Saves : 1935 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1935 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Knott 7 St. Louis Browns 1
Oral Hildebrand 5 Cleveland Indians 2
Chief Hogsett 5 Detroit Tigers  
Willis Hudlin 5 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Murphy 5 New York Yankees  
Whit Wyatt 5 Chicago White Sox  
Lloyd Brown 4 Cleveland Indians 7
Jimmy DeShong 3 New York Yankees 8
Bill Dietrich 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Linke 3 Washington Senators  
Pat Malone 3 New York Yankees  
Johnny Marcum 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobo Newsom 3 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Leon Pettit 3 Washington Senators  
Schoolboy Rowe 3 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Russell 3 Washington Senators  
Russ Van Atta 3 New York Yankees  
St. Louis Browns  
Rube Walberg 3 Boston Red Sox  
Clint Brown 2 Cleveland Indians 19
Dick Coffman 2 St. Louis Browns  
Mel Harder 2 Cleveland Indians  
Roxie Lawson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Dutch Lieber 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Gordon Rhodes 2 Boston Red Sox  
Lefty Stewart 2 Washington Senators  
Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.