Saves : 1972 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1972 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Clay Carroll 37 Cincinnati Reds 1
Tug McGraw 27 New York Mets 2
Dave Giusti 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Mike Marshall 18 Montreal Expos 4
Jack Aker 17 Chicago Cubs 5
Jim Brewer 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Fred Gladding 14 Houston Astros 7
Ramon Hernandez 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cecil Upshaw 13 Atlanta Braves 9
Pedro Borbon 11 Cincinnati Reds 10
Danny Frisella 9 New York Mets 11
Diego Segui 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Hall 8 Cincinnati Reds 13
Jerry Johnson 8 San Francisco Giants  
Jim Ray 8 Houston Astros  
Mike Corkins 6 San Diego Padres 16
Tom Phoebus 6 San Diego Padres  
Chicago Cubs  
Pete Richert 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Joe Hoerner 5 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Atlanta Braves  
Don McMahon 5 San Francisco Giants  
Pete Mikkelsen 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bill Bonham 4 Chicago Cubs 22
Dan McGinn 4 Chicago Cubs  
Randy Moffitt 4 San Francisco Giants  
Mac Scarce 4 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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).

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.