Games : 1880 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)
 

1880 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim McCormick 74 Cleveland Blues 1
Lee Richmond 74 Worcester Ruby Legs  
John Ward 70 Providence Grays 3
Mickey Welch 65 Troy Trojans 4
Tommy Bond 63 Boston Red Caps 5
Larry Corcoran 63 Chicago White Stockings  
Will White 62 Cincinnati Reds 7
Pud Galvin 58 Buffalo Bisons 8
Curry Foley 36 Boston Red Caps 9
George Bradley 28 Providence Grays 10
Fred Goldsmith 26 Chicago White Stockings 11
Fred Corey 25 Worcester Ruby Legs 12
Blondie Purcell 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Stump Wiedman 17 Buffalo Bisons 14
Tom Poorman 13 Buffalo Bisons 15
Chicago White Stockings  
Tim Keefe 12 Troy Trojans 16
Gid Gardner 9 Cleveland Blues 17
Denny Driscoll 6 Buffalo Bisons 18
Terry Larkin 5 Troy Trojans 19
Bill McGunnigle 5 Buffalo Bisons  
Frank Hankinson 4 Cleveland Blues 21
John Morrill 3 Boston Red Caps 22
Frank Mountain 2 Troy Trojans 23
Tricky Nichols 2 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Harry Stovey 2 Worcester Ruby Legs  



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?

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.