Saves : 1964 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)
 

1964 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hal Woodeshick 23 Houston Colt .45s 1
Al McBean 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jack Baldschun 21 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Lindy McDaniel 15 Chicago Cubs 4
Sammy Ellis 14 Cincinnati Reds 5
Ron Perranoski 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Barney Schultz 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bobby Tiefenauer 13 Milwaukee Braves 8
Ed Roebuck 12 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bob Shaw 11 San Francisco Giants 10
Bob Miller 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Billy McCool 7 Cincinnati Reds 12
Ron Taylor 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Henry 6 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jim Owens 6 Houston Colt .45s  
Roger Craig 5 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Willard Hunter 5 New York Mets  
Chi-Chi Olivo 5 Milwaukee Braves  
Gaylord Perry 5 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Sadowski 5 Milwaukee Braves  
Mike Cuellar 4 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Roy Face 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Hoeft 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Billy Pierce 4 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Spahn 4 Milwaukee Braves  



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 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.