what pitcher had the most saves in the 1980s

Jeff Reardon had the most saves in the 1980s, with 264 saves.

	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	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	264	629	56	60	.483	0	3.06	712	0	0	871.2	745	296	314	80	292	18	507	54	3,621	16	7.35	3.01	2.44	0.83	19.7	8.1	1.19	.264	3.24	81	3.36	90	7.69	35.3
2	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	239	637	53	43	.552	0	2.67	364	0	0	996.2	1,009	296	328	53	152	7	530	63	4,047	3	3.29	1.37	2.39	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.16	.275	2.96	67	3.17	81	9.11	83.5
3	Lee Smith L. Smith	234	586	50	57	.467	6	2.96	836	0	0	835.2	716	275	304	51	334	7	449	73	3,481	37	9.00	3.60	2.50	0.55	24.0	9.6	1.26	.295	3.27	75	2.75	72	7.71	100.2
4	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	206	494	58	39	.598	0	2.64	646	0	0	725.2	592	213	239	41	241	11	396	34	2,947	20	8.01	2.99	2.68	0.51	21.9	8.2	1.15	.274	2.96	71	2.73	72	7.34	87.7
5	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	195	421	41	49	.456	0	3.14	443	0	0	651.1	598	227	249	55	194	11	333	56	2,691	11	6.12	2.68	2.28	0.76	16.5	7.2	1.22	.273	3.44	85	3.40	94	8.26	15
6	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	188	466	73	59	.553	73	3.08	884	13	2	1066.1	941	365	417	55	437	14	332	35	4,509	31	7.46	3.69	2.02	0.46	19.6	9.7	1.29	.284	3.52	78	3.01	76	7.94	114.9
7	Dave Smith D. Smith	176	514	47	41	.534	1	2.54	479	0	0	701.2	601	198	236	24	240	12	358	53	2,906	22	6.14	3.08	2.00	0.31	16.5	8.3	1.20	.268	3.03	74	2.89	84	7.71	43.3
8	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	161	484	56	61	.479	46	3.23	736	0	0	910.2	769	327	362	83	395	17	336	51	3,840	22	7.27	3.90	1.86	0.82	19.2	10.3	1.28	.263	3.58	86	3.66	97	7.60	12.1
9	John Franco J. Franco	148	393	42	30	.583	0	2.49	367	0	0	528.0	460	146	174	27	210	5	286	41	2,196	15	6.26	3.58	1.75	0.46	16.7	9.6	1.27	.273	2.97	66	3.26	86	7.84	31.7
10	Greg Minton G. Minton	146	626	52	55	.486	1	3.00	418	0	0	963.1	925	321	369	38	414	10	386	118	4,106	41	3.91	3.87	1.01	0.36	10.2	10.1	1.39	.275	3.45	83	3.70	101	8.64	-1.2
11	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	140	572	50	50	.500	8	3.23	619	0	0	796.0	716	286	313	72	247	19	356	51	3,306	23	7.00	2.79	2.51	0.81	18.7	7.5	1.21	.274	3.54	83	3.37	85	8.10	53.3
12	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	126	281	28	30	.483	0	2.64	301	0	0	361.2	300	106	118	30	142	2	218	56	1,498	13	7.49	3.53	2.12	0.75	20.1	9.5	1.22	.264	2.94	72	3.39	93	7.47	10.8
13	Tom Henke T. Henke	122	320	27	22	.551	0	2.81	521	0	0	442.1	346	138	150	32	146	7	259	20	1,800	12	10.60	2.97	3.57	0.65	28.9	8.1	1.11	.287	3.05	68	2.39	59	7.04	82.5
14	Ron Davis R. Davis	121	433	33	51	.393	0	4.18	554	0	0	659.0	648	306	328	77	269	21	317	47	2,848	38	7.57	3.67	2.06	1.05	19.5	9.4	1.39	.296	4.48	102	3.88	97	8.85	8.3
15	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	120	243	24	26	.480	0	2.61	265	0	0	362.0	316	105	113	25	97	2	199	30	1,477	13	6.59	2.41	2.73	0.62	17.9	6.6	1.14	.267	2.81	70	2.95	78	7.86	32.6
16	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	119	478	52	51	.505	2	2.55	606	0	0	691.2	542	196	225	47	274	14	290	43	2,852	14	7.89	3.57	2.21	0.61	21.2	9.6	1.18	.259	2.93	71	3.13	87	7.05	38.3
17	Bob Stanley B. Stanley	118	504	76	76	.500	39	3.65	555	9	2	1197.2	1,290	486	563	84	350	33	322	73	5,095	20	4.17	2.63	1.59	0.63	10.9	6.9	1.37	.296	4.23	86	3.69	91	9.69	46
18	Jay Howell J. Howell	117	344	39	36	.520	21	3.57	472	2	0	579.2	551	230	245	34	210	10	225	21	2,466	22	7.33	3.26	2.25	0.53	19.1	8.5	1.31	.297	3.80	93	3.01	78	8.55	55
19	Gene Garber G. Garber	108	485	43	57	.430	0	3.28	446	0	0	718.2	722	262	310	50	210	13	328	73	3,051	14	5.59	2.63	2.12	0.63	14.6	6.9	1.30	.288	3.88	84	3.33	86	9.04	41
20	Bill Caudill B. Caudill	106	416	34	45	.430	12	3.51	516	0	0	577.0	498	225	240	65	247	10	287	35	2,445	12	8.05	3.85	2.09	1.01	21.1	10.1	1.29	.269	3.74	88	3.73	94	7.77	15.5
21	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	103	324	36	32	.529	2	2.91	260	0	0	525.0	469	170	199	24	176	12	230	32	2,189	21	4.46	3.02	1.48	0.41	11.9	8.0	1.23	.259	3.41	82	3.43	94	8.04	11.3
22	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	101	687	59	68	.465	0	2.97	466	0	0	896.1	846	296	339	42	301	10	424	120	3,771	9	4.68	3.02	1.55	0.42	12.4	8.0	1.28	.272	3.40	80	3.35	91	8.49	34.2
23	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	100	210	19	19	.500	0	2.63	268	0	0	284.0	237	83	94	21	81	3	179	5	1,155	14	8.49	2.57	3.31	0.67	23.2	7.0	1.12	.276	2.98	63	2.75	68	7.51	42.2
24	Tom Niedenfuer T. Niedenfuer	95	432	36	40	.474	0	3.28	442	0	0	588.0	535	214	225	57	201	13	264	60	2,461	11	6.77	3.08	2.20	0.87	18.0	8.2	1.25	.273	3.44	88	3.59	96	8.19	7.9
25	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	94	370	88	88	.500	206	3.89	1,010	40	7	1593.2	1,576	688	741	170	303	29	132	37	6,583	8	5.70	1.71	3.33	0.96	15.3	4.6	1.18	.277	4.18	95	3.48	88	8.90	86.3

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Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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