Games : 1943 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)
 

1943 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mace Brown 49 Boston Red Sox 1
Dizzy Trout 44 Detroit Tigers 2
Roger Wolff 41 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Mike Ryba 40 Boston Red Sox 4
Alex Carrasquel 39 Washington Senators 5
Gordon Maltzberger 37 Chicago White Sox 6
Johnny Murphy 37 New York Yankees  
Hal Newhouser 37 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 37 Washington Senators  
Jim Bagby 36 Cleveland Indians 10
Mickey Haefner 36 Washington Senators  
George Caster 35 St. Louis Browns 12
Johnny Gorsica 35 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Haynes 35 Chicago White Sox  
Al Hollingsworth 35 St. Louis Browns  
Tex Hughson 35 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Muncrief 35 St. Louis Browns  
Allie Reynolds 34 Cleveland Indians 18
Don Black 33 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Jim Mertz 33 Washington Senators  
Nels Potter 33 St. Louis Browns  
Virgil Trucks 33 Detroit Tigers  
Orie Arntzen 32 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Orval Grove 32 Chicago White Sox  
Lum Harris 32 Philadelphia Athletics  



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).

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.