Games : 1935 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1935 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Russ Van Atta 58 New York Yankees 1
St. Louis Browns  
Jim Walkup 55 St. Louis Browns 2
Ivy Andrews 50 St. Louis Browns 3
Fay Thomas 49 St. Louis Browns 4
Jack Knott 48 St. Louis Browns 5
Rube Walberg 44 Boston Red Sox 6
Bill Dietrich 43 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Jack Russell 43 Washington Senators  
Lloyd Brown 42 Cleveland Indians 9
Mel Harder 42 Cleveland Indians  
Schoolboy Rowe 42 Detroit Tigers  
Dick Coffman 41 St. Louis Browns 12
Wes Ferrell 41 Boston Red Sox  
Leon Pettit 41 Washington Senators  
Chief Hogsett 40 Detroit Tigers 15
Ed Linke 40 Washington Senators  
Johnny Murphy 40 New York Yankees  
Johnny Marcum 39 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Sugar Cain 37 Philadelphia Athletics 19
St. Louis Browns  
Elden Auker 36 Detroit Tigers 20
Tommy Bridges 36 Detroit Tigers  
Willis Hudlin 36 Cleveland Indians  
Lefty Grove 35 Boston Red Sox 23
Bump Hadley 35 Washington Senators  
Bobo Newsom 35 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  



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.

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?