Top 25 Saves in 2000 in the American League

Saves : 2000 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2000 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Todd Jones 42 Detroit Tigers 1

Derek Lowe 42 Boston Red Sox

Kazuhiro Sasaki 37 Seattle Mariners 3

Mariano Rivera 36 New York Yankees 4

Keith Foulke 34 Chicago White Sox 5

John Wetteland 34 Texas Rangers

Jason Isringhausen 33 Oakland Athletics 7

Billy Koch 33 Toronto Blue Jays

Roberto Hernandez 32 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9

Troy Percival 32 Anaheim Angels

Steve Karsay 20 Cleveland Indians 11

Ricky Bottalico 16 Kansas City Royals 12

LaTroy Hawkins 14 Minnesota Twins 13

Bob Wickman 14 Cleveland Indians

Ryan Kohlmeier 13 Baltimore Orioles 15

Mike Timlin 11 Baltimore Orioles 16

Bob Wells 10 Minnesota Twins 17

Eddie Guardado 9 Minnesota Twins 18

Shigetoshi Hasegawa 9 Anaheim Angels

Bob Howry 7 Chicago White Sox 20

Jerry Spradlin 7 Kansas City Royals

Jim Mecir 5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 22

Oakland Athletics

Jose Paniagua 5 Seattle Mariners

Buddy Groom 4 Baltimore Orioles 24

Mike Trombley 4 Baltimore Orioles

Name Saves Team Rank

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?

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.

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).

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