Games : 1903 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)
 

1903 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 55 New York Giants 1
Christy Mathewson 45 New York Giants 2
Togie Pittinger 44 Boston Beaneaters 3
Henry Schmidt 40 Brooklyn Superbas 4
Ned Garvin 38 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Oscar Jones 38 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jack Taylor 37 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Duggleby 36 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Sam Leever 36 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Deacon Phillippe 36 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Weimer 35 Chicago Cubs 11
Noodles Hahn 34 Cincinnati Reds 12
Dummy Taylor 33 New York Giants 13
Bob Wicker 33 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chicago Cubs  
Vic Willis 33 Boston Beaneaters  
John Malarkey 32 Boston Beaneaters 16
Chick Fraser 31 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Jack Sutthoff 30 Cincinnati Reds 18
Bob Ewing 29 Cincinnati Reds 19
Clarence Currie 28 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Chicago Cubs  
Chappie McFarland 28 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Mitchell 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tully Sparks 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Doheny 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Carl Lundgren 27 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.