Games : 1898 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1898 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kid Nichols 50 Boston Beaneaters 1
Jack Taylor 50 St. Louis Browns  
Cy Young 46 Cleveland Spiders 3
Doc McJames 45 Baltimore Orioles 4
Cy Seymour 45 New York Giants  
Gus Weyhing 45 Washington Senators  
Bert Cunningham 44 Louisville Colonels 7
Pink Hawley 43 Cincinnati Reds 8
Jesse Tannehill 43 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Powell 42 Cleveland Spiders 10
Jack Dunn 41 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 11
Ted Lewis 41 Boston Beaneaters  
Willie Sudhoff 41 St. Louis Browns  
Vic Willis 41 Boston Beaneaters  
Brickyard Kennedy 40 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 15
Frank Killen 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Washington Senators  
Ted Breitenstein 39 Cincinnati Reds 17
Wiley Piatt 39 Philadelphia Phillies  
Clark Griffith 38 Chicago Orphans 19
Jay Hughes 38 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Magee 38 Louisville Colonels  
Jouett Meekin 38 New York Giants  
Amos Rusie 37 New York Giants 23
Pete Dowling 36 Louisville Colonels 24
Joe Yeager 36 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  



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 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?