Games : 1985 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1985 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Burke 78 Montreal Expos 1
Mark Davis 77 San Francisco Giants 2
Scott Garrelts 74 San Francisco Giants 3
Don Carman 71 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Greg Minton 68 San Francisco Giants 5
John Franco 67 Cincinnati Reds 6
Rick Camp 66 Atlanta Braves 7
Lee Smith 65 Chicago Cubs 8
Tom Niedenfuer 64 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Ted Power 64 Cincinnati Reds  
Dave Smith 64 Houston Astros  
CeciIio Guante 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Jeff Reardon 63 Montreal Expos  
Roger McDowell 62 New York Mets 14
Kent Tekulve 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Dedmon 60 Atlanta Braves 16
Craig Lefferts 60 San Diego Padres  
Gene Garber 59 Atlanta Braves 18
Bruce Sutter 58 Atlanta Braves 19
Larry Andersen 57 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Ken Dayley 57 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ken Howell 56 Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Tom Hume 56 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank DiPino 54 Houston Astros 24
Jesse Orosco 54 New York Mets  



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.

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.

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