Games : 1914 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1914 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Cheney 50 Chicago Cubs 1
Erskine Mayer 48 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Red Ames 47 Cincinnati Reds 3
Grover Alexander 46 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Bill James 46 Boston Braves  
Slim Sallee 46 St. Louis Cardinals  
Phil Douglas 45 Cincinnati Reds 7
George McQuillan 45 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Reulbach 44 Brooklyn Robins 9
Jeff Pfeffer 43 Brooklyn Robins 10
Dick Rudolph 42 Boston Braves 11
Jeff Tesreau 42 New York Giants  
Hippo Vaughn 42 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Benton 41 Cincinnati Reds 14
Christy Mathewson 41 New York Giants  
Pol Perritt 41 St. Louis Cardinals  
Babe Adams 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Wilbur Cooper 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rube Marquard 39 New York Giants 19
Al Demaree 38 New York Giants 20
Art Fromme 38 New York Giants  
Pat Ragan 38 Brooklyn Robins  
Lefty Tyler 38 Boston Braves  
Dan Griner 37 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Bob Harmon 37 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.