1997 Saves Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Saves	Team	Rank
Jeff Shaw	42	Cincinnati Reds	1
Rod Beck	37	San Francisco Giants	2
Trevor Hoffman	37	San Diego Padres
Dennis Eckersley	36	St. Louis Cardinals	4
John Franco	36	New York Mets
Robb Nen	35	Florida Marlins	6
Todd Worrell	35	Los Angeles Dodgers
Ricky Bottalico	34	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Mark Wohlers	33	Atlanta Braves	9
Rich Loiselle	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Ugueth Urbina	27	Montreal Expos	11
Billy Wagner	23	Houston Astros	12
Terry Adams	18	Chicago Cubs	13
Jerry DiPoto	16	Colorado Rockies	14
Mel Rojas	15	Chicago Cubs	15
		New York Mets
Greg McMichael	7	New York Mets	16
Bruce Ruffin	7	Colorado Rockies
John Ericks	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Steve Reed	6	Colorado Rockies
Lee Smith	5	Montreal Expos	20
Turk Wendell	5	Chicago Cubs
		New York Mets
Darren Dreifort	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	22
Roberto Hernandez	4	San Francisco Giants
John Hudek	4	Houston Astros
Ricardo Rincon	4	Pittsburgh Pirates
Name	Saves	Team	Rank

	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. 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).