1898 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Kid Nichols	50	Boston Beaneaters	1
Jack Taylor	50	St. Louis Browns
Cy Young	46	Cleveland Spiders	3
Doc McJames	45	Baltimore Orioles	4
Cy Seymour	45	New York Giants
Gus Weyhing	45	Washington Senators
Bert Cunningham	44	Louisville Colonels	7
Pink Hawley	43	Cincinnati Reds	8
Jesse Tannehill	43	Pittsburgh Pirates
Jack Powell	42	Cleveland Spiders	10
Jack Dunn	41	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	11
Ted Lewis	41	Boston Beaneaters
Willie Sudhoff	41	St. Louis Browns
Vic Willis	41	Boston Beaneaters
Brickyard Kennedy	40	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	15
Frank Killen	40	Pittsburgh Pirates
		Washington Senators
Ted Breitenstein	39	Cincinnati Reds	17
Wiley Piatt	39	Philadelphia Phillies
Clark Griffith	38	Chicago Orphans	19
Jay Hughes	38	Baltimore Orioles
Bill Magee	38	Louisville Colonels
Jouett Meekin	38	New York Giants
Amos Rusie	37	New York Giants	23
Pete Dowling	36	Louisville Colonels	24
Joe Yeager	36	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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