Top 25 Saves in 1976 in the National League

Saves : 1976 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1976 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Rawly Eastwick 26 Cincinnati Reds 1

Ken Forsch 19 Houston Astros 2

Skip Lockwood 19 New York Mets

Charlie Hough 18 Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Butch Metzger 16 San Diego Padres 5

Mike Marshall 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Atlanta Braves

Randy Moffitt 14 San Francisco Giants

Ron Reed 14 Philadelphia Phillies

Al Hrabosky 13 St. Louis Cardinals 9

Dale Murray 13 Montreal Expos

Gary Lavelle 12 San Francisco Giants 11

Gene Garber 11 Philadelphia Phillies 12

Tug McGraw 11 Philadelphia Phillies

Bob Moose 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Bruce Sutter 10 Chicago Cubs

Adrian Devine 9 Atlanta Braves 16

Darold Knowles 9 Chicago Cubs

Kent Tekulve 9 Pittsburgh Pirates

Pedro Borbon 8 Cincinnati Reds 19

Will McEnaney 7 Cincinnati Reds 20

Dave Giusti 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Bill Greif 6 San Diego Padres

St. Louis Cardinals

Bob Apodaca 5 New York Mets 23

Gene Pentz 5 Houston Astros

Joe Coleman 4 Chicago Cubs 25

Name Saves Team Rank

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

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?

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.

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