Top 25 Games in 2008 in the American League

Games : 2008 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

2008 Games Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Games Team Rank

Matt Guerrier 76 Minnesota Twins 1

Francisco Rodriguez 76 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Dennys Reyes 75 Minnesota Twins 3

Jamey Wright 75 Texas Rangers

Matt Thornton 74 Chicago White Sox 5

Manny Delcarmen 73 Boston Red Sox 6

Rafael Perez 73 Cleveland Indians

Octavio Dotel 72 Chicago White Sox 8

Sean Green 72 Seattle Mariners

Ramon Ramirez 71 Kansas City Royals 10

Alan Embree 70 Oakland Athletics 11

Javier Lopez 70 Boston Red Sox

Dan Wheeler 70 Tampa Bay Rays

Rafael Betancourt 69 Cleveland Indians 14

Jesse Carlson 69 Toronto Blue Jays

Chad Bradford 68 Baltimore Orioles 16

Tampa Bay Rays

Trever Miller 68 Tampa Bay Rays

Joe Nathan 68 Minnesota Twins

Jonathan Papelbon 67 Boston Red Sox 19

Jesse Crain 66 Minnesota Twins 20

Scott Downs 66 Toronto Blue Jays

Eddie Guardado 64 Texas Rangers 22

Minnesota Twins

J.P. Howell 64 Tampa Bay Rays

Hideki Okajima 64 Boston Red Sox

Mariano Rivera 64 New York Yankees

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.

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.

Copyright © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Today in Baseball History.