Saves : 1993 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)
 

1993 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Randy Myers 53 Chicago Cubs 1
Rod Beck 48 San Francisco Giants 2
Bryan Harvey 45 Florida Marlins 3
Lee Smith 43 St. Louis Cardinals 4
John Wetteland 43 Montreal Expos  
Mitch Williams 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mike Stanton 27 Atlanta Braves 7
Doug Jones 26 Houston Astros 8
Jim Gott 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Darren Holmes 25 Colorado Rockies  
Gene Harris 23 San Diego Padres 11
Stan Belinda 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Rob Dibble 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Greg McMichael 19 Atlanta Braves  
John Franco 10 New York Mets 15
Mel Rojas 10 Montreal Expos  
Xavier Hernandez 9 Houston Astros 17
Jeff Reardon 8 Cincinnati Reds 18
Mark Dewey 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Mike Perez 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Trevor Hoffman 5 Florida Marlins 21
San Diego Padres  
Mike Maddux 5 New York Mets  
Todd Worrell 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Davis 4 Philadelphia Phillies 24
San Diego Padres  
Bobby Ayala 3 Cincinnati Reds 25



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).

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

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.