Saves : 1936 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)
 

1936 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 11 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Don Brennan 9 Cincinnati Reds 2
Bob Smith 8 Boston Bees 3
Dick Coffman 7 New York Giants 4
Syl Johnson 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Gabler 6 New York Giants 6
Peaches Davis 5 Cincinnati Reds 7
Paul Derringer 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Cy Blanton 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Mace Brown 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry French 3 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Heusser 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Carl Hubbell 3 New York Giants  
George Jeffcoat 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Van Mungo 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Claude Passeau 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Winford 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Baker 2 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Ed Brandt 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Guy Bush 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Boston Bees  
Max Butcher 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ben Cantwell 2 Boston Bees  
Tiny Chaplin 2 Boston Bees  
Watty Clark 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Earnshaw 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
St. Louis Cardinals  



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

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.

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).