Saves : 1986 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)
 

1986 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dave Righetti 46 New York Yankees 1
Don Aase 34 Baltimore Orioles 2
Tom Henke 27 Toronto Blue Jays 3
Willie Hernandez 24 Detroit Tigers 4
Donnie Moore 21 California Angels 5
Ernie Camacho 20 Cleveland Indians 6
Greg Harris 20 Texas Rangers  
Mark Clear 16 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Jay Howell 16 Oakland Athletics  
Bob Stanley 16 Boston Red Sox  
Bob James 14 Chicago White Sox 11
Dan Plesac 14 Milwaukee Brewers  
Matt Young 13 Seattle Mariners 13
Dan Quisenberry 12 Kansas City Royals 14
Joe Sambito 12 Boston Red Sox  
Keith Atherton 10 Oakland Athletics 16
Minnesota Twins  
Doug Corbett 10 California Angels  
Mark Eichhorn 10 Toronto Blue Jays  
Steve Ontiveros 10 Oakland Athletics  
Bud Black 9 Kansas City Royals 20
Calvin Schiraldi 9 Boston Red Sox  
Steve Farr 8 Kansas City Royals 22
Dave Schmidt 8 Chicago White Sox  
Mitch Williams 8 Texas Rangers  
Scott Bailes 7 Cleveland Indians 25



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

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).

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.