Top 25 Saves in 1987 in the American League

Saves : 1987 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)

1987 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Tom Henke 34 Toronto Blue Jays 1

Jeff Reardon 31 Minnesota Twins 2

Dave Righetti 31 New York Yankees

Dan Plesac 23 Milwaukee Brewers 4

De Wayne Buice 17 California Angels 5

Dennis Eckersley 16 Oakland Athletics 6

Jay Howell 16 Oakland Athletics

Dale Mohorcic 16 Texas Rangers

Bobby Thigpen 16 Chicago White Sox

Tom Niedenfuer 13 Baltimore Orioles 10

Chuck Crim 12 Milwaukee Brewers 11

Edwin Nunez 12 Seattle Mariners

Wes Gardner 10 Boston Red Sox 13

Bob James 10 Chicago White Sox

Greg Minton 10 California Angels

Bill Wilkinson 10 Seattle Mariners

Eric King 9 Detroit Tigers 17

Gene Garber 8 Kansas City Royals 18

Willie Hernandez 8 Detroit Tigers

Doug Jones 8 Cleveland Indians

Dan Quisenberry 8 Kansas City Royals

Tim Stoddard 8 New York Yankees

Pat Clements 7 New York Yankees 23

Mike Henneman 7 Detroit Tigers

Jerry Reed 7 Seattle Mariners

Name Saves Team Rank

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.

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.

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