Saves : 1950 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)
 

1950 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mickey Harris 15 Washington Senators 1
Joe Page 13 New York Yankees 2
Tom Ferrick 11 St. Louis Browns 3
New York Yankees  
Ellis Kinder 9 Boston Red Sox 4
Lou Brissie 8 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bob Hooper 5 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Mickey McDermott 5 Boston Red Sox  
Luis Aloma 4 Chicago White Sox 8
Al Benton 4 Cleveland Indians  
Paul Calvert 4 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Dobson 4 Boston Red Sox  
Jesse Flores 4 Cleveland Indians  
Art Houtteman 4 Detroit Tigers  
Dizzy Trout 4 Detroit Tigers  
Al Widmar 4 St. Louis Browns  
Sam Zoldak 4 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Lemon 3 Cleveland Indians 17
Hal Newhouser 3 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Ostrowski 3 St. Louis Browns  
New York Yankees  
Mel Parnell 3 Boston Red Sox  
Carl Scheib 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Cain 2 Chicago White Sox 22
Sandy Consuegra 2 Washington Senators  
Alex Kellner 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Willard Nixon 2 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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?