Saves : 1989 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1989 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jeff Russell 38 Texas Rangers 1
Bobby Thigpen 34 Chicago White Sox 2
Dennis Eckersley 33 Oakland Athletics 3
Dan Plesac 33 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mike Schooler 33 Seattle Mariners  
Doug Jones 32 Cleveland Indians 6
Jeff Reardon 31 Minnesota Twins 7
Gregg Olson 27 Baltimore Orioles 8
Bryan Harvey 25 California Angels 9
Dave Righetti 25 New York Yankees  
Lee Smith 25 Boston Red Sox  
Tom Henke 20 Toronto Blue Jays 12
Steve Farr 18 Kansas City Royals 13
Jeff Montgomery 18 Kansas City Royals  
Willie Hernandez 15 Detroit Tigers 15
Duane Ward 15 Toronto Blue Jays  
Lee Guetterman 13 New York Yankees 17
Rick Honeycutt 12 Oakland Athletics 18
Rob Murphy 9 Boston Red Sox 19
Mark Williamson 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Todd Burns 8 Oakland Athletics 21
Mike Henneman 8 Detroit Tigers  
Greg Minton 8 California Angels  
Chuck Crim 7 Milwaukee Brewers 24
Mike Jackson 7 Seattle Mariners  



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.

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.