Games : 2008 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:
"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

2008 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Matt Guerrier 76 Minnesota Twins 1
Francisco Rodriguez 76 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Dennys Reyes 75 Minnesota Twins 3
Jamey Wright 75 Texas Rangers  
Matt Thornton 74 Chicago White Sox 5
Manny Delcarmen 73 Boston Red Sox 6
Rafael Perez 73 Cleveland Indians  
Octavio Dotel 72 Chicago White Sox 8
Sean Green 72 Seattle Mariners  
Ramon Ramirez 71 Kansas City Royals 10
Alan Embree 70 Oakland Athletics 11
Javier Lopez 70 Boston Red Sox  
Dan Wheeler 70 Tampa Bay Rays  
Rafael Betancourt 69 Cleveland Indians 14
Jesse Carlson 69 Toronto Blue Jays  
Chad Bradford 68 Baltimore Orioles 16
Tampa Bay Rays  
Trever Miller 68 Tampa Bay Rays  
Joe Nathan 68 Minnesota Twins  
Jonathan Papelbon 67 Boston Red Sox 19
Jesse Crain 66 Minnesota Twins 20
Scott Downs 66 Toronto Blue Jays  
Eddie Guardado 64 Texas Rangers 22
Minnesota Twins  
J.P. Howell 64 Tampa Bay Rays  
Hideki Okajima 64 Boston Red Sox  
Mariano Rivera 64 New York Yankees  



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

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.

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?
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