Top 25 Saves in 1977 in the American League

Saves : 1977 American League Top 25

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"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)

1977 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bill Campbell 31 Boston Red Sox 1

Sparky Lyle 26 New York Yankees 2

Lerrin LaGrow 25 Chicago White Sox 3

Jim Kern 18 Cleveland Indians 4

Dave LaRoche 17 Cleveland Indians 5

California Angels

Enrique Romo 16 Seattle Mariners 6

Adrian Devine 15 Texas Rangers 7

Tom Johnson 15 Minnesota Twins

Doug Bird 14 Kansas City Royals 9

Bill Castro 13 Milwaukee Brewers 10

Steve Foucault 13 Detroit Tigers

Mark Littell 12 Kansas City Royals 12

Larry Gura 10 Kansas City Royals 13

Dave Hamilton 9 Chicago White Sox 14

Tippy Martinez 9 Baltimore Orioles

Doug Bair 8 Oakland Athletics 16

Pete Vuckovich 8 Toronto Blue Jays

Tom Burgmeier 7 Minnesota Twins 18

John Hiller 7 Detroit Tigers

Bob Lacey 7 Oakland Athletics

Dave Giusti 6 Oakland Athletics 21

Bob McClure 6 Milwaukee Brewers

Dick Drago 5 California Angels 23

Baltimore Orioles

Jerry Johnson 5 Toronto Blue Jays

Dyar Miller 5 Baltimore Orioles

California Angels

Name Saves Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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