Saves : 1995 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1995 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jose Mesa 46 Cleveland Indians 1
Lee Smith 37 California Angels 2
Rick Aguilera 32 Minnesota Twins 3
Boston Red Sox  
Roberto Hernandez 32 Chicago White Sox  
Jeff Montgomery 31 Kansas City Royals 5
John Wetteland 31 New York Yankees  
Dennis Eckersley 29 Oakland Athletics 7
Mike Fetters 22 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Doug Jones 22 Baltimore Orioles  
Jeff Russell 20 Texas Rangers 10
Bobby Ayala 19 Seattle Mariners 11
Mike Henneman 18 Detroit Tigers 12
Norm Charlton 14 Seattle Mariners 13
Tony Castillo 13 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Stan Belinda 10 Boston Red Sox 15
Dave Stevens 10 Minnesota Twins  
Ken Ryan 7 Boston Red Sox 17
John Doherty 6 Detroit Tigers 18
Dwayne Henry 5 Detroit Tigers 19
Mike Timlin 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Graeme Lloyd 4 Milwaukee Brewers 21
Roger McDowell 4 Texas Rangers  
Ed Vosberg 4 Texas Rangers  
Joe Boever 3 Detroit Tigers 24
Darren Hall 3 Toronto Blue Jays  



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.

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).