1997 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Mike Myers	88	Detroit Tigers	1
Buddy Groom	78	Oakland Athletics	2
Jeff Nelson	77	New York Yankees	3
Paul Quantrill	77	Toronto Blue Jays
Heathcliff Slocumb	76	Boston Red Sox	5
		Seattle Mariners
Paul Assenmacher	75	Cleveland Indians	6
Doug Jones	75	Milwaukee Brewers
Bob Wickman	74	Milwaukee Brewers	8
Dan Plesac	73	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Billy Taylor	72	Oakland Athletics	10
Bobby Ayala	71	Seattle Mariners	11
Armando Benitez	71	Baltimore Orioles
Norm Charlton	71	Seattle Mariners
Mike Jackson	71	Cleveland Indians
Dan Miceli	71	Detroit Tigers
Jesse Orosco	71	Baltimore Orioles
Aaron Small	71	Oakland Athletics
Eddie Guardado	69	Minnesota Twins	18
Todd Jones	68	Detroit Tigers	19
Mike Trombley	67	Minnesota Twins	20
Mike Holtz	66	Anaheim Angels	21
Jose Mesa	66	Cleveland Indians
Mariano Rivera	66	New York Yankees
Greg Swindell	65	Minnesota Twins	24
Tony Castillo	64	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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