Saves : 1993 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)
 

1993 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jeff Montgomery 45 Kansas City Royals 1
Duane Ward 45 Toronto Blue Jays  
Tom Henke 40 Texas Rangers 3
Roberto Hernandez 38 Chicago White Sox 4
Dennis Eckersley 36 Oakland Athletics 5
Rick Aguilera 34 Minnesota Twins 6
Jeff Russell 33 Boston Red Sox 7
Gregg Olson 29 Baltimore Orioles 8
Steve Farr 25 New York Yankees 9
Mike Henneman 24 Detroit Tigers 10
Norm Charlton 18 Seattle Mariners 11
Doug Henry 17 Milwaukee Brewers 12
Eric Plunk 15 Cleveland Indians 13
Steve Frey 13 California Angels 14
Ted Power 13 Cleveland Indians  
Seattle Mariners  
Jerry DiPoto 11 Cleveland Indians 16
Joe Grahe 11 California Angels  
Derek Lilliquist 10 Cleveland Indians 18
Mike Butcher 8 California Angels 19
Greg Harris 8 Boston Red Sox  
Jeremy Hernandez 8 Cleveland Indians  
Jesse Orosco 8 Milwaukee Brewers  
Gene Nelson 5 California Angels 23
Texas Rangers  
Carl Willis 5 Minnesota Twins  
Storm Davis 4 Oakland Athletics 25
Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.

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.