2006 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Francisco Rodriguez	47	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1
Bobby Jenks	41	Chicago White Sox	2
B.J. Ryan	38	Toronto Blue Jays	3
Todd Jones	37	Detroit Tigers	4
Huston Street	37	Oakland Athletics
Joe Nathan	36	Minnesota Twins	6
J.J. Putz	36	Seattle Mariners
Jonathan Papelbon	35	Boston Red Sox	8
Mariano Rivera	34	New York Yankees	9
Chris Ray	33	Baltimore Orioles	10
Akinori Otsuka	32	Texas Rangers	11
Ambiorix Burgos	18	Kansas City Royals	12
Bob Wickman	15	Cleveland Indians	13
Tyler Walker	10	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	14
Justin Duchscherer	9	Oakland Athletics	15
Joe Nelson	9	Kansas City Royals
Mike Timlin	9	Boston Red Sox
Brian Meadows	8	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	18
Fernando Rodney	7	Detroit Tigers	19
Francisco Cordero	6	Texas Rangers	20
Kyle Farnsworth	6	New York Yankees
Seth McClung	6	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Eddie Guardado	5	Seattle Mariners	23
Tom Mastny	5	Cleveland Indians
Shawn Camp	4	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	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). 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. 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.