Games : 1977 National 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)
 

1977 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rollie Fingers 78 San Diego Padres 1
Dan Spillner 76 San Diego Padres 2
Dave Tomlin 76 San Diego Padres  
Butch Metzger 75 San Diego Padres 4
St. Louis Cardinals  
Pedro Borbon 73 Cincinnati Reds 5
Gary Lavelle 73 San Francisco Giants  
Goose Gossage 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Kent Tekulve 72 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Hough 70 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Will McEnaney 69 Montreal Expos 10
Paul Reuschel 69 Chicago Cubs  
Willie Hernandez 67 Chicago Cubs 12
Joe Kerrigan 66 Montreal Expos 13
Dave Campbell 65 Atlanta Braves 14
Al Hrabosky 65 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rawly Eastwick 64 Cincinnati Reds 16
St. Louis Cardinals  
Gene Garber 64 Philadelphia Phillies  
Randy Moffitt 64 San Francisco Giants  
Skip Lockwood 63 New York Mets 19
Bruce Sutter 62 Chicago Cubs 20
Dale Murray 61 Cincinnati Reds 21
Ron Reed 60 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Bob Apodaca 59 New York Mets 23
Dave Heaverlo 56 San Francisco Giants 24
Rick Sawyer 56 San Diego Padres  



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).

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.