Before 2006, Lee Smith had the most saves, with 478 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 2006

	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	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	436	756	49	53	.480	0	2.76	915	0	0	822.1	627	252	280	74	237	7	632	45	3,310	43	10.01	2.59	3.86	0.81	27.6	7.2	1.05	.266	3.06	68	2.91	69	6.86	122.8
3	John Franco J. Franco	424	1,119	90	87	.508	0	2.89	975	0	0	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	73	3.44	86	8.42	76
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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	379	657	54	35	.607	10	2.33	728	0	0	806.2	630	209	229	42	215	24	541	24	3,248	9	8.12	2.40	3.39	0.47	22.4	6.6	1.05	.263	2.55	51	2.84	62	7.03	155.7
6	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
7	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
8	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
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	Troy Percival T. Percival	324	605	30	41	.423	0	3.10	700	0	0	611.2	412	211	229	70	264	25	489	25	2,519	26	10.30	3.88	2.65	1.03	27.8	10.5	1.11	.234	3.37	67	3.70	80	6.06	62.7
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	324	892	64	65	.496	3	3.33	866	0	0	961.1	882	356	406	86	405	31	628	42	4,126	38	8.11	3.79	2.14	0.81	21.0	9.8	1.34	.291	3.80	74	3.77	84	8.26	76.1
12	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	319	887	77	101	.433	95	4.29	970	6	2	1425.2	1,503	679	731	133	590	48	586	49	6,260	68	6.12	3.72	1.64	0.84	15.5	9.4	1.47	.303	4.61	99	4.19	97	9.49	22.5
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
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	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	284	584	34	32	.515	0	2.40	840	0	0	630.1	409	168	182	59	217	23	487	18	2,506	32	11.99	3.10	3.87	0.84	33.5	8.7	0.99	.256	2.60	56	2.76	64	5.84	108.8
22	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	263	658	34	36	.486	0	2.92	849	0	0	684.0	453	222	239	78	351	15	468	28	2,828	16	11.17	4.62	2.42	1.03	30.0	12.4	1.18	.244	3.14	67	3.68	84	5.96	56.6
23	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
24	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
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