Games : 1983 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)
 

1983 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Campbell 82 Chicago Cubs 1
Kent Tekulve 76 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Willie Hernandez 74 Chicago Cubs 3
Philadelphia Phillies  
Greg Minton 73 San Francisco Giants 4
Bill Scherrer 73 Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Bedrosian 70 Atlanta Braves 6
Al Holland 68 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Doug Sisk 67 New York Mets 8
Tom Niedenfuer 66 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Jeff Reardon 66 Montreal Expos  
Lee Smith 66 Chicago Cubs  
Luis DeLeon 63 San Diego Padres 12
Gary Lucas 62 San Diego Padres 13
Jesse Orosco 62 New York Mets  
Sid Monge 61 Philadelphia Phillies 15
San Diego Padres  
Ron Reed 61 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rod Scurry 61 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ben Hayes 60 Cincinnati Reds 18
Mike Proly 60 Chicago Cubs  
Bruce Sutter 60 St. Louis Cardinals  
Warren Brusstar 59 Chicago Cubs 21
Dan Schatzeder 58 Montreal Expos 22
Terry Forster 56 Atlanta Braves 23
Gary Lavelle 56 San Francisco Giants  
Craig Lefferts 56 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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?

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.