what pitcher had the most saves in the 1940s

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

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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	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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