Games : 2008 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2008 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pedro Feliciano 86 New York Mets 1
Will Ohman 83 Atlanta Braves 2
Carlos Marmol 82 Chicago Cubs 3
Joe Smith 82 New York Mets  
Luis Ayala 81 Washington Nationals 5
New York Mets  
J.C. Romero 81 Philadelphia Phillies  
Aaron Heilman 78 New York Mets 7
Chad Qualls 77 Arizona Diamondbacks 8
Blaine Boyer 76 Atlanta Braves 9
Manny Corpas 76 Colorado Rockies  
Ryan Madson 76 Philadelphia Phillies  
Saul Rivera 76 Washington Nationals  
Jeremy Affeldt 74 Cincinnati Reds 13
Heath Bell 74 San Diego Padres  
Ryan Franklin 74 St. Louis Cardinals  
John Grabow 74 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jon Rauch 74 Washington Nationals  
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jose Valverde 74 Houston Astros  
Ron Villone 74 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cla Meredith 73 San Diego Padres 20
Scott Schoeneweis 73 New York Mets  
Jeff Bennett 72 Atlanta Braves 22
Doug Brocail 72 Houston Astros  
Francisco Cordero 72 Cincinnati Reds  
Kevin Gregg 72 Florida Marlins  



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.

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