Top 25 Saves in 1990 in the American League

Saves : 1990 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)

1990 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Bobby Thigpen 57 Chicago White Sox 1

Dennis Eckersley 48 Oakland Athletics 2

Doug Jones 43 Cleveland Indians 3

Gregg Olson 37 Baltimore Orioles 4

Dave Righetti 36 New York Yankees 5

Rick Aguilera 32 Minnesota Twins 6

Tom Henke 32 Toronto Blue Jays

Mike Schooler 30 Seattle Mariners 8

Bryan Harvey 25 California Angels 9

Jeff Montgomery 24 Kansas City Royals 10

Dan Plesac 24 Milwaukee Brewers

Mike Henneman 22 Detroit Tigers 12

Jeff Reardon 21 Boston Red Sox 13

Kenny Rogers 15 Texas Rangers 14

Mark Eichhorn 13 California Angels 15

Jerry Don Gleaton 13 Detroit Tigers

Chuck Crim 11 Milwaukee Brewers 17

Duane Ward 11 Toronto Blue Jays

Jeff Russell 10 Texas Rangers 19

Jeff Gray 9 Boston Red Sox 20

Rick Honeycutt 7 Oakland Athletics 21

Rob Murphy 7 Boston Red Sox

Mark Davis 6 Kansas City Royals 23

Edwin Nunez 6 Detroit Tigers

Bill Swift 6 Seattle Mariners

Name Saves Team Rank

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

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 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?

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