Saves : 1925 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1925 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Firpo Marberry 15 Washington Senators 1
Sarge Connally 8 Chicago White Sox 2
Jess Doyle 8 Detroit Tigers  
Rube Walberg 7 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Waite Hoyt 6 New York Yankees 5
Elam Vangilder 6 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Shaute 4 Cleveland Indians 7
Stan Baumgartner 3 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Sam Gray 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ted Lyons 3 Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Rommel 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bert Cole 2 Detroit Tigers 12
Cleveland Indians  
Dave Danforth 2 St. Louis Browns  
Alex Ferguson 2 Boston Red Sox  
New York Yankees  
Washington Senators  
Vean Gregg 2 Washington Senators  
Ken Holloway 2 Detroit Tigers  
Sam Jones 2 New York Yankees  
Jake Miller 2 Cleveland Indians  
Herb Pennock 2 New York Yankees  
Allen Russell 2 Washington Senators  
Urban Shocker 2 New York Yankees  
Ed Wells 2 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Whitehill 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ted Wingfield 2 Boston Red Sox  
Tom Zachary 2 Washington Senators  



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.

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).

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.