Games : 1963 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)
 

1963 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stu Miller 71 Baltimore Orioles 1
Bill Dailey 66 Minnesota Twins 2
Dick Radatz 66 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Lamabe 65 Boston Red Sox 4
John Wyatt 63 Kansas City Athletics 5
Ron Kline 62 Washington Senators 6
Gary Bell 58 Cleveland Indians 7
Art Fowler 57 Los Angeles Angels 8
Julio Navarro 57 Los Angeles Angels  
Hoyt Wilhelm 55 Chicago White Sox 10
Arnold Earley 53 Boston Red Sox 11
Hal Reniff 48 New York Yankees 12
Dick Hall 47 Baltimore Orioles 13
Dan Osinski 47 Los Angeles Angels  
Wes Stock 47 Baltimore Orioles  
Terry Fox 46 Detroit Tigers 16
Jim Brosnan 45 Chicago White Sox 17
Dean Chance 45 Los Angeles Angels  
Bill Fischer 45 Kansas City Athletics  
Jack Spring 45 Los Angeles Angels  
Tom Sturdivant 45 Detroit Tigers  
Kansas City Athletics  
Pete Burnside 44 Baltimore Orioles 22
Washington Senators  
Ted Abernathy 43 Cleveland Indians 23
Bob Allen 43 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Bowsfield 41 Kansas City Athletics 25



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.

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.

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.