Saves : 1904 American 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1904 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Case Patten 3 Washington Senators 1
Nick Altrock 1 Chicago White Sox 2
Walter Clarkson 1 New York Highlanders  
Fred Glade 1 St. Louis Browns  
Tom Hughes 1 New York Highlanders  
Washington Senators  
Ed Killian 1 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Kitson 1 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Owen 1 Chicago White Sox  
Ed Walsh 1 Chicago White Sox  
Cy Young 1 Boston Americans  



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?

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.