Saves : 1904 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1904 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 5 New York Giants 1
Red Ames 3 New York Giants 2
Buttons Briggs 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hooks Wiltse 3 New York Giants  
Win Kellum 2 Cincinnati Reds 5
Billy Milligan 2 New York Giants  
Mordecai Brown 1 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Duggleby 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Dunn 1 New York Giants  
Chick Fraser 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ernie Groth 1 Chicago Cubs  
Carl Lundgren 1 Chicago Cubs  
Christy Mathewson 1 New York Giants  
Kid Nichols 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Poole 1 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bill Reidy 1 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jack Taylor 1 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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.

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).