Saves : 1914 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
 

1914 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Red Ames 6 Cincinnati Reds 1
Slim Sallee 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Larry Cheney 5 Chicago Cubs 3
George McQuillan 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jeff Pfeffer 4 Brooklyn Robins  
Bob Harmon 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Pat Ragan 3 Brooklyn Robins  
Ed Reulbach 3 Brooklyn Robins  
Zip Zabel 3 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Benton 2 Cincinnati Reds 10
Joe Conzelman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dave Davenport 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Art Fromme 2 New York Giants  
Dan Griner 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill James 2 Boston Braves  
Rube Marquard 2 New York Giants  
Christy Mathewson 2 New York Giants  
Erskine Mayer 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pol Perritt 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Rowan 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Ben Tincup 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lefty Tyler 2 Boston Braves  
Babe Adams 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Grover Alexander 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Doak 1 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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 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?