Top 25 Saves in 2000 in the National League

Saves : 2000 National League Top 25

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"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)

2000 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Antonio Alfonseca 45 Florida Marlins 1

Trevor Hoffman 43 San Diego Padres 2

Armando Benitez 41 New York Mets 3

Robb Nen 41 San Francisco Giants

Danny Graves 30 Cincinnati Reds 5

Rick Aguilera 29 Chicago Cubs 6

Dave Veres 29 St. Louis Cardinals

Jeff Shaw 27 Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Jose Jimenez 24 Colorado Rockies 9

John Rocker 24 Atlanta Braves

Mike Williams 24 Pittsburgh Pirates

Jeff Brantley 23 Philadelphia Phillies 12

Matt Mantei 17 Arizona Diamondbacks 13

Octavio Dotel 16 Houston Astros 14

Bob Wickman 16 Milwaukee Brewers

Byung-Hyun Kim 14 Arizona Diamondbacks 16

Steve Kline 14 Montreal Expos

Curtis Leskanic 12 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Kerry Ligtenberg 12 Atlanta Braves

Mike Remlinger 12 Atlanta Braves

Scott Strickland 9 Montreal Expos 21

Ugueth Urbina 8 Montreal Expos 22

Wayne Gomes 7 Philadelphia Phillies 23

Billy Wagner 6 Houston Astros 24

Scott Williamson 6 Cincinnati Reds

Name Saves Team Rank

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.

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.

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).

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