Games : 1987 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1987 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mark Eichhorn 89 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Mitch Williams 85 Texas Rangers 2
Dale Mohorcic 74 Texas Rangers 3
Tom Henke 72 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Jeff Musselman 68 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Jeff Reardon 63 Minnesota Twins 6
Calvin Schiraldi 62 Boston Red Sox 7
Mark Williamson 61 Baltimore Orioles 8
Dave Righetti 60 New York Yankees 9
Keith Atherton 59 Minnesota Twins 10
Mark Clear 58 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Ray Searage 58 Chicago White Sox  
De Wayne Buice 57 California Angels 13
Dan Plesac 57 Milwaukee Brewers  
Tim Stoddard 57 New York Yankees  
Bill Wilkinson 56 Seattle Mariners 16
Jim Winn 56 Chicago White Sox  
Pat Clements 55 New York Yankees 18
Mike Henneman 55 Detroit Tigers  
Eric King 55 Detroit Tigers  
Ed Vande Berg 55 Cleveland Indians  
Dennis Eckersley 54 Oakland Athletics 22
George Frazier 54 Minnesota Twins  
Gene Nelson 54 Oakland Athletics  
Chuck Crim 53 Milwaukee Brewers 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.

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).

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?