Games : 1952 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)
 

1952 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hoyt Wilhelm 71 New York Giants 1
Joe Black 56 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Eddie Yuhas 54 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Frank Smith 53 Cincinnati Reds 4
Woody Main 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Al Brazle 46 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Lew Burdette 45 Boston Braves 7
Dutch Leonard 45 Chicago Cubs  
Ted Wilks 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Murry Dickson 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Andy Hansen 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Konstanty 42 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Johnny Klippstein 41 Chicago Cubs 13
Dave Koslo 41 New York Giants  
Warren Spahn 40 Boston Braves 15
Sheldon Jones 39 Boston Braves 16
Billy Loes 39 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Robin Roberts 39 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Raffensberger 38 Cincinnati Reds 19
Jim Hearn 37 New York Giants 20
Max Lanier 37 New York Giants  
Russ Meyer 37 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Nuxhall 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Ben Wade 37 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Friend 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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