Saves : 1963 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
 

1963 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stu Miller 27 Baltimore Orioles 1
Dick Radatz 25 Boston Red Sox 2
Bill Dailey 21 Minnesota Twins 3
Hoyt Wilhelm 21 Chicago White Sox  
John Wyatt 21 Kansas City Athletics  
Hal Reniff 18 New York Yankees 6
Ron Kline 17 Washington Senators 7
Jim Brosnan 14 Chicago White Sox 8
Ted Abernathy 12 Cleveland Indians 9
Dick Hall 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Julio Navarro 12 Los Angeles Angels  
Terry Fox 11 Detroit Tigers 12
Art Fowler 10 Los Angeles Angels 13
Fred Gladding 7 Detroit Tigers 14
Jack Lamabe 6 Boston Red Sox 15
Gary Bell 5 Cleveland Indians 16
Steve Hamilton 5 Washington Senators  
New York Yankees  
Ed Roebuck 4 Washington Senators 18
Garry Roggenburk 4 Minnesota Twins  
Ted Bowsfield 3 Kansas City Athletics 20
Dean Chance 3 Los Angeles Angels  
Bill Fischer 3 Kansas City Athletics  
Bill Stafford 3 New York Yankees  
Bob Allen 2 Cleveland Indians 24
Barry Latman 2 Cleveland Indians  



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?

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.