Games : 1908 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)
 

1908 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Christy Mathewson 56 New York Giants 1
George McQuillan 48 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Bugs Raymond 48 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ed Reulbach 46 Chicago Cubs 4
Mordecai Brown 44 Chicago Cubs 5
Hooks Wiltse 44 New York Giants  
Vive Lindaman 43 Boston Doves 7
Nap Rucker 42 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Kaiser Wilhelm 42 Brooklyn Superbas  
Vic Willis 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Harry McIntire 40 Brooklyn Superbas 11
Howie Camnitz 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Gus Dorner 38 Boston Doves  
Sam Leever 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Lush 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Ewing 37 Cincinnati Reds 16
George Ferguson 37 Boston Doves  
Joe McGinnity 37 New York Giants  
Orval Overall 37 Chicago Cubs  
Andy Coakley 36 Cincinnati Reds 20
Chicago Cubs  
Nick Maddox 36 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Campbell 35 Cincinnati Reds 22
Bob Spade 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty Leifield 34 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jack Pfiester 33 Chicago Cubs 25



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?

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.