1881 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Jim Whitney	66	Boston Red Caps	1
Jim McCormick	59	Cleveland Blues	2
George Derby	56	Detroit Wolverines	3
Pud Galvin	56	Buffalo Bisons
Lee Richmond	53	Worcester Ruby Legs	5
Larry Corcoran	45	Chicago White Stockings	6
Tim Keefe	45	Troy Trojans
Old Hoss Radbourn	41	Providence Grays	8
Mickey Welch	40	Troy Trojans	9
Fred Goldsmith	39	Chicago White Stockings	10
John Ward	39	Providence Grays
Fred Corey	23	Worcester Ruby Legs	12
The Only Nolan	22	Cleveland Blues	13
Jack Lynch	20	Buffalo Bisons	14
Bobby Mathews	19	Providence Grays	15
		Boston Red Caps
John Fox	17	Boston Red Caps	16
Stump Wiedman	13	Detroit Wolverines	17
Curry Foley	10	Buffalo Bisons	18
Harry McCormick	9	Worcester Ruby Legs	19
Blondie Purcell	9	Buffalo Bisons
Frank Mountain	7	Detroit Wolverines	21
George Bradley	6	Cleveland Blues	22
Tony Mullane	5	Detroit Wolverines	23
Tommy Bond	3	Boston Red Caps	24
John Morrill	3	Boston Red Caps
Name	Games	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.