Games : 1995 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1995 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jesse Orosco 65 Baltimore Orioles 1
Roger McDowell 64 Texas Rangers 2
Bobby Ayala 63 Seattle Mariners 3
Stan Belinda 63 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Wickman 63 New York Yankees  
Jose Mesa 62 Cleveland Indians 6
Jeff Nelson 62 Seattle Mariners  
Bob Patterson 62 California Angels  
Troy Percival 62 California Angels  
Joe Boever 60 Detroit Tigers 10
Roberto Hernandez 60 Chicago White Sox  
John Wetteland 60 New York Yankees  
Julian Tavarez 57 Cleveland Indians 13
Steve Howe 56 New York Yankees 14
Eric Plunk 56 Cleveland Indians  
Dave Stevens 56 Minnesota Twins  
Tony Castillo 55 Toronto Blue Jays 17
Kirk McCaskill 55 Chicago White Sox  
Jeff Montgomery 54 Kansas City Royals 19
Rick Aguilera 52 Minnesota Twins 20
Boston Red Sox  
Brian Bohanon 52 Detroit Tigers  
Dennis Eckersley 52 Oakland Athletics  
Rick Honeycutt 52 Oakland Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Doug Jones 52 Baltimore Orioles  
Lee Smith 52 California Angels  



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 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.