Top 25 Saves in 2004 in the National League

Saves : 2004 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman

2004 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Armando Benitez 47 Florida Marlins 1

Jason Isringhausen 47 St. Louis Cardinals

Eric Gagne 45 Los Angeles Dodgers 3

John Smoltz 44 Atlanta Braves 4

Jose Mesa 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Danny Graves 41 Cincinnati Reds 6

Trevor Hoffman 41 San Diego Padres

Dan Kolb 39 Milwaukee Brewers 8

Shawn Chacon 35 Colorado Rockies 9

Brad Lidge 29 Houston Astros 10

Braden Looper 29 New York Mets

LaTroy Hawkins 25 Chicago Cubs 12

Matt Herges 23 San Francisco Giants 13

Billy Wagner 21 Philadelphia Phillies 14

Tim Worrell 19 Philadelphia Phillies 15

Dustin Hermanson 17 San Francisco Giants 16

Greg Aquino 16 Arizona Diamondbacks 17

Chad Cordero 14 Montreal Expos 18

Octavio Dotel 14 Houston Astros

Rocky Biddle 11 Montreal Expos 20

Joe Borowski 9 Chicago Cubs 21

Jose Valverde 8 Arizona Diamondbacks 22

Matt Mantei 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 23

Guillermo Mota 4 Los Angeles Dodgers

Florida Marlins

Julian Tavarez 4 St. Louis Cardinals

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).

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?

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.

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