Games : 1970 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)
 

1970 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wilbur Wood 77 Chicago White Sox 1
Mudcat Grant 72 Oakland Athletics 2
Darold Knowles 71 Washington Senators 3
Stan Williams 68 Minnesota Twins 4
Eddie Fisher 67 California Angels 5
Ron Perranoski 67 Minnesota Twins  
Bob Locker 66 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Oakland Athletics  
Sparky Lyle 63 Boston Red Sox 8
Paul Lindblad 62 Oakland Athletics 9
Lindy McDaniel 62 New York Yankees  
Ken Tatum 62 California Angels  
Horacio Pina 61 Washington Senators 12
Tom Timmermann 61 Detroit Tigers  
Dennis Higgins 58 Cleveland Indians 14
Fred Lasher 55 Detroit Tigers 15
Cleveland Indians  
John Gelnar 53 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Eddie Watt 53 Baltimore Orioles  
Tom Hall 52 Minnesota Twins 18
Danny Murphy 51 Chicago White Sox 19
Pete Richert 50 Baltimore Orioles 20
Ken Sanders 50 Milwaukee Brewers  
Joe Grzenda 49 Washington Senators 22
Vicente Romo 48 Boston Red Sox 23
Fred Scherman 48 Detroit Tigers  
John Hiller 47 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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?