Games : 1903 American 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1903 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Plank 43 Philadelphia Athletics 1
George Mullin 41 Detroit Tigers 2
Jack Chesbro 40 New York Highlanders 3
Patsy Flaherty 40 Chicago White Stockings  
Cy Young 40 Boston Americans  
Rube Waddell 39 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jack Powell 38 St. Louis Browns 7
Willie Sudhoff 38 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Dinneen 37 Boston Americans 9
Doc White 37 Chicago White Stockings  
Chief Bender 36 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Al Orth 36 Washington Senators  
Case Patten 36 Washington Senators  
Bill Donovan 35 Detroit Tigers 14
Roy Patterson 34 Chicago White Stockings 15
Tom Hughes 33 Boston Americans 16
Red Donahue 32 St. Louis Browns 17
Cleveland Blues  
Addie Joss 32 Cleveland Blues  
Jesse Tannehill 32 New York Highlanders  
Frank Kitson 31 Detroit Tigers 20
Ed Siever 31 St. Louis Browns  
Highball Wilson 30 Washington Senators 22
Weldon Henley 29 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Earl Moore 29 Cleveland Blues  
Davey Dunkle 26 Chicago White Stockings 25
Washington Senators  



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.

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.