2001 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Mariano Rivera	50	New York Yankees	1
Kazuhiro Sasaki	45	Seattle Mariners	2
Keith Foulke	42	Chicago White Sox	3
Troy Percival	39	Anaheim Angels	4
Billy Koch	36	Toronto Blue Jays	5
Jason Isringhausen	34	Oakland Athletics	6
Bob Wickman	32	Cleveland Indians	7
LaTroy Hawkins	28	Minnesota Twins	8
Roberto Hernandez	28	Kansas City Royals
Jeff Zimmerman	28	Texas Rangers
Derek Lowe	24	Boston Red Sox	11
Matt Anderson	22	Detroit Tigers	12
Esteban Yan	22	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Todd Jones	13	Detroit Tigers	14
		Minnesota Twins
Eddie Guardado	12	Minnesota Twins	15
Buddy Groom	11	Baltimore Orioles	16
Ugueth Urbina	9	Boston Red Sox	17
Rod Beck	6	Boston Red Sox	18
Ryan Kohlmeier	6	Baltimore Orioles
Ramiro Mendoza	6	New York Yankees
Willis Roberts	6	Baltimore Orioles
Mike Trombley	6	Baltimore Orioles
Rolando Arrojo	5	Boston Red Sox	23
Bob Howry	5	Chicago White Sox
Travis Phelps	5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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).