Top 25 Saves in 1983 in the American League

Saves : 1983 American League Top 25

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"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)

1983 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Dan Quisenberry 45 Kansas City Royals 1

Bob Stanley 33 Boston Red Sox 2

Ron Davis 30 Minnesota Twins 3

Bill Caudill 26 Seattle Mariners 4

Pete Ladd 25 Milwaukee Brewers 5

Goose Gossage 22 New York Yankees 6

Tippy Martinez 21 Baltimore Orioles 7

Aurelio Lopez 18 Detroit Tigers 8

Dennis Lamp 15 Chicago White Sox 9

Salome Barojas 12 Chicago White Sox 10

Dave Beard 10 Oakland Athletics 11

Odell Jones 10 Texas Rangers

Randy Moffitt 10 Toronto Blue Jays

Joey McLaughlin 9 Toronto Blue Jays 14

Tim Stoddard 9 Baltimore Orioles

Dave Tobik 9 Texas Rangers

George Frazier 8 New York Yankees 17

Dan Spillner 8 Cleveland Indians

Tom Tellmann 8 Milwaukee Brewers

Juan Agosto 7 Chicago White Sox 20

Bud Anderson 7 Cleveland Indians

Neal Heaton 7 Cleveland Indians

Roy Lee Jackson 7 Toronto Blue Jays

Luis Sanchez 7 California Angels

Mike Stanton 7 Seattle Mariners

Name Saves Team Rank

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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