2003 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Eric Gagne	55	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
John Smoltz	45	Atlanta Braves	2
Billy Wagner	44	Houston Astros	3
Tim Worrell	38	San Francisco Giants	4
Rocky Biddle	34	Montreal Expos	5
Joe Borowski	33	Chicago Cubs	6
Matt Mantei	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	7
Braden Looper	28	Florida Marlins	8
Mike Williams	28	Pittsburgh Pirates
		Philadelphia Phillies
Jose Mesa	24	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Jason Isringhausen	22	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Armando Benitez	21	New York Mets	12
Dan Kolb	21	Milwaukee Brewers
Scott Williamson	21	Cincinnati Reds
Rod Beck	20	San Diego Padres	15
Jose Jimenez	20	Colorado Rockies
Mike DeJean	19	Milwaukee Brewers	17
		St. Louis Cardinals
Chris Reitsma	12	Cincinnati Reds	18
Julian Tavarez	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Jose Valverde	10	Arizona Diamondbacks	20
Justin Speier	9	Colorado Rockies	21
Cal Eldred	8	St. Louis Cardinals	22
David Weathers	7	New York Mets	23
Ugueth Urbina	6	Florida Marlins	24
Luis Ayala	5	Montreal Expos	25
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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). 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.