Saves : 1920 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)
 

1920 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dickey Kerr 5 Chicago White Sox 1
Urban Shocker 5 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Burwell 4 St. Louis Browns 3
Howard Ehmke 3 Detroit Tigers 4
Walter Johnson 3 Washington Senators  
Jack Quinn 3 New York Yankees  
Eddie Cicotte 2 Chicago White Sox 7
Stan Coveleski 2 Cleveland Indians  
Carl Mays 2 New York Yankees  
Dick Niehaus 2 Cleveland Indians  
Herb Pennock 2 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Shawkey 2 New York Yankees  
Allen Sothoron 2 St. Louis Browns  
Carl Weilman 2 St. Louis Browns  
Roy Wilkinson 2 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Zachary 2 Washington Senators  
Jose Acosta 1 Washington Senators 17
Doc Ayers 1 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Bush 1 Boston Red Sox  
Rip Collins 1 New York Yankees  
Allen Conkwright 1 Detroit Tigers  
Eric Erickson 1 Washington Senators  
Red Faber 1 Chicago White Sox  
John Glaiser 1 Detroit Tigers  
Waite Hoyt 1 Boston Red Sox  



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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.