Top 25 Saves in 1916 in the American League

Saves : 1916 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1916 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bob Shawkey 8 New York Yankees 1

Dutch Leonard 6 Boston Red Sox 2

Allen Russell 6 New York Yankees

Jim Bagby 5 Cleveland Indians 4

Eddie Cicotte 5 Chicago White Sox

Hooks Dauss 4 Detroit Tigers 6

Bob Groom 4 St. Louis Browns

Bernie Boland 3 Detroit Tigers 8

Stan Coveleski 3 Cleveland Indians

Carl Mays 3 Boston Red Sox

Eddie Plank 3 St. Louis Browns

Reb Russell 3 Chicago White Sox

Jim Scott 3 Chicago White Sox

Doc Ayers 2 Washington Senators 14

Fred Beebe 2 Cleveland Indians

Harry Coveleski 2 Detroit Tigers

George Cunningham 2 Detroit Tigers

Dave Danforth 2 Chicago White Sox

Dave Davenport 2 St. Louis Browns

Ray Fisher 2 New York Yankees

Rube Foster 2 Boston Red Sox

Bert Gallia 2 Washington Senators

Ed Klepfer 2 Cleveland Indians

Ernie Koob 2 St. Louis Browns

Carl Weilman 2 St. Louis Browns

Name Saves Team Rank

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox � including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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