Games : 1914 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:

"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)
 

1914 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 51 Washington Senators 1
Doc Ayers 49 Washington Senators 2
Joe Benz 48 Chicago White Sox 3
Jim Shaw 48 Washington Senators  
George Baumgardner 45 St. Louis Browns 5
Eddie Cicotte 45 Chicago White Sox  
Hooks Dauss 45 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Coveleski 44 Detroit Tigers 8
Earl Hamilton 44 St. Louis Browns  
Bill James 44 St. Louis Browns  
Carl Weilman 44 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Scott 43 Chicago White Sox 12
Hugh Bedient 42 Boston Red Sox 13
Red Faber 40 Chicago White Sox 14
Ray Collins 39 Boston Red Sox 15
Willie Mitchell 39 Cleveland Naps  
Joe Bush 38 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Reb Russell 38 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Shawkey 38 Philadelphia Athletics  
Rip Hagerman 37 Cleveland Naps 20
Jack Warhop 37 New York Yankees  
Jean Dubuc 36 Detroit Tigers 22
Dutch Leonard 36 Boston Red Sox  
Boardwalk Brown 35 Philadelphia Athletics 24
New York Yankees  
Joe Engel 35 Washington Senators  



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?

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

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.