1996 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Jeff Brantley	44	Cincinnati Reds	1
Todd Worrell	44	Los Angeles Dodgers
Trevor Hoffman	42	San Diego Padres	3
Mark Wohlers	39	Atlanta Braves	4
Mel Rojas	36	Montreal Expos	5
Rod Beck	35	San Francisco Giants	6
Robb Nen	35	Florida Marlins
Ricky Bottalico	34	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Dennis Eckersley	30	St. Louis Cardinals	9
John Franco	28	New York Mets	10
Bruce Ruffin	24	Colorado Rockies	11
Turk Wendell	18	Chicago Cubs	12
Todd Jones	17	Houston Astros	13
Francisco Cordova	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Dan Plesac	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Doug Henry	9	New York Mets	16
Billy Wagner	9	Houston Astros
John Ericks	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Bob Patterson	8	Chicago Cubs
Ken Ryan	8	Philadelphia Phillies
Xavier Hernandez	6	Cincinnati Reds	21
		Houston Astros
Curtis Leskanic	6	Colorado Rockies
T.J. Mathews	6	St. Louis Cardinals
Terry Adams	4	Chicago Cubs	24
Rick Honeycutt	4	St. Louis Cardinals
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.