1949 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Joe Page	60	New York Yankees	1
Dick Welteroth	52	Washington Senators	2
Tom Ferrick	50	St. Louis Browns	3
Bill Kennedy	48	St. Louis Browns	4
Max Surkont	44	Chicago White Sox	5
Ellis Kinder	43	Boston Red Sox	6
Al Papai	42	St. Louis Browns	7
Mike Garcia	41	Cleveland Indians	8
Ned Garver	41	St. Louis Browns
Virgil Trucks	41	Detroit Tigers
Al Benton	40	Cleveland Indians	11
Sid Hudson	40	Washington Senators
Joe Ostrowski	40	St. Louis Browns
Mel Parnell	39	Boston Red Sox	14
Marino Pieretti	39	Chicago White Sox
Alex Kellner	38	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Hal Newhouser	38	Detroit Tigers
Vic Raschi	38	New York Yankees
Carl Scheib	38	Philadelphia Athletics
Bubba Harris	37	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Joe Haynes	37	Washington Senators
Bob Lemon	37	Cleveland Indians
Bob Feller	36	Cleveland Indians	23
Lloyd Hittle	36	Washington Senators
Red Embree	35	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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