Games : 1911 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1911 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mordecai Brown 53 Chicago Cubs 1
Bob Harmon 51 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Grover Alexander 48 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Nap Rucker 48 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Rube Marquard 45 New York Giants 5
Christy Mathewson 45 New York Giants  
Harry Gaspar 44 Cincinnati Reds 7
Bill Steele 43 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Buster Brown 42 Boston Rustlers 9
Lefty Leifield 42 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Earl Moore 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Doc Crandall 41 New York Giants 12
Babe Adams 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Howie Camnitz 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bobby Keefe 39 Cincinnati Reds 15
Bill Schardt 39 Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Chalmers 38 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Art Fromme 38 Cincinnati Reds  
Lew Richie 36 Chicago Cubs 19
Slim Sallee 36 St. Louis Cardinals  
Elmer Steele 36 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Suggs 36 Cincinnati Reds  
Elmer Knetzer 35 Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Red Ames 34 New York Giants 24
Frank Smith 34 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.