Top 25 Saves in 1897 in the National League

Saves : 1897 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1897 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Win Mercer 3 Washington Senators 1

Kid Nichols 3 Boston Beaneaters

Red Ehret 2 Cincinnati Reds 3

Doc McJames 2 Washington Senators

Jim Sullivan 2 Boston Beaneaters

Mike Sullivan 2 New York Giants

Jack Taylor 2 Philadelphia Phillies

Red Donahue 1 St. Louis Browns 8

Chauncey Fisher 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Clark Griffith 1 Chicago Colts

Charlie Hickman 1 Boston Beaneaters

Jim Hughey 1 Pittsburgh Pirates

Brickyard Kennedy 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Silver King 1 Washington Senators

Ted Lewis 1 Boston Beaneaters

Cy Seymour 1 New York Giants

Jesse Tannehill 1 Pittsburgh Pirates

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).

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.

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