Saves : 1937 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1937 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Clint Brown 18 Chicago White Sox 1
Johnny Murphy 10 New York Yankees 2
Jack Wilson 7 Boston Red Sox 3
Pat Malone 6 New York Yankees 4
Joe Heving 5 Cleveland Indians 5
Eddie Smith 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Syd Cohen 4 Washington Senators 7
Jack Russell 4 Detroit Tigers  
Denny Galehouse 3 Cleveland Indians 9
Ed Linke 3 Washington Senators  
Frank Makosky 3 New York Yankees  
Johnny Marcum 3 Boston Red Sox  
Boots Poffenberger 3 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Appleton 2 Washington Senators 14
Carl Fischer 2 Cleveland Indians  
Washington Senators  
Mel Harder 2 Cleveland Indians  
Chief Hogsett 2 St. Louis Browns  
Willis Hudlin 2 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Knott 2 St. Louis Browns  
Archie McKain 2 Boston Red Sox  
Lynn Nelson 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Earl Whitehill 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ivy Andrews 1 Cleveland Indians 23
New York Yankees  
Elden Auker 1 Detroit Tigers  
Sheriff Blake 1 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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.