Saves : 1923 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1923 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Allen Russell 9 Washington Senators 1
Jack Quinn 7 Boston Red Sox 2
Slim Harriss 6 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Bert Cole 5 Detroit Tigers 4
Eddie Rommel 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Urban Shocker 5 St. Louis Browns  
George Uhle 5 Cleveland Indians  
Walter Johnson 4 Washington Senators 8
Sam Jones 4 New York Yankees  
Sloppy Thurston 4 St. Louis Browns  
Chicago White Sox  
Mike Cvengros 3 Chicago White Sox 11
Hooks Dauss 3 Detroit Tigers  
Howard Ehmke 3 Boston Red Sox  
Dixie Leverett 3 Chicago White Sox  
Herb Pennock 3 New York Yankees  
Stan Coveleski 2 Cleveland Indians 16
Monroe Mitchell 2 Washington Senators  
Hub Pruett 2 St. Louis Browns  
Homer Blankenship 1 Chicago White Sox 19
Dave Danforth 1 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Joe Edwards 1 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Francis 1 Detroit Tigers  
Curt Fullerton 1 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Hasty 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ken Holloway 1 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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?

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