Games : 1924 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)
 

1924 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Firpo Marberry 50 Washington Senators 1
Ken Holloway 49 Detroit Tigers 2
Waite Hoyt 46 New York Yankees 3
Joe Shaute 46 Cleveland Indians  
Howard Ehmke 45 Boston Red Sox 5
Sarge Connally 44 Chicago White Sox 6
Jack Quinn 44 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Rommel 43 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Elam Vangilder 43 St. Louis Browns  
Dave Danforth 41 St. Louis Browns 10
Alex Ferguson 41 Boston Red Sox  
Ted Lyons 41 Chicago White Sox  
Hooks Dauss 40 Detroit Tigers 13
Fred Heimach 40 Philadelphia Athletics  
Herb Pennock 40 New York Yankees  
Urban Shocker 40 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Bush 39 New York Yankees 17
Sherry Smith 39 Cleveland Indians  
Walter Johnson 38 Washington Senators 19
Bob Shawkey 38 New York Yankees  
Sloppy Thurston 38 Chicago White Sox  
Dennis Burns 37 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Stan Coveleski 37 Cleveland Indians  
Allen Russell 37 Washington Senators  
Stan Baumgartner 36 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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).

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.