Games : 1999 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1999 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Steve Kline 82 Montreal Expos 1
Turk Wendell 80 New York Mets 2
Scott Sullivan 79 Cincinnati Reds 3
Anthony Telford 79 Montreal Expos  
Armando Benitez 77 New York Mets 5
Danny Graves 75 Cincinnati Reds 6
John Rocker 74 Atlanta Braves 7
Antonio Alfonseca 73 Florida Marlins 8
Wayne Gomes 73 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mike Remlinger 73 Atlanta Braves  
Dave Veres 73 Colorado Rockies  
Braden Looper 72 Florida Marlins 12
Robb Nen 72 San Francisco Giants  
Dennis Cook 71 New York Mets 14
Mike Myers 71 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ugueth Urbina 71 Montreal Expos  
Bob Wickman 71 Milwaukee Brewers  
Pedro Borbon 70 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Felix Heredia 69 Chicago Cubs 19
Ricky Bottalico 68 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Brian Edmondson 68 Florida Marlins  
Alan Embree 68 San Francisco Giants  
Alan Mills 68 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Eric Plunk 68 Milwaukee Brewers  
Jay Powell 67 Houston Astros 25



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).

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.

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.