Saves : 1968 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)
 

1968 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Regan 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Chicago Cubs  
Clay Carroll 17 Atlanta Braves 2
Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Hoerner 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Brewer 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Ted Abernathy 13 Cincinnati Reds 5
Roy Face 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ron Taylor 13 New York Mets  
Cecil Upshaw 13 Atlanta Braves  
Turk Farrell 12 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Frank Linzy 12 San Francisco Giants  
Cal Koonce 11 New York Mets 11
Claude Raymond 10 Atlanta Braves 12
Jack Billingham 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Gary Wagner 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ron Kline 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Steve Shea 6 Houston Astros 16
John Boozer 5 Philadelphia Phillies 17
John Buzhardt 5 Houston Astros  
Tom Dukes 4 Houston Astros 19
Wayne Granger 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dick Hughes 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Willis 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Aguirre 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Jim Britton 3 Atlanta Braves  
Mudcat Grant 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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.

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?

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.