Games : 1876 National 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)
 

1876 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Devlin 68 Louisville Grays 1
George Bradley 64 St. Louis Brown Stockings 2
Al Spalding 61 Chicago White Stockings 3
Bobby Mathews 56 New York Mutuals 4
Tommy Bond 45 Hartford Dark Blues 5
Lon Knight 34 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jack Manning 34 Boston Red Caps  
Dory Dean 30 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Joe Borden 29 Boston Red Caps 9
Cherokee Fisher 28 Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
George Zettlein 28 Philadelphia Athletics  
Candy Cummings 24 Hartford Dark Blues 12
Foghorn Bradley 22 Boston Red Caps 13
Cal McVey 11 Chicago White Stockings 14
Dale Williams 9 Cincinnati Red Stockings 15
Dick McBride 4 Boston Red Caps 16
Amos Booth 3 Cincinnati Red Stockings 17
William Coon 2 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Charlie Gould 2 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Levi Meyerle 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ross Barnes 1 Chicago White Stockings 21
Joe Blong 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Eddie Booth 1 New York Mutuals  
Bobby Clack 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jim Clinton 1 Louisville Grays  



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.

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?

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.