Saves : 1959 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)
 

1959 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Turk Lown 15 Chicago White Sox 1
Ryne Duren 14 New York Yankees 2
Billy Loes 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Jerry Staley 14 Chicago White Sox  
Mike Fornieles 11 Boston Red Sox 5
Tom Morgan 9 Detroit Tigers 6
Tex Clevenger 8 Washington Senators 7
Leo Kiely 7 Boston Red Sox 8
Dave Sisler 7 Boston Red Sox  
Detroit Tigers  
Chuck Stobbs 7 Washington Senators  
Gary Bell 5 Cleveland Indians 11
Dick Brodowski 5 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Narleski 5 Detroit Tigers  
Tom Sturdivant 5 New York Yankees  
Kansas City Athletics  
Bob Grim 4 Kansas City Athletics 15
Dick Hyde 4 Washington Senators  
Duke Maas 4 New York Yankees  
Jim Perry 4 Cleveland Indians  
Jerry Walker 4 Baltimore Orioles  
Hal Brown 3 Baltimore Orioles 20
Mudcat Grant 3 Cleveland Indians  
Don Larsen 3 New York Yankees  
Milt Pappas 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Bobby Shantz 3 New York Yankees  
Bob Shaw 3 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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?