Top 25 Saves in 1901 in the National League

Saves : 1901 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1901 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bill Donovan 3 Brooklyn Superbas 1

Jack Powell 3 St. Louis Cardinals

Frank Kitson 2 Brooklyn Superbas 3

Deacon Phillippe 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Willie Sudhoff 2 St. Louis Cardinals

Jack Chesbro 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Red Donahue 1 Philadelphia Phillies

Al Orth 1 Philadelphia Phillies

Bill Phyle 1 New York Giants

Jesse Tannehill 1 Pittsburgh Pirates

Name Saves Team Rank

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

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.

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.

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