Games : 1979 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:

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1979 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mike Marshall 90 Minnesota Twins 1
Sid Monge 76 Cleveland Indians 2
Jim Kern 71 Texas Rangers 3
Sparky Lyle 67 Texas Rangers 4
Dave Heaverlo 62 Oakland Athletics 5
Victor Cruz 61 Cleveland Indians 6
Aurelio Lopez 61 Detroit Tigers  
Al Hrabosky 58 Kansas City Royals 8
John Montague 55 Seattle Mariners 9
California Angels  
Dick Drago 53 Boston Red Sox 10
Ed Farmer 53 Texas Rangers  
Chicago White Sox  
Dave LaRoche 53 California Angels  
Mark Clear 52 California Angels 13
Don Stanhouse 52 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Todd 51 Oakland Athletics 15
Dan Spillner 49 Cleveland Indians 16
Shane Rawley 48 Seattle Mariners 17
Byron McLaughlin 47 Seattle Mariners 18
Randy Scarbery 45 Chicago White Sox 19
Tom Burgmeier 44 Boston Red Sox 20
Tom Buskey 44 Toronto Blue Jays  
Ron Davis 44 New York Yankees  
Jerry Augustine 43 Milwaukee Brewers 23
John Hiller 43 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Freisleben 42 Toronto Blue Jays 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.

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.

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).