2000 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Todd Jones	42	Detroit Tigers	1
Derek Lowe	42	Boston Red Sox
Kazuhiro Sasaki	37	Seattle Mariners	3
Mariano Rivera	36	New York Yankees	4
Keith Foulke	34	Chicago White Sox	5
John Wetteland	34	Texas Rangers
Jason Isringhausen	33	Oakland Athletics	7
Billy Koch	33	Toronto Blue Jays
Roberto Hernandez	32	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	9
Troy Percival	32	Anaheim Angels
Steve Karsay	20	Cleveland Indians	11
Ricky Bottalico	16	Kansas City Royals	12
LaTroy Hawkins	14	Minnesota Twins	13
Bob Wickman	14	Cleveland Indians
Ryan Kohlmeier	13	Baltimore Orioles	15
Mike Timlin	11	Baltimore Orioles	16
Bob Wells	10	Minnesota Twins	17
Eddie Guardado	9	Minnesota Twins	18
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	9	Anaheim Angels
Bob Howry	7	Chicago White Sox	20
Jerry Spradlin	7	Kansas City Royals
Jim Mecir	5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	22
		Oakland Athletics
Jose Paniagua	5	Seattle Mariners
Buddy Groom	4	Baltimore Orioles	24
Mike Trombley	4	Baltimore Orioles
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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? 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).