Saves : 1953 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)
 

1953 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Al Brazle 18 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Hoyt Wilhelm 15 New York Giants 2
Jim Hughes 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Lew Burdette 8 Milwaukee Braves 4
Dutch Leonard 8 Chicago Cubs  
Clem Labine 7 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Hal White 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Klippstein 6 Chicago Cubs 8
Joe Black 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Jim Konstanty 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Murry Dickson 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Stu Miller 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jerry Staley 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jackie Collum 3 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Karl Drews 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carl Erskine 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Andy Hansen 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Hetki 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Turk Lown 3 Chicago Cubs  
Warren Spahn 3 Milwaukee Braves  
Ben Wade 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Al Corwin 2 New York Giants 22
Warren Hacker 2 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Kelly 2 Chicago Cubs  
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Clyde King 2 Cincinnati Redlegs  



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?

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