Games : 1936 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)
 

1936 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Russ Van Atta 52 St. Louis Browns 1
Jack Knott 47 St. Louis Browns 2
Thornton Lee 43 Cleveland Indians 3
Bobo Newsom 43 Washington Senators  
Fritz Ostermueller 43 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Wilson 43 Boston Red Sox  
Chief Hogsett 42 Detroit Tigers 7
St. Louis Browns  
Earl Caldwell 41 St. Louis Browns 8
Roxie Lawson 41 Detroit Tigers  
Schoolboy Rowe 41 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Russell 41 Washington Senators  
Boston Red Sox  
Bill Dietrich 40 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Tommy Bridges 39 Detroit Tigers 13
Wes Ferrell 39 Boston Red Sox  
Pete Appleton 38 Washington Senators 15
Clint Brown 38 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Broaca 37 New York Yankees 17
Johnny Allen 36 Cleveland Indians 18
Ivy Andrews 36 St. Louis Browns  
Denny Galehouse 36 Cleveland Indians  
Mel Harder 36 Cleveland Indians  
Oral Hildebrand 36 Cleveland Indians  
Tommy Thomas 36 St. Louis Browns  
Elden Auker 35 Detroit Tigers 24
George Blaeholder 35 Cleveland Indians  



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.

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.