Saves : 1895 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)
 

1895 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ernie Beam 3 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Kid Nichols 3 Boston Beaneaters  
Tom Parrott 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Cronin 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 4
Nig Cuppy 2 Cleveland Spiders  
Brownie Foreman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Hewitt 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Malarkey 2 Washington Senators  
Win Mercer 2 Washington Senators  
Bill Phillips 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Arlie Pond 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Ted Breitenstein 1 St. Louis Browns 12
Kid Carsey 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dad Clarke 1 New York Giants  
Cozy Dolan 1 Boston Beaneaters  
Duke Esper 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Foreman 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Kid Gleason 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Ad Gumbert 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Bill Hart 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pink Hawley 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brickyard Kennedy 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Tom McCreery 1 Louisville Colonels  
Sandy McDougal 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Al Orth 1 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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?