Saves : 1912 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:

"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)
 

1912 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Slim Sallee 6 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Christy Mathewson 4 New York Giants 2
Ed Reulbach 4 Chicago Cubs  
Nap Rucker 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Grover Alexander 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jimmy Lavender 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hub Perdue 3 Boston Braves  
George Suggs 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Hooks Wiltse 3 New York Giants  
Red Ames 2 New York Giants 10
Rube Benton 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Ad Brennan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Howie Camnitz 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Crandall 2 New York Giants  
Bert Humphries 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Keefe 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Hank Robinson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tom Seaton 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Steele 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Willis 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sandy Burk 1 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
St. Louis Cardinals  
Cliff Curtis 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Walt Dickson 1 Boston Braves  
Louis Drucke 1 New York Giants  
Jack Ferry 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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).

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.