Games : 2003 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:

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2003 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Trever Miller 79 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Jamie Walker 78 Detroit Tigers 2
Jason Grimsley 76 Kansas City Royals 3
B.J. Ryan 76 Baltimore Orioles  
LaTroy Hawkins 74 Minnesota Twins 5
Danys Baez 73 Cleveland Indians 6
Francisco Cordero 73 Texas Rangers  
J.C. Romero 73 Minnesota Twins  
Chad Bradford 72 Oakland Athletics 9
Keith Foulke 72 Oakland Athletics  
Aquilino Lopez 72 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mike Timlin 72 Boston Red Sox  
Damaso Marte 71 Chicago White Sox 13
Jeff Nelson 70 Seattle Mariners 14
New York Yankees  
Kerry Ligtenberg 68 Baltimore Orioles 15
Mike MacDougal 68 Kansas City Royals  
David Riske 68 Cleveland Indians  
Arthur Rhodes 67 Seattle Mariners 18
Tom Gordon 66 Chicago White Sox 19
Eddie Guardado 66 Minnesota Twins  
Chris Spurling 66 Detroit Tigers  
Alan Embree 65 Boston Red Sox 22
Aaron Fultz 64 Texas Rangers 23
Jorge Julio 64 Baltimore Orioles  
Ricardo Rincon 64 Oakland Athletics  



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.

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