6.13	3.71	1.65	0.83	15.5	9.4	1.47	.304	4.61	99	4.16	96	9.48	26.9
20	Rod Beck R. Beck	286	704	38	45	.458	0	3.30	644	0	0	768.0	703	282	308	97	191	20	519	33	3,170	23	7.55	2.24	3.37	1.14	20.3	6.0	1.16	.273	3.61	81	3.82	91	8.24	27.4
21	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	256	617	50	52	.490	0	3.09	628	0	0	693.2	608	238	264	65	247	7	456	67	2,893	23	8.15	3.20	2.54	0.84	21.7	8.5	1.23	.279	3.43	82	3.41	90	7.89	31.3
22	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	252	718	82	79	.509	89	3.46	1,112	13	2	1403.2	1,287	540	602	95	591	21	474	48	5,988	40	7.13	3.79	1.88	0.61	18.6	9.9	1.34	.286	3.86	88	3.37	85	8.25	94.3
23	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	246	509	30	29	.508	0	2.52	753	0	0	552.2	364	155	165	53	197	20	417	16	2,209	29	12.26	3.21	3.82	0.86	34.1	8.9	1.02	.262	2.69	59	2.77	65	5.93	94.4
24	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	244	628	32	33	.492	0	2.85	826	0	0	654.0	428	207	222	73	335	15	441	28	2,701	16	11.37	4.61	2.47	1.00	30.6	12.4	1.17	.244	3.06	65	3.60	82	5.89	60.5
25	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