Games : 1958 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1958 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Don Elston 69 Chicago Cubs 1
Roy Face 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Johnny Klippstein 57 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Glen Hobbie 55 Chicago Cubs 4
Turk Farrell 54 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Al Worthington 54 San Francisco Giants  
Clem Labine 52 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Marv Grissom 51 San Francisco Giants 8
Larry Jackson 49 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Hal Jeffcoat 49 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Brooks Lawrence 46 Cincinnati Redlegs 11
Phil Paine 46 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Drysdale 44 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Bill Henry 44 Chicago Cubs  
Ramon Monzant 43 San Francisco Giants 15
Ruben Gomez 42 San Francisco Giants 16
Mike McCormick 42 San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Antonelli 41 San Francisco Giants 18
Jim Brosnan 41 Chicago Cubs  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Stu Miller 41 San Francisco Giants  
Willard Schmidt 41 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Lew Burdette 40 Milwaukee Braves 22
Don Gross 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Kipp 40 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Sandy Koufax 40 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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?

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.