Saves : 1912 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)
 

1912 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Slim Sallee 6 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Christy Mathewson 4 New York Giants 2
Ed Reulbach 4 Chicago Cubs  
Nap Rucker 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Grover Alexander 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jimmy Lavender 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hub Perdue 3 Boston Braves  
George Suggs 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Hooks Wiltse 3 New York Giants  
Red Ames 2 New York Giants 10
Rube Benton 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Ad Brennan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Howie Camnitz 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Crandall 2 New York Giants  
Bert Humphries 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Keefe 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Hank Robinson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tom Seaton 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Steele 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Willis 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sandy Burk 1 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
St. Louis Cardinals  
Cliff Curtis 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Walt Dickson 1 Boston Braves  
Louis Drucke 1 New York Giants  
Jack Ferry 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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 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?