Games : 1948 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1948 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Gumbert 61 Cincinnati Reds 1
Ted Wilks 57 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Kirby Higbe 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sheldon Jones 55 New York Giants 4
Jess Dobernic 54 Chicago Cubs 5
Ken Trinkle 53 New York Giants 6
Rex Barney 44 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Kent Peterson 43 Cincinnati Reds 8
Al Brazle 42 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Murry Dickson 42 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Hatten 42 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Larry Jansen 42 New York Giants  
Johnny Sain 42 Boston Braves  
Erv Palica 41 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Bobby Hogue 40 Boston Braves 15
Ken Raffensberger 40 Cincinnati Reds  
Hank Borowy 39 Chicago Cubs 17
Red Munger 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Poat 39 New York Giants  
Vic Lombardi 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Elmer Singleton 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Monk Dubiel 37 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Bill Voiselle 37 Boston Braves  
Ralph Branca 36 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Ken Burkhart 36 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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).

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?