Games : 1877 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:

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1877 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Devlin 61 Louisville Grays 1
Tommy Bond 58 Boston Red Caps 2
Terry Larkin 56 Hartford Dark Blues 3
George Bradley 50 Chicago White Stockings 4
Tricky Nichols 42 St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
Joe Blong 25 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Candy Cummings 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Cal McVey 17 Chicago White Stockings 8
Bobby Mathews 15 Cincinnati Red Stockings 9
Amos Booth 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Bobby Mitchell 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jack Manning 10 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Laurie Reis 4 Chicago White Stockings 13
Al Spalding 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Bob Ferguson 3 Hartford Dark Blues 15
Will White 3 Boston Red Caps  
John Cassidy 2 Hartford Dark Blues 17
Joe Battin 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings 18
Dave Rowe 1 Chicago White Stockings  



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.

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

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.