Games : 1912 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1912 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rube Benton 50 Cincinnati Reds 1
Slim Sallee 48 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Grover Alexander 46 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Nap Rucker 45 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Tom Seaton 44 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Art Fromme 43 Cincinnati Reds 6
Bob Harmon 43 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rube Marquard 43 New York Giants  
Christy Mathewson 43 New York Giants  
Larry Cheney 42 Chicago Cubs 10
Jimmy Lavender 42 Chicago Cubs  
George Suggs 42 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty Tyler 42 Boston Braves  
Howie Camnitz 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Rube Geyer 41 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Steele 40 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Claude Hendrix 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Ed Reulbach 39 Chicago Cubs  
Lew Richie 39 Chicago Cubs  
Doc Crandall 37 New York Giants 20
Ed Donnelly 37 Boston Braves  
Marty O'Toole 37 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hub Perdue 37 Boston Braves  
Walt Dickson 36 Boston Braves 24
Pat Ragan 36 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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.

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.