Top 25 Saves in 1980 in the National League

Saves : 1980 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1980 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bruce Sutter 28 Chicago Cubs 1

Tom Hume 25 Cincinnati Reds 2

Rollie Fingers 23 San Diego Padres 3

Neil Allen 22 New York Mets 4

Rick Camp 22 Atlanta Braves

Kent Tekulve 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Tug McGraw 20 Philadelphia Phillies 7

Greg Minton 19 San Francisco Giants 8

Woodie Fryman 17 Montreal Expos 9

Steve Howe 17 Los Angeles Dodgers

Joe Sambito 17 Houston Astros

Frank LaCorte 11 Houston Astros 12

Enrique Romo 11 Pittsburgh Pirates

Dave Smith 10 Houston Astros 14

Grant Jackson 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Gary Lavelle 9 San Francisco Giants

John Littlefield 9 St. Louis Cardinals

Ron Reed 9 Philadelphia Phillies

Elias Sosa 9 Montreal Expos

Gene Garber 7 Atlanta Braves 20

Al Holland 7 San Francisco Giants

Bob Shirley 7 San Diego Padres

Don Stanhouse 7 Los Angeles Dodgers

Doug Bair 6 Cincinnati Reds 24

Dickie Noles 6 Philadelphia Phillies

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.

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.

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?

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