Top 25 Saves in 1977 in the American League

Saves : 1977 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1977 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bill Campbell 31 Boston Red Sox 1

Sparky Lyle 26 New York Yankees 2

Lerrin LaGrow 25 Chicago White Sox 3

Jim Kern 18 Cleveland Indians 4

Dave LaRoche 17 Cleveland Indians 5

California Angels

Enrique Romo 16 Seattle Mariners 6

Adrian Devine 15 Texas Rangers 7

Tom Johnson 15 Minnesota Twins

Doug Bird 14 Kansas City Royals 9

Bill Castro 13 Milwaukee Brewers 10

Steve Foucault 13 Detroit Tigers

Mark Littell 12 Kansas City Royals 12

Larry Gura 10 Kansas City Royals 13

Dave Hamilton 9 Chicago White Sox 14

Tippy Martinez 9 Baltimore Orioles

Doug Bair 8 Oakland Athletics 16

Pete Vuckovich 8 Toronto Blue Jays

Tom Burgmeier 7 Minnesota Twins 18

John Hiller 7 Detroit Tigers

Bob Lacey 7 Oakland Athletics

Dave Giusti 6 Oakland Athletics 21

Bob McClure 6 Milwaukee Brewers

Dick Drago 5 California Angels 23

Baltimore Orioles

Jerry Johnson 5 Toronto Blue Jays

Dyar Miller 5 Baltimore Orioles

California Angels

Name Saves Team Rank

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).

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