Saves : 1969 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)
 

1969 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fred Gladding 29 Houston Astros 1
Wayne Granger 27 Cincinnati Reds 2
Cecil Upshaw 27 Atlanta Braves  
Jim Brewer 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Phil Regan 17 Chicago Cubs 5
Joe Hoerner 15 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ron Taylor 13 New York Mets 7
Tug McGraw 12 New York Mets 8
Joe Gibbon 11 San Francisco Giants 9
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Linzy 11 San Francisco Giants  
Chuck Hartenstein 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Clay Carroll 7 Cincinnati Reds 12
Mudcat Grant 7 Montreal Expos  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Cal Koonce 7 New York Mets  
Billy McCool 7 San Diego Padres  
John Boozer 6 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dan McGinn 6 Montreal Expos  
Frank Reberger 6 San Diego Padres  
Tommie Sisk 6 San Diego Padres  
Bill Wilson 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bruce Dal Canton 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Roy Face 5 Montreal Expos  
George Culver 4 Cincinnati Reds 23
Paul Doyle 4 Atlanta Braves  
Al McBean 4 San Diego Padres  
Los Angeles Dodgers  



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.