Games : 2006 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)
 

2006 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Salomon Torres 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Matt Capps 85 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jon Rauch 85 Washington Nationals  
Bob Howry 84 Chicago Cubs 4
Mike Stanton 82 Washington Nationals 5
San Francisco Giants  
Todd Coffey 81 Cincinnati Reds 6
Geoff Geary 81 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chad Qualls 81 Houston Astros  
Jose Mesa 79 Colorado Rockies 9
Brad Lidge 78 Houston Astros 10
Will Ohman 78 Chicago Cubs  
Damaso Marte 75 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Dan Wheeler 75 Houston Astros  
Ryan Dempster 74 Chicago Cubs 14
Scott Eyre 74 Chicago Cubs  
Aaron Heilman 74 New York Mets  
Alan Embree 73 San Diego Padres 17
Scott Linebrink 73 San Diego Padres  
Joe Borowski 72 Florida Marlins 19
John Grabow 72 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Kline 72 San Francisco Giants  
Takashi Saito 72 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Russ Springer 72 Houston Astros  
Macay McBride 71 Atlanta Braves 24
Chad Bradford 70 New York Mets 25



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

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.