Saves : 1979 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1979 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bruce Sutter 37 Chicago Cubs 1
Kent Tekulve 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Gene Garber 25 Atlanta Braves 3
Joe Sambito 22 Houston Astros 4
Gary Lavelle 20 San Francisco Giants 5
Elias Sosa 18 Montreal Expos 6
Tom Hume 17 Cincinnati Reds 7
Doug Bair 16 Cincinnati Reds 8
Tug McGraw 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Grant Jackson 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Rollie Fingers 13 San Diego Padres 11
Mark Littell 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Woodie Fryman 10 Montreal Expos 13
Skip Lockwood 9 New York Mets 14
Neil Allen 8 New York Mets 15
Bobby Castillo 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Ed Glynn 7 New York Mets  
Rawly Eastwick 6 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Darold Knowles 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Patterson 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Stan Bahnsen 5 Montreal Expos 21
Pedro Borbon 5 Cincinnati Reds  
San Francisco Giants  
Mark Lee 5 San Diego Padres  
Joey McLaughlin 5 Atlanta Braves  
Dale Murray 5 New York Mets  
Montreal Expos  



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.

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.

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?