Games : 1902 American 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)
 

1902 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young 45 Boston Americans 1
Bill Dinneen 42 Boston Americans 2
Jack Powell 42 St. Louis Browns  
Al Orth 38 Washington Senators 4
Snake Wiltse 38 Philadelphia Athletics  
Baltimore Orioles  
Earl Moore 36 Cleveland Blues 6
Case Patten 36 Washington Senators  
Eddie Plank 36 Philadelphia Athletics  
Nixey Callahan 35 Chicago White Stockings 9
Red Donahue 35 St. Louis Browns  
Win Mercer 35 Detroit Tigers  
George Mullin 35 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Patterson 34 Chicago White Stockings 13
Bert Husting 33 Boston Americans 14
Philadelphia Athletics  
Rube Waddell 33 Philadelphia Athletics  
Addie Joss 32 Cleveland Blues 16
Wiley Piatt 32 Chicago White Stockings  
Bill Carrick 31 Washington Senators 18
Willie Sudhoff 30 St. Louis Browns 19
Jack Harper 29 St. Louis Browns 20
Bill Bernhard 28 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Cleveland Blues  
Clark Griffith 28 Chicago White Stockings  
Charlie Shields 27 Baltimore Orioles 23
St. Louis Browns  
Happy Townsend 27 Washington Senators  
Harry Howell 26 Baltimore Orioles 25



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?

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.