1939 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Clyde Shoun	53	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Rip Sewell	52	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Bob Bowman	51	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Curt Davis	49	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Mace Brown	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Mort Cooper	45	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Kirby Higbe	43	Chicago Cubs	7
		Philadelphia Phillies
Bill McGee	43	St. Louis Cardinals
Whitey Moore	42	Cincinnati Reds	9
Claude Passeau	42	Philadelphia Phillies
		Chicago Cubs
Junior Thompson	42	Cincinnati Reds
Ira Hutchinson	41	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Cliff Melton	41	New York Giants
Hugh Casey	40	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Luke Hamlin	40	Brooklyn Dodgers
Jack Russell	39	Chicago Cubs	16
Vito Tamulis	39	Brooklyn Dodgers
Bucky Walters	39	Cincinnati Reds
Paul Derringer	38	Cincinnati Reds	19
Bill Lohrman	38	New York Giants
Hugh Mulcahy	38	Philadelphia Phillies
Joe Bowman	37	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Bob Klinger	37	Pittsburgh Pirates
Johnny Lanning	37	Boston Bees
Bill Lee	37	Chicago Cubs
Name	Games	Team	Rank

	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). 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.