Games : 1918 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)
 

1918 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Burleigh Grimes 40 Brooklyn Robins 1
Wilbur Cooper 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Hod Eller 37 Cincinnati Reds 3
Pol Perritt 35 New York Giants 4
Bill Sherdel 35 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hippo Vaughn 35 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Marquard 34 Brooklyn Robins 7
Mike Prendergast 33 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Pete Schneider 33 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty Tyler 33 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Cheney 32 Brooklyn Robins 11
Claude Hendrix 32 Chicago Cubs  
Art Nehf 32 Boston Braves  
Fred Toney 32 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Bill Doak 31 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Lee Meadows 30 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Joe Oeschger 30 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gene Packard 30 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pat Ragan 30 Boston Braves  
Red Causey 29 New York Giants 20
Brad Hogg 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jakie May 29 St. Louis Cardinals  
Erskine Mayer 28 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roy Sanders 28 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Ames 27 St. Louis Cardinals 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).

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.