Games : 1923 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1923 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Rommel 56 Philadelphia Athletics 1
George Uhle 54 Cleveland Indians 2
Bert Cole 52 Detroit Tigers 3
Allen Russell 52 Washington Senators  
Hooks Dauss 50 Detroit Tigers 5
Herman Pillette 47 Detroit Tigers 6
Slim Harriss 46 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Sloppy Thurston 46 St. Louis Browns  
Chicago White Sox  
Ted Blankenship 44 Chicago White Sox 9
Bob Hasty 44 Philadelphia Athletics  
Howard Ehmke 43 Boston Red Sox 11
Urban Shocker 43 St. Louis Browns  
Ken Holloway 42 Detroit Tigers 13
Walter Johnson 42 Washington Senators  
Jack Quinn 42 Boston Red Sox  
Elam Vangilder 41 St. Louis Browns 16
Mike Cvengros 40 Chicago White Sox 17
Fred Heimach 40 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Jones 39 New York Yankees 19
George Murray 39 Boston Red Sox  
Dave Danforth 38 St. Louis Browns 21
Jim Joe Edwards 38 Cleveland Indians  
Dixie Leverett 38 Chicago White Sox  
Charlie Robertson 38 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Bush 37 New York Yankees 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?

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.