1943 Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Games	Team	Rank
Ace Adams	70	New York Giants	1
Les Webber	54	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Ed Head	47	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Van Mungo	45	New York Giants	4
Clyde Shoun	45	Cincinnati Reds
Hank Gornicki	42	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Al Javery	41	Boston Braves	7
Johnnie Wittig	40	New York Giants	8
Joe Beggs	39	Cincinnati Reds	9
Hi Bithorn	39	Chicago Cubs
Newt Kimball	39	Brooklyn Dodgers
		Philadelphia Phillies
Dick Barrett	38	Chicago Cubs	12
		Philadelphia Phillies
Red Barrett	38	Boston Braves
Al Gerheauser	38	Philadelphia Phillies
Hank Wyse	38	Chicago Cubs
Mort Cooper	37	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Xavier Rescigno	37	Pittsburgh Pirates
Nate Andrews	36	Boston Braves	18
Elmer Riddle	36	Cincinnati Reds
Ray Starr	36	Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Vander Meer	36	Cincinnati Reds
Kirby Higbe	35	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
Claude Passeau	35	Chicago Cubs
Rip Sewell	35	Pittsburgh Pirates
Wally Hebert	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Games	Team	Rank

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