Games : 1946 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)
 

1946 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 48 Cleveland Indians 1
Dave Ferriss 40 Boston Red Sox 2
Bob Savage 40 Philadelphia Athletics  
Earl Caldwell 39 Chicago White Sox 4
Tex Hughson 39 Boston Red Sox  
Dizzy Trout 38 Detroit Tigers 6
Hal Newhouser 37 Detroit Tigers 7
Phil Marchildon 36 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Sam Zoldak 35 St. Louis Browns 9
Spud Chandler 34 New York Yankees 10
Stan Ferens 34 St. Louis Browns  
Tom Ferrick 34 Cleveland Indians  
St. Louis Browns  
Lum Harris 34 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mickey Harris 34 Boston Red Sox  
Bobo Newsom 34 Philadelphia Athletics  
Washington Senators  
Orval Grove 33 Chicago White Sox 16
Randy Gumpert 33 New York Yankees  
Mickey Haefner 33 Washington Senators  
Ellis Kinder 33 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Dobson 32 Boston Red Sox 20
Dick Fowler 32 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Haynes 32 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Lemon 32 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Scarborough 32 Washington Senators  
Virgil Trucks 32 Detroit Tigers  



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

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.