Games : 1958 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1958 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tex Clevenger 55 Washington Senators 1
Dick Tomanek 54 Cleveland Indians 2
Kansas City Athletics  
Dick Hyde 53 Washington Senators 3
Murray Wall 52 Boston Red Sox 4
Tom Gorman 50 Kansas City Athletics 5
Jerry Staley 50 Chicago White Sox  
Leo Kiely 47 Boston Red Sox 7
George Zuverink 45 Baltimore Orioles 8
Hank Aguirre 44 Detroit Tigers 9
Ryne Duren 44 New York Yankees  
Mudcat Grant 44 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Narleski 44 Cleveland Indians  
Don Mossi 43 Cleveland Indians 13
Pedro Ramos 43 Washington Senators  
Bill Fischer 42 Chicago White Sox 15
Detroit Tigers  
Washington Senators  
Ray Herbert 42 Kansas City Athletics  
Billy O'Dell 41 Baltimore Orioles 17
Virgil Trucks 41 Kansas City Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Russ Kemmerer 40 Washington Senators 19
Bob Shaw 40 Detroit Tigers  
Chicago White Sox  
Ralph Terry 40 Kansas City Athletics  
Early Wynn 40 Chicago White Sox  
Paul Foytack 39 Detroit Tigers 23
Frank Lary 39 Detroit Tigers  
Cal McLish 39 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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?