Games : 1979 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:

"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)
 

1979 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kent Tekulve 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Enrique Romo 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Grant Jackson 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Gary Lavelle 70 San Francisco Giants 4
Gene Garber 68 Atlanta Braves 5
Dale Murray 67 New York Mets 6
Montreal Expos  
Doug Bair 65 Cincinnati Reds 7
Tug McGraw 65 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mark Littell 63 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Joe Sambito 63 Houston Astros  
Dick Tidrow 63 Chicago Cubs  
Elias Sosa 62 Montreal Expos 12
Bruce Sutter 62 Chicago Cubs  
Ron Reed 61 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Pedro Borbon 60 Cincinnati Reds 15
San Francisco Giants  
Tom Griffin 59 San Francisco Giants 16
Tom Hume 57 Cincinnati Reds 17
Stan Bahnsen 55 Montreal Expos 18
Rollie Fingers 54 San Diego Padres 19
Dave Tomlin 53 Cincinnati Reds 20
John D'Acquisto 51 San Diego Padres 21
Rawly Eastwick 51 Philadelphia Phillies  
Willie Hernandez 51 Chicago Cubs  
Neil Allen 50 New York Mets 24
Bo McLaughlin 49 Houston Astros 25
Atlanta Braves  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.