Games : 1904 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)
 

1904 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 51 New York Giants 1
Christy Mathewson 48 New York Giants 2
Oscar Jones 46 Brooklyn Superbas 3
Vic Willis 43 Boston Beaneaters 4
Chick Fraser 42 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jack Taylor 41 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jack Cronin 40 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Kaiser Wilhelm 39 Boston Beaneaters 8
Togie Pittinger 38 Boston Beaneaters 9
Dummy Taylor 37 New York Giants 10
Jake Weimer 37 Chicago Cubs  
Kid Nichols 36 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Noodles Hahn 35 Cincinnati Reds 13
Jack Harper 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Buttons Briggs 34 Chicago Cubs 15
Sam Leever 34 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Duggleby 32 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Chappie McFarland 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Fisher 31 Boston Beaneaters 19
Win Kellum 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Carl Lundgren 31 Chicago Cubs  
Jack Sutthoff 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Wicker 30 Chicago Cubs 23
Patsy Flaherty 29 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Mike Lynch 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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).

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