Games : 1973 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)
 

1973 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

John Hiller 65 Detroit Tigers 1
Rollie Fingers 62 Oakland Athletics 2
Doug Bird 54 Kansas City Royals 3
Darold Knowles 52 Oakland Athletics 4
Ray Corbin 51 Minnesota Twins 5
Terry Forster 51 Chicago White Sox  
Sparky Lyle 51 New York Yankees  
Dave Sells 51 California Angels  
Steve Barber 50 California Angels 9
Bill Gogolewski 49 Texas Rangers 10
Wilbur Wood 49 Chicago White Sox  
Cy Acosta 48 Chicago White Sox 12
Gene Garber 48 Kansas City Royals  
Tom Hilgendorf 48 Cleveland Indians  
Lindy McDaniel 47 New York Yankees 15
Horacio Pina 47 Oakland Athletics  
Tom Timmermann 46 Detroit Tigers 17
Cleveland Indians  
Grant Jackson 45 Baltimore Orioles 18
Jim Colborn 43 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Stan Bahnsen 42 Chicago White Sox 20
Frank Linzy 42 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mickey Lolich 42 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Reynolds 42 Baltimore Orioles  
Ken Sanders 42 Minnesota Twins  
Cleveland Indians  
Chris Short 42 Milwaukee Brewers  



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).

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.

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.