Games : 2003 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)
 

2003 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Quantrill 89 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Oscar Villarreal 86 Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Ray King 80 Atlanta Braves 3
Tom Martin 80 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Kline 78 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Brad Lidge 78 Houston Astros  
Joe Nathan 78 San Francisco Giants  
Billy Wagner 78 Houston Astros  
Kyle Farnsworth 77 Chicago Cubs 9
Eric Gagne 77 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mike Matthews 77 San Diego Padres  
David Weathers 77 New York Mets  
Mike DeJean 76 Milwaukee Brewers 13
St. Louis Cardinals  
Octavio Dotel 76 Houston Astros  
Guillermo Mota 76 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tim Worrell 76 San Francisco Giants  
Brian Fuentes 75 Colorado Rockies 17
Javier Lopez 75 Colorado Rockies  
Luis Vizcaino 75 Milwaukee Brewers  
Scott Eyre 74 San Francisco Giants 20
Braden Looper 74 Florida Marlins  
Rocky Biddle 73 Montreal Expos 22
Mike Remlinger 73 Chicago Cubs  
Justin Speier 72 Colorado Rockies 24
Joey Eischen 70 Montreal Expos 25



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.

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.

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