Games : 1905 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1905 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rube Waddell 46 Philadelphia Athletics 1
George Mullin 44 Detroit Tigers 2
Frank Owen 42 Chicago White Sox 3
Case Patten 42 Washington Senators  
Jack Chesbro 41 New York Highlanders 5
Eddie Plank 41 Philadelphia Athletics  
Al Orth 40 New York Highlanders 7
Jack Powell 40 New York Highlanders  
St. Louis Browns  
Bill Hogg 39 New York Highlanders 9
Tom Hughes 39 Washington Senators  
Ed Killian 39 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Smith 39 Chicago White Sox  
Nick Altrock 38 Chicago White Sox 13
Harry Howell 38 St. Louis Browns  
Cy Young 38 Boston Americans  
Jesse Tannehill 37 Boston Americans 16
Doc White 36 Chicago White Sox 17
Chief Bender 35 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Andy Coakley 35 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Winter 35 Boston Americans  
Bill Donovan 34 Detroit Tigers 21
Happy Townsend 34 Washington Senators  
Addie Joss 33 Cleveland Naps 23
Frank Kitson 33 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Glade 32 St. Louis Browns 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?

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.

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.