Games : 1976 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
 

1976 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Campbell 78 Minnesota Twins 1
Rollie Fingers 70 Oakland Athletics 2
Paul Lindblad 65 Oakland Athletics 3
Sparky Lyle 64 New York Yankees 4
Dave LaRoche 61 Cleveland Indians 5
Mark Littell 60 Kansas City Royals 6
Tom Burgmeier 57 Minnesota Twins 7
John Hiller 56 Detroit Tigers 8
Steve Mingori 55 Kansas City Royals 9
Jim Willoughby 54 Boston Red Sox 10
Tom Murphy 52 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Boston Red Sox  
Jim Kern 50 Cleveland Indians 12
Dyar Miller 49 Baltimore Orioles 13
Jim Todd 49 Oakland Athletics  
Dick Tidrow 47 New York Yankees 15
Steve Foucault 46 Texas Rangers 16
Dave Hamilton 45 Chicago White Sox 17
Eduardo Rodriguez 45 Milwaukee Brewers  
Marty Pattin 44 Kansas City Royals 19
Dick Drago 43 California Angels 20
Reggie Cleveland 41 Boston Red Sox 21
Joe Hoerner 41 Texas Rangers  
Jim Palmer 40 Baltimore Orioles 23
Jerry Augustine 39 Milwaukee Brewers 24
Doug Bird 39 Kansas City Royals  



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.

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.

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