Saves : 1963 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)
 

1963 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lindy McDaniel 22 Chicago Cubs 1
Ron Perranoski 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Jack Baldschun 16 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Roy Face 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Henry 14 Cincinnati Reds 5
Bob Shaw 13 Milwaukee Braves 6
Al McBean 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Bobby Shantz 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Taylor 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Woodeshick 10 Houston Colt .45s 10
Al Worthington 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Klippstein 8 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Billy Pierce 8 San Francisco Giants  
Bobby Bolin 7 San Francisco Giants 14
Don McMahon 5 Houston Colt .45s 15
Claude Raymond 5 Milwaukee Braves  
Dom Zanni 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Bearnarth 4 New York Mets 18
Don Elston 4 Chicago Cubs  
Billy Hoeft 4 San Francisco Giants  
Jim Owens 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Ed Bauta 3 St. Louis Cardinals 22
New York Mets  
Bob Hendley 3 Milwaukee Braves  
Don Larsen 3 San Francisco Giants  
Ken MacKenzie 3 New York Mets  
St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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).