Games : 1920 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)
 

1920 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jesse Haines 47 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Grover Alexander 46 Chicago Cubs 2
Phil Douglas 46 New York Giants  
Wilbur Cooper 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jack Scott 44 Boston Braves  
Jesse Barnes 43 New York Giants 6
Bill Sherdel 43 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Smith 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Ring 42 Cincinnati Reds 9
Fred Toney 42 New York Giants  
Al Mamaux 41 Brooklyn Robins 11
Eppa Rixey 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Burleigh Grimes 40 Brooklyn Robins 13
Art Nehf 40 New York Giants  
Hippo Vaughn 40 Chicago Cubs  
Hal Carlson 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Bill Doak 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Earl Hamilton 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Hubbell 38 New York Giants 19
Philadelphia Phillies  
Hugh McQuillan 38 Boston Braves  
Joe Oeschger 38 Boston Braves  
Ferdie Schupp 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dana Fillingim 37 Boston Braves 23
Dolf Luque 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Dutch Ruether 37 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.

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?