Saves : 1894 National 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1894 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Mullane 4 Baltimore Orioles 1
Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Hawke 3 Baltimore Orioles 2
Win Mercer 3 Washington Senators  
Nixey Callahan 2 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Duke Esper 2 Washington Senators  
Baltimore Orioles  
Hank Gastright 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Brickyard Kennedy 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Jouett Meekin 2 New York Giants  
Dad Clarke 1 New York Giants 9
Frank Dwyer 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Les German 1 New York Giants  
George Hemming 1 Louisville Colonels  
Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Horner 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Bert Inks 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Louisville Colonels  
Tom Parrott 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Amos Rusie 1 New York Giants  
Tom Smith 1 Boston Beaneaters  
Ed Stein 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Mike Sullivan 1 Washington Senators  
Cleveland Spiders  
Jesse Tannehill 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Taylor 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Weyhing 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Young 1 Cleveland Spiders  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.