Saves : 1937 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)
 

1937 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Clint Brown 18 Chicago White Sox 1
Johnny Murphy 10 New York Yankees 2
Jack Wilson 7 Boston Red Sox 3
Pat Malone 6 New York Yankees 4
Joe Heving 5 Cleveland Indians 5
Eddie Smith 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Syd Cohen 4 Washington Senators 7
Jack Russell 4 Detroit Tigers  
Denny Galehouse 3 Cleveland Indians 9
Ed Linke 3 Washington Senators  
Frank Makosky 3 New York Yankees  
Johnny Marcum 3 Boston Red Sox  
Boots Poffenberger 3 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Appleton 2 Washington Senators 14
Carl Fischer 2 Cleveland Indians  
Washington Senators  
Mel Harder 2 Cleveland Indians  
Chief Hogsett 2 St. Louis Browns  
Willis Hudlin 2 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Knott 2 St. Louis Browns  
Archie McKain 2 Boston Red Sox  
Lynn Nelson 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Earl Whitehill 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ivy Andrews 1 Cleveland Indians 23
New York Yankees  
Elden Auker 1 Detroit Tigers  
Sheriff Blake 1 St. Louis Browns  



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 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.