Before 2009, Trevor Hoffman had the most saves, with 554 saves.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most regular-season saves before 2009

	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	554	930	56	66	.459	0	2.78	1,055	0	0	988.0	762	305	336	90	274	8	774	53	3,973	45	9.61	2.50	3.85	0.82	26.6	6.9	1.05	.264	3.06	69	3.00	71	6.94	139.2
2	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	482	851	68	49	.581	10	2.29	934	0	0	1023.2	800	260	281	53	244	37	719	30	4,095	11	8.21	2.15	3.83	0.47	22.8	6.0	1.02	.264	2.47	50	2.77	61	7.03	202
3	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
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	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	385	765	39	37	.513	0	2.40	1,066	0	0	818.0	555	218	243	76	270	29	637	23	3,269	40	11.73	2.97	3.95	0.84	32.6	8.3	1.01	.262	2.67	56	2.79	64	6.11	141
7	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
8	Troy Percival T. Percival	352	689	35	42	.455	1	3.12	774	0	0	697.1	465	242	263	82	301	26	536	25	2,863	30	9.99	3.88	2.57	1.06	27.0	10.5	1.10	.228	3.39	68	3.81	83	6.00	60.2
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
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	Todd Jones T. Jones	319	982	58	63	.479	1	3.97	868	0	0	1072.0	1,072	473	518	93	443	38	619	62	4,650	43	7.29	3.72	1.96	0.78	18.7	9.5	1.41	.305	4.35	89	3.94	90	9.00	55.4
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
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	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	293	612	45	49	.479	52	3.61	749	3	1	907.1	815	364	403	72	389	31	463	38	3,887	48	7.43	3.86	1.93	0.71	19.3	10.0	1.33	.281	4.00	86	3.87	89	8.08	46.2
23	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	289	762	40	47	.460	0	3.13	946	0	0	779.0	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	10.93	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	72	3.86	88	6.30	48.8
24	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
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