1998 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Tom Gordon	46	Boston Red Sox	1
Troy Percival	42	Anaheim Angels	2
John Wetteland	42	Texas Rangers
Mike Jackson	40	Cleveland Indians	4
Rick Aguilera	38	Minnesota Twins	5
Jeff Montgomery	36	Kansas City Royals	6
Mariano Rivera	36	New York Yankees
Billy Taylor	33	Oakland Athletics	8
Todd Jones	28	Detroit Tigers	9
Randy Myers	28	Toronto Blue Jays
Roberto Hernandez	26	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	11
Armando Benitez	22	Baltimore Orioles	12
Mike Timlin	19	Seattle Mariners	13
Bill Simas	18	Chicago White Sox	14
Matt Karchner	11	Chicago White Sox	15
Bob Howry	9	Chicago White Sox	16
Bobby Ayala	8	Seattle Mariners	17
Jesse Orosco	7	Baltimore Orioles	18
Paul Quantrill	7	Toronto Blue Jays
Robert Person	6	Toronto Blue Jays	20
Mike Stanton	6	New York Yankees
Mike Fetters	5	Oakland Athletics	22
		Anaheim Angels
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	5	Anaheim Angels
Derek Lowe	4	Boston Red Sox	24
Dan Plesac	4	Toronto Blue Jays
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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. 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.