Games : 1894 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1894 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Breitenstein 56 St. Louis Browns 1
Amos Rusie 54 New York Giants 2
Pink Hawley 53 St. Louis Browns 3
Jouett Meekin 52 New York Giants 4
Cy Young 52 Cleveland Spiders  
Win Mercer 50 Washington Senators 6
Kid Nichols 50 Boston Beaneaters  
Brickyard Kennedy 48 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8
Red Ehret 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Frank Dwyer 45 Cincinnati Reds 10
Jack Stivetts 45 Boston Beaneaters  
Ed Stein 44 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 12
Nig Cuppy 43 Cleveland Spiders 13
George Hemming 41 Louisville Colonels 14
Baltimore Orioles  
Jock Menefee 41 Louisville Colonels  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tom Parrott 41 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Taylor 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Weyhing 38 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Ad Gumbert 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Clark Griffith 36 Chicago Colts 20
Bill Hutchinson 36 Chicago Colts  
Kid Carsey 35 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Sadie McMahon 35 Baltimore Orioles  
Dan Daub 34 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 24
Duke Esper 34 Washington Senators  
Baltimore Orioles  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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?