Games : 1919 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:

"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)
 

1919 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Shaw 45 Washington Senators 1
Allen Russell 44 New York Yankees 2
Boston Red Sox  
Stan Coveleski 43 Cleveland Indians 3
Walt Kinney 43 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Shawkey 41 New York Yankees 5
Lefty Williams 41 Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Cicotte 40 Chicago White Sox 7
Allen Sothoron 40 St. Louis Browns  
Walter Johnson 39 Washington Senators 9
Dickey Kerr 39 Chicago White Sox  
Jack Quinn 38 New York Yankees 11
Doc Ayers 35 Washington Senators 12
Detroit Tigers  
Jim Bagby 35 Cleveland Indians  
Bernie Boland 35 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Harper 35 Washington Senators  
Sam Jones 35 Boston Red Sox  
George Mogridge 35 New York Yankees  
Hooks Dauss 34 Detroit Tigers 18
Bert Gallia 34 St. Louis Browns  
Jing Johnson 34 Philadelphia Athletics  
Carl Mays 34 Boston Red Sox  
New York Yankees  
Howard Ehmke 33 Detroit Tigers 22
Herb Pennock 32 Boston Red Sox 23
Rollie Naylor 31 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Urban Shocker 30 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.

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?