Games : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1884 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Bill Sweeney 62 Baltimore Monumentals 1
Hugh Daily 58 Chicago Browns 2
Washington Nationals  
Bill Wise 50 Washington Nationals 3
Jersey Bakley 46 Philadelphia Keystones 4
Wilmington Quicksteps  
Kansas City Unions  
George Bradley 41 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 5
Dick Burns 40 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6
Dupee Shaw 39 Boston Unions 7
James Burke 38 Boston Unions 8
Alex Voss 34 Washington Nationals 9
Kansas City Unions  
Charlie Sweeney 33 St. Louis Maroons 10
Billy Taylor 33 St. Louis Maroons  
Al Atkinson 24 Chicago Browns 12
Baltimore Monumentals  
Jim McCormick 24 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds  
Tommy Bond 23 Boston Unions 14
Charlie Geggus 23 Washington Nationals  
John Murphy 21 Altoona Unions 16
Wilmington Quicksteps  
Henry Boyle 19 St. Louis Maroons 17
Abner Powell 18 Washington Nationals 18
Jim Brown 17 Altoona Unions 19
St. Paul White Caps  
Ernie Hickman 17 Kansas City Unions  
Sam Weaver 17 Philadelphia Keystones  
Bob Black 16 Kansas City Unions 22
Perry Werden 16 St. Louis Maroons  
Tom Lee 15 Baltimore Monumentals 24
Charlie Hodnett 14 St. Louis Maroons 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.

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.