Saves : 2006 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2006 Saves Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Trevor Hoffman 46 San Diego Padres 1
Billy Wagner 40 New York Mets 2
Joe Borowski 36 Florida Marlins 3
Tom Gordon 34 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Jason Isringhausen 33 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Brad Lidge 32 Houston Astros 6
Brian Fuentes 30 Colorado Rockies 7
Chad Cordero 29 Washington Nationals 8
Ryan Dempster 24 Chicago Cubs 9
Mike Gonzalez 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Takashi Saito 24 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Derrick Turnbow 24 Milwaukee Brewers  
Jose Valverde 18 Arizona Diamondbacks 13
Bob Wickman 18 Atlanta Braves  
Armando Benitez 17 San Francisco Giants 15
Francisco Cordero 16 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Jorge Julio 16 New York Mets  
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Salomon Torres 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
David Weathers 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Danys Baez 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Atlanta Braves  
Dan Wheeler 9 Houston Astros  
Todd Coffey 8 Cincinnati Reds 22
Eddie Guardado 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Chris Reitsma 8 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Stanton 8 Washington Nationals  
San Francisco Giants  



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.

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).