Saves : 1985 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:

"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)
 

1985 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dan Quisenberry 37 Kansas City Royals 1
Bob James 32 Chicago White Sox 2
Willie Hernandez 31 Detroit Tigers 3
Donnie Moore 31 California Angels  
Jay Howell 29 Oakland Athletics 5
Dave Righetti 29 New York Yankees  
Ron Davis 25 Minnesota Twins 7
Rollie Fingers 17 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Edwin Nunez 16 Seattle Mariners 9
Don Aase 14 Baltimore Orioles 10
Bill Caudill 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Brian Fisher 14 New York Yankees  
Tom Henke 13 Toronto Blue Jays 13
Steve Crawford 12 Boston Red Sox 14
Bob Gibson 11 Milwaukee Brewers 15
Greg Harris 11 Texas Rangers  
Jim Acker 10 Toronto Blue Jays 17
Bob Stanley 10 Boston Red Sox  
Sammy Stewart 9 Baltimore Orioles 19
Tom Waddell 9 Cleveland Indians  
Gary Lavelle 8 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Steve Ontiveros 8 Oakland Athletics  
Jerry Reed 8 Cleveland Indians  
Dave Rozema 7 Texas Rangers 24
Stew Cliburn 6 California Angels 25



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).

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.

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