Saves : 1958 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1958 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Face 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Clem Labine 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Turk Farrell 11 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Don Elston 10 Chicago Cubs 4
Marv Grissom 10 San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Klippstein 10 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Hal Jeffcoat 9 Cincinnati Redlegs 7
Larry Jackson 8 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Don McMahon 8 Milwaukee Braves  
Jim Brosnan 7 Chicago Cubs 10
St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Gross 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Henry 6 Chicago Cubs 12
Al Worthington 6 San Francisco Giants  
Brooks Lawrence 5 Cincinnati Redlegs 14
Billy Muffett 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Porterfield 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Roebuck 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Johnny Antonelli 3 San Francisco Giants 18
Ron Blackburn 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vern Law 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Orlando Pena 3 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Gene Conley 2 Milwaukee Braves 22
Glen Hobbie 2 Chicago Cubs  
Jack Meyer 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Freddy Rodriguez 2 Chicago Cubs  



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).

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?