1949 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Ted Wilks	9	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Jim Konstanty	7	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Nels Potter	7	Boston Braves
Erv Palica	6	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Jerry Staley	6	St. Louis Cardinals
Hugh Casey	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Harry Gumbert	5	Cincinnati Reds
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Bob Muncrief	5	Pittsburgh Pirates
		Chicago Cubs
Monk Dubiel	4	Chicago Cubs	9
Dave Koslo	4	New York Giants
Robin Roberts	4	Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Rush	4	Chicago Cubs
Jack Banta	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Bobby Hogue	3	Boston Braves
Johnny Schmitz	3	Chicago Cubs
Joe Hatten	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	16
Kirby Higbe	2	Pittsburgh Pirates
		New York Giants
Emil Kush	2	Chicago Cubs
Paul Minner	2	Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Munger	2	St. Louis Cardinals
Ken Trinkle	2	Philadelphia Phillies
Rex Barney	1	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
Ewell Blackwell	1	Cincinnati Reds
Ralph Branca	1	Brooklyn Dodgers
Harry Brecheen	1	St. Louis Cardinals
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

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