Games : 1879 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:

"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)
 

1879 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Will White 76 Cincinnati Reds 1
John Ward 70 Providence Grays 2
Pud Galvin 66 Buffalo Bisons 3
Tommy Bond 64 Boston Red Caps 4
Jim McCormick 62 Cleveland Blues 5
Terry Larkin 58 Chicago White Stockings 6
George Bradley 54 Troy Trojans 7
Harry McCormick 54 Syracuse Stars  
Bobby Mathews 27 Providence Grays 9
Frank Hankinson 26 Chicago White Stockings 10
Blondie Purcell 24 Syracuse Stars 11
Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Mitchell 23 Cleveland Blues 12
Curry Foley 21 Boston Red Caps 13
Bill McGunnigle 14 Buffalo Bisons 14
Harry Salisbury 10 Troy Trojans 15
Fred Goldsmith 8 Troy Trojans 16
Dan Brouthers 3 Troy Trojans 17
Cal McVey 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Jim Tyng 3 Boston Red Caps  
Mike Dorgan 2 Syracuse Stars 20
Gid Gardner 2 Troy Trojans  
Pat McManus 2 Troy Trojans  
Jack Neagle 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Lee Richmond 1 Boston Red Caps 24
Harry Wheeler 1 Cincinnati Reds  



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 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?

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.