Top 25 Saves in 1954 in the American League

Saves : 1954 American League Top 25

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"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)

1954 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Johnny Sain 22 New York Yankees 1

Ellis Kinder 15 Boston Red Sox 2

Ray Narleski 13 Cleveland Indians 3

Don Johnson 7 Chicago White Sox 4

Don Mossi 7 Cleveland Indians

Hal Newhouser 7 Cleveland Indians

Allie Reynolds 7 New York Yankees

Harry Dorish 6 Chicago White Sox 8

Sonny Dixon 5 Washington Senators 9

Philadelphia Athletics

Mike Garcia 5 Cleveland Indians

Sid Hudson 5 Boston Red Sox

Morrie Martin 5 Philadelphia Athletics

Chicago White Sox

Moe Burtschy 4 Philadelphia Athletics 13

George Zuverink 4 Detroit Tigers

Al Aber 3 Detroit Tigers 15

Bob Chakales 3 Cleveland Indians

Baltimore Orioles

Sandy Consuegra 3 Chicago White Sox

Camilo Pascual 3 Washington Senators

Billy Pierce 3 Chicago White Sox

Al Sima 3 Chicago White Sox

Philadelphia Athletics

Marlin Stuart 3 Baltimore Orioles

New York Yankees

Virgil Trucks 3 Chicago White Sox

Howie Fox 2 Baltimore Orioles 23

Tom Gorman 2 New York Yankees

Bob Hooper 2 Cleveland Indians

Name Saves Team Rank

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.

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?

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