Games : 1998 National 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1998 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rod Beck 81 Chicago Cubs 1
Steve Kline 78 Montreal Expos 2
Chuck McElroy 78 Colorado Rockies  
Robb Nen 78 San Francisco Giants  
Anthony Telford 77 Montreal Expos 5
Kerry Ligtenberg 75 Atlanta Braves 6
Dennis Cook 73 New York Mets 7
Jeff Shaw 73 Cincinnati Reds  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Wickman 72 Milwaukee Brewers 9
Wayne Gomes 71 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Felix Heredia 71 Florida Marlins  
Chicago Cubs  
John Johnstone 70 San Francisco Giants 12
Terry Mulholland 70 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Myers 70 Milwaukee Brewers  
John Frascatore 69 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Mark Leiter 69 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jerry Spradlin 69 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gabe White 69 Cincinnati Reds  
Jerry DiPoto 68 Colorado Rockies 19
Rich Rodriguez 68 San Francisco Giants  
Dan Miceli 67 San Diego Padres 21
Scott Sullivan 67 Cincinnati Reds  
Trevor Hoffman 66 San Diego Padres 23
Curtis Leskanic 66 Colorado Rockies  
Turk Wendell 66 New York Mets  



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.

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

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?