Before 2008, Trevor Hoffman had the most saves, with 524 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 2008

	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	524	882	53	60	.469	0	2.73	1,009	0	0	942.2	724	286	317	82	265	8	732	51	3,793	45	9.63	2.53	3.81	0.78	26.6	7.0	1.05	.264	3.03	68	2.95	70	6.91	138.2
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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	443	787	62	44	.585	10	2.35	857	0	0	953.0	759	249	270	49	238	35	659	30	3,836	10	8.09	2.25	3.60	0.46	22.3	6.2	1.05	.267	2.55	51	2.82	62	7.17	183.9
4	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
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	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	358	720	39	36	.520	0	2.40	1,014	0	0	771.0	523	206	226	72	260	29	603	23	3,085	38	11.84	3.04	3.90	0.84	32.9	8.4	1.02	.264	2.64	56	2.79	65	6.11	132.5
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	326	1,010	67	71	.486	3	3.45	945	0	0	1071.1	1,002	411	475	96	462	35	667	53	4,632	50	7.94	3.88	2.05	0.81	20.4	10.0	1.37	.293	3.99	77	3.85	86	8.42	74
12	Troy Percival T. Percival	324	639	33	41	.446	1	3.02	736	0	0	651.2	436	219	237	73	274	25	498	25	2,669	28	10.16	3.78	2.69	1.01	27.6	10.3	1.09	.233	3.27	65	3.66	80	6.02	68.3
13	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	321	1,022	80	109	.423	95	4.36	1,038	6	2	1548.2	1,629	750	811	151	651	55	633	57	6,804	75	6.03	3.78	1.59	0.88	15.3	9.6	1.47	.301	4.71	100	4.31	99	9.47	9.5
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	Todd Jones T. Jones	301	937	54	62	.466	1	3.93	854	0	0	1030.1	1,022	450	488	88	425	34	582	59	4,457	39	7.46	3.71	2.01	0.77	19.2	9.5	1.40	.306	4.26	88	3.87	88	8.93	61.1
21	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
22	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	289	754	40	46	.465	0	3.11	937	0	0	772.2	541	267	291	92	401	16	525	32	3,227	18	10.91	4.67	2.34	1.07	29.0	12.4	1.22	.252	3.39	71	3.83	87	6.30	50.9
23	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
24	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	281	570	44	44	.500	52	3.51	713	3	1	864.2	767	337	375	67	367	26	436	38	3,687	47	7.42	3.82	1.94	0.70	19.3	10.0	1.31	.278	3.90	83	3.82	88	7.98	49.3
25	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	267	835	63	61	.508	28	3.57	785	1	1	1059.0	1,051	420	469	80	432	38	511	45	4,586	32	6.67	3.67	1.82	0.68	17.1	9.4	1.40	.299	3.99	80	3.91	87	8.93	69