Games : 1955 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1955 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ray Narleski 60 Cleveland Indians 1
Tom Gorman 57 Kansas City Athletics 2
Don Mossi 57 Cleveland Indians  
Harry Dorish 48 Chicago White Sox 4
Baltimore Orioles  
Ray Moore 46 Baltimore Orioles 5
Jim Konstanty 45 New York Yankees 6
Pedro Ramos 45 Washington Senators  
Sandy Consuegra 44 Chicago White Sox 8
Tom Hurd 43 Boston Red Sox 9
Ellis Kinder 43 Boston Red Sox  
Camilo Pascual 43 Washington Senators  
Dean Stone 43 Washington Senators  
George Zuverink 42 Detroit Tigers 13
Baltimore Orioles  
Chuck Stobbs 41 Washington Senators 14
Ted Abernathy 40 Washington Senators 15
Tom Morgan 40 New York Yankees  
Al Aber 39 Detroit Tigers 17
Harry Byrd 39 Baltimore Orioles  
Chicago White Sox  
Whitey Ford 39 New York Yankees  
Mike Garcia 38 Cleveland Indians 20
Morrie Martin 37 Chicago White Sox 21
Babe Birrer 36 Detroit Tigers 22
Bob Chakales 36 Chicago White Sox  
Washington Senators  
Frank Lary 36 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Turley 36 New York Yankees  



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?

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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