1948 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Joe Page	55	New York Yankees	1
Al Widmar	49	St. Louis Browns	2
Frank Biscan	47	St. Louis Browns	3
Forrest Thompson	46	Washington Senators	4
Russ Christopher	45	Cleveland Indians	5
Bubba Harris	45	Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Feller	44	Cleveland Indians	7
Ed Klieman	44	Cleveland Indians
Art Houtteman	43	Detroit Tigers	9
Bob Lemon	43	Cleveland Indians
Bryan Stephens	43	St. Louis Browns
Virgil Trucks	43	Detroit Tigers
Fred Sanford	42	St. Louis Browns	13
Howie Judson	40	Chicago White Sox	14
Lou Brissie	39	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Karl Drews	39	New York Yankees
		St. Louis Browns
Sid Hudson	39	Washington Senators
Hal Newhouser	39	Detroit Tigers
Allie Reynolds	39	New York Yankees
Joe Dobson	38	Boston Red Sox	20
Ned Garver	38	St. Louis Browns
Steve Gromek	38	Cleveland Indians
Gene Bearden	37	Cleveland Indians	23
Tom Ferrick	37	Washington Senators
Stubby Overmire	37	Detroit Tigers
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). 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.