Saves : 1916 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)
 

1916 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Red Ames 8 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Tom Hughes 5 Boston Braves 2
Rube Marquard 5 Brooklyn Robins  
Gene Packard 5 Chicago Cubs  
Grover Alexander 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Chief Bender 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dick Rudolph 3 Boston Braves  
Fred Anderson 2 New York Giants 8
Rube Benton 2 New York Giants  
Wilbur Cooper 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Hendrix 2 Chicago Cubs  
Erv Kantlehner 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Lavender 2 Chicago Cubs  
Al Mamaux 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Christy Mathewson 2 New York Giants  
Cincinnati Reds  
George McQuillan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lee Meadows 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pol Perritt 2 New York Giants  
Mike Prendergast 2 Chicago Cubs  
Al Schulz 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Jeff Tesreau 2 New York Giants  
Frank Allen 1 Boston Braves 22
Ed Appleton 1 Brooklyn Robins  
Jesse Barnes 1 Boston Braves  
Wheezer Dell 1 Brooklyn Robins  



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?