Games : 1960 American 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)
 

1960 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mike Fornieles 70 Boston Red Sox 1
Jerry Staley 64 Chicago White Sox 2
Tex Clevenger 53 Washington Senators 3
Marty Kutyna 51 Kansas City Athletics 4
Ray Moore 51 Chicago White Sox  
Washington Senators  
Johnny Klippstein 49 Cleveland Indians 6
Frank Baumann 47 Chicago White Sox 7
Turk Lown 45 Chicago White Sox 8
Don Lee 44 Washington Senators 9
Pedro Ramos 43 Washington Senators 10
Ryne Duren 42 New York Yankees 11
Ken Johnson 42 Kansas City Athletics  
Bobby Shantz 42 New York Yankees  
Jim Perry 41 Cleveland Indians 14
Dave Sisler 41 Detroit Tigers  
Dick Stigman 41 Cleveland Indians  
Hoyt Wilhelm 41 Baltimore Orioles  
Hal Woodeshick 41 Washington Senators  
Bill Fischer 40 Washington Senators 19
Detroit Tigers  
Jack Fisher 40 Baltimore Orioles  
Chuck Stobbs 40 Washington Senators  
Tom Sturdivant 40 Boston Red Sox  
Frank Sullivan 40 Boston Red Sox  
Russ Kemmerer 39 Washington Senators 24
Chicago White Sox  
Frank Lary 38 Detroit Tigers 25



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).

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.

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.