Games : 1980 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)
 

1980 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dick Tidrow 84 Chicago Cubs 1
Tom Hume 78 Cincinnati Reds 2
Kent Tekulve 78 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rick Camp 77 Atlanta Braves 4
Enrique Romo 74 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Bill Caudill 72 Chicago Cubs 6
Gene Garber 68 Atlanta Braves 7
Greg Minton 68 San Francisco Giants  
Elias Sosa 67 Montreal Expos 9
Rollie Fingers 66 San Diego Padres 10
Joe Sambito 64 Houston Astros 11
Gary Lavelle 62 San Francisco Giants 12
Doug Bair 61 Cincinnati Reds 13
Bobby Castillo 61 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Woodie Fryman 61 Montreal Expos  
Grant Jackson 61 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jeff Reardon 61 New York Mets  
Bruce Sutter 60 Chicago Cubs 18
Neil Allen 59 New York Mets 19
Steve Howe 59 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Shirley 59 San Diego Padres  
Stan Bahnsen 57 Montreal Expos 22
Tug McGraw 57 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave Smith 57 Houston Astros  
Larry Bradford 56 Atlanta Braves 25



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.

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?