Saves : 1909 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)
 

1909 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mordecai Brown 7 Chicago Cubs 1
Doc Crandall 6 New York Giants 2
Howie Camnitz 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Al Mattern 3 Boston Doves  
Steve Melter 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Orval Overall 3 Chicago Cubs  
Lew Richie 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Boston Doves  
Hooks Wiltse 3 New York Giants  
Babe Adams 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Chick Brandom 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Campbell 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Art Fromme 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Gaspar 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Sam Leever 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Christy Mathewson 2 New York Giants  
George McQuillan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Red Ames 1 New York Giants 17
Fred Beebe 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Bell 1 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bill Chappelle 1 Boston Doves  
Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Coveleski 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Dorner 1 Boston Doves  
Jean Dubuc 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Bull Durham 1 New York Giants  
Sam Frock 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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

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.