1997 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Julian Tavarez	89	San Francisco Giants	1
Stan Belinda	84	Cincinnati Reds	2
Jeff Shaw	78	Cincinnati Reds	3
Mel Rojas	77	Chicago Cubs	4
		New York Mets
Bob Patterson	76	Chicago Cubs	5
Jerry Spradlin	76	Philadelphia Phillies
Doug Henry	75	San Francisco Giants	7
Scott Radinsky	75	Los Angeles Dodgers
Terry Adams	74	Chicago Cubs	9
Jerry DiPoto	74	Colorado Rockies
Jay Powell	74	Florida Marlins
Rod Beck	73	San Francisco Giants	12
Greg McMichael	73	New York Mets
Robb Nen	73	Florida Marlins
Rich Loiselle	72	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Tony Fossas	71	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Rich Rodriguez	71	San Francisco Giants
Mark Wohlers	71	Atlanta Braves
Trevor Hoffman	70	San Diego Padres	19
Marc Wilkins	70	Pittsburgh Pirates
Ricky Bottalico	69	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Mike Remlinger	69	Cincinnati Reds
Alan Embree	66	Atlanta Braves	23
Anthony Telford	65	Montreal Expos	24
Turk Wendell	65	Chicago Cubs
		New York Mets
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). 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. 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.