Games : 1912 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)
 

1912 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Walsh 62 Chicago White Sox 1
Walter Johnson 50 Washington Senators 2
Bob Groom 43 Washington Senators 3
Joe Wood 43 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Benz 42 Chicago White Sox 5
Hugh Bedient 41 Boston Red Sox 6
Earl Hamilton 41 St. Louis Browns  
George Kahler 41 Cleveland Naps  
Jack Coombs 40 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Fred Blanding 39 Cleveland Naps 10
Jack Warhop 39 New York Highlanders  
Jean Dubuc 37 Detroit Tigers 12
Vean Gregg 37 Cleveland Naps  
Joe Lake 37 St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Buck O'Brien 37 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Plank 37 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Willett 37 Detroit Tigers  
Russ Ford 36 New York Highlanders 18
Boardwalk Brown 34 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Charley Hall 34 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Powell 32 St. Louis Browns 21
Doc White 32 Chicago White Sox  
Mack Allison 31 St. Louis Browns 23
Tom Hughes 31 Washington Senators  
Frank Lange 31 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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).

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?