Games : 1966 American 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1966 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Fisher 67 Chicago White Sox 1
Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Aker 66 Kansas City Athletics 2
Casey Cox 66 Washington Senators  
Al Worthington 65 Minnesota Twins 4
Ron Kline 63 Washington Senators 5
Ken Sanders 62 Boston Red Sox 6
Kansas City Athletics  
Bob Lee 61 California Angels 7
Don McMahon 61 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  
John Wyatt 61 Kansas City Athletics  
Boston Red Sox  
Bob Humphreys 58 Washington Senators 10
Bob Locker 56 Chicago White Sox 11
Hal Reniff 56 New York Yankees  
Dick Radatz 55 Boston Red Sox 13
Cleveland Indians  
Larry Sherry 55 Detroit Tigers  
Lew Burdette 54 California Angels 15
Orlando Pena 54 Detroit Tigers  
Dick Lines 53 Washington Senators 17
Pedro Ramos 52 New York Yankees 18
Fred Gladding 51 Detroit Tigers 19
Stu Miller 51 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Sanford 50 California Angels 21
Minnie Rojas 47 California Angels 22
Luis Tiant 46 Cleveland Indians 23
Hoyt Wilhelm 46 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Lonborg 45 Boston Red Sox 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.

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.