Games : 1935 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1935 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Orville Jorgens 53 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Dizzy Dean 50 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jim Bivin 47 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Paul Dean 46 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bob Smith 46 Boston Braves  
Paul Derringer 45 Cincinnati Reds 6
Huck Betts 44 Boston Braves 7
Curt Davis 44 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dutch Leonard 43 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Larry French 42 Chicago Cubs 10
Carl Hubbell 42 New York Giants  
Lon Warneke 42 Chicago Cubs  
Guy Bush 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Pretzel Pezzullo 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Frankhouse 40 Boston Braves 15
Bill Hallahan 40 St. Louis Cardinals  
Al Smith 40 New York Giants  
Allyn Stout 40 New York Giants  
Ben Cantwell 39 Boston Braves 19
Waite Hoyt 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Lee 39 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Swift 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Don Brennan 38 Cincinnati Reds 23
Benny Frey 38 Cincinnati Reds  
Al Hollingsworth 38 Cincinnati Reds  



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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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