Saves : 1931 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)
 

1931 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wilcy Moore 10 Boston Red Sox 1
Bump Hadley 8 Washington Senators 2
Chad Kimsey 7 St. Louis Browns 3
Firpo Marberry 7 Washington Senators  
George Earnshaw 6 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Lefty Grove 5 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Vic Frazier 4 Chicago White Sox 7
Willis Hudlin 4 Cleveland Indians  
Hank Johnson 4 New York Yankees  
Wes Ferrell 3 Cleveland Indians 10
Carl Fischer 3 Washington Senators  
Lefty Gomez 3 New York Yankees  
George Pipgras 3 New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobby Burke 2 Washington Senators 15
Pat Caraway 2 Chicago White Sox  
Alvin Crowder 2 Washington Senators  
Sam Gray 2 St. Louis Browns  
Chief Hogsett 2 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Mahaffey 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Red Ruffing 2 New York Yankees  
Roy Sherid 2 New York Yankees  
Tommy Thomas 2 Chicago White Sox  
George Uhle 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ed Wells 2 New York Yankees  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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.