Games : 1901 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1901 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Donovan 45 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Jack Powell 45 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dummy Taylor 45 New York Giants  
Noodles Hahn 42 Cincinnati Reds 4
Christy Mathewson 40 New York Giants 5
Jack Harper 39 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Frank Kitson 38 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Kid Nichols 38 Boston Beaneaters  
Willie Sudhoff 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Vic Willis 38 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dinneen 37 Boston Beaneaters 11
Tom Hughes 37 Chicago Orphans  
Deacon Phillippe 37 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Phillips 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Chesbro 36 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Red Donahue 35 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Al Orth 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Duggleby 34 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Togie Pittinger 34 Boston Beaneaters  
Doc Newton 33 Cincinnati Reds 20
Brooklyn Superbas  
Jack Taylor 33 Chicago Orphans  
Jesse Tannehill 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Jay Hughes 31 Brooklyn Superbas 23
Rube Waddell 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chicago Orphans  
Doc White 31 Philadelphia Phillies  



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).

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?

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.