Games : 1985 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
 

1985 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dan Quisenberry 84 Kansas City Royals 1
Ed Vande Berg 76 Seattle Mariners 2
Willie Hernandez 74 Detroit Tigers 3
Dave Righetti 74 New York Yankees  
Edwin Nunez 70 Seattle Mariners 5
Bob James 69 Chicago White Sox 6
Gary Lavelle 69 Toronto Blue Jays  
Bill Caudill 67 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Donnie Moore 65 California Angels 9
Jay Howell 63 Oakland Athletics 10
Jim Acker 61 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Greg Harris 58 Texas Rangers 12
Ron Davis 57 Minnesota Twins 13
Rich Thompson 57 Cleveland Indians  
Keith Atherton 56 Oakland Athletics 15
Sammy Stewart 56 Baltimore Orioles  
Brian Fisher 55 New York Yankees 17
Don Aase 54 Baltimore Orioles 18
Juan Agosto 54 Chicago White Sox  
Dennis Lamp 53 Toronto Blue Jays 20
Dan Spillner 52 Chicago White Sox 21
Rich Bordi 51 New York Yankees 22
Aurelio Lopez 51 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Schmidt 51 Texas Rangers  
Jamie Easterly 50 Cleveland Indians 25



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).

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.