Games : 1971 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)
 

1971 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wayne Granger 70 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jerry Johnson 67 San Francisco Giants 2
Mike Marshall 66 Montreal Expos 3
Clay Carroll 61 Cincinnati Reds 4
Don McMahon 61 San Francisco Giants  
George Culver 59 Houston Astros 6
Al Severinsen 59 San Diego Padres  
Dave Giusti 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Bob Miller 56 Chicago Cubs 9
San Diego Padres  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Brewer 55 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Danny Frisella 53 New York Mets 11
Bucky Brandon 52 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Moe Drabowsky 51 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Tug McGraw 51 New York Mets  
Joe Gibbon 50 Cincinnati Reds 15
Frank Linzy 50 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Hoerner 49 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Cecil Upshaw 49 Atlanta Braves  
Fred Gladding 48 Houston Astros 19
Dick Kelley 48 San Diego Padres  
Phil Regan 48 Chicago Cubs  
Jim Ray 47 Houston Astros 22
John Cumberland 45 San Francisco Giants 23
Don Shaw 45 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Taylor 45 New York Mets  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.