Games : 1988 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1988 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Chuck Crim 70 Milwaukee Brewers 1
Bobby Thigpen 68 Chicago White Sox 2
Mitch Williams 67 Texas Rangers 3
Mike Henneman 65 Detroit Tigers 4
Lee Smith 64 Boston Red Sox 5
Duane Ward 64 Toronto Blue Jays  
CeciIio Guante 63 New York Yankees 7
Texas Rangers  
Willie Hernandez 63 Detroit Tigers  
Jeff Reardon 63 Minnesota Twins  
Steve Farr 62 Kansas City Royals 10
Mike Jackson 62 Seattle Mariners  
Dennis Eckersley 60 Oakland Athletics 12
Dave Righetti 60 New York Yankees  
Greg Cadaret 58 Oakland Athletics 14
Juan Berenguer 57 Minnesota Twins 15
Bob Stanley 57 Boston Red Sox  
Dale Mohorcic 56 Texas Rangers 17
New York Yankees  
Rick Honeycutt 55 Oakland Athletics 18
Gene Nelson 54 Oakland Athletics 19
Tom Henke 52 Toronto Blue Jays 20
Ricky Horton 52 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Niedenfuer 52 Baltimore Orioles  
Doug Sisk 52 Baltimore Orioles  
Doug Jones 51 Cleveland Indians 24
Bryan Harvey 50 California Angels 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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).