1989 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Jeff Russell	38	Texas Rangers	1
Bobby Thigpen	34	Chicago White Sox	2
Dennis Eckersley	33	Oakland Athletics	3
Dan Plesac	33	Milwaukee Brewers
Mike Schooler	33	Seattle Mariners
Doug Jones	32	Cleveland Indians	6
Jeff Reardon	31	Minnesota Twins	7
Gregg Olson	27	Baltimore Orioles	8
Bryan Harvey	25	California Angels	9
Dave Righetti	25	New York Yankees
Lee Smith	25	Boston Red Sox
Tom Henke	20	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Steve Farr	18	Kansas City Royals	13
Jeff Montgomery	18	Kansas City Royals
Willie Hernandez	15	Detroit Tigers	15
Duane Ward	15	Toronto Blue Jays
Lee Guetterman	13	New York Yankees	17
Rick Honeycutt	12	Oakland Athletics	18
Rob Murphy	9	Boston Red Sox	19
Mark Williamson	9	Baltimore Orioles
Todd Burns	8	Oakland Athletics	21
Mike Henneman	8	Detroit Tigers
Greg Minton	8	California Angels
Chuck Crim	7	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Mike Jackson	7	Seattle Mariners
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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.