Top 25 Saves in 1956 in the National League

Saves : 1956 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)

1956 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Saves Team Rank

Clem Labine 19 Brooklyn Dodgers 1

Hersh Freeman 18 Cincinnati Redlegs 2

Turk Lown 13 Chicago Cubs 3

Don Bessent 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Larry Jackson 9 St. Louis Cardinals

Hoyt Wilhelm 8 New York Giants 6

Jackie Collum 7 St. Louis Cardinals 7

Marv Grissom 7 New York Giants

Dave Jolly 7 Milwaukee Braves

Windy McCall 7 New York Giants

Roy Face 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Ernie Johnson 6 Milwaukee Braves

Ellis Kinder 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Nellie King 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Jim Konstanty 5 St. Louis Cardinals

Bob Miller 5 Philadelphia Phillies

Gene Conley 3 Milwaukee Braves 17

Bob Friend 3 Pittsburgh Pirates

Ron Negray 3 Philadelphia Phillies

Joe Nuxhall 3 Cincinnati Redlegs

Howie Pollet 3 Pittsburgh Pirates

Robin Roberts 3 Philadelphia Phillies

Warren Spahn 3 Milwaukee Braves

Joe Black 2 Cincinnati Redlegs 24

Ray Crone 2 Milwaukee Braves

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.

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).

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