Saves : 1962 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1962 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Face 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ron Perranoski 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Stu Miller 19 San Francisco Giants 3
Lindy McDaniel 14 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Jack Baldschun 13 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jim Brosnan 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Henry 11 Cincinnati Reds 7
Don Larsen 11 San Francisco Giants  
Larry Sherry 11 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Claude Raymond 10 Milwaukee Braves 10
Ed Roebuck 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Don Elston 8 Chicago Cubs 12
Don McMahon 8 Milwaukee Braves  
Houston Colt .45s  
Diomedes Olivo 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Bobby Bolin 5 San Francisco Giants 15
Barney Schultz 5 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Anderson 4 Chicago Cubs 17
Craig Anderson 4 New York Mets  
Don Cardwell 4 Chicago Cubs  
Turk Farrell 4 Houston Colt .45s  
Hank Fischer 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Johnny Klippstein 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Shantz 4 Houston Colt .45s  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Dennis Bennett 3 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Roger Craig 3 New York Mets  



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.

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.