Top 25 Saves in 1971 in the American League

Saves : 1971 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)

1971 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Ken Sanders 31 Milwaukee Brewers 1

Ted Abernathy 23 Kansas City Royals 2

Fred Scherman 20 Detroit Tigers 3

Tom Burgmeier 17 Kansas City Royals 4

Rollie Fingers 17 Oakland Athletics

Sparky Lyle 16 Boston Red Sox 6

Lloyd Allen 15 California Angels 7

Phil Hennigan 14 Cleveland Indians 8

Bart Johnson 14 Chicago White Sox

Eddie Watt 11 Baltimore Orioles 10

Tom Hall 9 Minnesota Twins 11

Darold Knowles 9 Washington Senators

Oakland Athletics

Dave LaRoche 9 California Angels

Ken Tatum 9 Boston Red Sox

Paul Lindblad 8 Oakland Athletics 15

Washington Senators

Casey Cox 7 Washington Senators 16

Ron Perranoski 7 Minnesota Twins

Detroit Tigers

Bobby Bolin 6 Boston Red Sox 18

Steve Kealey 6 Chicago White Sox

Bob Locker 6 Oakland Athletics

Joe Grzenda 5 Washington Senators 21

Vicente Romo 5 Chicago White Sox

Jack Aker 4 New York Yankees 23

Tom Dukes 4 Baltimore Orioles

Ed Farmer 4 Cleveland Indians

Name Saves Team Rank

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?

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.

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