Saves : 1904 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)
 

1904 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 5 New York Giants 1
Red Ames 3 New York Giants 2
Buttons Briggs 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hooks Wiltse 3 New York Giants  
Win Kellum 2 Cincinnati Reds 5
Billy Milligan 2 New York Giants  
Mordecai Brown 1 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Duggleby 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Dunn 1 New York Giants  
Chick Fraser 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ernie Groth 1 Chicago Cubs  
Carl Lundgren 1 Chicago Cubs  
Christy Mathewson 1 New York Giants  
Kid Nichols 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Poole 1 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bill Reidy 1 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jack Taylor 1 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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

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).