1944 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Joe Berry	12	Philadelphia Athletics	1
George Caster	12	St. Louis Browns
Gordon Maltzberger	12	Chicago White Sox
Joe Heving	10	Cleveland Indians	4
Frank Barrett	8	Boston Red Sox	5
Jim Turner	7	New York Yankees	6
Tex Hughson	5	Boston Red Sox	7
Ed Klieman	5	Cleveland Indians
Johnny Gorsica	4	Detroit Tigers	9
Sig Jakucki	3	St. Louis Browns	10
Johnny Johnson	3	New York Yankees
Bill Lefebvre	3	Washington Senators
Hank Borowy	2	New York Yankees	13
Alex Carrasquel	2	Washington Senators
Clem Hausmann	2	Boston Red Sox
Joe Haynes	2	Chicago White Sox
Hal Newhouser	2	Detroit Tigers
Mike Ryba	2	Boston Red Sox
Jake Wade	2	Chicago White Sox
Roger Wolff	2	Washington Senators
Early Wynn	2	Washington Senators
Boom-Boom Beck	1	Detroit Tigers	22
Milo Candini	1	Washington Senators
Russ Christopher	1	Philadelphia Athletics
Steve Gromek	1	Cleveland Indians
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.