Games : 1927 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
 

1927 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Charlie Root 48 Chicago Cubs 1
Jack Scott 48 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rube Ehrhardt 46 Brooklyn Robins 3
Dutch Henry 45 New York Giants 4
Jakie May 44 Cincinnati Reds 5
Carmen Hill 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Freddie Fitzsimmons 42 New York Giants 7
Jesse Petty 42 Brooklyn Robins  
Johnny Werts 42 Boston Braves  
Bob Smith 41 Boston Braves 10
Larry Benton 40 Boston Braves 11
New York Giants  
Joe Genewich 40 Boston Braves  
Lee Meadows 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kent Greenfield 39 New York Giants 14
Boston Braves  
Burleigh Grimes 39 New York Giants  
Bill Sherdel 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Carlson 38 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Haines 38 St. Louis Cardinals  
Grover Alexander 37 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Red Lucas 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Guy Bush 36 Chicago Cubs 21
Vic Aldridge 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Virgil Barnes 35 New York Giants  
Ray Kremer 35 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Willoughby 35 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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.

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.