Saves : 1958 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1958 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ryne Duren 20 New York Yankees 1
Dick Hyde 18 Washington Senators 2
Leo Kiely 12 Boston Red Sox 3
Murray Wall 10 Boston Red Sox 4
Tom Gorman 8 Kansas City Athletics 5
Turk Lown 8 Chicago White Sox  
Billy O'Dell 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Jerry Staley 8 Chicago White Sox  
George Zuverink 7 Baltimore Orioles 9
Tex Clevenger 6 Washington Senators 10
Hank Aguirre 5 Detroit Tigers 11
Billy Loes 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Dick Tomanek 5 Cleveland Indians  
Kansas City Athletics  
Hoyt Wilhelm 5 Cleveland Indians  
Baltimore Orioles  
Art Ditmar 4 New York Yankees 15
Mudcat Grant 4 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Harshman 4 Baltimore Orioles  
Johnny Kucks 4 New York Yankees  
Virgil Trucks 4 Kansas City Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Ray Herbert 3 Kansas City Athletics 20
Billy Hoeft 3 Detroit Tigers  
Don Mossi 3 Cleveland Indians  
Pedro Ramos 3 Washington Senators  
Herb Score 3 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Sullivan 3 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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).