who was the first pitcher with 500 career saves

Trevor Hoffman saved 601 games in his career.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first pitcher with 500 or more career saves?
NAMESVGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
601
1,035
61
75
.449
0
2.87
1,133
0
0
1089.1
846
347
378
100
307
9
856
58
4,388
49
9.36
2.54
3.69
0.83
25.8
7.0
1.06
.263
3.12
71
3.07
73
6.99
143.1
2Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
652
1,115
82
60
.577
10
2.21
1,173
0
0
1283.2
998
315
340
71
286
46
952
41
5,103
13
8.22
2.01
4.10
0.50
23.0
5.6
1.00
.263
2.38
49
2.76
61
7.00
246.7

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16
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24
17
.585
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20
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.500
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17
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.415
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13
.683
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22
.463
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
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NL WestWLPCTGB
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.585
0.5
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.452
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18
23
.439
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17
23
.425
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AL CentralWLPCTGB
22
21
.512
19
21
.475
1.5
19
22
.463
2.0
19
22
.463
2.0
18
23
.439
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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19
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22
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