Games : 1877 National 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:

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1877 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Devlin 61 Louisville Grays 1
Tommy Bond 58 Boston Red Caps 2
Terry Larkin 56 Hartford Dark Blues 3
George Bradley 50 Chicago White Stockings 4
Tricky Nichols 42 St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
Joe Blong 25 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Candy Cummings 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Cal McVey 17 Chicago White Stockings 8
Bobby Mathews 15 Cincinnati Red Stockings 9
Amos Booth 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Bobby Mitchell 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jack Manning 10 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Laurie Reis 4 Chicago White Stockings 13
Al Spalding 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Bob Ferguson 3 Hartford Dark Blues 15
Will White 3 Boston Red Caps  
John Cassidy 2 Hartford Dark Blues 17
Joe Battin 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings 18
Dave Rowe 1 Chicago White Stockings  



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.

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.