Saves : 1974 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)
 

1974 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Marshall 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Randy Moffitt 15 San Francisco Giants 2
Pedro Borbon 14 Cincinnati Reds 3
Dave Giusti 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Tom House 11 Atlanta Braves 5
Chuck Taylor 11 Montreal Expos  
Ken Forsch 10 Houston Astros 7
Dale Murray 10 Montreal Expos  
Oscar Zamora 10 Chicago Cubs  
Al Hrabosky 9 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Vicente Romo 9 San Diego Padres  
Clay Carroll 6 Cincinnati Reds 12
Danny Frisella 6 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Garman 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Elias Sosa 6 San Francisco Giants  
Eddie Watt 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave LaRoche 5 Chicago Cubs 17
Mac Scarce 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gene Garber 4 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Harry Parker 4 New York Mets  
Horacio Pina 4 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Scherman 4 Houston Astros  
Bob Apodaca 3 New York Mets 23
Max Leon 3 Atlanta Braves  
Tug McGraw 3 New York Mets  



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.

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.

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