2008 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Francisco Rodriguez	62	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1
Joakim Soria	42	Kansas City Royals	2
Jonathan Papelbon	41	Boston Red Sox	3
Joe Nathan	39	Minnesota Twins	4
Mariano Rivera	39	New York Yankees
B.J. Ryan	32	Toronto Blue Jays	6
George Sherrill	31	Baltimore Orioles	7
Bobby Jenks	29	Chicago White Sox	8
Troy Percival	28	Tampa Bay Rays	9
C.J. Wilson	24	Texas Rangers	10
Todd Jones	18	Detroit Tigers	11
Huston Street	18	Oakland Athletics
J.J. Putz	15	Seattle Mariners	13
Jensen Lewis	13	Cleveland Indians	14
Fernando Rodney	13	Detroit Tigers
Dan Wheeler	13	Tampa Bay Rays
Brad Ziegler	11	Oakland Athletics	17
Brandon Morrow	10	Seattle Mariners	18
Joe Borowski	6	Cleveland Indians	19
Masahide Kobayashi	6	Cleveland Indians
Scott Downs	5	Toronto Blue Jays	21
Frank Francisco	5	Texas Rangers
Jeremy Accardo	4	Toronto Blue Jays	23
Grant Balfour	4	Tampa Bay Rays
Rafael Betancourt	4	Cleveland Indians
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? 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). 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.