Saves : 1938 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:

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1938 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Murphy 11 New York Yankees 1
Johnny Humphries 6 Cleveland Indians 2
Archie McKain 6 Boston Red Sox  
Pete Appleton 5 Washington Senators 4
Nels Potter 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Harry Eisenstat 4 Detroit Tigers 6
Mel Harder 4 Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Smith 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Cole 3 St. Louis Browns 9
Denny Galehouse 3 Cleveland Indians  
Chief Hogsett 3 Washington Senators  
Fred Johnson 3 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Bagby 2 Boston Red Sox 13
Clint Brown 2 Chicago White Sox  
Slick Coffman 2 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Heving 2 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  
Vern Kennedy 2 Detroit Tigers  
Lynn Nelson 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Fritz Ostermueller 2 Boston Red Sox  
Monty Stratton 2 Chicago White Sox  
John Whitehead 2 Chicago White Sox  
Ivy Andrews 1 New York Yankees 22
Harry Boyles 1 Chicago White Sox  
Tommy Bridges 1 Detroit Tigers  
George Caster 1 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.