Saves : 1951 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
 

1951 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Wilks 13 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Smith 11 Cincinnati Reds 2
Jim Konstanty 9 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Al Brazle 7 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Clyde King 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
George Spencer 6 New York Giants  
Bill Werle 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ken Raffensberger 5 Cincinnati Reds 8
Bob Chipman 4 Boston Braves 9
Carl Erskine 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Sheldon Jones 4 New York Giants  
Sal Maglie 4 New York Giants  
Dick Bokelmann 3 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Ralph Branca 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Estock 3 Boston Braves  
Dave Koslo 3 New York Giants  
Dutch Leonard 3 Chicago Cubs  
Jerry Staley 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ewell Blackwell 2 Cincinnati Reds 19
Harry Brecheen 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Murry Dickson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Howie Fox 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Heintzelman 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Klippstein 2 Chicago Cubs  
Vern Law 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.

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