Games : 1984 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1984 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Power 78 Cincinnati Reds 1
Gary Lavelle 77 San Francisco Giants 2
Greg Minton 74 San Francisco Giants 3
Kent Tekulve 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Bruce Sutter 71 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Lee Smith 69 Chicago Cubs 6
Al Holland 68 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Jeff Reardon 68 Montreal Expos  
Larry Andersen 64 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jeff Lahti 63 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Gene Garber 62 Atlanta Braves 11
Goose Gossage 62 San Diego Padres  
Bob James 62 Montreal Expos  
Craig Lefferts 62 San Diego Padres  
Frank Williams 61 San Francisco Giants 15
Bill Dawley 60 Houston Astros 16
Jesse Orosco 60 New York Mets  
Tim Stoddard 58 Chicago Cubs 18
Pat Zachry 58 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Neil Allen 57 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Bill Campbell 57 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank DiPino 57 Houston Astros  
Gary Lucas 55 Montreal Expos 23
Jeff Dedmon 54 Atlanta Braves 24
John Franco 54 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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?