Games : 1987 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1987 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Kent Tekulve 90 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Rob Murphy 87 Cincinnati Reds 2
Frank Williams 85 Cincinnati Reds 3
Jeff Robinson 81 San Francisco Giants 4
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lance McCullers 78 San Diego Padres 5
Craig Lefferts 77 San Diego Padres 6
San Francisco Giants  
Todd Worrell 75 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Frank DiPino 69 Chicago Cubs 8
Andy McGaffigan 69 Montreal Expos  
Jim Acker 68 Atlanta Braves 10
John Franco 68 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Andersen 67 Houston Astros 12
Ricky Horton 67 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Robinson 67 Pittsburgh Pirates  
San Francisco Giants  
Steve Bedrosian 65 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Scott Garrelts 64 San Francisco Giants 16
Mark Davis 63 San Francisco Giants 17
San Diego Padres  
John Smiley 63 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lee Smith 62 Chicago Cubs 19
Bill Dawley 60 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Ed Lynch 58 Chicago Cubs 21
Jesse Orosco 58 New York Mets  
Pat Perry 57 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Cincinnati Reds  
Roger McDowell 56 New York Mets 24
Tim Burke 55 Montreal Expos 25



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

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).

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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