Games : 2000 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
 

2000 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Kelly Wunsch 83 Chicago White Sox 1
Mike Venafro 77 Texas Rangers 2
Bob Wells 76 Minnesota Twins 3
Mike Trombley 75 Baltimore Orioles 4
Derek Lowe 74 Boston Red Sox 5
Jeff Nelson 73 New York Yankees 6
Keith Foulke 72 Chicago White Sox 7
Steve Karsay 72 Cleveland Indians  
Arthur Rhodes 72 Seattle Mariners  
Jeff Tam 72 Oakland Athletics  
Buddy Groom 70 Baltimore Orioles 11
Eddie Guardado 70 Minnesota Twins  
Matt Anderson 69 Detroit Tigers 13
Hector Carrasco 69 Minnesota Twins  
Boston Red Sox  
Jose Paniagua 69 Seattle Mariners  
Mike Stanton 69 New York Yankees  
Tim Crabtree 68 Texas Rangers 17
Roberto Hernandez 68 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Billy Koch 68 Toronto Blue Jays  
Paul Quantrill 68 Toronto Blue Jays  
Todd Jones 67 Detroit Tigers 21
Travis Miller 67 Minnesota Twins  
C.J. Nitkowski 67 Detroit Tigers  
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 66 Anaheim Angels 24
LaTroy Hawkins 66 Minnesota Twins  



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).

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.

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.