Saves : 1930 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1930 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hi Bell 8 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Watty Clark 6 Brooklyn Robins 2
Joe Heving 6 New York Giants  
Jim Lindsey 5 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bob Smith 5 Boston Braves  
Steve Swetonic 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Archie Campbell 4 Cincinnati Reds 7
Pat Malone 4 Chicago Cubs  
Glenn Spencer 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Guy Bush 3 Chicago Cubs 10
Phil Collins 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Genewich 3 New York Giants  
Ray Kolp 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Hub Pruett 3 New York Giants  
Charlie Root 3 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Benton 2 New York Giants 16
Cincinnati Reds  
Ben Cantwell 2 Boston Braves  
Pete Donohue 2 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Hal Haid 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Hallahan 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Carl Hubbell 2 New York Giants  
Syl Johnson 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dolf Luque 2 Brooklyn Robins  
Socks Seibold 2 Boston Braves  
Harry Smythe 2 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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).