Games : 1960 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1960 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Face 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Lindy McDaniel 65 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Don Elston 60 Chicago Cubs 3
Turk Farrell 59 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Ed Roebuck 58 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Jim Brosnan 57 Cincinnati Reds 6
Larry Sherry 57 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Ernie Broglio 52 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Bill Henry 51 Cincinnati Reds 9
Don McMahon 48 Milwaukee Braves 10
Stu Miller 47 San Francisco Giants 11
Glen Hobbie 46 Chicago Cubs 12
Lew Burdette 45 Milwaukee Braves 13
Fred Green 45 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Seth Morehead 45 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Jackson 43 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Billy O'Dell 43 San Francisco Giants  
Chris Short 42 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Johnny Antonelli 41 San Francisco Giants 19
Don Drysdale 41 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Grim 41 Cincinnati Reds  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Purkey 41 Cincinnati Reds  
Mike McCormick 40 San Francisco Giants 23
Warren Spahn 40 Milwaukee Braves  
Sam Jones 39 San Francisco Giants 25



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.

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).