Saves : 1946 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)
 

1946 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Klinger 9 Boston Red Sox 1
Earl Caldwell 8 Chicago White Sox 2
Johnny Murphy 7 New York Yankees 3
Tom Ferrick 6 Cleveland Indians 4
St. Louis Browns  
George Caster 4 Detroit Tigers 5
Bob Feller 4 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Gromek 4 Cleveland Indians  
Tiny Bonham 3 New York Yankees 8
Dave Ferriss 3 Boston Red Sox  
Tex Hughson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Earl Johnson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Kennedy 3 Washington Senators  
Joe Page 3 New York Yankees  
Dizzy Trout 3 Detroit Tigers  
Spud Chandler 2 New York Yankees 15
Cliff Fannin 2 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Haynes 2 Chicago White Sox  
Fred Hutchinson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Gordon Maltzberger 2 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Savage 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Zoldak 2 St. Louis Browns  
Al Benton 1 Detroit Tigers 22
Joe Berry 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Indians  
Herman Besse 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank Biscan 1 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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?

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.