Games : 1982 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)
 

1982 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Vande Berg 78 Seattle Mariners 1
Tippy Martinez 76 Baltimore Orioles 2
Dan Quisenberry 72 Kansas City Royals 3
Bill Caudill 70 Seattle Mariners 4
Dan Spillner 65 Cleveland Indians 5
Ron Davis 63 Minnesota Twins 6
George Frazier 63 New York Yankees  
Salome Barojas 61 Chicago White Sox 8
Kevin Hickey 60 Chicago White Sox 9
Danny Darwin 56 Texas Rangers 10
Goose Gossage 56 New York Yankees  
Dale Murray 56 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mike Stanton 56 Seattle Mariners  
Tom Underwood 56 Oakland Athletics  
Mark Clear 55 Boston Red Sox 15
Dave Beard 54 Oakland Athletics 16
Andy Hassler 54 California Angels  
Bob Owchinko 54 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Armstrong 52 Kansas City Royals 19
Dave Tobik 51 Detroit Tigers 20
Rollie Fingers 50 Milwaukee Brewers 21
Tim Stoddard 50 Baltimore Orioles  
Terry Felton 48 Minnesota Twins 23
Roy Lee Jackson 48 Toronto Blue Jays  
Bob Stanley 48 Boston Red Sox  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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).