1972 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Clay Carroll	65	Cincinnati Reds	1
Mike Marshall	65	Montreal Expos
Pedro Borbon	62	Cincinnati Reds	3
Gary Ross	60	San Diego Padres	4
Dave Giusti	54	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Tug McGraw	54	New York Mets
Jim Ray	54	Houston Astros
Ramon Hernandez	53	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Jim Brewer	51	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Wayne Twitchell	49	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Jack Aker	48	Chicago Cubs	11
Jerry Johnson	48	San Francisco Giants
John Strohmayer	48	Montreal Expos
Mike Corkins	47	San Diego Padres	14
Tom Hall	47	Cincinnati Reds
Ed Acosta	46	San Diego Padres	16
Dick Selma	46	Philadelphia Phillies
Tom Walker	46	Montreal Expos
George Culver	45	Houston Astros	19
Jim Barr	44	San Francisco Giants	20
Don McMahon	44	San Francisco Giants
Bucky Brandon	42	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Mike Caldwell	42	San Diego Padres
Fred Gladding	42	Houston Astros
Dan McGinn	42	Chicago Cubs
Name	Games	Team	Rank

	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. 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).