Games : 1902 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)
 

1902 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Vic Willis 51 Boston Beaneaters 1
Togie Pittinger 46 Boston Beaneaters 2
Stan Yerkes 39 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Roy Evans 36 New York Giants 4
Brooklyn Superbas  
Noodles Hahn 36 Cincinnati Reds  
Mike O'Neill 36 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Taylor 36 Chicago Cubs  
Doc White 36 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Chesbro 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Bill Donovan 35 Brooklyn Superbas  
Christy Mathewson 34 New York Giants 11
Bill Duggleby 33 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Bill Phillips 33 Cincinnati Reds  
Jay Hughes 31 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Frank Kitson 31 Brooklyn Superbas  
Doc Newton 31 Brooklyn Superbas  
Deacon Phillippe 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pop Williams 31 Chicago Cubs  
Ham Iburg 30 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Mal Eason 29 Chicago Cubs 20
Boston Beaneaters  
Sam Leever 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Chick Fraser 27 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Henry Thielman 27 New York Giants  
Cincinnati Reds  
Jesse Tannehill 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Dummy Taylor 26 New York Giants  



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).

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.

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