Games : 1900 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1900 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Carrick 45 New York Giants 1
Joe McGinnity 44 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Brickyard Kennedy 42 Brooklyn Superbas 3
Ed Scott 42 Cincinnati Reds  
Pink Hawley 41 New York Giants 5
Cy Young 41 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Dinneen 40 Boston Beaneaters 7
Frank Kitson 40 Brooklyn Superbas  
Noodles Hahn 39 Cincinnati Reds 9
Cowboy Jones 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jack Powell 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Doc Newton 35 Cincinnati Reds 13
Win Mercer 33 New York Giants 14
Al Orth 33 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Bernhard 32 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Nixey Callahan 32 Chicago Orphans  
Jack Chesbro 32 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Donahue 32 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Willis 32 Boston Beaneaters  
Ned Garvin 30 Chicago Orphans 21
Clark Griffith 30 Chicago Orphans  
Sam Leever 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Lewis 30 Boston Beaneaters  
Chick Fraser 29 Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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?

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.