Games : 1968 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1968 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wilbur Wood 88 Chicago White Sox 1
Hoyt Wilhelm 72 Chicago White Sox 2
Bob Locker 70 Chicago White Sox 3
Ron Perranoski 66 Minnesota Twins 4
Dennis Higgins 59 Washington Senators 5
Eddie Watt 59 Baltimore Orioles  
Tom Burgmeier 56 California Angels 7
Bob Humphreys 56 Washington Senators  
Jack Aker 54 Oakland Athletics 9
Eddie Fisher 54 Cleveland Indians  
Al Worthington 54 Minnesota Twins  
Marty Pattin 52 California Angels 12
Diego Segui 52 Oakland Athletics  
Lee Stange 50 Boston Red Sox 14
Sparky Lyle 49 Boston Red Sox 15
Pat Dobson 47 Detroit Tigers 16
Paul Lindblad 47 Oakland Athletics  
Ed Sprague 47 Oakland Athletics  
Dick Bosman 46 Washington Senators 19
Moe Drabowsky 45 Baltimore Orioles 20
Don McMahon 45 Chicago White Sox  
Detroit Tigers  
Bob Miller 45 Minnesota Twins  
Dooley Womack 45 New York Yankees  
Stan Williams 44 Cleveland Indians 24
Dean Chance 43 Minnesota Twins 25



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

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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.