Saves : 1895 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1895 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ernie Beam 3 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Kid Nichols 3 Boston Beaneaters  
Tom Parrott 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Cronin 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 4
Nig Cuppy 2 Cleveland Spiders  
Brownie Foreman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Hewitt 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Malarkey 2 Washington Senators  
Win Mercer 2 Washington Senators  
Bill Phillips 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Arlie Pond 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Ted Breitenstein 1 St. Louis Browns 12
Kid Carsey 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dad Clarke 1 New York Giants  
Cozy Dolan 1 Boston Beaneaters  
Duke Esper 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Foreman 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Kid Gleason 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Ad Gumbert 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Bill Hart 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pink Hawley 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brickyard Kennedy 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Tom McCreery 1 Louisville Colonels  
Sandy McDougal 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Al Orth 1 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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.

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).