Top 25 Games in 1943 in the National League

Games : 1943 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)

1943 Games Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Games Team Rank

Ace Adams 70 New York Giants 1

Les Webber 54 Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Ed Head 47 Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Van Mungo 45 New York Giants 4

Clyde Shoun 45 Cincinnati Reds

Hank Gornicki 42 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Al Javery 41 Boston Braves 7

Johnnie Wittig 40 New York Giants 8

Joe Beggs 39 Cincinnati Reds 9

Hi Bithorn 39 Chicago Cubs

Newt Kimball 39 Brooklyn Dodgers

Philadelphia Phillies

Dick Barrett 38 Chicago Cubs 12

Philadelphia Phillies

Red Barrett 38 Boston Braves

Al Gerheauser 38 Philadelphia Phillies

Hank Wyse 38 Chicago Cubs

Mort Cooper 37 St. Louis Cardinals 16

Xavier Rescigno 37 Pittsburgh Pirates

Nate Andrews 36 Boston Braves 18

Elmer Riddle 36 Cincinnati Reds

Ray Starr 36 Cincinnati Reds

Johnny Vander Meer 36 Cincinnati Reds

Kirby Higbe 35 Brooklyn Dodgers 22

Claude Passeau 35 Chicago Cubs

Rip Sewell 35 Pittsburgh Pirates

Wally Hebert 34 Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Name Games Team Rank

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.

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

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.

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