Saves : 1959 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1959 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lindy McDaniel 15 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Don McMahon 15 Milwaukee Braves  
Don Elston 13 Chicago Cubs 3
Bill Henry 12 Chicago Cubs 4
Roy Face 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Brooks Lawrence 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Clem Labine 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Stu Miller 8 San Francisco Giants 8
Turk Farrell 6 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Orlando Pena 5 Cincinnati Reds 10
Jim Brosnan 4 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Cincinnati Reds  
Sam Jones 4 San Francisco Giants  
Mike McCormick 4 San Francisco Giants  
Danny McDevitt 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Mabe 3 Cincinnati Reds 15
Ray Semproch 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Larry Sherry 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tom Acker 2 Cincinnati Reds 18
Don Drysdale 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Art Fowler 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Gross 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gordon Jones 2 San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Klippstein 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Sandy Koufax 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Al Worthington 2 San Francisco Giants  



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?

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.