Games : 1934 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)
 

1934 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Curt Davis 51 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Dizzy Dean 50 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Snipe Hansen 50 Philadelphia Phillies  
Larry French 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Carl Hubbell 49 New York Giants  
Waite Hoyt 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Paul Derringer 47 Cincinnati Reds 7
Si Johnson 46 Cincinnati Reds 8
Phil Collins 45 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Van Mungo 45 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Syl Johnson 44 Cincinnati Reds 11
Philadelphia Phillies  
Dutch Leonard 44 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lon Warneke 43 Chicago Cubs 13
Ralph Birkofer 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Hal Schumacher 41 New York Giants  
Allyn Stout 41 Cincinnati Reds  
Huck Betts 40 Boston Braves 17
Ed Brandt 40 Boston Braves  
Guy Bush 40 Chicago Cubs  
Tex Carleton 40 St. Louis Cardinals  
Paul Dean 39 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Benny Frey 39 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Smith 39 Boston Braves  
Bud Tinning 39 Chicago Cubs  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 38 New York Giants 25



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.

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).