Games : 1934 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)
 

1934 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Russell 54 Washington Senators 1
Bobo Newsom 47 St. Louis Browns 2
Jack Knott 45 St. Louis Browns 3
Schoolboy Rowe 45 Detroit Tigers  
Mel Harder 44 Cleveland Indians 5
Gordon Rhodes 44 Boston Red Sox  
Ivy Andrews 43 St. Louis Browns 7
Elden Auker 43 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Cascarella 42 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Alex McColl 42 Washington Senators  
Johnny Welch 41 Boston Red Sox 11
Dick Coffman 40 St. Louis Browns 12
Johnny Murphy 40 New York Yankees  
George Blaeholder 39 St. Louis Browns 14
Bill Dietrich 39 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bump Hadley 39 St. Louis Browns  
Monte Pearson 39 Cleveland Indians  
Lloyd Brown 38 Cleveland Indians 18
Alvin Crowder 38 Washington Senators  
Detroit Tigers  
Lefty Gomez 38 New York Yankees  
Firpo Marberry 38 Detroit Tigers  
Bobby Burke 37 Washington Senators 22
Roy Mahaffey 37 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Marcum 37 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tommy Bridges 36 Detroit Tigers 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?

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.