Saves : 1930 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1930 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 9 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Garland Braxton 6 Washington Senators 2
Chicago White Sox  
Jack Quinn 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Hal McKain 5 Chicago White Sox 4
Charlie Sullivan 5 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 4 St. Louis Browns 6
Waite Hoyt 4 New York Yankees  
Detroit Tigers  
George Pipgras 4 New York Yankees  
Roy Sherid 4 New York Yankees  
Bobby Burke 3 Washington Senators 10
Wes Ferrell 3 Cleveland Indians  
Lou McEvoy 3 New York Yankees  
Eddie Rommel 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Uhle 3 Detroit Tigers  
Belve Bean 2 Cleveland Indians 15
Rip Collins 2 St. Louis Browns  
Alvin Crowder 2 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
George Earnshaw 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Milt Gaston 2 Boston Red Sox  
Sal Gliatto 2 Cleveland Indians  
Bump Hadley 2 Washington Senators  
Mel Harder 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ken Holloway 2 Cleveland Indians  
New York Yankees  
Hank Johnson 2 New York Yankees  
Danny MacFayden 2 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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?