Saves : 1969 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
 

1969 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fred Gladding 29 Houston Astros 1
Wayne Granger 27 Cincinnati Reds 2
Cecil Upshaw 27 Atlanta Braves  
Jim Brewer 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Phil Regan 17 Chicago Cubs 5
Joe Hoerner 15 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ron Taylor 13 New York Mets 7
Tug McGraw 12 New York Mets 8
Joe Gibbon 11 San Francisco Giants 9
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Linzy 11 San Francisco Giants  
Chuck Hartenstein 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Clay Carroll 7 Cincinnati Reds 12
Mudcat Grant 7 Montreal Expos  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Cal Koonce 7 New York Mets  
Billy McCool 7 San Diego Padres  
John Boozer 6 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dan McGinn 6 Montreal Expos  
Frank Reberger 6 San Diego Padres  
Tommie Sisk 6 San Diego Padres  
Bill Wilson 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bruce Dal Canton 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Roy Face 5 Montreal Expos  
George Culver 4 Cincinnati Reds 23
Paul Doyle 4 Atlanta Braves  
Al McBean 4 San Diego Padres  
Los Angeles 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?

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.