Games : 1926 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)
 

1926 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Firpo Marberry 64 Washington Senators 1
Joe Pate 47 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lefty Grove 45 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Tommy Thomas 44 Chicago White Sox 4
Win Ballou 43 St. Louis Browns 5
Ted Wingfield 43 Boston Red Sox  
Elam Vangilder 42 St. Louis Browns 7
Urban Shocker 41 New York Yankees 8
Waite Hoyt 40 New York Yankees 9
Herb Pennock 40 New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg 40 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Jones 39 New York Yankees 12
Ted Lyons 39 Chicago White Sox  
George Uhle 39 Cleveland Indians  
Tony Welzer 39 Boston Red Sox  
Ernie Wingard 39 St. Louis Browns  
Sam Gray 38 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Garland Braxton 37 New York Yankees 18
Eddie Rommel 37 Philadelphia Athletics  
Red Ruffing 37 Boston Red Sox  
Hal Wiltse 37 Boston Red Sox  
Stan Coveleski 36 Washington Senators 22
Ken Holloway 36 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Russell 36 Boston Red Sox  
Ed Wells 36 Detroit Tigers  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.