Saves : 1940 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
 

1940 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Beggs 7 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jumbo Brown 7 New York Giants  
Mace Brown 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Passeau 5 Chicago Cubs 4
Clyde Shoun 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dick Errickson 4 Boston Bees 6
Lloyd Brown 3 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Dick Coffman 3 Boston Bees  
Mort Cooper 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Curt Davis 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ken Heintzelman 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Klinger 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Lanier 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Lynn 3 New York Giants  
Ken Raffensberger 3 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Bowman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Max Butcher 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tex Carleton 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Hugh Casey 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Larry French 2 Chicago Cubs  
Harry Gumbert 2 New York Giants  
Syl Johnson 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dick Lanahan 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Lanning 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Danny MacFayden 2 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.