Top 25 Games in 2007 in the American League

Games : 2007 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2007 Games Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Games Team Rank

Scott Downs 81 Toronto Blue Jays 1

Jamie Walker 81 Baltimore Orioles

Chad Bradford 78 Baltimore Orioles 3

Luis Vizcaino 77 New York Yankees 4

Jimmy Gobble 74 Kansas City Royals 5

Pat Neshek 74 Minnesota Twins

Matt Guerrier 73 Minnesota Twins 7

George Sherrill 73 Seattle Mariners

Mike Myers 72 New York Yankees 9

Chicago White Sox

Scot Shields 71 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10

Joaquin Benoit 70 Texas Rangers 11

Casey Janssen 70 Toronto Blue Jays

Joe Borowski 69 Cleveland Indians 13

Rafael Betancourt 68 Cleveland Indians 14

Alan Embree 68 Oakland Athletics

Boone Logan 68 Chicago White Sox

Joe Nathan 68 Minnesota Twins

J.J. Putz 68 Seattle Mariners

Matt Thornton 68 Chicago White Sox

Gary Glover 67 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20

Mariano Rivera 67 New York Yankees

Bobby Jenks 66 Chicago White Sox 22

Hideki Okajima 66 Boston Red Sox

C.J. Wilson 66 Texas Rangers

David Riske 65 Kansas City Royals 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).

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.

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.

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