Saves : 1991 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1991 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bryan Harvey 46 California Angels 1
Dennis Eckersley 43 Oakland Athletics 2
Rick Aguilera 42 Minnesota Twins 3
Jeff Reardon 40 Boston Red Sox 4
Jeff Montgomery 33 Kansas City Royals 5
Tom Henke 32 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Gregg Olson 31 Baltimore Orioles 7
Jeff Russell 30 Texas Rangers 8
Bobby Thigpen 30 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Farr 23 New York Yankees 10
Duane Ward 23 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mike Henneman 21 Detroit Tigers 12
Steve Olin 17 Cleveland Indians 13
Bill Swift 17 Seattle Mariners  
Doug Henry 15 Milwaukee Brewers 15
Mike Jackson 14 Seattle Mariners 16
Paul Gibson 8 Detroit Tigers 17
Edwin Nunez 8 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dan Plesac 8 Milwaukee Brewers  
Scott Radinsky 8 Chicago White Sox  
Shawn Hillegas 7 Cleveland Indians 21
Doug Jones 7 Cleveland Indians  
Mike Schooler 7 Seattle Mariners  
Steve Bedrosian 6 Minnesota Twins 24
Lee Guetterman 6 New York Yankees  



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).

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.

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