Games : 2002 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

2002 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Fetters 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Paul Quantrill 86 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Octavio Dotel 83 Houston Astros 3
Tim Worrell 80 San Francisco Giants 4
Todd Jones 79 Colorado Rockies 5
Braden Looper 78 Florida Marlins 6
Scott Sauerbeck 78 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ricky Stone 78 Houston Astros  
Eric Gagne 77 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Vladimir Nunez 77 Florida Marlins  
Ray King 76 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Luis Vizcaino 76 Milwaukee Brewers  
John Smoltz 75 Atlanta Braves 13
Jose Jimenez 74 Colorado Rockies 14
Jose Mesa 74 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Borowski 73 Chicago Cubs 16
Jeff Fassero 73 Chicago Cubs  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Remlinger 73 Atlanta Braves  
Byung-Hyun Kim 72 Arizona Diamondbacks 19
Mike Timlin 72 St. Louis Cardinals  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Felix Rodriguez 71 San Francisco Giants 21
Scott Sullivan 71 Cincinnati Reds  
Dave Veres 71 St. Louis Cardinals  
David Weathers 71 New York Mets  
Brian Boehringer 70 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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?