Saves : 1945 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:

"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)
 

1945 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Turner 10 New York Yankees 1
Joe Berry 5 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Earl Caldwell 4 Chicago White Sox 3
Johnny Johnson 4 Chicago White Sox  
Ed Klieman 4 Cleveland Indians  
Stubby Overmire 4 Detroit Tigers  
Allie Reynolds 4 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Barrett 3 Boston Red Sox 8
Al Benton 3 Detroit Tigers  
George Caster 3 St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Al Gettel 3 New York Yankees  
Mickey Haefner 3 Washington Senators  
Russ Christopher 2 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Dave Ferriss 2 Boston Red Sox  
Clem Hausmann 2 Boston Red Sox  
Sig Jakucki 2 St. Louis Browns  
Vic Johnson 2 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Kramer 2 St. Louis Browns  
Hal Newhouser 2 Detroit Tigers  
Marino Pieretti 2 Washington Senators  
Mike Ryba 2 Boston Red Sox  
Dizzy Trout 2 Detroit Tigers  
Roger Wolff 2 Washington Senators  
Pinky Woods 2 Boston Red Sox  
Pete Appleton 1 St. Louis Browns 25
Washington Senators  



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.

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).

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.