Games : 1984 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1984 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Willie Hernandez 80 Detroit Tigers 1
Dan Quisenberry 72 Kansas City Royals 2
Aurelio Lopez 71 Detroit Tigers 3
Ernie Camacho 69 Cleveland Indians 4
Bill Caudill 68 Oakland Athletics 5
Ron Davis 64 Minnesota Twins 6
Dave Righetti 64 New York Yankees  
Mike Jeffcoat 63 Cleveland Indians 8
Jimmy Key 63 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jay Howell 61 New York Yankees 10
Sammy Stewart 60 Baltimore Orioles 11
Tom Waddell 58 Cleveland Indians 12
Keith Atherton 57 Oakland Athletics 13
Bob Stanley 57 Boston Red Sox  
Dennis Lamp 56 Toronto Blue Jays 15
Pete Filson 55 Minnesota Twins 16
Tippy Martinez 55 Baltimore Orioles  
Roy Lee Jackson 54 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Pete Ladd 54 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mike Stanton 54 Seattle Mariners  
Paul Mirabella 52 Seattle Mariners 21
Ron Reed 51 Chicago White Sox 22
Tom Tellmann 50 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Ed Vande Berg 50 Seattle Mariners  
Juan Agosto 49 Chicago White Sox 25



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?

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.