2008 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Jose Valverde	44	Houston Astros	1
Brad Lidge	41	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Brian Wilson	41	San Francisco Giants
Francisco Cordero	34	Cincinnati Reds	4
Kerry Wood	34	Chicago Cubs
Brian Fuentes	30	Colorado Rockies	6
Trevor Hoffman	30	San Diego Padres
Kevin Gregg	29	Florida Marlins	8
Salomon Torres	28	Milwaukee Brewers	9
Billy Wagner	27	New York Mets	10
Brandon Lyon	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	11
Matt Capps	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Jon Rauch	18	Washington Nationals	13
		Arizona Diamondbacks
Takashi Saito	18	Los Angeles Dodgers
Ryan Franklin	17	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Jonathan Broxton	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
Mike Gonzalez	14	Atlanta Braves
Jason Isringhausen	12	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Eric Gagne	10	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Luis Ayala	9	Washington Nationals	20
		New York Mets
Joel Hanrahan	9	Washington Nationals
Chad Qualls	9	Arizona Diamondbacks
Carlos Marmol	7	Chicago Cubs	23
Chris Perez	7	St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Lindstrom	5	Florida Marlins	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). 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. 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.