Games : 1983 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1983 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dan Quisenberry 69 Kansas City Royals 1
Ed Vande Berg 68 Seattle Mariners 2
Ron Davis 66 Minnesota Twins 3
Tippy Martinez 65 Baltimore Orioles 4
Bob Stanley 64 Boston Red Sox 5
Bill Caudill 63 Seattle Mariners 6
George Frazier 61 New York Yankees 7
Rick Lysander 61 Minnesota Twins  
Dan Spillner 60 Cleveland Indians 9
Len Whitehouse 60 Minnesota Twins  
Mike Armstrong 58 Kansas City Royals 11
Sammy Stewart 58 Baltimore Orioles  
Goose Gossage 57 New York Yankees 13
Aurelio Lopez 57 Detroit Tigers  
Luis Sanchez 56 California Angels 15
Jamie Easterly 53 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Cleveland Indians  
Salome Barojas 52 Chicago White Sox 17
Tom Underwood 51 Oakland Athletics 18
Joey McLaughlin 50 Toronto Blue Jays 19
Mike Stanton 50 Seattle Mariners  
Dick Tidrow 50 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Burgmeier 49 Oakland Athletics 22
Roy Lee Jackson 49 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dennis Lamp 49 Chicago White Sox  
Mark Clear 48 Boston Red Sox 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.

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?

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.