Games : 1942 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)
 

1942 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ace Adams 61 New York Giants 1
Hugh Casey 50 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Johnny Beazley 43 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Johnny Podgajny 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Javery 42 Boston Braves 5
Rube Melton 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dutch Dietz 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Tommy Hughes 40 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Sain 40 Boston Braves  
Rip Sewell 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Si Johnson 39 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Joe Beggs 38 Cincinnati Reds 12
Hi Bithorn 38 Chicago Cubs  
Larry French 38 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Harry Gumbert 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Kirby Higbe 38 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Mort Cooper 37 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Bob Klinger 37 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ray Starr 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Jim Tobin 37 Boston Braves  
Murry Dickson 36 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Ed Head 36 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Clyde Shoun 36 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
Sam Nahem 35 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Claude Passeau 35 Chicago Cubs  



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?

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.