1997 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Randy Myers	45	Baltimore Orioles	1
Mariano Rivera	43	New York Yankees	2
Doug Jones	36	Milwaukee Brewers	3
Todd Jones	31	Detroit Tigers	4
John Wetteland	31	Texas Rangers
Roberto Hernandez	27	Chicago White Sox	6
Troy Percival	27	Anaheim Angels
Heathcliff Slocumb	27	Boston Red Sox
		Seattle Mariners
Rick Aguilera	26	Minnesota Twins	9
Billy Taylor	23	Oakland Athletics	10
Jose Mesa	16	Cleveland Indians	11
Mike Jackson	15	Cleveland Indians	12
Matt Karchner	15	Chicago White Sox
Norm Charlton	14	Seattle Mariners	14
Kelvim Escobar	14	Toronto Blue Jays
Jeff Montgomery	14	Kansas City Royals
Tom Gordon	11	Boston Red Sox	17
Hipolito Pichardo	11	Kansas City Royals
Mike Timlin	10	Toronto Blue Jays	19
		Seattle Mariners
Armando Benitez	9	Baltimore Orioles	20
Bobby Ayala	8	Seattle Mariners	21
Mike James	7	Anaheim Angels	22
Mike Fetters	6	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Butch Henry	6	Boston Red Sox
Paul Quantrill	5	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

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