Saves : 2007 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2007 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Borowski 45 Cleveland Indians 1
Bobby Jenks 40 Chicago White Sox 2
J.J. Putz 40 Seattle Mariners  
Francisco Rodriguez 40 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Todd Jones 38 Detroit Tigers 5
Joe Nathan 37 Minnesota Twins 6
Jonathan Papelbon 37 Boston Red Sox  
Jeremy Accardo 30 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Mariano Rivera 30 New York Yankees  
Al Reyes 26 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10
Alan Embree 17 Oakland Athletics 11
Joakim Soria 17 Kansas City Royals  
Eric Gagne 16 Texas Rangers 13
Boston Red Sox  
Chris Ray 16 Baltimore Orioles  
Huston Street 16 Oakland Athletics  
C.J. Wilson 12 Texas Rangers 16
Octavio Dotel 11 Kansas City Royals 17
Jamie Walker 7 Baltimore Orioles 18
Joaquin Benoit 6 Texas Rangers 19
Casey Janssen 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Hideki Okajima 5 Boston Red Sox 21
Akinori Otsuka 4 Texas Rangers 22
David Riske 4 Kansas City Royals  
Danys Baez 3 Baltimore Orioles 24
Rafael Betancourt 3 Cleveland Indians  



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?

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.