1909 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Mordecai Brown	50	Chicago Cubs	1
Al Mattern	47	Boston Doves	2
Fred Beebe	44	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Harry Gaspar	44	Cincinnati Reds
Howie Camnitz	41	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
George McQuillan	41	Philadelphia Phillies
Lew Moren	40	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Bugs Raymond	39	New York Giants	8
Vic Willis	39	Pittsburgh Pirates
Earl Moore	38	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Orval Overall	38	Chicago Cubs
Jack Rowan	38	Cincinnati Reds
Nap Rucker	38	Brooklyn Superbas
Art Fromme	37	Cincinnati Reds	14
Christy Mathewson	37	New York Giants
Hooks Wiltse	37	New York Giants
George Ferguson	36	Boston Doves	17
Ed Reulbach	35	Chicago Cubs	18
Red Ames	34	New York Giants	19
Johnny Lush	34	St. Louis Cardinals
George Bell	33	Brooklyn Superbas	21
Lew Richie	33	Philadelphia Phillies
		Boston Doves
Lefty Leifield	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Harry McIntire	32	Brooklyn Superbas
Slim Sallee	32	St. Louis Cardinals
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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