1988 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Dennis Eckersley	45	Oakland Athletics	1
Jeff Reardon	42	Minnesota Twins	2
Doug Jones	37	Cleveland Indians	3
Bobby Thigpen	34	Chicago White Sox	4
Dan Plesac	30	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Lee Smith	29	Boston Red Sox	6
Tom Henke	25	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Dave Righetti	25	New York Yankees
Mike Henneman	22	Detroit Tigers	9
Steve Farr	20	Kansas City Royals	10
Tom Niedenfuer	18	Baltimore Orioles	11
Mitch Williams	18	Texas Rangers
Bryan Harvey	17	California Angels	13
Mike Schooler	15	Seattle Mariners	14
Duane Ward	15	Toronto Blue Jays
CeciIio Guante	12	New York Yankees	16
		Texas Rangers
Willie Hernandez	10	Detroit Tigers	17
Chuck Crim	9	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Rick Honeycutt	7	Oakland Athletics	19
Greg Minton	7	California Angels
Chris Bosio	6	Milwaukee Brewers	21
Gene Garber	6	Kansas City Royals
Dale Mohorcic	6	Texas Rangers
		New York Yankees
Eric Plunk	5	Oakland Athletics	24
Bob Stanley	5	Boston Red Sox
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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? 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).