Saves : 1926 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1926 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Firpo Marberry 22 Washington Senators 1
Hooks Dauss 9 Detroit Tigers 2
Lefty Grove 6 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Joe Pate 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Jones 5 New York Yankees 5
Waite Hoyt 4 New York Yankees 6
Sarge Connally 3 Chicago White Sox 7
Bob Shawkey 3 New York Yankees  
Sloppy Thurston 3 Chicago White Sox  
Ernie Wingard 3 St. Louis Browns  
Ted Wingfield 3 Boston Red Sox  
Win Ballou 2 St. Louis Browns 12
Clyde Barfoot 2 Detroit Tigers  
Garland Braxton 2 New York Yankees  
Sam Gibson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Holloway 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ted Lyons 2 Chicago White Sox  
Herb Pennock 2 New York Yankees  
Red Ruffing 2 Boston Red Sox  
Urban Shocker 2 New York Yankees  
Tommy Thomas 2 Chicago White Sox  
Rube Walberg 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Walter Beall 1 New York Yankees 23
Ted Blankenship 1 Chicago White Sox  
Rip Collins 1 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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?

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).