Games : 2004 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2004 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Paul Quantrill 86 New York Yankees 1
Tom Gordon 80 New York Yankees 2
Juan Rincon 77 Minnesota Twins 3
B.J. Ryan 76 Baltimore Orioles 4
Mike Timlin 76 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Myers 75 Seattle Mariners 6
Boston Red Sox  
Damaso Marte 74 Chicago White Sox 7
Mariano Rivera 74 New York Yankees  
J.C. Romero 74 Minnesota Twins  
Jason Grimsley 73 Kansas City Royals 10
Baltimore Orioles  
Joe Nathan 73 Minnesota Twins  
Keith Foulke 72 Boston Red Sox 12
David Riske 72 Cleveland Indians  
Alan Embree 71 Boston Red Sox 14
Jamie Walker 70 Detroit Tigers 15
Francisco Rodriguez 69 Anaheim Angels 16
Esteban Yan 69 Detroit Tigers  
Rafael Betancourt 68 Cleveland Indians 18
Chad Bradford 68 Oakland Athletics  
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 68 Seattle Mariners  
Carlos Almanzar 67 Texas Rangers 21
Francisco Cordero 67 Texas Rangers  
Ricardo Rincon 67 Oakland Athletics  
Jorge Julio 65 Baltimore Orioles 24
Al Levine 65 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.