1979 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Bruce Sutter	37	Chicago Cubs	1
Kent Tekulve	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Gene Garber	25	Atlanta Braves	3
Joe Sambito	22	Houston Astros	4
Gary Lavelle	20	San Francisco Giants	5
Elias Sosa	18	Montreal Expos	6
Tom Hume	17	Cincinnati Reds	7
Doug Bair	16	Cincinnati Reds	8
Tug McGraw	16	Philadelphia Phillies
Grant Jackson	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Rollie Fingers	13	San Diego Padres	11
Mark Littell	13	St. Louis Cardinals
Woodie Fryman	10	Montreal Expos	13
Skip Lockwood	9	New York Mets	14
Neil Allen	8	New York Mets	15
Bobby Castillo	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
Ed Glynn	7	New York Mets
Rawly Eastwick	6	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Darold Knowles	6	St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Patterson	6	Los Angeles Dodgers
Stan Bahnsen	5	Montreal Expos	21
Pedro Borbon	5	Cincinnati Reds
		San Francisco Giants
Mark Lee	5	San Diego Padres
Joey McLaughlin	5	Atlanta Braves
Dale Murray	5	New York Mets
		Montreal Expos
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

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