Before 2007, Trevor Hoffman had the most saves, with 482 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 2007

	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	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	482	821	49	55	.471	0	2.71	965	0	0	885.1	675	267	296	80	250	8	682	46	3,558	45	9.81	2.54	3.86	0.81	27.1	7.0	1.04	.264	3.01	67	2.95	70	6.86	129.1
2	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
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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	413	720	59	40	.596	10	2.29	783	0	0	881.2	691	224	245	45	226	29	600	28	3,541	9	7.99	2.31	3.46	0.46	22.1	6.4	1.04	.263	2.50	50	2.84	62	7.05	169.7
5	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
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	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	326	960	64	68	.485	3	3.32	914	0	0	1025.0	943	378	438	91	437	32	647	50	4,411	43	8.03	3.84	2.09	0.80	20.7	9.9	1.35	.290	3.85	74	3.80	85	8.28	77.8
11	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
12	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	324	654	37	34	.521	0	2.38	934	0	0	702.2	468	186	204	66	238	27	546	19	2,803	34	11.96	3.05	3.92	0.85	33.3	8.5	1.00	.261	2.61	56	2.76	64	5.99	122.1
13	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	320	966	78	106	.424	95	4.27	1,009	6	2	1498.0	1,576	710	763	142	626	53	612	55	6,575	72	6.06	3.76	1.61	0.85	15.3	9.5	1.47	.302	4.58	98	4.25	98	9.47	17.4
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	280	699	38	38	.500	0	2.95	880	0	0	722.1	492	237	254	84	372	15	501	30	2,999	17	10.96	4.63	2.37	1.05	29.3	12.4	1.20	.248	3.16	68	3.76	85	6.13	53.2
23	Todd Jones T. Jones	263	874	53	58	.477	1	3.91	821	0	0	969.0	958	421	459	85	402	34	528	53	4,192	36	7.63	3.73	2.04	0.79	19.6	9.6	1.40	.306	4.26	88	3.87	88	8.90	57.2
24	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
25	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