Games : 1957 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)
 

1957 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Zuverink 56 Baltimore Orioles 1
Tex Clevenger 52 Washington Senators 2
Dick Hyde 52 Washington Senators  
Ike Delock 49 Boston Red Sox 4
Virgil Trucks 48 Kansas City Athletics 5
Bud Byerly 47 Washington Senators 6
Jerry Staley 47 Chicago White Sox  
Art Ditmar 46 New York Yankees 8
Bob Grim 46 New York Yankees  
Tom Morgan 46 Kansas City Athletics  
Ray Narleski 46 Cleveland Indians  
Jim Bunning 45 Detroit Tigers 12
Duke Maas 45 Detroit Tigers  
Pedro Ramos 43 Washington Senators 14
Cal McLish 42 Cleveland Indians 15
Chuck Stobbs 42 Washington Senators  
Lou Sleater 41 Detroit Tigers 17
Mike Fornieles 40 Baltimore Orioles 18
Boston Red Sox  
Russ Kemmerer 40 Boston Red Sox  
Washington Senators  
Frank Lary 40 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 40 Cleveland Indians  
Wally Burnette 38 Kansas City Athletics 22
Paul Foytack 38 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Garcia 38 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Gorman 38 Kansas City Athletics  



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.

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?

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).