Saves : 1966 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)
 

1966 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Regan 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Roy Face 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Billy McCool 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Linzy 16 San Francisco Giants 4
Claude Raymond 16 Houston Astros  
Pete Mikkelsen 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Jack Hamilton 13 New York Mets 7
Joe Hoerner 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Darold Knowles 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Clay Carroll 11 Atlanta Braves 10
Don Nottebart 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy O'Dell 10 Atlanta Braves 12
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Abernathy 8 Chicago Cubs 13
Atlanta Braves  
Bob Hendley 7 Chicago Cubs 14
Chi-Chi Olivo 7 Atlanta Braves  
Ron Perranoski 7 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Nelson Briles 6 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Lindy McDaniel 6 San Francisco Giants  
Fergie Jenkins 5 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Chicago Cubs  
Bob Miller 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Ted Davidson 4 Cincinnati Reds 21
Terry Fox 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jay Ritchie 4 Atlanta Braves  
Hal Woodeshick 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Billy Hoeft 3 Chicago Cubs 25
San Francisco Giants  



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.

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.