Top 25 Saves in 2002 in the American League

Saves : 2002 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

2002 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Eddie Guardado 45 Minnesota Twins 1

Billy Koch 44 Oakland Athletics 2

Troy Percival 40 Anaheim Angels 3

Ugueth Urbina 40 Boston Red Sox

Kelvim Escobar 38 Toronto Blue Jays 5

Kazuhiro Sasaki 37 Seattle Mariners 6

Juan Acevedo 28 Detroit Tigers 7

Mariano Rivera 28 New York Yankees

Roberto Hernandez 26 Kansas City Royals 9

Jorge Julio 25 Baltimore Orioles 10

Bob Wickman 20 Cleveland Indians 11

Esteban Yan 19 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12

Hideki Irabu 16 Texas Rangers 13

Steve Karsay 12 New York Yankees 14

Keith Foulke 11 Chicago White Sox 15

Antonio Osuna 11 Chicago White Sox

Francisco Cordero 10 Texas Rangers 17

Damaso Marte 10 Chicago White Sox

Ben Weber 7 Anaheim Angels 19

Mark Wohlers 7 Cleveland Indians

Danys Baez 6 Cleveland Indians 21

Mike Stanton 6 New York Yankees

Al Levine 5 Anaheim Angels 23

Ramiro Mendoza 4 New York Yankees 24

Tim Wakefield 3 Boston Red Sox 25

Name Saves Team Rank

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

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?

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