Games : 1999 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1999 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Buddy Groom 76 Oakland Athletics 1
Bob Wells 76 Minnesota Twins  
Mike Trombley 75 Minnesota Twins 3
Graeme Lloyd 74 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Derek Lowe 74 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Stanton 73 New York Yankees 6
Roberto Hernandez 72 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7
Mike Jackson 72 Cleveland Indians  
Paul Shuey 72 Cleveland Indians  
Doug Brocail 70 Detroit Tigers 10
Doug Jones 70 Oakland Athletics  
Bill Simas 70 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Howry 69 Chicago White Sox 13
Tim Crabtree 68 Texas Rangers 14
Jose Mesa 68 Seattle Mariners  
C.J. Nitkowski 68 Detroit Tigers  
Scott Service 68 Kansas City Royals  
Keith Foulke 67 Chicago White Sox 18
Mariano Rivera 66 New York Yankees 19
Todd Jones 65 Detroit Tigers 20
Jesse Orosco 65 Baltimore Orioles  
Mike Venafro 65 Texas Rangers  
Jeff Zimmerman 65 Texas Rangers  
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 64 Anaheim Angels 24
Sean Lowe 64 Chicago White Sox  



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

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.

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.