Games : 1900 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1900 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Carrick 45 New York Giants 1
Joe McGinnity 44 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Brickyard Kennedy 42 Brooklyn Superbas 3
Ed Scott 42 Cincinnati Reds  
Pink Hawley 41 New York Giants 5
Cy Young 41 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Dinneen 40 Boston Beaneaters 7
Frank Kitson 40 Brooklyn Superbas  
Noodles Hahn 39 Cincinnati Reds 9
Cowboy Jones 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jack Powell 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Doc Newton 35 Cincinnati Reds 13
Win Mercer 33 New York Giants 14
Al Orth 33 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Bernhard 32 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Nixey Callahan 32 Chicago Orphans  
Jack Chesbro 32 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Donahue 32 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Willis 32 Boston Beaneaters  
Ned Garvin 30 Chicago Orphans 21
Clark Griffith 30 Chicago Orphans  
Sam Leever 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Lewis 30 Boston Beaneaters  
Chick Fraser 29 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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

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.

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.