Top 25 Saves in 1890 in the Players League

Saves : 1890 Players League Top 25

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1890 Saves Leaders
Top 25 in the Players League

Name Saves Team Rank

George Hemming 3 Cleveland Infants 1

Brooklyn Wonders

Hank O'Day 3 New York Giants

Bill Daley 2 Boston Red Stockings 3

John Ewing 2 New York Giants

Con Murphy 2 Brooklyn Wonders

George Van Haltren 2 Brooklyn Wonders

Charlie Bartson 1 Chicago Pirates 7

Charlie Buffinton 1 Philadelphia Quakers

Frank Dwyer 1 Chicago Pirates

Gil Hatfield 1 New York Giants

Ben Sanders 1 Philadelphia Quakers

Name Saves Team Rank

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

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.

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).

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