Saves : 1939 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:

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1939 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Bowman 9 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Clyde Shoun 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jumbo Brown 7 New York Giants 3
Mace Brown 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Curt Davis 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cliff Melton 5 New York Giants 6
Mort Cooper 4 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Fred Frankhouse 4 Boston Bees  
Johnny Lanning 4 Boston Bees  
Hugh Mulcahy 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Root 4 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Swift 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vito Tamulis 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Boom-Boom Beck 3 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Dick Coffman 3 New York Giants  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Whitey Moore 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Claude Passeau 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chicago Cubs  
Jack Russell 3 Chicago Cubs  
Peaches Davis 2 Cincinnati Reds 20
Kirby Higbe 2 Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Carl Hubbell 2 New York Giants  
Syl Johnson 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Danny MacFayden 2 Boston Bees  
Tot Pressnell 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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.

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?

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).