1996 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Eddie Guardado	83	Minnesota Twins	1
Mike Myers	83	Detroit Tigers
Mike Stanton	81	Boston Red Sox	3
		Texas Rangers
Heathcliff Slocumb	75	Boston Red Sox	4
Mike Jackson	73	Seattle Mariners	5
Jeff Nelson	73	New York Yankees
Buddy Groom	72	Oakland Athletics	7
Roberto Hernandez	72	Chicago White Sox
Richie Lewis	72	Detroit Tigers
Mike Mohler	72	Oakland Athletics
Norm Charlton	70	Seattle Mariners	11
Bob Wickman	70	New York Yankees
		Milwaukee Brewers
Mike James	69	California Angels	13
Jose Mesa	69	Cleveland Indians
Jesse Orosco	66	Baltimore Orioles	15
Graeme Lloyd	65	Milwaukee Brewers	16
		New York Yankees
Bill Simas	64	Chicago White Sox	17
Paul Assenmacher	63	Cleveland Indians	18
Randy Myers	62	Baltimore Orioles	19
Troy Percival	62	California Angels
John Wetteland	62	New York Yankees
Mike Fetters	61	Milwaukee Brewers	22
Mariano Rivera	61	New York Yankees
Dennis Cook	60	Texas Rangers	24
Mike Timlin	59	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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