2004 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Mariano Rivera	53	New York Yankees	1
Francisco Cordero	49	Texas Rangers	2
Joe Nathan	44	Minnesota Twins	3
Troy Percival	33	Anaheim Angels	4
Keith Foulke	32	Boston Red Sox	5
Danys Baez	30	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	6
Octavio Dotel	22	Oakland Athletics	7
Jorge Julio	22	Baltimore Orioles
Ugueth Urbina	21	Detroit Tigers	9
Shingo Takatsu	19	Chicago White Sox	10
Eddie Guardado	18	Seattle Mariners	11
Jason Frasor	17	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Jeremy Affeldt	13	Kansas City Royals	13
Bob Wickman	13	Cleveland Indians
Francisco Rodriguez	12	Anaheim Angels	15
J.J. Putz	9	Seattle Mariners	16
Arthur Rhodes	9	Oakland Athletics
Jose Jimenez	8	Cleveland Indians	18
Billy Koch	8	Chicago White Sox
Justin Speier	7	Toronto Blue Jays	20
Esteban Yan	7	Detroit Tigers
Damaso Marte	6	Chicago White Sox	22
Miguel Batista	5	Toronto Blue Jays	23
David Riske	5	Cleveland Indians
Rafael Betancourt	4	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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 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?