Games : 1962 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)
 

1962 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ron Perranoski 70 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jack Baldschun 67 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ed Roebuck 64 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Roy Face 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Diomedes Olivo 62 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Stu Miller 59 San Francisco Giants 6
Larry Sherry 58 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Bob Anderson 57 Chicago Cubs 8
Don Elston 57 Chicago Cubs  
Lindy McDaniel 55 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Don McMahon 53 Milwaukee Braves 11
Houston Colt .45s  
Barney Schultz 51 Chicago Cubs 12
Craig Anderson 50 New York Mets 13
Don Larsen 49 San Francisco Giants 14
Tom Sturdivant 49 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Brosnan 48 Cincinnati Reds 16
Chris Short 47 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Jack Lamabe 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Don Drysdale 43 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Turk Farrell 43 Houston Colt .45s  
Don Ferrarese 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Billy O'Dell 43 San Francisco Giants  
Bobby Tiefenauer 43 Houston Colt .45s  
Roger Craig 42 New York Mets 24
Glen Hobbie 42 Chicago Cubs  



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).

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.

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.