Games : 1930 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1930 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hal Elliott 48 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Phil Collins 47 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Guy Bush 46 Chicago Cubs 3
Pat Malone 45 Chicago Cubs 4
Hub Pruett 45 New York Giants  
Watty Clark 44 Brooklyn Robins 6
Benny Frey 44 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Benton 43 New York Giants 8
Cincinnati Reds  
Larry French 42 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Ed Brandt 41 Boston Braves 10
Freddie Fitzsimmons 41 New York Giants  
Joe Heving 41 New York Giants  
Glenn Spencer 41 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Willoughby 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bud Teachout 40 Chicago Cubs 15
Hi Bell 39 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Ray Kremer 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Lindsey 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Walker 39 New York Giants  
Ray Benge 38 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Bob Smith 38 Boston Braves  
Carl Hubbell 37 New York Giants 22
Ray Kolp 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Lynn Nelson 37 Chicago Cubs  
Charlie Root 37 Chicago Cubs  



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).

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.

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.