Top 25 Games in 1989 in the National League

Games : 1989 National League Top 25

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"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)

1989 Games Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Games Team Rank

Mitch Williams 76 Chicago Cubs 1

Rob Dibble 74 Cincinnati Reds 2

Jeff Parrett 72 Philadelphia Phillies 3

Juan Agosto 71 Houston Astros 4

Ken Dayley 71 St. Louis Cardinals

Mark Davis 70 San Diego Padres 6

Craig Lefferts 70 San Francisco Giants

Norm Charlton 69 Cincinnati Reds 8

Roger McDowell 69 New York Mets

Philadelphia Phillies

Steve Bedrosian 68 Philadelphia Phillies 10

San Francisco Giants

Tim Burke 68 Montreal Expos

Danny Darwin 68 Houston Astros

Frank DiPino 67 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Joe Boever 66 Atlanta Braves 14

Randy Myers 65 New York Mets 15

Paul Assenmacher 63 Atlanta Braves 16

Chicago Cubs

Dan Quisenberry 63 St. Louis Cardinals

Larry Andersen 60 Houston Astros 18

John Franco 60 Cincinnati Reds

Jim Acker 59 Atlanta Braves 20

Jeff Brantley 59 San Francisco Giants

Calvin Schiraldi 59 Chicago Cubs

San Diego Padres

Andy McGaffigan 57 Montreal Expos 23

Greg Harris 56 San Diego Padres 24

Jay Howell 56 Los Angeles Dodgers

Name Games Team Rank

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

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?

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