Saves : 1894 National 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1894 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Mullane 4 Baltimore Orioles 1
Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Hawke 3 Baltimore Orioles 2
Win Mercer 3 Washington Senators  
Nixey Callahan 2 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Duke Esper 2 Washington Senators  
Baltimore Orioles  
Hank Gastright 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Brickyard Kennedy 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Jouett Meekin 2 New York Giants  
Dad Clarke 1 New York Giants 9
Frank Dwyer 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Les German 1 New York Giants  
George Hemming 1 Louisville Colonels  
Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Horner 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Bert Inks 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Louisville Colonels  
Tom Parrott 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Amos Rusie 1 New York Giants  
Tom Smith 1 Boston Beaneaters  
Ed Stein 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Mike Sullivan 1 Washington Senators  
Cleveland Spiders  
Jesse Tannehill 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Taylor 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Weyhing 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Young 1 Cleveland Spiders  



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?

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.