Saves : 1927 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)
 

1927 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Garland Braxton 13 Washington Senators 1
Wilcy Moore 13 New York Yankees  
Lefty Grove 9 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Firpo Marberry 9 Washington Senators  
Ken Holloway 6 Detroit Tigers 5
Joe Pate 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sarge Connally 5 Chicago White Sox 7
Lil Stoner 5 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Shawkey 4 New York Yankees 9
Rube Walberg 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Alvin Crowder 3 Washington Senators 11
St. Louis Browns  
Sam Gray 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Earl Whitehill 3 Detroit Tigers  
Don Hankins 2 Detroit Tigers 14
Benn Karr 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Lyons 2 Chicago White Sox  
Danny MacFayden 2 Boston Red Sox  
Ernie Nevers 2 St. Louis Browns  
Herb Pennock 2 New York Yankees  
Red Ruffing 2 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Shaute 2 Cleveland Indians  
Garland Buckeye 1 Cleveland Indians 22
Jimmy Dykes 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Milt Gaston 1 St. Louis Browns  
George Grant 1 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.