Saves : 1973 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)
 

1973 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Marshall 31 Montreal Expos 1
Tug McGraw 25 New York Mets 2
Jim Brewer 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Dave Giusti 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Locker 18 Chicago Cubs 5
Elias Sosa 18 San Francisco Giants  
Diego Segui 17 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Pedro Borbon 14 Cincinnati Reds 8
Clay Carroll 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Randy Moffitt 14 San Francisco Giants  
Jack Aker 12 Chicago Cubs 11
Mac Scarce 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ramon Hernandez 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Mike Caldwell 10 San Diego Padres 14
Danny Frisella 8 Atlanta Braves 15
Tom Hall 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Pete Richert 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Vicente Romo 7 San Diego Padres  
Bill Bonham 6 Chicago Cubs 19
Jim Crawford 6 Houston Astros  
Don McMahon 6 San Francisco Giants  
Orlando Pena 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Ray 6 Houston Astros  
Jim York 6 Houston Astros  
Wayne Granger 5 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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).

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.