Games : 1948 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1948 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Page 55 New York Yankees 1
Al Widmar 49 St. Louis Browns 2
Frank Biscan 47 St. Louis Browns 3
Forrest Thompson 46 Washington Senators 4
Russ Christopher 45 Cleveland Indians 5
Bubba Harris 45 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Feller 44 Cleveland Indians 7
Ed Klieman 44 Cleveland Indians  
Art Houtteman 43 Detroit Tigers 9
Bob Lemon 43 Cleveland Indians  
Bryan Stephens 43 St. Louis Browns  
Virgil Trucks 43 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Sanford 42 St. Louis Browns 13
Howie Judson 40 Chicago White Sox 14
Lou Brissie 39 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Karl Drews 39 New York Yankees  
St. Louis Browns  
Sid Hudson 39 Washington Senators  
Hal Newhouser 39 Detroit Tigers  
Allie Reynolds 39 New York Yankees  
Joe Dobson 38 Boston Red Sox 20
Ned Garver 38 St. Louis Browns  
Steve Gromek 38 Cleveland Indians  
Gene Bearden 37 Cleveland Indians 23
Tom Ferrick 37 Washington Senators  
Stubby Overmire 37 Detroit Tigers  



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).

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.