Top 25 Saves in 2004 in the American League

Saves : 2004 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

2004 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Saves Team Rank

Mariano Rivera 53 New York Yankees 1

Francisco Cordero 49 Texas Rangers 2

Joe Nathan 44 Minnesota Twins 3

Troy Percival 33 Anaheim Angels 4

Keith Foulke 32 Boston Red Sox 5

Danys Baez 30 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Octavio Dotel 22 Oakland Athletics 7

Jorge Julio 22 Baltimore Orioles

Ugueth Urbina 21 Detroit Tigers 9

Shingo Takatsu 19 Chicago White Sox 10

Eddie Guardado 18 Seattle Mariners 11

Jason Frasor 17 Toronto Blue Jays 12

Jeremy Affeldt 13 Kansas City Royals 13

Bob Wickman 13 Cleveland Indians

Francisco Rodriguez 12 Anaheim Angels 15

J.J. Putz 9 Seattle Mariners 16

Arthur Rhodes 9 Oakland Athletics

Jose Jimenez 8 Cleveland Indians 18

Billy Koch 8 Chicago White Sox

Justin Speier 7 Toronto Blue Jays 20

Esteban Yan 7 Detroit Tigers

Damaso Marte 6 Chicago White Sox 22

Miguel Batista 5 Toronto Blue Jays 23

David Riske 5 Cleveland Indians

Rafael Betancourt 4 Cleveland Indians 25

Name Saves Team Rank

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?

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.

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