1959 Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Jerry Staley	67	Chicago White Sox	1
Turk Lown	60	Chicago White Sox	2
Tex Clevenger	50	Washington Senators	3
Bob Shaw	47	Chicago White Sox	4
Mike Fornieles	46	Boston Red Sox	5
Tom Morgan	46	Detroit Tigers
Gary Bell	44	Cleveland Indians	7
Jim Perry	44	Cleveland Indians
Tom Sturdivant	43	New York Yankees	9
		Kansas City Athletics
Johnny Kucks	42	New York Yankees	10
		Kansas City Athletics
Ray Narleski	42	Detroit Tigers
Ryne Duren	41	New York Yankees	12
Leo Kiely	41	Boston Red Sox
Chuck Stobbs	41	Washington Senators
Jim Bunning	40	Detroit Tigers	15
Bob Grim	40	Kansas City Athletics
Bud Daley	39	Kansas City Athletics	17
Paul Foytack	39	Detroit Tigers
Murry Dickson	38	Kansas City Athletics	19
Art Ditmar	38	New York Yankees
Mudcat Grant	38	Cleveland Indians
Duke Maas	38	New York Yankees
Billy O'Dell	38	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Coates	37	New York Yankees	24
Hal Griggs	37	Washington Senators
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). 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. 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.