Top 25 Games in 1986 in the American League

Games : 1986 American League Top 25

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"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)

1986 Games Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Games Team Rank

Mitch Williams 80 Texas Rangers 1

Dave Righetti 74 New York Yankees 2

Greg Harris 73 Texas Rangers 3

Mark Eichhorn 69 Toronto Blue Jays 4

Don Aase 66 Baltimore Orioles 5

Bob Stanley 66 Boston Red Sox

Matt Young 65 Seattle Mariners 7

Willie Hernandez 64 Detroit Tigers 8

Tom Henke 63 Toronto Blue Jays 9

Scott Bailes 62 Cleveland Indians 10

Brian Fisher 62 New York Yankees

Dan Quisenberry 62 Kansas City Royals

Keith Atherton 60 Oakland Athletics 13

Minnesota Twins

Mark Clear 59 Milwaukee Brewers 14

Dale Mohorcic 58 Texas Rangers 15

Bud Black 56 Kansas City Royals 16

Steve Farr 56 Kansas City Royals

Gene Nelson 54 Chicago White Sox 18

Joe Sambito 53 Boston Red Sox 19

Rich Bordi 52 Baltimore Orioles 20

Pete Ladd 52 Seattle Mariners

Ernie Camacho 51 Cleveland Indians 22

Dan Plesac 51 Milwaukee Brewers

Bob James 49 Chicago White Sox 24

Donnie Moore 49 California Angels

Name Games Team Rank

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.

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).

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