Games : 1931 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)
 

1931 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bump Hadley 55 Washington Senators 1
Wilcy Moore 53 Boston Red Sox 2
Pat Caraway 51 Chicago White Sox 3
Carl Fischer 46 Washington Senators 4
Vic Frazier 46 Chicago White Sox  
Firpo Marberry 45 Washington Senators 6
Alvin Crowder 44 Washington Senators 7
Red Faber 44 Chicago White Sox  
Willis Hudlin 44 Cleveland Indians  
Rube Walberg 44 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Earnshaw 43 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Sam Gray 43 St. Louis Browns  
Tommy Thomas 43 Chicago White Sox  
Lloyd Brown 42 Washington Senators 14
Chad Kimsey 42 St. Louis Browns  
Lefty Grove 41 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Hod Lisenbee 41 Boston Red Sox  
Wes Ferrell 40 Cleveland Indians 18
Lefty Gomez 40 New York Yankees  
Mel Harder 40 Cleveland Indians  
Hank Johnson 40 New York Yankees  
Clint Brown 39 Cleveland Indians 22
Ed Durham 38 Boston Red Sox 23
Ed Morris 37 Boston Red Sox 24
Red Ruffing 37 New York Yankees  



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.

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.