Games : 1940 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1940 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Clyde Shoun 54 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mace Brown 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Claude Passeau 46 Chicago Cubs 3
Hugh Casey 44 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Ken Raffensberger 43 Chicago Cubs 5
Jumbo Brown 41 New York Giants 6
Kirby Higbe 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vito Tamulis 41 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Larry French 40 Chicago Cubs 9
Dick Lanahan 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ken Heintzelman 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Bob Klinger 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mort Cooper 38 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Johnny Lanning 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill McGee 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Beggs 37 Cincinnati Reds 16
Paul Derringer 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Si Johnson 37 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Lee 37 Chicago Cubs  
Cliff Melton 37 New York Giants  
Whit Wyatt 37 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Curt Davis 36 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Hugh Mulcahy 36 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Root 36 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Sullivan 36 Boston Bees  



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).

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.