what pitcher had the most saves in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Joe Page had the most saves, with 63 saves.

Interpreted as:
What pitcher had the most regular-season saves in the 1940s?
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 Joe Page
J. Page
63
241
54
42
.563
45
3.31
482
14
1
725.0
645
267
318
30
383
14
145
3,137
16
5.98
4.75
1.26
0.37
15.4
12.2
1.42
.276
3.95
90
3.36
91
8.01
27.9
2 Hugh Casey
H. Casey
53
290
60
32
.652
31
3.60
260
9
3
686.2
678
275
313
43
253
16
172
2,932
10
3.41
3.32
1.03
0.56
8.9
8.6
1.36
.269
4.10
95
3.82
99
8.89
0.8
3 Johnny Murphy
J. Murphy
53
197
36
23
.610
1
2.90
135
0
0
366.1
317
118
135
15
155
2
157
1,546
10
3.32
3.81
0.87
0.37
8.7
10.0
1.29
.244
3.32
78
3.63
98
7.79
2.4
4 Al Benton
A. Benton
50
280
69
59
.539
111
3.16
451
42
10
1109.0
1,048
389
475
63
454
9
109
4,743
20
3.66
3.68
0.99
0.51
9.5
9.6
1.35
.262
3.85
80
3.71
95
8.50
25.3
5 Ace Adams
A. Adams
49
302
41
33
.554
7
3.47
171
2
0
552.2
541
213
247
26
224
8
217
2,379
15
2.78
3.65
0.76
0.42
7.2
9.4
1.38
.264
4.02
95
3.76
104
8.81
-8.1
6 Harry Gumbert
H. Gumbert
45
354
88
73
.547
126
3.43
416
54
9
1310.1
1,302
500
567
67
428
9
163
5,559
26
2.86
2.94
0.97
0.46
7.5
7.7
1.32
.266
3.89
93
3.60
97
8.94
17.3
7 Tom Ferrick
T. Ferrick
41
219
24
29
.453
7
3.46
171
4
1
489.0
471
188
218
28
173
1
141
2,065
4
3.15
3.18
0.99
0.52
8.3
8.4
1.32
.262
4.01
86
3.65
93
8.67
14.8
8 George Caster
G. Caster
39
242
35
46
.432
33
4.48
285
14
0
628.1
670
313
379
46
277
12
145
2,791
4
4.08
3.97
1.03
0.66
10.2
9.9
1.51
.287
5.43
112
4.03
104
9.60
-8.9
9 Russ Christopher
R. Christopher
35
241
54
64
.458
97
3.37
424
46
3
999.2
931
374
441
38
399
27
112
4,247
11
3.82
3.59
1.06
0.34
10.0
9.4
1.33
.266
3.97
96
3.41
97
8.38
12.4
10 Ed Klieman
E. Klieman
33
217
26
28
.481
32
3.42
130
10
2
536.1
515
204
226
17
237
15
102
2,286
8
2.18
3.98
0.55
0.29
5.7
10.4
1.40
.264
3.79
101
3.88
112
8.64
-28
11 Gordon Maltzberger
G. Maltzberger
33
135
20
13
.606
0
2.70
136
0
0
293.1
258
88
93
17
74
5
106
1,193
2
4.17
2.27
1.84
0.52
11.4
6.2
1.13
.251
2.85
80
3.10
91
7.92
9.6
12 Joe Heving
J. Heving
30
189
32
16
.667
14
3.03
167
6
1
433.0
413
146
179
16
176
11
106
1,856
3
3.47
3.66
0.95
0.33
9.0
9.5
1.36
.267
3.72
81
3.61
99
8.58
1.6
13 Joe Beggs
J. Beggs
29
224
45
33
.577
32
2.73
170
19
4
635.1
619
193
243
32
169
4
124
2,638
4
2.41
2.39
1.01
0.45
6.4
6.4
1.24
.259
3.44
77
3.43
97
8.77
5.9
14 Ted Wilks
T. Wilks
28
247
49
20
.710
43
3.14
308
21
5
700.1
639
244
266
57
204
6
105
2,875
4
3.96
2.62
1.51
0.73
10.7
7.1
1.20
.253
3.42
82
3.61
95
8.21
16.7
15 Andy Karl
A. Karl
26
191
18
23
.439
4
3.51
107
1
0
422.2
451
165
200
16
130
5
107
1,800
4
2.28
2.77
0.82
0.34
5.9
7.2
1.37
.282
4.26
98
3.44
96
9.60
7
16 Mace Brown
M. Brown
26
174
31
21
.596
17
3.02
165
5
1
397.0
367
133
155
16
170
3
100
1,674
11
3.74
3.85
0.97
0.36
9.9
10.2
1.35
.266
3.51
81
3.63
98
8.32
4.5
17 Earl Caldwell
E. Caldwell
23
139
22
21
.512
12
3.65
124
5
1
298.1
285
121
140
19
129
8
100
1,284
5
3.74
3.89
0.96
0.57
9.7
10.0
1.39
.265
4.22
101
3.88
108
8.60
-11
18 Kirby Higbe
K. Higbe
22
354
105
83
.559
207
3.53
853
84
10
1692.2
1,492
663
759
102
819
25
82
7,273
47
4.54
4.35
1.04
0.54
11.7
11.3
1.37
.254
4.04
94
3.84
101
7.93
-6
19 Bob Klinger
B. Klinger
22
200
40
39
.506
76
3.61
235
28
4
705.1
750
283
342
28
235
11
76
3,057
17
3.00
3.00
1.00
0.36
7.7
7.7
1.40
.283
4.36
100
3.44
94
9.57
16.3
20 Dizzy Trout
D. Trout
22
374
129
119
.520
239
3.01
930
132
27
2026.1
1,944
678
821
74
746
21
93
8,587
36
4.13
3.31
1.25
0.33
10.8
8.7
1.33
.274
3.65
78
3.21
85
8.63
133.3
21 Ken Trinkle
K. Trinkle
21
216
21
29
.420
19
3.74
130
3
0
435.1
442
181
212
24
208
10
103
1,907
8
2.69
4.30
0.63
0.50
6.8
10.9
1.49
.272
4.38
100
4.10
109
9.14
-14.9
22 Clyde Shoun
C. Shoun
21
315
56
45
.554
61
3.71
347
29
3
956.2
962
394
447
58
263
7
154
3,996
8
3.26
2.47
1.32
0.55
8.7
6.6
1.28
.272
4.21
101
3.48
95
9.05
20.9
23 Hank Behrman
H. Behrman
19
174
24
17
.585
27
4.40
189
5
2
429.2
427
210
250
31
228
7
62
1,909
13
3.96
4.78
0.83
0.65
9.9
11.9
1.52
.272
5.24
112
4.19
107
8.94
-14.3
24 Jim Turner
J. Turner
19
138
31
20
.608
33
3.18
139
14
0
449.2
447
159
196
23
126
1
80
1,867
3
2.78
2.52
1.10
0.46
7.4
6.7
1.27
.269
3.92
89
3.57
98
8.95
4.7
25 Joe Berry
J. Berry
18
133
21
22
.488
0
2.45
117
0
0
294.0
246
80
99
14
87
3
105
1,215
2
3.58
2.66
1.34
0.43
9.6
7.2
1.13
.233
3.03
72
3.25
94
7.53
6.2

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