Saves : 1907 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

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1907 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Dinneen 4 Boston Americans 1
St. Louis Browns  
Tom Hughes 4 Washington Senators  
Ed Walsh 4 Chicago White Sox  
Chief Bender 3 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Harry Howell 3 St. Louis Browns  
Bobby Keefe 3 New York Highlanders  
George Mullin 3 Detroit Tigers  
Tex Pruiett 3 Boston Americans  
Nick Altrock 2 Chicago White Sox 9
Jack Coombs 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Addie Joss 2 Cleveland Naps  
Cy Young 2 Boston Americans  
Bill Donovan 1 Detroit Tigers 13
Slow Joe Doyle 1 New York Highlanders  
Jimmy Dygert 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cy Falkenberg 1 Washington Senators  
Lou Fiene 1 Chicago White Sox  
Otto Hess 1 Cleveland Naps  
Frank Isbell 1 Chicago White Sox  
Elijah Jones 1 Detroit Tigers  
Ed Killian 1 Detroit Tigers  
Glenn Liebhardt 1 Cleveland Naps  
Earl Moore 1 Cleveland Naps  
New York Highlanders  
Barney Pelty 1 St. Louis Browns  
Jack Powell 1 St. Louis Browns  



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.