1999 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Mariano Rivera	45	New York Yankees	1
Roberto Hernandez	43	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	2
John Wetteland	43	Texas Rangers
Mike Jackson	39	Cleveland Indians	4
Jose Mesa	33	Seattle Mariners	5
Billy Koch	31	Toronto Blue Jays	6
Troy Percival	31	Anaheim Angels
Todd Jones	30	Detroit Tigers	8
Bob Howry	28	Chicago White Sox	9
Mike Timlin	27	Baltimore Orioles	10
Billy Taylor	26	Oakland Athletics	11
Mike Trombley	24	Minnesota Twins	12
Derek Lowe	15	Boston Red Sox	13
Tim Wakefield	15	Boston Red Sox
Jeff Montgomery	12	Kansas City Royals	15
Tom Gordon	11	Boston Red Sox	16
Doug Jones	10	Oakland Athletics	17
Keith Foulke	9	Chicago White Sox	18
Jason Isringhausen	8	Oakland Athletics	19
Scott Service	8	Kansas City Royals
Rick Aguilera	6	Minnesota Twins	21
Paul Shuey	6	Cleveland Indians
Rod Beck	3	Boston Red Sox	23
Graeme Lloyd	3	Toronto Blue Jays
T.J. Mathews	3	Oakland Athletics
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. 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.