Games : 1916 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:

"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)
 

1916 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dave Davenport 59 St. Louis Browns 1
Reb Russell 56 Chicago White Sox 2
Bob Shawkey 53 New York Yankees 3
Bert Gallia 49 Washington Senators 4
Jim Bagby 48 Cleveland Indians 5
Walter Johnson 48 Washington Senators  
Dutch Leonard 48 Boston Red Sox  
Bernie Boland 46 Detroit Tigers 8
Carl Weilman 46 St. Louis Browns  
Stan Coveleski 45 Cleveland Indians 10
Eddie Cicotte 44 Chicago White Sox 11
Harry Coveleski 44 Detroit Tigers  
Carl Mays 44 Boston Red Sox  
Elmer Myers 44 Philadelphia Athletics  
Babe Ruth 44 Boston Red Sox  
Doc Ayers 43 Washington Senators 16
Lefty Williams 43 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Groom 41 St. Louis Browns 18
Joe Bush 40 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Jack Nabors 40 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Boehling 39 Washington Senators 21
Cleveland Indians  
Hooks Dauss 39 Detroit Tigers  
Tom Sheehan 38 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Ernie Shore 38 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Plank 37 St. Louis Browns 25



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.

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.

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.