1979 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Mike Marshall	90	Minnesota Twins	1
Sid Monge	76	Cleveland Indians	2
Jim Kern	71	Texas Rangers	3
Sparky Lyle	67	Texas Rangers	4
Dave Heaverlo	62	Oakland Athletics	5
Victor Cruz	61	Cleveland Indians	6
Aurelio Lopez	61	Detroit Tigers
Al Hrabosky	58	Kansas City Royals	8
John Montague	55	Seattle Mariners	9
		California Angels
Dick Drago	53	Boston Red Sox	10
Ed Farmer	53	Texas Rangers
		Chicago White Sox
Dave LaRoche	53	California Angels
Mark Clear	52	California Angels	13
Don Stanhouse	52	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Todd	51	Oakland Athletics	15
Dan Spillner	49	Cleveland Indians	16
Shane Rawley	48	Seattle Mariners	17
Byron McLaughlin	47	Seattle Mariners	18
Randy Scarbery	45	Chicago White Sox	19
Tom Burgmeier	44	Boston Red Sox	20
Tom Buskey	44	Toronto Blue Jays
Ron Davis	44	New York Yankees
Jerry Augustine	43	Milwaukee Brewers	23
John Hiller	43	Detroit Tigers
Dave Freisleben	42	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Games	Team	Rank

	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? 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.