Games : 1927 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)
 

1927 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Charlie Root 48 Chicago Cubs 1
Jack Scott 48 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rube Ehrhardt 46 Brooklyn Robins 3
Dutch Henry 45 New York Giants 4
Jakie May 44 Cincinnati Reds 5
Carmen Hill 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Freddie Fitzsimmons 42 New York Giants 7
Jesse Petty 42 Brooklyn Robins  
Johnny Werts 42 Boston Braves  
Bob Smith 41 Boston Braves 10
Larry Benton 40 Boston Braves 11
New York Giants  
Joe Genewich 40 Boston Braves  
Lee Meadows 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kent Greenfield 39 New York Giants 14
Boston Braves  
Burleigh Grimes 39 New York Giants  
Bill Sherdel 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Carlson 38 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Haines 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Grover Alexander 37 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Red Lucas 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Guy Bush 36 Chicago Cubs 21
Vic Aldridge 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Virgil Barnes 35 New York Giants  
Ray Kremer 35 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Willoughby 35 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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?

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.