Saves : 2007 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2007 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jose Valverde 47 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Francisco Cordero 44 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Trevor Hoffman 42 San Diego Padres 3
Takashi Saito 39 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Chad Cordero 37 Washington Nationals 5
Billy Wagner 34 New York Mets 6
David Weathers 33 Cincinnati Reds 7
Kevin Gregg 32 Florida Marlins 8
Jason Isringhausen 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ryan Dempster 28 Chicago Cubs 10
Brett Myers 21 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Brian Fuentes 20 Colorado Rockies 12
Bob Wickman 20 Atlanta Braves  
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Manny Corpas 19 Colorado Rockies 14
Brad Hennessey 19 San Francisco Giants  
Brad Lidge 19 Houston Astros  
Matt Capps 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Salomon Torres 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Dan Wheeler 11 Houston Astros 19
Armando Benitez 9 San Francisco Giants 20
Florida Marlins  
Rafael Soriano 9 Atlanta Braves  
Antonio Alfonseca 8 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Bob Howry 8 Chicago Cubs  
Tom Gordon 6 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Brian Wilson 6 San Francisco Giants  



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.

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?